Arbuscular mycorrhizas and stress tolerance of plants. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Qiang-Sheng Wu, editor.
• Editors: Wu, Qiang-Sheng
• Contents: Preface; Contents; About the Editor; Chapter 1: Arbuscular Mycorrhizas: An€Overview; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Fungal Association with€Plants; 1.3 Mechanism Action of€Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi; 1.4 Interaction with€Other Soil Microbes; 1.5 Enhancing Crop Production and€Inducing Stress Tolerance; 1.6 Conclusion and€Future Prospects; References; Chapter 2: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and€Tolerance of€Drought Stress in€Plants; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Effects of€Drought Stress on€Mycorrhizal Development; 2.3 AM Effects on€Plant Growth and€Transplanted Survival Under€Drought Stress. 2.3.1 Plant Growth2.3.2 Plant Survival at Transplanting; 2.4 Potential Mechanisms Regarding€AMF-Enhanced Drought Tolerance in€Plants; 2.4.1 Morphological Adaptation; 2.4.2 Water Uptake Directly by€Mycorrhizal Extraradical Hyphae; 2.4.3 Physiological Mechanisms in€Nutrient Uptake; 2.4.4 Biochemical Mechanisms Regarding€Hormones, Osmotic Adjustment, and€Antioxidant Systems; 2.4.5 Improvement of€Soil Structure by€AMF-Released Glomalin-Related Soil Protein; 2.4.6 Molecule Mechanisms; 2.5 Future Perspectives; References. Chapter 3: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and€Tolerance of€Waterlogging Stress in€Plants3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Occurrence of€AMF with€Aquatic and€Wetland Plants; 3.2.1 Mangrove; 3.2.2 Salt Marsh; 3.2.3 River, Riparian, and€Floodplain; 3.2.4 Lake and€Stream; 3.2.5 Other Wetlands; 3.3 Mechanisms About AMF Adaptation to€Waterlogging; 3.4 Factors Influencing Colonization, Abundance, Richness, and€Diversity of€AMF; 3.5 The Role of€AMF on€Waterlogging; 3.5.1 Improving Nutrient Uptake; 3.5.2 Enhancing the€Growth and€Biomass of€Plants; 3.5.3 Repairing Physio-biochemical Activities; References. Chapter 4: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and€Tolerance of€Salt Stress in€Plants4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Soil Salinity; 4.3 Statistics of€Salt-Affected Areas; 4.4 Genesis of€Soil Salinity; 4.4.1 Natural Factors Contributing to€Soil Salinity; 4.4.2 Man-Made Factors Contributing to€Soil Salinity; 4.5 Strategies to€Overcome the€Problem of€Salinity; 4.6 Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in€Alleviation of€Salinity Stress; 4.6.1 Improved Growth and€Nutritional Balance; 4.6.2 Maintenance of€Water Homeostasis; 4.6.3 Maintenance of€Ion Homeostasis and€Mitigation of€Deleterious Effect of€Ion Toxicity. 4.6.4 Regulation of€Photosynthesis Process4.6.5 Maintenance of€Osmotic Homeostasis; 4.6.6 Mitigation of€Oxidative Damage/Stress; 4.6.7 Control Over Ultrastructural Changes; 4.6.8 Molecular Approaches for€Mitigating Salinity Stress; 4.7 Concluding Remarks and€Future Perspective; References; Chapter 5: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and€Adaption of€P Stress in€Plants; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Phosphate Stress Sensing; 5.3 Signaling Molecular of€Phosphate Stress; 5.3.1 P; 5.3.2 Ca; 5.3.3 ROS; 5.3.4 miRNA; 5.3.5 Plant Hormones; 5.3.6 Sugar.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 327 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 631.4/6; Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizas; Plants -- Effect of stress on; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany; Plants -- Effect of stress on; Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizas; Life Sciences; Plant Sciences; Microbiology; Soil Science & Conservation; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811041150; 9811041156
• Related ISBNs: 9789811041143; 9811041148
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 14, 2017).
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