To cope with the abiotic stress-induced osmotic problems, plants adapt by either increasing uptake of inorganic ions from the external solution, or by de novo synthesis of organic compatible solutes acting as osmolytes. Of the osmoregulants and protectants discussed in this volume, trehalose, fructans, ectoine and citrulline, which are generated in
- ISBN10 6611827528
- ISBN13 9786611827526
- Publish Date 1 January 2006
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 1 June 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Science Publishers
- Format eBook
- Pages 362
- Language English