Completely updated from the successful first edition, this book provides a timely update on the recent progress in our knowledge of all aspects of plant perception, signalling and adaptation to a variety of environmental stresses. It covers in detail areas such as drought, salinity, waterlogging, oxidative stress, pathogens, and extremes of temperature and pH. This second edition: Presents detailed and up-to-date research on plant responses to a wide range of stresses Includes new full-colour figures to help illustrate the principles outlined in the text Is written in a clear and accessible format, with descriptive abstracts for each chapter Written by an international team of experts, this book provides researchers with a better understanding of the major physiological and molecular mechanisms facilitating plant tolerance to adverse environmental factors. This new edition of Plant Stress Physiology is an essential resource for researchers and students of ecology, plant biology, agriculture, agronomy and plant breeding. ; This book provides a timely update on the recent progress in our knowledge of all aspects of plant perception, signalling and adaptation to variety of environmental stresses. It covers in detail areas such as drought, salinity, temperature and pH extremes, waterlogging, oxidative stress and pathogens. ;

• CHAPTER 1: Drought Tolerance in Crops: Physiology to Genomics
• CHAPTER 2: Salinity Stress: Physiological Constraints and Adaptive Mechanisms
• CHAPTER 3: Reactive Oxygen Species and Their Role in Plant Oxidative Stress
• CHAPTER 4: Plant Responses to Chilling Temperatures
• CHAPTER 5: High Temperature Stress in Plants: Consequences and Strategies for Protecting Photosynthetic Machinery
• CHAPTER 6: Flooding Tolerance in Plants
• CHAPTER 7: Adaptations to Aluminium Toxicity
• CHAPTER 8: Plant Stress under Non-optimal Soil pH
• CHAPTER 9: Desiccation Tolerance
• CHAPTER 10: UV-B Radiation: from Stressor to Regulatory Signal
• CHAPTER 11: Frost Tolerance and Avoidance in Plants
• CHAPTER 12: Heavy Metal Toxicity in Plants
• CHAPTER 13: Biotic Stress Signalling: Calcium Mediated Pathogen Defence Programs