… in plants. In the light of recent reports this paper: (a) overviews major abiotic stresses and
plant … BRs and highlights their significance in general plant growth and development, and (c) …

… 6 The division of elasticities into three major components (growth, G = E3 + E6; fecundity,
F = E1 + E2; and survival, L = E4 + E5) allowed us to construct triangular plots in GLF space. …

… Viability and fertility components of selection associated … the life cycle and that viability and
fertility components often opposed one another. Estimates of viability and fertility components …

… It also supports the role of effective dispersal by identifying wind-dispersed taxa as important
components of soil disturbed sites. No other major life-form category showed a positive …

… secondary metabolites are major contributors of specific odour, color and taste of plant parts.
… are an important component of plant defense mechanism and protect plants from herbivores…

… Nitrate reductase and the mitochondrial ETC appear to be major sources of NO • in plant
cells (38, 83). Since O2 •- is also produced in all mitochondria (68), the reactive fusion product …

… also many cysteine residues which are rare in plant GRPs) [1]. Mutations … plants and animals.
Although less work has been done on the plant cell wall GRPs than on the two other major …

… This book fills a major need in the context of the current worldwide interest in assessing and
extending the life of critical plant components subject to high-temperature damage. It brings …

… in plant cells. However, our discussion will be restricted to the microtubule-… components
of the plant cytoskeleton. First, we will describe the major microtubule arrays present in plant …

… , and transcriptional activity of all components of the plastid transcriptional machinery and …
limiting steps in chloroplast biogenesis of terrestrial plants. One major aspect (and the focus of …