Plant physiology /
Bernard S. Meyer and Donald B. Anderson
- New Delhi : Bio-Green Books, 2017
- viii, 784 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
The field of plant physiology -- Properties of solutions -- Colloidal systems -- Plant cells -- Diffusion -- Osmosis and osmotic pressure -- Imbibation -- The water relations of plant cells -- The loss of water from plants -- The stomatal mechanism -- Factors affecting transpiration -- The translocation of water -- Soils and soil-water relations -- Absorption of water -- The internal water relations of plants -- Enzymes -- The chlorophylls and the carotenoids -- Photosynthesis -- Factors affecting photosynthesis -- Carbohydrate metabolism -- Respiration -- The mechanism of respiration -- Fat metabolism -- Absorption of mineral salts -- Utilization of mineral salts -- Nitrogen metabolsim -- Translocation of solutes -- Plant hormones -- Vegetative growth -- Environmental factors affecting vegetative growth -- Reproductive growth -- Environmental factors influencing reproductive growth -- Growth correlations -- Germination and dormancy -- Growth periodicity -- Plant movements.