Water deficits and plant growth. Vol. 5, Water and plant disease

Water Deficits and Plant Growth, Volume III: Plant Responses and Control of Water Balance focuses on the influence of water deficits on shrinkage of plant tissues, seed germination, reproductive growth, and internal plant responses such as protoplasmic resistance to desiccation, enzymatic activity, nitrogen metabolism, hormonal relations, and mineral nutrition. This book also considers alleviation and control of water deficits in plants. This volume is organized into 10 chapters and begins with an overview of shrinkage and swelling in plant tissues and their biological implications, along with some basic aspects of seed germination and environmental factors affecting germination as well as its relation to soil moisture. The discussion then shifts to the impact of water deficits on growth of fruits at different stages of development, from flowering to fruit ripening, and the ability of the protoplasm to survive a serious reduction in water content (known as protoplasmic resistance). The following chapters explore the effects of water deficits on enzyme activity, nutrient availability, nitrogen metabolism, and hormonal distribution in plants. This book also looks at transpiration in plants and how to reduce it, and then concludes with a chapter on soil water conservation as a problem of management of available water resources in the context of agriculture. This book is a valuable resource for scientists and investigators in fields such as botany, plant pathology, forestry, and agriculture. Water Deficits and Plant Growth, Volume V: Water and Plant Disease presents a comprehensive treatment of the role of water deficits and excesses in the plant disease complex. This book highlights water relations of diseased plants and the effects of water stress induced by disease and environmental factors, along with water deficits related to disease and water stress as a predisposing factor in plant disease. This volume is organized into nine chapters and begins with an overview of the water relations of diseased plants, focusing on root, foliar, and shoot diseases, as well as vascular wilts. The following chapters examine the effects of water deficits on pathogen and host, the degree and duration of water deficits as predisposing factors in plant disease, and important abiotic diseases induced by water deficits and excess. The discussion then turns to water in relation to active and passive liberation of spores, as well as to the infection process. This book also explains soil moisture in relation to spread and survival of pathogens, the link between water and seed decay, field and storage fungi that affect seeds, and water in relation to wood deterioration. This volume concludes with a chapter on moisture as a factor in epidemiology and the forecasting of disease. This book is a valuable resource for scientists and investigators in fields such as botany, plant pathology, forestry, agriculture, and biology. 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-xv CHAPTER 1 - WATER RELATIONS OF DISEASED PLANTS , Pages 1-60 , Peter G. Ayres CHAPTER 2 - WATER STRESS AS A PREDISPOSING FACTOR IN PLANT DISEASE , Pages 61-99 , Donald F. Schoeneweiss CHAPTER 3 - ABIOTIC DISEASES INDUCED BY UNFAVORABLE WATER RELATIONS , Pages 101-117 , R.D. Durbin CHAPTER 4 - WATER AND SPORE LIBERATION , Pages 119-140 , C.T. Ingold CHAPTER 5 - WATER AND THE INFECTION PROCESS , Pages 141-173 , C.E. Yarwood CHAPTER 6 - EFFECT OF SOIL MOISTURE ON SURVIVAL AND SPREAD OF PATHOGENS , Pages 175-197 , D.M. Griffin CHAPTER 7 - MOISTURE AND SEED DECAY , Pages 199-219 , C.M. Christensen CHAPTER 8 - MOISTURE AND DETERIORATION OF WOOD , Pages 221-251 , D.W. French, C.M. Christensen CHAPTER 9 - MOISTURE AS A FACTOR IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND FORECASTING , Pages 253-295 , A.F. Van der Wal AUTHOR INDEX , Pages 297-307 SUBJECT INDEX , Pages 308-323 Water Deficits and Plant Growth, Volume VI: Woody Plant Communities focuses on the water relations of woody plants in a community context. Organized into eight chapters, this book begins with a quantitative overview of sources of water available to woody plants. Separate chapters follow that discuss the water relations of coniferous, temperate hardwood, and tropical and subtropical forests and woodlands; apple and citrus orchards; closely related woody plants; and tea plantations. For each of these plant communities, emphasis is placed on hydrological cycles; water use and transpiration; absorption of water; and effects of environmental factors on soil and plant water balance. The effects of water deficits on physiological processes; vegetative and reproductive growth; yield of harvested products; drought resistance; and cultural practices affecting plant water balance and yield are also emphasized in this book. This volume will be useful to both researchers and those involved in the practice of growing woody plants for wood and fruit crops and for esthetic values. 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. Conteúdo: Development, Control, And Measurement.