Plant responses to flooding

• Autor principal: Rashmi Sasidharan (auth)
• Outros Autores: Chiara Pucciariello (auth), Pierdomenico Perata (auth), Rens Voesenek (auth)
• Formato: Recurso Electrónico Capítulo de Livro
• Idioma: inglês
• Publicado em: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Colecção: Frontiers Research Topics
• Assuntos: Physiology; submergence; hypoxia; Anoxia; low oxygen; waterlogging; flooding
• Acesso em linha: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Global warming has dramatically increased the frequency and severity of flooding events worldwide. As a result, many man-made and natural ecosystems have become flood-prone. For plants, the main consequence of flooding is the drastic reduction of oxygen availability that restricts respiratory energy...