Physiology of Crop Production

Contents: Preface. 1. Plant canopy architecture. 2. Root architecture. 3. Physiology of growth and yield components. 4. Photosynthesis and crop yield. 5. Source-sink relationships and crop yield. 6. Carbon dioxide and crop yield. 7. Physiology of drought in crop plants. 8. Physiology of mineral nutrition. Appendix. Plant species. References. Index.

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