Research Methods in Plant Sciences : Allelopathy, Vol. V. Plant Physiology
Contents: Preface. Abbreviations. Allelopathy and plant physiology. I. Seed physiology: 1. Seed structure and germination/O.S. Dahiya and Promila Kumari. 2. Seed germination : optimum temperature, moisture and light/Promila Kumari and O.S Dahiya. 3. Seed germination : water uptake and cellular changes/A.L. Patel. 4. Dormancy, seed viability and seedling vigour/Promila Kumari and O.S Dahiya. 5. Bioassay for seed germination and seedling growth/B. Politycka. II. Growth and development: 6. Leaf area/K.D. Sharma. 7. Growth indices/C.L. Goswami. 8. Senescence and abscission/C.L. Goswami. III. Stress physiology: 9. Plants water status/R. Angrish and C. Rani. 10. Membrane stability indices/R. Munjal and S.S. Dhanda. 11. Chlorophyll stability index/Renu Munjal and C.L. Goswami. 12. Leaf surface waxes/M.S. Kuhad. IV. Gas exchange processes: 13. Leaf pigments/Swaraj Kumari. 14. Chlorophyll fluorescence/S.S. Dudeja. 15. PSI and PSII activities/H.R. Singal. 16. Crop growth dynamics/R.K. Pannu and I.S. Sheoran. 17. Respiration with Warburg's apparatus/I.S. Sheoran. 18. To measure photosynthate partitioning using labeled CO2/I.S. Sheoran. 19. Measurement of CO2 fixing enzymes and important metabolites/H.R. Singal. V. Biochemical Estimation: 20. Estimation of nucleic acids/Veena Jain and Kamal Dhawan. VI. Microtomy and histochemistry: 21. Light microscopy methods : fixing, embedding, sectioning and staining/S. Babber. 22. Electron microscopic : scanning and transmission electron microscopy/S. Uppal. 23. Cellular dimensions/H.R. Dhingra. 24. Stomatal index and frequency/H.R. Dhingra. 25. Pollen viability and in vitro pollen germination/H.R. Dhingra. 26. Histochemical localization of important enzymes/Sunita Sheokand. 27. Histochemical localization of important metabolites/S.C. Goyal. VII. Tissue culture: 28. Tissue culture techniques/S. Babber. Annexure: I-VIII. Annexures -- C.L. Goswami. Subject index.
"Allelopathy is a new field of science, as the term 'Allelopathy' was coined by Prof. Hans Molisch, a German plant physiologist in 1937. Till now lot of Allelopathy research has been done in various fields of agricultural and plant sciences. However, there is no compilation of various research methods used. Every scientist is conducting research in his own way. It is causing lot of problems to researchers working in underdeveloped/Third World Countries in small towns without library facilities. Therefore, to make available the standard methods for conducting Allelopathy research independently, this multi-volume book has been planned. Since Allelopathy is multi-disciplinary area of research, hence, volumes have been planned for each discipline."
