In the age of information explosion it is extremely useful and gives a single scientist a sense of safety that an experienced group of qualified scpecialists collects and compiles world literature in a special field... This volume together with ist predeccessors will be an invaluabe help for each group engaged in plant-water relationships.' Biologia Plantarum, 23 (1987) ... to offer thanks and congratulations to the editors for preparing this valuable compilation of the thesaurus of plant-water-citations so competently.' Photosynthetica, 20 (1986)