1. Plant tolerance to acide soil constraints : genetic resources, breeding methodology, and plant improvement / R.R. Duncan -- 2. Role of root morphological and physiological characteristics in drought resistance of plants / Bingru Huang -- 3. Mineral nutrition / Larry M. Shuman -- 4. Root plasticity in exploiting water and nutrient heterogeneity / Bingru Huang and David M. Essenstat -- 5. Acidic and alkaline soil contraints on plant mineral nutrition / Ralph B. Clark and Virupax C. Baligar -- 6. Plant stress symptomatology / Robert E. Wilkinson ... [et al.] -- 7. Irrigation of turf with effluent water / Charles F. Mancino and Ian L. Pepper -- 8. Waterlogging responses and interaction with temperature, salinity, and nutrients / Bingru Huang -- 9. The presence and role of heat-shock proteins in creeping bentgrass / Dawn S. Luthe ... [et al.] -- 10. Cold response and freezing tolerance in plants / C.B. Rajashekar -- 11. Effects of humidity on plant growth / T. Karl Danneberger -- 12. Plant response to wind environment : heat and mass exchange / Monique Y. Leclerc and Jennifer M. Jacobs -- 13. Soil physical constraints and plant growth interactions / James A. Murphy, Stephanie L. Murphy, and Hiranthi Samaranayake -- 14. Phytochrome in crop production / Michael J. Kasperbauer -- 15. Phytoremediation / Tamas Km̲ives and Gabor Gullner.