Overview
- Unique source of detailed anatomical information on salt-tolerant plants
- More than 500 color micrographs and more than 100 original ink drawings
- Discusses links between plant morphology, anatomy, physiology and ecology of halophytes
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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General Considerations on Halophytes
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An Integrative Anatomical Study of Halophytes: Anatomical Structure in Different Family Species
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About this book
This book focuses on morphological and anatomical strategies developed by halophytes during evolution that allow them to survive in high-salt environments. These adaptive strategies refer to well integrated structural features, such as succulence, salt secretion (salt glands and vesicular hairs), aerenchyma, Kranz anatomy, bulliform cells, successive cambia, tracheoidioblasts and endodermis with pronounced Casparian strips. The authors present cross sections of the roots, stems and leaves of 62 halophyte species belonging to 18 families from different habitats and climates (temperate, Mediterranean). They also discuss the ecological, physiological and evolutionary aspects of the various adaptive structures in an integrative way. Beginning with the structural level, this book offers novel insights into the ecology of halophytes and opens new perspectives for the identification of salt-tolerant crop plants or halophytes that can be used for ecological purposes, such as bio-remediationand revegetation.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Halophytes: An Integrative Anatomical Study
Authors: Marius-Nicusor Grigore, Lacramioara Ivanescu, Constantin Toma
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05729-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-05728-6Published: 03 July 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38192-3Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-05729-3Published: 13 June 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 548
Number of Illustrations: 160 b/w illustrations, 543 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Anatomy/Development, Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Plant Ecology