Introduction to Plant PhysiologyUses interactions between the plant and the environments as a foundation for developing plant physiology principles-light and plant development, temperature effects, etc. Discusses the role of plants on specific ecosystems and global ecology and provides information on the cell, chemical background, plant growth regulators and biochemistry. This revised edition features a new chapter on Molecules and Metabolism and expanded coverage in areas such as the role of carotenoids, biotechnology and significance of the role of molecular genetic approaches to the study of hormone action, photoperiodism, and other aspects of development. |
Contents
The Organization | 1 |
Cytoskeleton | 10 |
Plant Organs | 17 |
Plant Cells and Water | 23 |
Water Relations of | 37 |
The Ascent of Xylem Water | 46 |
Roots Soil and the Uptake of Water | 54 |
Plants and Inorganic | 61 |
Primary Productivity on a Global Scale | 263 |
Glycosides | 273 |
Alkaloids | 281 |
Patterns in Plant | 287 |
A Survey of Plant Development | 294 |
How Do Cells Grow? | 302 |
The Role of Hormones in Plant | 309 |
Gibberellins | 320 |
Toxicity of Micronutrients | 75 |
Plants and Nitrogen | 99 |
The Genetics of Nitrogen Fixation | 112 |
Agricultural and Ecological | 118 |
The Absorption and Fate of Light Energy | 127 |
Photoreceptors | 133 |
Leaves and Photosynthesis | 143 |
1 Historical PerspectiveThe Discovery | 163 |
A Model for ATP Synthesis | 170 |
Carbon | 189 |
The C4 Syndrome | 200 |
Crassulacean Acid Metabolism CAM | 206 |
Translocation and Distribution | 215 |
The Structure of Phloem Tissue | 218 |
Phloem Loading and Unloading | 224 |
Translocation of Xenobiotic Chemicals | 231 |
The Oxidative Pentose Phosphate Pathway | 240 |
Alternate Electron Pathways in Plants | 246 |
Factors Influencing Respiration Rate | 252 |
Hypothetical Plant Hormones | 331 |
The Case for Plant Hormones | 337 |
Gibberellin Biosynthesis and Metabolism | 347 |
Abscisic Acid Biosynthesis and Metabolism | 353 |
Photomorphogenesis | 367 |
Physiological Effects of Phytochrome | 373 |
Phytochrome in Green Plants | 379 |
BlueLight Responses | 386 |
Phototropism | 392 |
Gravitropism | 398 |
Nastic Movements | 408 |
Temperature and Plant | 435 |
Stress Physiology | 449 |
Temperature Stress | 459 |
Insects and Disease | 467 |
Plant Physiology | 477 |
Biodegradable Plastics | 485 |
Pressure Measurements | 493 |
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