Plant Adaptation to Environmental Change: Significance of Amino Acids and their Derivatives - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1780642733 ISBN 13: 9781780642734

Publisher: CABI Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

Plants constantly cope with unfavourable ecosystem conditions, which often prevent them reaching their full genetic potential in terms of growth, development and productivity. This book covers plants' responses to these environmental changes, namely, the modulation of amino acids, peptides and amines to combat both biotic and abiotic stress factors. Bringing together the most recent developments, this book is an important resource for researchers and students of crop stress and plant physiology.

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About the Author

Dr. Masayuki Fujita is Professor in the Laboratory of Plant Stress Responses, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan. He received his B.Sc. in Chemistry from Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, and M.Agr. and Ph.D. in plant biochemistry from Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. His research interests include physiological, biochemical, and molecular biological responses based on secondary metabolism in plants under various abiotic and biotic stresses; phytoalexin, cytochrome P450, glutathione S-transferase, and phytochelatin; and redox reaction and antioxidants. In the last decade, his works were focused on oxidative stress and antioxidant defense in plants under environmental stress. His group investigates the role of different exogenous protectants in enhancing antioxidant defense and methylglyoxal detoxification systems in plants. He has supervised 4 M.S. students and 13 PhD students as the main supervisor. He has about 150 publications in journal and books and has edited 10 books.

Edition details

• Publisher: CABI Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780642733
• ISBN 13: 9781780642734
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 344
• Editor: Anjum Naser A, Gill Dr Sarvajeet Singh, Gill Ritu