Glimpses in Plant Physiology

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. The plant kingdom and tissue system. 2. Water potential and its measurement. 3. Leaf transpiration. 4. Essential minerals and their deficiency symptoms. 5. Transport of solute. 6. Photosynthesis: the light reactions of photosynthesis. 7. The dark reactions of photosynthesis. 8. Electron transport chain and oxidative phosphorylation during respiration. 9. Translocation. 10. Growth and development. 11. Phytochrome. 12. Blue-light responses. 13. Auxin: some new findings. 14. Gibberellins. 15. Cytokinins. 16. Ethylene. 17. Abscisic acid. 18. Seed dormancy. 19. Cell signaling during cold, drought and salt stress. General glossary for plant sciences. Index.

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