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OverviewThe growth and differentiation of living organisms are continuously adjusted to a multitude of environmental factors, each of which underlies a perpetual variation. The sessile existence of plants further emphasizes the requirement for efficient adaptation and defence mechanisms. The changes in environmental factors may range from moderate to dramatic and can concern many components at the same time. They may be abiotic or biotic in nature and range from essential to toxic in their effects. Among the numerous abiotic factors are nutrients, light, oxygen, water, temperature, gravity, wind, touch and chemicals. Biotic factors are represented by other organisms involved in symbiotic, pathogenic or herbivorous interactions with plants. All of these environmental factors are independently and specifically recognized by plants. Perception and overall response are linked by signal transduction pathways at cellular, systemic and interorganismic levels. In order to guarantee proper adaptation to the environment, signals generated following perception of a multitude of environmental factors need to be integrated and evaluated according to their importance. Cross-talk between different signaling pathways within such networks appears to be the basis for the evaluation of the importance of incoming signals. Knowledge of these complex processes allows a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying adaptation. Modulation of distinct signaling elements can generate plants with improved stress resistance.This book represents a comprehensive summary of the enormous amount of information that is now available on signal transduction processes involved in the communication of plants with abiotic and biotic elements of their environment. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dierk Scheel (, Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle, Germany) , Claus Wasternack (, Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle, Germany)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 18.90cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.50cm Weight: 0.810kg ISBN: 9780199638796ISBN 10: 0199638799 Pages: 346 Publication Date: 28 March 2002 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Scheel and Wasternack: Signal transduction in plants: cross talk with the environment 2: Nagy and Schafer: Light perception and signal transduction 3: Schaller and Weiler: Wound- and mechanical signalling 4: Vranova et al: The role of active oxygen species in plant signal transduction 5: Bharti and Nover: Heat stress-induced signalling 6: Salinas: Molecular mechanisms of signal transduction in cold acclimation 7: Kirch Phillips and Bartels: Dehydration stress signal transduction 8: Xiong and Zhu: Salt stress signal transduction in plants 9: Ham and Bent: Recognition and defense signalling in plant/bacterial and fungal interactions 10: Whitham and Dinesh-Kumar: Signalling in plant-virus interactions 11: Mirabella, Franssen and Bisseling: LCO signalling in the interaction between rhizobia and legumes 12: Martin et al: Rhizospheric signals and early molecular events in the ectomycorrhizal symbiosis 13: Dicke and van Poecke: Signalling in plant-insect interactions: signal transduction in direct and indirect plant defenceReviewsprovides a broad spectrum of information and is a valuable reference source ... can be recommended for a readership from senior undergraduates to scientists working on or interested in plant signal transduction. Journal of Plant Physiology Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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