Introduction to plant physiology /
Hopkins, William G.
Introduction to plant physiology / William G. Hopkins and Norman P. A. Hüner. - 4th ed. - Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2009. - xviii, 503 p. : ill. (some col.) 29 cm.
Includes index.
Plant cells and water -- Whole plant water relations -- Roots, soils, and nutrient uptake -- Plants and inorganic nutrients -- Bioenergetics and ATP synthesis -- The dual role of sunlight: energy and information -- Energy conservation in photosynthesis: harvesting sunlight -- Energy conservation in photosynthesis: CO2 assimilation -- Allocation, translocation, and partitioning of photoassimilates -- Cellular respiration: unlocking the energy stored in photoassimilates -- Nitrogen assimilation -- Carbon and nitrogen assimilation and plant productivity -- Responses of plants to environmental stress -- Acclimation to environmental stress -- Adaptations to the environment -- Development: an overview -- Growth and development of cells -- Hormones I: Auxins -- Hormones II: Gibberellins -- Hormones III: Cytokinins -- Hormones IV: Abscisic acid, ethylene, and brassinosteroids -- Photomorphogenesis: responding to light -- Tropisms and nastic movements: orienting plants in space -- Measuring time: controlling development by photoperiod and endogenous clocks -- Flowering and fruit development -- Temperature: plant development and distribution -- Secondary metabolism.
9780470247662 (cloth)
2008023261
Plant physiology.
571.2 HOP
Introduction to plant physiology / William G. Hopkins and Norman P. A. Hüner. - 4th ed. - Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2009. - xviii, 503 p. : ill. (some col.) 29 cm.
Includes index.
Plant cells and water -- Whole plant water relations -- Roots, soils, and nutrient uptake -- Plants and inorganic nutrients -- Bioenergetics and ATP synthesis -- The dual role of sunlight: energy and information -- Energy conservation in photosynthesis: harvesting sunlight -- Energy conservation in photosynthesis: CO2 assimilation -- Allocation, translocation, and partitioning of photoassimilates -- Cellular respiration: unlocking the energy stored in photoassimilates -- Nitrogen assimilation -- Carbon and nitrogen assimilation and plant productivity -- Responses of plants to environmental stress -- Acclimation to environmental stress -- Adaptations to the environment -- Development: an overview -- Growth and development of cells -- Hormones I: Auxins -- Hormones II: Gibberellins -- Hormones III: Cytokinins -- Hormones IV: Abscisic acid, ethylene, and brassinosteroids -- Photomorphogenesis: responding to light -- Tropisms and nastic movements: orienting plants in space -- Measuring time: controlling development by photoperiod and endogenous clocks -- Flowering and fruit development -- Temperature: plant development and distribution -- Secondary metabolism.
9780470247662 (cloth)
2008023261
Plant physiology.
571.2 HOP