Crassulacean Acid Metabolism

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Crassulacean Acid Metabolism is written by Klaus Winter and published by Springer Science & Business Media. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3642790607 (ISBN 10) and 9783642790607 (ISBN 13).

Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) represents one of the best-studied metabolic examples of an ecological adaptation to environmental stress. Well over 5 % of all vascular plant species engage in this water-conserving photosynthetic pathway. Intensified research activities over the last 10 years have led to major advances in understanding the biology of CAM plants. New areas of research reviewed in detail in this book include regulation of gene expression and the molecular basis of CAM, the ecophysiology of CAM plants from tropical environments, the productivity of agronomically important cacti and agaves, the ecophysiology of CAM in submerged aquatic plants, and the taxonomic diversity and evolutionary origins of CAM.