Plant Physiology, Development and Metabolism / by Satish C Bhatla, Manju A. Lal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bhatla, Satish C., author.

A. Lal, Manju, author.

Contributor:

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Biomedical and Life Sciences (Springer-11642)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plant physiology.

Plant anatomy.

Plant ecology.

Plant breeding.

Plant genetics.

Plant Physiology.

Plant Anatomy/Development.

Plant Ecology.

Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.

Plant Genetics and Genomics.

Local Subjects:

Plant Physiology.

Plant Anatomy/Development.

Plant Ecology.

Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.

Plant Genetics and Genomics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXXIV, 1237 pages) : 707 illustrations, 431 illustrations in color

Edition:

First edition 2018.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

This book focuses on the fundamentals of plant physiology for undergraduate and graduate students. It consists of 34 chapters divided into five major units. Unit I discusses the unique mechanisms of water and ion transport, while Unit II describes the various metabolic events essential for plant development that result from plants' ability to capture photons from sunlight, to convert inorganic forms of nutrition to organic forms and to synthesize high energy molecules, such as ATP. Light signal perception and transduction works in perfect coordination with a wide variety of plant growth regulators in regulating various plant developmental processes, and these aspects are explored in Unit III. Unit IV investigates plants' various structural and biochemical adaptive mechanisms to enable them to survive under a wide variety of abiotic stress conditions (salt, temperature, flooding, drought), pathogen and herbivore attack (biotic interactions). Lastly, Unit V addresses the large number of secondary metabolites produced by plants that are medicinally important for mankind and their applications in biotechnology and agriculture. Each topic is supported by illustrations, tables and information boxes, and a glossary of important terms in plant physiology is provided at the end. .

Contents:

Part I TRANSPORT OF WATER AND NUTRIENTS

Chapter 1. Plant water relations

Chapter 2. Mineral nutrition

Chapter 3. Water and soluble transport

Part II METABOLISM

Chapter 4. Concepts in metabolism

Chapter 5. Photosynthesis

Chapter 6. Photosynthate translocation

Chapter 7. Respiration

Chapter 8. ATP synthesis

Chapter 9. Metabolism of storage carbohydrates

Chapter 10. Lipid metabolism

Chapter 11. Nitrogen metabolism

Chapter 12. Sulphur, phosphorus and iron metabolism

Part III DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 13. Light perception and transduction

Chapter 14. Plant growth regulators

Chapter 15. Auxins

Chapter 16. Cytokinins

Chapter 17. Gibberellins

Chapter 18. Abscisic acid

Chapter 19. Ethylene

Chapter 20. Brassinosteroids

Chapter 21. Jasmonic acid

Chapter 22. Recently discovered plant growth regulators

Chapter 23. Mechanisms of signal reception and transduction

Chapter 24. Embryogenesis, vegetative growth and organogenesis

Chapter 25. Physiology of flowering

Chapter 26. Pollination, embryogenesis and seed development

Chapter 27. Fruit development and ripening

Chapter 28. Seed dormancy and germination

Chapter 29. Plant movements

Chapter 30. Senescence and programmed cell death

Part IV STRESS PHYSIOLOGY

Chapter 31. Abiotic stress

Chapter 32. Biotic interactions

Part V APPLIED PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Chapter 33. Secondary metabolites

Chapter 34. Plant physiology in agriculture and biotechnology

Glossary.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-981-13-2023-1

9789811320231

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