Contents: 1. Introduction/Rajeev Arora. 2. Ice nucleation, propagation, and deep supercooling in woody plants/M. Wisniewski, M. Fuller, J. Palta, J. Carter and R. Arora. 3. Characterization of a novel YnSKn class of dehydrin-like cDNAs from cold acclimated red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea L.) Xylem/E. Sarnighausen, D.T. Karlson, Y. Zeng, P.B. Goldsbrough, K.G. Raghothama and E.N. Ashworth. 4. Inheritance of cold hardiness and dehydrin genes in diploid mapping populations of blueberry/Ganesh R. Panta, Lisa J. Rowland, Rajeev Arora, Elizabeth L. Ogden and Chon-Chong Lim. 5. Molecular genetic and physiological analysis of the cold-responsive dehydrins of blueberry/L.J. Rowland, G.R. Panta, S. Mehra and C. Parmentier-Line. 6. Photoperiodic regulation of apical growth cessation in Northern Tree species: the role of phytochrome and Gibberellin/Jorunn E. Olsen, John B. Jensen, Jorgen A. Molmann, Arild Ernstsen and Olavi Junttila. 7. Cell-cell communication as a key factor in Dormancy cycling/Paivi L.H. Rinne and Christiaan van der Schoot. 8. Hormones and endodormancy induction in woody plants/Karen K. Tanino. 9. Freezing tolerance and injury in grapevines/Anne Fennell. 10. Physiology and regulation of seasonal nitrogen cycling in woody plants/Gary D. Coleman. 11. Physiology and molecular biology of a family of pathogenesis-related PR-10 proteins in conifers/Abul K.M. Ekramoddoullah. 12. Nitrogen fixation as a stress-avoidance strategy among actinorhizal (non-legume) trees and shrubs/Heidi A. Kratsch and William R. Graves. Index.
"Adaptations and Responses of Woody Plants to Environmental Stresses covers the latest and most significant advances in woody plant stress research. The authors are world-renowned researchers who have made significant contributions to the knowledge of woody plant stress physiology and molecular biology. With figures, tables, graphs, illustrations, and black-and-white and color photos documenting the studies of these researchers and scientists, this book offers a new awareness of the physiology and molecular biology of cold acclimation in woody plants. This book will appeal to graduate students, instructors, and researchers who specialize in plant stress physiology in botany, agriculture, horticulture, landscape design, or forestry."
