InhaltsangabeIntroduction.- Molecular Responses of Higher Plants to Dehydration.- Abscisic Acid Signalling.- Plant Responses to Heat Stress.- Sensors of Abiotic Stress in Synechocystis.- Oxidative Stress Signalling.- Signal Transduction in Plant Cold Acclimation.- Heavy Metal Signalling in Plants: Linking Cellular and Organismic Responses.- Molecular Genetics of Genotoxic Stress Signalling in Plants.- Plant Salt Tolerance.- Transcriptome Analysis in Abiotic Stress Conditions in Higher Plants.