Environmental plant physiology : botanical strategies for a climate smart planet / Vir Singh.

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Book

Author/Creator:

Singh, Vir.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Rudolph G. Schmieder Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plant ecophysiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2020]

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Dr. Vir Singh is Professor of Environmental Science at GB Pant University of Agriculture & Technology. He has more than three decades' experience of teaching and research in forest ecology, environmental science, agroecology, animal sciences, environmental physiology, and natural resources management. Holding triple Masters (M.Sc. Botany, M.Sc. Ag. Animal Nutrition, and M.A. Sociology) and dual Ph.D. degrees (Botany with specialization in Ecology, and Animal Sciences), he has been educated and trained in many universities and institutes: Meerut University (now Chaudhary Charan Singh University), GB Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, HNB Garhwal University, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), MP Bhoj (O) University, and Galilee College in Israel (now GIMI, Israel). He has been a Research Fellow at International Centre for Integrated Mountain development (ICIMOD) based in Kathmandu and participated in courses in Geoinformatics at Friedrich Schiller University (FSU) based in Jena, Germany. He has worked on many projects in collaboration with international institutes including ICIMOD, ILRI and the INNO-ASIA project sponsored by the German Federal Ministry BMBF. He has conducted several national and international conferences, symposia and workshops. He has published several books, including recently in limelight, Fertilizing the Universe, and more than 200 research articles and book chapters. Prof. Vir Singh is also a Climate Reality Leader committed to creating awareness about the on-going climate change and its long-term implications on every walk of life and is also formulating programmes and projects for climate change mitigation.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Author

Chapter 1: Environment and Ecosystems: Physiological Basis of Ecology

The Lumenosphere

The Biosphere

The Organism-Environment Relationships

Energy and Nutrient Flows through Ecosystems

Food Chains

Food Web

Ecological Pyramids

Ecological Pyramid of Numbers

Ecological Pyramid of Biomass

Ecological Pyramid of Energy

The Sixth Trophic Level

The Seventh Trophic Level

What Is Environmental Physiology?

Climate and Its Changing Behavior

Scope of Environmental Plant Physiology

Applications in Food Production

Environmental Physiology: The Basis for a Climate-Smart Planet

Summary

References

Websites

Chapter 2: Energy Relations

Energy and Life

Trophic Diversity in Nature

The Light of Life

Leaf and Light

Leaf-Energy Balance

Energy Inputs and Energy Outputs of a Leaf

Net Radiation

Sensible Heat Loss (Conduction and Convection)

Latent and Chemical Energy

Photosynthetic Pathways

C3 Photosynthesis

C4 Photosynthesis

CAM Photosynthesis

E = mc2 in the Context of Earth's Ecosystems

Sun-Soil-Plant: The Evolutionary Ladder of Life

Photosynthesis and Soil Fertilization

Energy from Inorganic Molecules

Energy from Organic Molecules

Chemical Composition vis-à-vis Nutrient Requirements

Herbivory

Carnivory

Detritivory

Energy Limitations

Optimal Foraging by Animals

Optimal Foraging by Plants

Energy Flow in the Biosphere

Chapter 3: Nutrient Relations

The Pedosphere

Soil as an Ecosystem

Diversity of the World's Soils

Soil Types

Soil Biodiversity

Pedodiversity-Biodiversity Relations

Essential Elements

Sources of Plant Nutrients

Nutrient Availability for Plants

Interactions among Ions

Cycles in the Soil

Ion-Uptake Physiology

Kinetics

Internal Control

Morphological Responses

Root:Shoot Ratio and Root:Weight Ratio

Root Diameter and Root Hairs

Root Density and Distribution

Soil Microorganisms

Rhizosphere

Impact on Nutrient Uptake

Nitrogen Fixation

Influence of Environmental Factors

Mycorrhizas

Chapter 4: Water Relations

The Water Planet as Home to Life

Water Properties Conducive to Life

Water Availability to Organisms

Water in Air

Water Movement within Water

Water Potential

Plant Roots and Water Acquisition

Water Relations of Plant Cells

Supply of Water by the Soil

Water Planet a Climate-Smart Planet

Chapter 5: Temperature Relations

Microclimatic Variations and Temperatures

Atmospheric Trends vis-à-vis Altitudes

Troposphere

Stratosphere

Mesosphere

Thermosphere

Exosphere

Plant-Temperature Relations

Ground Color and Temperatures

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1000024865

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