Plant Physiology, Development and Metabolism

• Main Authors: Bhatla, Satish C. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), A. Lal, Manju (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Plant physiology.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Plant ecology.; Plant breeding.; Plant genetics.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Anatomy/Development.; Plant Ecology.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Genetics and Genomics.

This book focuses on the fundamentals of plant physiology for undergraduate and graduate students. It consists of 34 chapters divided into five major units. Unit I discusses the unique mechanisms of water and ion transport, while Unit II describes the various metabolic events essential for plant dev...

Table of Contents:

• Part I TRANSPORT OF WATER AND NUTRIENTS
• Chapter 1. Plant water relations
• Chapter 2. Mineral nutrition
• Chapter 3. Water and soluble transport
• Part II METABOLISM
• Chapter 4. Concepts in metabolism
• Chapter 5. Photosynthesis
• Chapter 6. Photosynthate translocation
• Chapter 7. Respiration
• Chapter 8. ATP synthesis
• Chapter 9. Metabolism of storage carbohydrates
• Chapter 10. Lipid metabolism
• Chapter 11. Nitrogen metabolism
• Chapter 12. Sulphur, phosphorus and iron metabolism
• Part III DEVELOPMENT
• Chapter 13. Light perception and transduction
• Chapter 14. Plant growth regulators
• Chapter 15. Auxins
• Chapter 16. Cytokinins
• Chapter 17. Gibberellins
• Chapter 18. Abscisic acid
• Chapter 19. Ethylene
• Chapter 20. Brassinosteroids
• Chapter 21. Jasmonic acid
• Chapter 22. Recently discovered plant growth regulators
• Chapter 23. Mechanisms of signal reception and transduction
• Chapter 24. Embryogenesis, vegetative growth and organogenesis
• Chapter 25. Physiology of flowering
• Chapter 26. Pollination, embryogenesis and seed development
• Chapter 27. Fruit development and ripening
• Chapter 28. Seed dormancy and germination
• Chapter 29. Plant movements
• Chapter 30. Senescence and programmed cell death
• Part IV STRESS PHYSIOLOGY
• Chapter 31. Abiotic stress
• Chapter 32. Biotic interactions
• Part V APPLIED PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
• Chapter 33. Secondary metabolites
• Chapter 34. Plant physiology in agriculture and biotechnology
• Glossary.