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ISBN 10: 0511113234
ISBN 13: 9780511113239
Author: Helgi A pik Stephen A Rolfe
This latest edition of The Physiology of Flowering Plants has been completely updated to cover the explosion of interest in plant biology. A whole-plant approach has been used to produce an integrated view of plant function, covering both the fundamentals of whole plant physiology and the latest developments in molecular biology. New developments in molecular techniques are explained within practical applications such as genetically modified plants. The book further examines: • photosynthesis, respiration, plant growth and development • nutrition, water relations, photomorphogenesis and stress physiology • function, with particular attention to adaptations to different habitats. Each chapter is fully referenced with suggestions for complementary reading including references to original research papers. The Physiology of Flowering Plants is an ideal textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in plant biology.
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Appreciating plants
1.2 What kind of plant physiology?
1.3 Molecular biology and plant physiology: the integration of disciplines
1.4 Outline of the text
Complementary reading
Chapter 2 Flow of energy and carbon through the plant: photosynthesis and respiration
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Energy flow and carbon turnover in the biosphere
2.2.1 Plants and the biosphere
The global turnover of carbon
The site of photosynthesis
2.3 Photosynthesis: light absorption and utilization
2.3.1 The capture of light
2.3.2 The utilization of light
2.3.3 Levels of irradiance and rates of photosynthesis
Photometric units
Effects of varying the PFD: reactions of sun and shade plants
2.4 The fixation of carbon dioxide
2.4.1 The absorption of carbon dioxide
Gaseous diffusion
Stomata
2.4.2 The pathways of carbon dioxide fixation
The C3 cycle and C3 plants
Photorespiration
The C4 cycle and C4 plants
Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plants
The taxonomy, ecology and evolution of C3, C4 and CAM plants
2.5 Limiting factors for photosynthesis
2.5.1 Limitation in the short term
2.5.2 Long-term effects; global limitation
2.6 The efficiency of energy conversion in photosynthesis
2.6.1 Quantum efficiency
2.6.2 Efficiency in the field; crop efficiency
2.6.3 Prospects for improving crop efficiency
2.7 Photosynthesis and the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide
2.8 Respiration: the oxidative breakdown of organic compounds
2.8.1 The overall process and respiratory substrates
2.8.2 Pathways of substrate breakdown
Glycolysis
The pentose phosphate pathway, PPP
The Krebs cycle
Lipid oxidation
2.8.3 Interactions of pathways
2.9 Terminal oxidation and oxidative phosphorylation
2.9.1 The mitochondrial electron transport chain
2.9.2 The alternative oxidase
2.9.3 The ATP balance sheet and energy-conversion efficiency of respiration
2.10 Anaerobic respiration
2.10.1 Occurrence and endurance of anaerobiosis in plants
2.10.2 Respiratory metabolism under anaerobiosis
2.11 Respiration and plant activity
2.11.1 Correlation of respiration rate with physiological activity
2.11.2 Metabolic control of rates: feedback mechanisms
2.11.3 Plants at work: energy, ATP and heat production
Complementary reading
References
Chapter 3 Water relations
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Water movement and energy: the concept of water potential
3.3 Water potentials of plant cells and tissues
3.3.1 Forces determining cellular water potential
3.3.2 Measurement of water potential and its components in plant cells and tissues
3.3.3 Water permeability of plant membranes
3.4 Water relations of whole plants and organs
3.4.1 Absorption of water by roots
3.4.2 The route of water movement through the plant
The xylem as the water-transporting system
The movement of water into and out of the xylem
3.4.3 The motive forces for water movement: root pressure and transpiration pull
Root pressure
The cohesion–tension theory (transpiration–cohesion theory) for the ascent of xylem sap
3.4.4 Validity of the cohesion–tension theory
Alternative hypotheses
In defence of the cohesion–tension theory
3.5 The transport of solutes in the xylem
3.6 Water uptake and loss: control by environmental and plant factors
3.6.1 Soil water and uptake by the roots
3.6.2 The atmosphere and transpiration
3.6.3 Stomatal control of transpiration
3.6.4 Waterproofing the surface: cuticle and wax
3.6.5 Is transpiration really necessary?
3.7 Water conservation: xerophytes and xeromorphic characters
Complementary reading
References
Chapter 4 Mineral nutrition
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Essential elements
4.2.1 Definition: macronutrients and micronutrients
4.2.2 The physiological functions of the elements in plants
4.3 Ion uptake and transport in the plant
4.3.1 Ions in the soil
4.3.2 Ion uptake by the root
Adsorption, absorption and accumulation
Compartmentation of the plant cell and the concept of free space
4.3.3 The transport of ions within the plant
4.3.4 Ion transport across cellular membranes
Methods of study of ion concentrations, and ion fluxes
Active accumulation: the electrochemical potential gradient
Mechanisms of membrane transport
4.3.5 Control of ion uptake by plant and environment interaction
4.3.6 Mycorrhiza
4.4 Nitrogen assimilation, fixation and cycling
4.4.1 Nitrogen assimilation
4.4.2 Symbiotic nitrogen fixation
4.4.3 The nitrogen cycle
4.5 Problems with mineral elements: deficiency and toxicity
4.5.1 Nutrient deficiencies
4.5.2 Mineral element toxicity
Complementary reading
References
Chapter 5 Translocation of organic compounds
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Phloem as the channel for organic translocation
5.2.1 Evidence for translocation in the phloem
5.2.2 The structure of phloem
5.2.3 The composition of phloem sieve tube sap
Proteins and RNA in phloem sap
5.3 The rate and direction of translocation
5.3.1 The rate of translocation: velocity and mass transfer
5.3.2 The direction of translocation
5.4 Phloem loading and unloading
5.4.1 Phloem loading
5.4.2 Phloem unloading and post-phloem transport in the sinks
5.5 Partitioning of translocate between sinks: integration at the whole-plant level
5.6 The mechanism of phloem translocation
5.6.1 The Münch hypothesis of mass flow driven by an osmotic gradient
Evidence in favour of the mass-flow hypothesis
The dimensions of transport channels in the sieve tube cells
Metabolic activity in the phloem
The function of the sieve plates
Alternatives to the mass-flow hypothesis
5.6.2 The translocating system in the plant kingdom and macroalgae
Complementary reading
References
Part II Growth and development
Chapter 6 Growth as a quantitative process
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The measurement of plant growth
6.3 Growth, development and differentiation
Levels of growth
6.4 Localization of growth in space and time
6.5 Conditions necessary for growth
6.5 Growth rates
6.6.1 Comparing growth rates
6.6.2 Mathematical analysis of growth
Growth ratios: allometric growth
6.6.3 Growth rhythms
Diurnal rhythms
Short-term rhythms
Annual and other long-term rhythms
Complementary reading
References
Chapter 7 Plant growth hormones
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Plant growth hormones
7.2.1 Concepts and definitions
7.2.2 Auxins
Auxin and apical dominance
7.2.3 Gibberellins
7.2.4 Cytokinins
7.2.5 Plant tissue culture
7.2.6 The genetic modification of plants
Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer
Selection and regeneration
7.2.7 Abscisic acid
7.2.8 Ethylene
7.2.9 Other potential plant hormones
Peptides
RNA
Salicylic acid/jasmonic acid
Brassinosteroids
7.3 Detection and quantification of hormones in plants
7.4 How do plant hormones cause responses?
7.4.1 Hormone receptors
7.4.2 Mutagenesis
7.4.3 The ethylene signal transduction pathway
7.4.4 Rapid events following hormone application
7.4.5 Hormone-induced changes in gene expression
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References
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