Water deficits and plant growth. Vol.4. Soil water measurement, plant responses, and breeding for drought resistance

Soil Water Measurement, Plant Responses, and Breeding for Drought Resistance Abstract: Soil Water Measurement, Plant Responses, and Breeding for Drought Resistance Water Deficits and Plant Growth, Volume IV: Soil Water Measurement, Plant Responses, and Breeding for Drought Resistance explores the physiological effects of water deficits on plants and their implications on crop yield, water use, and drought resistance. This book also considers drought-resistance measurements and their application to breeding programs. This volume is organized into eight chapters and begins with an overview of measurement of soil water content and the state of water in soils. Particular emphasis is placed on methods developed from technological advances. The next two chapters focus on the structure and functioning of stomata and stomatal conductance in control of gas exchange. The discussion then shifts to the effects of water supply on photosynthesis, leaf shedding, flow of latex, and nitrogen-fixing root nodules. The final chapter is a comprehensive treatment of plant breeding for drought resistance, emphasizing breeding and testing methods as well as parameters and application to breeding programs of drought resistance. This book is a valuable resource for scientists and investigators in fields such as botany, agronomy, forestry, agriculture, and biology. Content: CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS VOLUME , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS , Page ix PREFACE , Page xi , T.T. KOZLOWSKI CONTENTS OF OTHER VOLUMES , Pages xiii-xiv CHAPTER 1 - MEASUREMENT OF WATER CONTENT AND THE STATE OF WATER IN SOILS , Pages 1-55 , S.L. Rawlins CHAPTER 2 - STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONING OF STOMATA , Pages 57-102 , W.G. Allaway, F.L. Milthorpe CHAPTER 3 - STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE IN THE CONTROL OF GAS EXCHANGE , Pages 103-152 , F.J. Burrows, F.L. Milthorpe CHAPTER 4 - WATER DEFICITS AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS , Pages 153-190 , J.S. Boyer CHAPTER 5 - WATER SUPPLY AND LEAF SHEDDING , Pages 191-231 , T.T. Kozlowski CHAPTER 6 - WATER DEFICITS AND FLOW OF LATEX , Pages 233-289 , B.R. Buttery, S.G. Boatman CHAPTER 7 - WATER DEFICITS AND NITROGEN-FIXING ROOT NODULES , Pages 291-315 , Janet I. Sprent CHAPTER 8 - PLANT BREEDING FOR DROUGHT RESISTANCE , Pages 317-353 , E.A. Hurd AUTHOR INDEX , Pages 355-369 SUBJECT INDEX , Pages 370-383 v. 1. Development, control, and measurement v. 2. Plant water consumption and response v. 3. Plant responses and control of water balance v. 4. Soil water measurement, plant responses, and breeding for drought resistance v. 5. Water and plant disease v. 6. Woody plant communities v. 7. Additional woody crop plants.