TY - GEN AU - Meyer, Bernard S. AU - Anderson, Donald B. TI - Plant physiology SN - 9789384502300 U1 - 581.1 M575P 23 PY - 2017/// CY - New Delhi PB - Bio-Green Books KW - Plant physiology N1 - 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 ER -