Plants in Action: Adaptation in Nature, Performance in CultivationPlants in Action explores basic principles underlying plant biology in natural and managed communities throughout Australasia. By providing up-to-date and useful perspectives on plant science, this book will appeal immediately to upper level undergraduates in Universities and tertiary Institutes of Technology where plant physiology forms part of their degree coursework in Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry and Environmental Sciences. Postgraduate students as well as professional plant scientists will also find much useful source material in this textbook because the narrative is built on credible experiments and richly illustrated with original data. Numerous vignettes provide a human background to new knowledge that is readily transparent and structured for easy 'grazing'. In both name and actuality, Plants in Action embodies practical applications of plant science in nature and global commerce. World markets are already crowded with high quality texts on plant physiology. Basic principles are thus well covered, but neither application of principles, nor acknowledgment of Australasian contributions to plant science is well covered in texts from the northern hemisphere. Where practical, but without jingoism, Australasian examples and case studies are used to illustrate original science as well as practical applications of that science; hence the subtitle: Adaptation in Nature, and Performance in Cultivation. Table of contents: I. Perspectives on plant science. II. Processes and resources for growth. III. Coordination of growth and reproduction. IV. Ecophysiology in natural and managed communities. |
Contents
Carbon dioxide assimilation and respiration 45 | |
root function 83 | |
cell growth 114 | |
Vascular integration and resource storage 148 | |
a quantitative approach 186 | |
Further reading | |
Plant growth and options for reproduction 223 | |
Physical cues for growth and reproduction 252 | |
Ecophysiology in natural and managed communities | |
Introduction | |
Further reading | |
Chapter 4 | |
cell growth | |
Common terms and phrases
acid activity adaptation apoplasmic Australia auxin Based biomass C₁ C3 plants canopy carbon cell wall chlorophyll chloroplasts CO₂ CO2 assimilation CO2 enrichment complex concentration crop cultivars cycle cytokinin cytoplasm deficiency diffusion dormancy effects electron energy environment enzyme ethylene Eucalyptus example Figure fixation flow flowering fruit function genes genetic gibberellin gradient growing halophytes hormone increase ions irradiance kiwifruit leaf area leaves legumes levels light malate mature meristem mesophyll metabolism microtubules mitochondria molecules mycorrhizal nitrogen nutrient occurs organic osmotic pathway phloem phosphate photoassimilate photosynthetic Physiology phytochrome plant cells plant growth plasma membrane plasmodesmata pollen pressure processes production protein ratio reduced respiration response root Rubisco salt Section seed seedlings shoot soil solution species starch stem stomatal storage sucrose sugar surface symplasmic synthesis temperature tion tissues tolerance translocation transpiration transport trees uptake vascular vegetative water potential wheat xylem yield µmol