Significance of UV-C Hormesis and Its Relation to Some Phytochemicals in Ripening and Senescence Process

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397 pages | With TOC The book provides general principles and new insights of some plant physiology aspects covering abiotic stress, plant water relations, mineral nutrition and reproduction. Written by leading scientists from around the world it may serve as source of methods, theories, ideas and tools for students, researchers and experts in that areas of plant physiology. Plant response to reduced water availability and other abiotic stress (e.g. metals) have been analysed through changes in water absorption and transport mechanisms, as well as by molecular and genetic approach. A relatively new aspects of fruit nutrition are presented in order to provide the basis for the improvement of some fruit quality traits. The involvement of hormones, nutritional and proteomic plant profiles together with some structure/function of sexual components have also been addressed. ______________________________________ Table Of Contents: PrefaceSection 1 Abiotic Stress 1 Abiotic Stress Responses in Plants: A Focus on the SRO Family 2 Characterization of Plant Antioxidative System in Response to Abiotic Stresses: A Focus on Heavy Metal Toxicity 3 Genetic and Molecular Aspects of Plant Response to Drought in Annual Crop Species 4 Plant-Heavy Metal Interaction: Phytoremediation, Biofortification and Nanoparticles