Plant Physiology Fundamentals and Applications
Contents: 1. Plant physiology: 2. The plant cell: a symphony epitomized. 3. Biophysics: basic concepts. 4. Water relations: the dynamic scenario. 5. Absorption of water and mineral elements by plants. 6. The ascent of sap realm of hypotheses. 7. Organic transport in plants. 8. Transpiration: a queer navigation. 9. Mineral nutrition the inorganic support. 10. Enzymes: bioaccelerators. 11. Visible radiations and photosynthesis. 12. Proteomics and genetics of photosynthetic apparatus. 13. Photosystems in chloroplast. 14. Bacterial photosynthesis. 15. Path of carbon. 16. CAM plants. 17. The photorespiratory carbon oxidation cycle. 18. Respiration: the second energy transduction. 19. Nitrogen metabolism from bricks to building. 20. Growth of the green plants. 21. Plant growth regulators. 22. Auxins. 23. Gibberellins. 24. Cytokinins juvenile hormones. 25. Abscisic acid. 26. Ethylene: ripening hormone. 27. Seed physiology dormancy and germination. 28. Physiology of flowering. 29. Photomorphogenesis. 30. Fruit ripening. 31. Senescence: a suicidal impulse. 32. Movements in plants. 33. Circadian rhythms in plants. 34. Stress physiology. 35. Plant physiology in agriculture and industry. Collateral readings. Glossary. Subject index.
