Plant Physiology

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Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1985 - Science - 540 pages
Water, solutions, and surfaces; Plant biochemistry; Plant development; Enveronmental physiology; Prologue plant physiology and plant cells; Water, solutions; and surfaces; Diffusion and water potential; Osmosis; The photosynthesis - transpiration compromise; The ascent of sap; Mineral nutrition; Absorption of mineral salts; Transport in the phloem; Enzymes, proteins, and amino acids; Photosynthesis: chloroplasts and light; Carbon dioxide fixation and carbohydrate synthesis; Photosynthesis: environmental and agricultural aspects; Respiration; Assimilation of nitrogen and sulfur; Lipids and other natural products; Plant development; Growth and development; Hormones and growth regulators auxins and gibberellins; Hormones and growth regulators: cytokinins, ethylene, abscisic, acid, adn other compounds; Differential growth and differentiation; Photomorphogenesis; Thebiological clock; Growth responses to temperature; Photoperiodism; Topics in enverinmental physiology; Stress physiology.

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Prologue Plant Physiology and Plant Cells
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A Definition of Life
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