Responses of Organisms to Water Stress

The same amount of water has been present on our planet for about 4 billion years, since shortly after the Earth was formed. Since then it has cycled through evaporation, condensation, precipitation and surface runoff multiple times. Water scarcity as an abiotic factor ranging from moderate to sever...

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description The same amount of water has been present on our planet for about 4 billion years, since shortly after the Earth was formed. Since then it has cycled through evaporation, condensation, precipitation and surface runoff multiple times. Water scarcity as an abiotic factor ranging from moderate to severe stress levels, accompanied by loss of moisture in the soil, is extremely hard for most organisms to cope with, particularly terrestrial plants and their food-chain dependents. Because of the potential for increasing temporary, or posssibly permanent, drought conditions in the future, there is intense focus on improving plant resistance to drought and increasing yield performance in water- limited environments through genotype selection in important crops. This book aims to contribute to understanding of how plants and other organisms respond to water stress conditions, and the various survival strategies adopted under differing moisture levels.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-663662024-04-09T11:41:53Z Responses of Organisms to Water Stress Akıncı, Sener Hydrology & the hydrosphere thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBK Hydrology and the hydrosphere The same amount of water has been present on our planet for about 4 billion years, since shortly after the Earth was formed. Since then it has cycled through evaporation, condensation, precipitation and surface runoff multiple times. Water scarcity as an abiotic factor ranging from moderate to severe stress levels, accompanied by loss of moisture in the soil, is extremely hard for most organisms to cope with, particularly terrestrial plants and their food-chain dependents. Because of the potential for increasing temporary, or posssibly permanent, drought conditions in the future, there is intense focus on improving plant resistance to drought and increasing yield performance in water- limited environments through genotype selection in important crops. This book aims to contribute to understanding of how plants and other organisms respond to water stress conditions, and the various survival strategies adopted under differing moisture levels. 2021-04-20T15:41:17Z 2021-04-20T15:41:17Z 2013 book ONIX_20210420_9789535109334_1724 9789535109334 9789535153467 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/66366 eng image/jpeg n/a https://www.intechopen.com/books https://mts.intechopen.com/storage/books/3352/authors_book/authors_book.pdf IntechOpen IntechOpen 10.5772/46157 10.5772/46157 78a36484-2c0c-47cb-ad67-2b9f5cd4a8f6 9789535109334 9789535153467 IntechOpen 190 open access
spellingShingle Hydrology & the hydrosphere
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBK Hydrology and the hydrosphere
Responses of Organisms to Water Stress
title Responses of Organisms to Water Stress
title_full Responses of Organisms to Water Stress
title_fullStr Responses of Organisms to Water Stress
title_full_unstemmed Responses of Organisms to Water Stress
title_short Responses of Organisms to Water Stress
title_sort responses of organisms to water stress
topic Hydrology & the hydrosphere
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBK Hydrology and the hydrosphere
topic_facet Hydrology & the hydrosphere
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBK Hydrology and the hydrosphere
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