This book aims to provide a range of perspectives on an area that is very topical at present in plant biology: the role of ion channels in plant stress responses. Functions of cation and anion channels in the sensing and encoding of major biotic and abiotic stimuli, stress signal transduction and metabolism adjustment are examined at the cellular and molecular levels. Particular emphases of the book are on new insights into plant Ca2+ signaling, salinity tolerance mechanisms, cyclic nucleotide gated channels and the regulation of stress reactions among oxygen-derived species.
Author(s): Nobuyuki Uozumi, Julian I. Schroeder (auth.), Vadim Demidchik, Frans Maathuis (eds.)
Series: Signaling and Communication in Plants
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 237
Tags: Plant Physiology; Plant Biochemistry; Plant Sciences; Biochemistry, general; Plant Pathology; Agriculture
Front Matter....Pages i-X
Ion Channels and Plant Stress: Past, Present, and Future....Pages 1-22
The Role of Ion Channels in Plant Salt Tolerance....Pages 23-46
Cation Channels and the Uptake of Radiocaesium by Plants....Pages 47-67
Ion Channels in Plant Development....Pages 69-86
Potassium and Potassium-Permeable Channels in Plant Salt Tolerance....Pages 87-110
Regulation of Ion Channels by the Calcium Signaling Network in Plant Cells....Pages 111-135
The Role of Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels in Cation Nutrition and Abiotic Stress....Pages 137-157
The Function of Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels in Biotic Stress....Pages 159-174
New Approaches to Study the Role of Ion Channels in Stress-Induced Signalling: Measuring Calcium Permeation in Plant Cells and Organelles Using Optical and Electrophysiological Techniques....Pages 175-190
Vacuolar Ion Channels: Roles as Signalling Mechanisms and in Plant Nutrition....Pages 191-206
Reactive Oxygen Species, Oxidative Stress and Plant Ion Channels....Pages 207-232
Back Matter....Pages 233-237
