PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

• Main Authors: Salisbury, Frank B. (Author), Ross, Cleon W. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Belmont, CA. Wadsworth Publishing Company 1992; 1992; ©1992
• Edition: FOURTH EDITION
• Subjects: Plant physiology
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• Physical Description: xviii, 682 pages illustration 29 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
• ISBN: 0534151620

The marvel of plant function; The water milieu; Energy relations and diffusion; Reactive surfaces; Osmosis and the components of water potential; Transpiration and heat transfer; The ascent of sap; Transport across membranes; The translocacion of solutes; Mineral nutrition of plants; Ensymes, proteins, and amino acids; Carbohydrates and related compounds; Photosynthesis; Carbon dioxide fixation and photosynthesis in nature; Respiration; Metabolism and functions of nitrogen and sulfur; Nucleic acids, proteins, and the genetic code; Functions and metabolism of plant lipids and aromatic compounds; Growth and the problems morphogenesis; Mechanisms and problems of developmental control; Plant hormones and growth regulators; Differentiation; Photomorphogenesis; The biological clock; Responses to low temperature and related phenomena; Photoperiodism and the physiology of flowering; Reproduction, maturation, and senescence; Plant physiology in agriculture; Physiological ecology