Plant Physiology

Volume 21

By: J. Sebanek (Editor)

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Hardcover | 18 February 1992

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The book summarizes present scientific knowledge in plant physiology with regards to plant production. The authors, mainly professors of plant physiology at agricultural universities in Czechoslovakia, present the individual fields of plant physiology with regard to the demands of agricultural practice and education of students and doctorani at these universities.
The first chapters discuss metabolism ie. photosynthesis, respiration, mineral and heterotrophic nutrition, and water regime of plants. What follows is a discussion of the physiology of plant growth, development and movements, and finally resistance of plants against unfavourable abiotic and biotic effects.
The book shows how to increase the yield of crops by manipulating photosynthesis and also studies the possible flow of photosynthetic products to the commercially valuable parts of the biomass. Rational plant production, however, cannot do without knowledge of plant nutrition and water regime as a theoretical basis for fertilization and irrigation. The reader will find this knowledge detailed as well as information about the ecological and physiological principles of the resistance of plants against drought, frost, heat, diseases and other unfavourable effects.

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Preface
The structure and physiology of the plant cell
Submicroscopic structure of the cell
Some physico-chemical properties of the protoplast
The membrane system
Water management of a plant cell
Uptake and movement of water
Water, its content and function in plants
Ecological relationship of plants to water
Uptake and movement of water in plants
Water conduction in plants
Losses of water
Water balance in plants
Principles of methods of estimating the water regime in plants
Photosynthesis
Introduction
Radiation
Prinicipal photosynthesizing structures
Biophysics and biochemistry of photosynthesis
Quantum efficiency of photosynthesis
Physiology of photosynthesis
Principles of measurement of the rate of photosynthesis
Historical survey of studies on photosynthesis
Phloem transport
Phloem loading
Transport of assimilates through the phloem
Phloem structure
Phloem unloading
Distribution of assimilates in plants
Methods for studying transport and distribution of metabolites in plants
Respiration of plants
General characteristics of respiration and its role in the life of plants
Biochemistry of respiration
Use of respiration during the life activities of plants
Rate of respiration and effects of exogenous factors
Principles of estimation of the respiration rate
Physiology of mineral nutrition of plants
The movement of ions from the soil solution to the roots
The role of the root in nutrient uptake
Mechanism of penetration of nutrients into the cell
Ion transport in plant roots
Transport of ions in leaves
Factors affecting nutrient uptake
Foliar nutrition
The uptake and utilization of biogenic elements
Reutilization of elements in the plant
The uptake of nutrients during ontogenesis
Determination of the uptake and utilization of nutrients
Heterotrophy
General characteristics of heterotrophic nutrition
Saprophytism, its characteristics and importance
Parasitism, its characteristics and importance
Mixotrophy, its characteristics and importance
Symbiosis, its characteristics and importance
The importance of heterotrophic organisms
Heterotrophy of wood-destroying fungi
Humus and its effects on plants
Growth and growth regulators
Growth stages
Exogenous factors of growth
Growth regulators
Structural integrity and organization of plants
The principle of integrity
Plant growth and correlations
Regeneration, polarity, explanantion, and transplantation
Germination
Seed germination and its course
Biochemical processes during germination
Factors affecting germination
Formation of flowers, fruits and tubers
Flower formation
Differentiation and the growth of flowers
Production and growth of fruit
Production and growth of tubers and bulbs - tuberization
Genetic regulation of physiological process
Dormancy and senescence in plants
Biological importance of dormancy, and of dormancy and phyllogenesis
The dormancy of buds
Dormancy of seeds and fruits
Dormancy of tubers and bulbs
Senescence
Plant Movements
Classification of plant movements
Physical movements
Vital movements
Resistance of plants to unfavourable environmental effects
Deficit and surplus of water in the soil
Effect of water deficit on prinicple physiological functions
Irrigation as the most suitable method of fighting drought
Critical periods of water requirements
Resistance of plants to unfavourable temperatures
Frost resistance in plants
Hardening of plants
Measures for increasing the frost resistance of plants
Overheating of plants the effects of high temperatures
Effects of increased concentrations of salts in the soil upon plants
Resistance of plants to air pollution
Physiology of the diseased plant
Infection of the host plant with the parasite
Physiological processes in the diseased plant
Immunity of the plant
References
Subject Index
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