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1 online resource. |
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text file |
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Environmental science, engineering and technology
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Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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DROUGHTS ; DROUGHTS ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; THE RESPONSE OF PLANTS TO DROUGHT STRESS: THE ROLE OF DEHYDRINS, CHAPERONES, PROTEASES AND PROTEASE INHIBITORS IN MAINTAINING CELLULAR PROTEIN FUNCTION; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. DEHYDRINS ; 2.1. LEA Proteins -- Structural and Functional Diversity ; 2.2. Protective Functions of Dehydrins on Proteins and Cell Structures ; 2.3. Subcellular and Tissue Localization of Dehydrins; 2.4. Relation of Expression of Dehydrins to Their Function; 2.5. Involvement of Dehydrins in the Response to Drought ; 3. MOLECULAR CHAPERONES. |
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3.1. General Characteristics 3.2. Structural and Functional Diversity ; 3.2.1. Small Hsp Families ; 3.2.2. Chaperonins (Hsp60 Family) ; 3.2.3. Hsp70 Family ; 3.2.4. Hsp90 Family ; 3.2.5. Hsp100/Clp Family ; 3.3. Relation of Expression to Function; 3.4. Involvement of Chaperones in Response to Drought; 4. PROTEASES AND PROTEASE INHIBITORS ; 4.1. Structural and Functional Diversity of Plant Proteases ; 4.1.1. Serine Proteases ; 4.1.2. Cysteine Proteases; 4.1.3. Aspartic Proteases ; 4.1.4. Metalloproteases ; 4.1.5. Threonine Proteases ; 4.2. Subcellular Localization of Plant Proteases. |
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4.3. Regulation of Proteolysis, with Emphasis on Protease Inhibitors 4.4. Proteases and Protease Inhibitors Involved in the Response to Drought ; 4.4.1. Proteases ; 4.4.2. Protease Inhibitors; 5. ATP-DEPENDENT PROTEASE COMPLEXES; 5.1. The Proteasome ; 5.2. Rotease Complexes in Chloroplasts and Mitochondria ; 5.3. Relation of Expression of ATP-Dependent Protease Complexes to Function ; 5.4. Involvement of ATP-Dependent Protease Complexes in the Response to Drought; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES. |
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PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR BASES OF DROUGHT TOLERANCE IN WHEAT (TRITICUM L.) GENOTYPES ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; MATERIALS AND METHODS ; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; REFERENCES ; EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGIES FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF IMPACTS OF DROUGHT ON SEASONAL AND ANNUAL TIMESCALES IN PORTUGUESE FORESTS ; ABSTRACT ; SYMBOLS ; 1. PERSPECTIVES OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN PORTUGAL ; 2. OVERVIEW OF THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FOREST CANOPIES AND DROUGHT IN MEDITERRANEAN AREAS ; 3. TOPICS ABOUT RAINFALL INTERCEPTION MODELLING STRATEGIES FOR TEMPERATE FORESTS AND RELATED MEASUREMENTS IN TREES. |
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4. METHODS FOR QUANTIFICATION OF ATMOSPHERIC EVAPOTRANSPIRATION 4.1. Aerodynamic Method ; 4.2. Penman-Monteith Analysis; 4.3. Eddy Covariance Method ; 5. TWO CASE STUDIES OF MEASUREMENTS OF FOREST ATMOSPHERIC FLUXES AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION REGIME ; 6. CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; DROUGHT AND ARTHROPOD PESTS OF CROPS ; ABSTRACT; PLAGUES OF LOCUSTS ; EXACERBATION OF INSECT INFESTATIONS AND INDUCTION OF OUTBREAKS ; Enhanced Host Plant Nutritional Value ; Reduced Defensive Plant Compounds ; Effects on Resistant Cultivars; Release from Natural and Exotic Enemies. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Droughts -- Research.
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Droughts -- Research. |
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Droughts. |
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Drought forecasting -- Research.
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Drought forecasting. |
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Research. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Neves, Diogo F., editor.
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Sanz, João D., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Droughts New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2012. 9781621007692 (hardcover) (DLC) 2011038505 |
| ISBN |
9781621008118 ebook |
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1621008118 |
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9781621007692 hardcover |
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1621007693 |
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