LEADER 03639nam 2200781z- 450 001 9910367747703321 005 20231214132936.0 010 $a3-03921-751-8 035 $a(CKB)4100000010106240 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/39985 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010106240 100 $a20202102d2019 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAbiotic Stress Effects on Performance of Horticultural Crops 210 $cMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute$d2019 215 $a1 electronic resource (126 p.) 311 $a3-03921-750-X 330 $aHorticultural crop yield and quality depend on genotype, environmental conditions, and production management. In particular, adverse environmental conditions may greatly affect crop performance, reducing crop yield by 50%?70%. Abiotic stresses such as cold, heat, drought, flooding, salinity, nutrient deficiency, and ultraviolet radiation affect multiple physiological and biochemical mechanisms in plants as they attempt to cope with the stress conditions. However, different crop species can have different sensitivities or tolerances to specific abiotic stresses. Tolerant plants may activate different strategies to adapt to or avoid the negative effect of abiotic stresses. At the physiological level, photosynthetic activity and light-use efficiency of plants may be modulated to enhance tolerance against the stress. At the biochemical level, several antioxidant systems may be activated, and many enzymes may produce stress-related metabolites to help avoid cellular damage, including compounds such as proline, glycine betaine, and amino acids. Within each crop species there is a wide variability of tolerance to abiotic stresses, and some wild relatives may carry useful traits for enhancing the tolerance to abiotic stresses in their progeny through either traditional or biotechnological breeding. The research papers and reviews presented in this book provide an update of the scientific knowledge of crop interactions with abiotic stresses. 610 $aheat 610 $apolyphenols 610 $astomatal conductance 610 $ashelf-life 610 $atranspiration productivity 610 $atranscription 610 $aornamental plants 610 $acold 610 $agreen areas 610 $aflowering 610 $aagronomic tools 610 $agas exchange 610 $aornamental 610 $aprolonged storage 610 $atranspiration 610 $agreenhouse production 610 $adormancy 610 $atemperature 610 $airradiance 610 $achilling requirements 610 $aqPCR 610 $aphenolics 610 $alodging 610 $ahypoxia 610 $asalinity 610 $arelative humidity 610 $asignal transduction 610 $achlorophyll fluorescence 610 $aleaf water saturation deficit 610 $asolar radiation 610 $aplant choice 610 $apartial root zone drying 610 $adrought 610 $aelectro-conductivity 610 $agrowth 610 $aflavonoids 610 $atranspiration efficiency 610 $acloning 610 $aoxidative stress 610 $abreeding 700 $aSebastiani$b Luca$4auth$0290904 702 $aFrancini$b Alessandra$4auth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910367747703321 996 $aAbiotic Stress Effects on Performance of Horticultural Crops$93019273 997 $aUNINA