Halophytes and climate change : adaptive mechanisms and potential uses / Editors, Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Sergey Shabala, Masayuki Fujita.

• SECTION I. ECOPHYSIOLOGY -- 1. Defining Halophytes : a Conceptual and Historical Approach in an Ecological Frame / Marius-Nicuşor Grigore -- 2. Habitats of Halophytes / Adam Kapler -- 3. Intra-habitat Variability of Halophytic Flora of North-west India / Sarita Devi, Ashwani Kumar, Anita Mann, Sunder Singh Arya, Gurdev Chand, Neeraj Kumar, Anita Kumari, Pooja, Babita Rani and Arvind Kumar -- 4. Halophytic Vegetation in South-east Europe : Classification, Conservation and Ecogeographical Patterns / Zora Dajić Stevanović, Svetlana Aćić, Danijela Stešević , Milica Luković and Urban Šilc -- 5. South African Salt Marshes : Ecophysiology and Ecology in the Context of Climate Change / Pascal Tabi Tabot and Janine Barbara Adams -- 6. Seagrasses, the Unique Adaptation of Angiosperms to the Marine Environment : Effect of High Carbon and Ocean Acidification on Energetics and Ion Homeostasis / Lourdes Rubio and José A. Fernández -- 7. Ecophysiology of Seed Heteromorphism in Halophytes : an Overview / Aysha Rasheed, Farah Nisar, Bilquees Gul, M. Ajmal Khan and Abdul Hameed -- 8. Salt Marsh Plants : Biological Overview and Vulnerability to Climate Change / Brant W. Touchette, Mariana K. Kneppers and Chloe M. Eggert -- SECTION II. MECHANISMS OF ADAPTATION -- 9. Ion Accumulation Pattern of Halophytes / Doongar R. Chaudhary -- 10. Morpho-anatomical Traits of Halophytic Species / Dragana Rančić, Ilinka Pećinar, Svetlana Aćić and Zora Dajić Stevanović -- 11. ROS Signalling, and Antioxidant Defence Network in Halophytes / Ewa Surówka, Dariusz Latowski, Marta Libik-Konieczny and Zbigniew Miszalski -- 12. Antioxidant Defence in Halophytes under High Salinity / Neeraj Kumar, Shubham Lamba, Ashwani Kumar, Pratima Kumar, Anita Mann, Sarita Devi, Pooja, Anita Kumari and Babita Rani -- 13. Soil Chemical Composition Modifies the Morpho-physiological Responses of Prosopis strombulifera, a Halophyte Native to South America / Mariana Reginato, Analía Llanes and Virginia Luna -- 14. Elimination of Salt by Recretion : Salt Glands and Gland-supported Bladders in Recretohalophytes / Ulrich Lüttge -- 15. Synergic Effects of Rhizobacteria : Increasing Use of Halophytes in a Changing World / Jennifer Mesa-Marín, Enrique Mateos-Naranjo, Ignacio D. Rodríguez-Llorente, Eloísa Pajuelo and Susana Redondo-Gómez -- 16. Arsenic Tolerance Mechanisms in Halophytes : the Case of Tamarix gallica / Dhouha Belhadj Sghaier, Sílvia Pedro, Bernardo Duarte, Isabel Caçador and Noomene Sleimi -- 17. Thylakoid Electron Transfer in Salicornia veneta under Different Salinity Levels : a Fluorescence-based Study / Romina Cannata and Roberto Barbato -- SECTION III. PRACTICAL USES -- 18. Introgression of Halophytic Salt Stress-responsive Genes for Developing Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants / Rajesh Kumar Jha, Jaykumar Patel, Avinash Mishra and Bhavanath Jha -- 19. Halophytes : Potential Resources of Coastal Ecosystems and their Economic, Ecological and Bioprospecting Significance / Asish Kumar Parida, Asha Kumari, Jaykumar Rangani and Monika Patel -- 20. Practical Uses of Halophytic Plants as Sources of Food and Fodder / Tiziana Centofanti and Gary Bañuelos -- 21. Use of Halophytes as Medicinal Plants : Phytochemical Diversity and Biological Activity / Zora Dajić Stevanović, Milan S. Stanković, Jovana Stanković, Pedja Janaćković and Miroslava Stanković -- 22. Lipids in Halophytes : Stress Physiology Relevance and Potential Future Applications / Bernardo Duarte, Ana Rita Matos, João Carlos Marques and Isabel Caçador. 

• This book contains 22 chapters covering topics on the ecophysiology, mechanisms of adaptation to climate change and practical uses of halophytes. 

Ämnesord

Adaptation (biologi)  (sao)

Växter  (sao)

Salt  (sao)

Halophytes  (LCSH)

Salt-tolerant crops  (LCSH)

Crops and climate  (LCSH)

Plants  -- Adaptation (LCSH)

Plants  (LCSH)

Salt  (LCSH)

Adaptation (Biology)  (LCSH)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Uf Botanik

Klassifikation

581.42 (DDC)

Uf (kssb/8)