Responses of Plants to UV-B Radiation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. General

   1. Is provitamin D a UV-B receptor in plants?

      • Lars Olof Björn, Ting Wang

      Pages 1-8

   2. (Poly)phenolic compounds in pollen and spores of Antarctic plants as indicators of solar UV-B

      • J. Rozema, A. J. Noordijk, R. A. Broekman, A. van Beem, B. M. Meijkamp, N. V. J. de Bakker et al.

      Pages 9-26

   3. The direct effects of UV-B radiation on Betula pubescens litter decomposing at four European field sites

      • Sandra A. Moody, Nigel D. Paul, Lars Olof Björn, Terry V. Callaghan, John A. Lee, Yiannis Manetas et al.

      Pages 27-36

3. Terrestrial Plants and Terrestrial Ecosystems

   1. The reduction of aboveground Calamagrostis epigeios mass and tiller number by enhanced UV-B in a dune-grassland ecosystem

      • A. M. C. Oudejans, A. Nijssen, J. S. Huls, J. Rozema

      Pages 37-48

   2. The influence of enhanced UV-B radiation on the spring geophyte Pulmonaria officinalis

      • Alenka Gaberščik, Mateja Novak, Tadeja Trošt, Zdenka Mazej, Mateja Germ, Lars-Olof Björn

      Pages 49-56

   3. The growth, flower properties and demography of Anthemis arvensis exposed to enhanced UV-B radiation

      • Y. Petropoulou, O. Georgiou, G. K. Psaras, Y. Manetas

      Pages 57-64

4. Arctic and Antarctic Plants and Ecosystems

   1. Short-term impacts of enhanced UV-B radiation on photo-assimilate allocation and metabolism: a possible interpretation for time-dependent inhibition of growth

      • D. Gwynn-Jones

      Pages 65-73

   2. Field research on the effects of UV-B filters on terrestrial Antarctic vegetation

      • A. H. L. Huiskes, D. Lud, T. C. W. Moerdijk-Poortvliet

      Pages 75-86

   3. The effects of altered levels of UV-B radiation on an Antarctic grass and lichen

      • D. Lud, A. H. L. Huiskes, T. C. W. Moerdijk, J. Rozema

      Pages 87-99

   4. Consequences of depletion of stratospheric ozone for terrestrial Antarctic ecosystems: the response of Deschampsia antarctica to enhanced UV-B radiation in a controlled environment

      • Jelte Rozema, Rob Broekman, Daniela Lud, Ad H. J. Huiskes, Tanja Moerdijk, Nancy de Bakker et al.

      Pages 101-115

5. Interactions of UV-B Radiation with other Factors of Terrestrial Environments

   1. Reduction of ambient UV-B radiation does not affect growth but may change the flowering pattern of Rosmarinus officinalis L.

      • George Grammatikopoulos, Periklis Drilias, Aris Kyparissis, Yiola Petropoulou, Yiannis Manetas

      Pages 117-122

   2. UV-B and PAR in single and mixed canopies grown under different UV-B exclusions in the field

      • Gaby Deckmyn, Erwin Cayenberghs, Reinhart Ceulemans

      Pages 123-133

   3. The response of Vicia faba to enhanced UV-B radiation under low and near ambient PAR levels

      • B. B. Meijkamp, G. Doodeman, J. Rozema

      Pages 135-146

   4. Growth under UV-B radiation increases tolerance to high-light stress in pea and bean plants

      • Esther M. Bolink, Ilse van Schalkwijk, Freek Posthumus, Philip R. van Hasselt

      Pages 147-156

   5. Nutrient availability influences UV-B sensitivity of Plantago lanceolata

      • Marcel Tosserams, Jaqueline Smet, Erwin Magendans, Jelte Rozema

      Pages 157-168

   6. Increased solar UV-B radiation may reduce infection by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in dune grassland plants: evidence from five years of field exposure

      • J. van de Staaij, J. Rozema, A. van Beem, R. Aerts

      Pages 169-177

   7. Combined effects of enhanced UV-B radiation and additional nutrients on growth of two Mediterranean plant species

      • E. Levizou, Y. Manetas

      Pages 179-186

   8. Effects of UV-B radiation and additional irrigation on the Mediterranean evergreen sclerophyll Ceratonia siliqua L. under field conditions

      • Aris Kyparissis, Periklis Drilias, Yiola Petropoulou, George Grammatikopoulos, Yiannis Manetas

      Pages 187-193

   9. Combined effects of CO2 concentration and enhanced UV-B radiation on faba bean

      • Marcel Tosserams, Andries Visser, Mark Groen, Guido Kalis, Erwin Magendans, Jelte Rozema

      Pages 195-210

The research in this book covers papers on a great number of research projects on the responses of plants and crops of natural terrestrial ecosystems, of agro-ecosystems, and of aquatic ecosystems, to enhanced solar UV-B as a result of stratospheric ozone depletion. Some introductory chapters deal with general aspects of how plants respond to UV-B radiation.
Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) is a primary energy resource for terrestrial plants, necessary for plant growth. Inevitably terrestrial plants absorb UV-B when exposed to solar radiation. The spectral balance between PAR and UV-B is discussed in several chapters. The responses of plants and ecosystems from the Antarctic and Arctic to enhanced solar UV-B radiation as a consequence of the hole in the ozone layer are considered in some detail. In addition the papers in the book discuss the problem of how responses of plants to UV-B radiation interact with other environmental factors.
The book is of great importance for those who are involved in global change topics: biologists, ecologists, earth scientists, agronomists, environmental scientists, and those who develop environmental policy.

• Assimilat
• algae
• bean
• ecosystem
• ecosystems
• environment
• pea
• phytoplankton
• plankton
• terrestrial ecosystem
• terrestrial ecosystems
• vegetation

• Department of Systems Ecology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  Jelte Rozema

• Department of Biology, School of Science, University of Patras, Greece

  Yiannis Manetas

• Department of Plant Physiology, Lund University, Sweden

  Lars-Olof Björn

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