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Plant Responses to the Gaseous Environment

Molecular, metabolic and physiological aspects

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  • © 1994

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Editors:
  1. Ruth G. Alscher

    1. Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology & Weed Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

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  2. Alan R. Wellburn

    1. Division of Biological Sciences, Institute of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. The potential effect of global climate change on terrestrial vegetation

    • Hermann Gucinski
    Pages 1-20

  3. The potential effects of concurrent increases in temperature, CO2 and O3 on net photosynthesis, as mediated by RubisCO

    • Steve P. Long
    Pages 21-38

  4. Interactive effects of temperature and atmospheric CO2 on physiology and growth

    • Catherine Potvin
    Pages 39-54

  5. CO2 effects on photosynthetic end product synthesis and feedback

    • Thomas D. Sharkey, Xavia Socias, Francesco Loreto
    Pages 55-78

  6. Effects of altered carbon dioxide concentrations on gene expression

    • Martin H. Spalding
    Pages 79-98

  7. Free radical scavenging

    • John L. Hess
    Pages 99-120

  8. Alterations of plant metabolism by ozone exposure

    • Robert L. Heath
    Pages 121-145

  9. Molecular biology of superoxide dismutase

    • John G. Scandalios
    Pages 147-164

  10. Metabolic consequences of atmospheric sulphur influx into plants

    • Heinz Rennenberg, Andrea Polle
    Pages 165-180

  11. Regulation of ion transport in guard cells

    • Daniel R. C. Hite, William H. Outlaw Jr.
    Pages 181-194

  12. In vivo chlorophyll fluorescence as a probe of photosynthetic physiology

    • Thomas G. Owens
    Pages 195-218

  13. Responses of photosynthetic light- use efficiency and chloroplast development on exposure of leaves to ozone

    • Neil R. Baker, Gui-ying Nie, Milica Tomasevic
    Pages 219-238

  14. Air pollution and RubisCO: effects and implications

    • Eva J. Pell, L. G. Landry, N. A. Eckardt, R. E. Glick
    Pages 239-254

  15. Effects of air pollutants on the pathways of carbohydrate breakdown

    • Pierre Dizengremel, Marianne Pétrini
    Pages 255-278

  16. Influence of air pollutants upon nitrogen metabolism

    • Peter J. Lea, Jenny Wolfenden, Alan R. Wellburn
    Pages 279-300

  17. Nitrogen oxides, plant metabolism and forest ecosystem response

    • Jay H. B. Garner
    Pages 301-314

  18. Forest declines: some perspectives on linking processes and patterns

    • Sandy B. McLaughlin
    Pages 315-338

  19. Effects of ozone on interactions between plants, consumers and decomposers

    • Clive G. Jones, James S. Coleman, Stuart Findlay
    Pages 339-364

  20. Interactions between insects and air pollutants

    • John B. Whittaker
    Pages 365-384
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The study of air pollution effects on vegetation has made rapid progress in the last five years. Growing concerns about effects of future increases in temperature and carbon dioxide (C0 ) levels on plant life have altered 2 the perspective of plant biologists in the field of pollutant-plant inter­ actions. In many cases, it is anticipated that crops and trees will increasingly experience multiple stresses in an altered environment: an environment in which physiological processes will no longer be matched to climate. Because of this problem, a major part of the focus of the air pollution effects research has shifted since 1987. Moreover, recent advances in our understanding of plant metabolic and molecular responses to stress have made it clear that many abiotic stresses elicit similar fundamental mechanisms. Adaptation responses to drought, extremes of temperature, xenobiotics and air pollutants are now known to involve the response of both specific and common resistance mechanisms, which often include altered gene expression. The field of air pollution effects on vegetation has benefitted greatly from this unification since results obtained and advances made in allied fields are now directly relevant. The advent of molecular genetics has made possible the production of transgenic plants containing altered amounts of resistance gene products which enables the posing of experimental questions which could not be addressed only five years ago. Hypotheses concerning the relevance of specific metabolites and processes to known responses to air pollution stress can now be tested.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology & Weed Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

    Ruth G. Alscher

  • Division of Biological Sciences, Institute of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK

    Alan R. Wellburn

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Plant Responses to the Gaseous Environment

  • Book Subtitle: Molecular, metabolic and physiological aspects

  • Editors: Ruth G. Alscher, Alan R. Wellburn

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1294-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-412-58170-0Due: 30 November 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4565-0Published: 06 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-1294-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 416

  • Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Ecotoxicology, Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution, Plant Physiology, Ecology

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