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Water Relations in Heavy Metal Stressed Plants

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Heavy Metal Stress in Plants

Abstract

Almost every plant process is affected directly or indirectly by the water supply, and water can be considered as a major factor in the regulation of plant growth (Kramer and Boyer 1995). Therefore, many investigations on plant responses to environmental stresses play considerable attention to water relations from the cell to the whole plant and community level. The influence of excess ions on plant water relations has mainly been investigated in plants exposed to high concentrations of Na+, Cl−, and other ions that cause adverse effects in plants at concentrations in the 0.1–1 M range. The interest in water relation studies under salt stress is obvious, because of the significant influence of such high ion concentrations on the osmotic potential of the substrate, and the difficulties for water acquisition by plants under those circumstances. In addition to osmotic stress, ionspecific effects of high salt concentrations on water relations and growth are well documented (Levitt 1980; Montero et al. 1997, 1998).

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Poschenrieder, C., Barceló, J. (2004). Water Relations in Heavy Metal Stressed Plants. In: Prasad, M.N.V. (eds) Heavy Metal Stress in Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07743-6_10

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  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-642-07268-0

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-662-07743-6

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

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