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Plant Physiology

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Plant Physiology

Plant Physiology

Theory and Applications
2nd Edition
S. L. Kochhar, University of Delhi
Sukhbir Kaur Gujral, University of Delhi
December 2020
Hardback
9781108486392
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    This thoroughly revised and updated edition provides an accessible overview of the rapidly advancing field of plant physiology. Key topics covered include absorption of water, ascent of sap, transpiration, mineral nutrition, fat metabolism, enzymes and plant hormones. Separate chapters are included on photosynthesis, respiration and nitrogen metabolism, and emphasis is placed on their contribution to food security, climate resilient farming (or climate-smart agriculture) and sustainable development. There is also a chapter on the seminal contributions of plant physiologists. Supported by the inclusion of laboratory experimental exercises and solved numerical problems, the text emphasises the conceptual framework, for example, in coverage of topics such as thermodynamics, water potential gradients and energy transformation during metabolic processes, water use efficiency (WUE) and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). Bringing together the theoretical and practical details, this text is accessible, self-contained and student-friendly.

    • Provides completely reorganised chapters on stress physiology and secondary metabolites with illustrative colour photographs, and an invited article on the molecular mechanism of abiotic and biotic stresses
    • Includes laboratory experimental exercises throughout, to be conducted by students during their lab classes
    • Features thought-provoking end-of-unit questions, including some solved numerical questions, to allow students to test their knowledge and reflect on the material covered in each chapter

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    Contents

    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • Acknowledgements
    • Foreword
    • Unit 1. Water and Mineral Translocation in Plants:
    • 1. Plant water relations
    • 2. Absorption and translocation of water
    • 3. Transpiration
    • 4. Mineral nutrition
    • Unit 2. Metabolism and Bioenergetics:
    • 5. Metabolism and bioenergetics
    • 6. Enzymes
    • 7. Photosynthesis
    • 8. Carbohydrate metabolism
    • 9. Respiration
    • 10. Nitrogen metabolism
    • 11. Lipid metabolism
    • 12. Sulfur, phosphorus and iron assimilation in plants
    • 13. Phloem transport
    • Unit 3. Growth and Development:
    • 14. Dormancy, germination, and flowering
    • 15. Plant photoreceptors
    • 16. Plant hormones and signal transduction
    • 17. Ripening, senescence and cell death
    • Unit 4. Stress Physiology:
    • 18. Abiotic and biotic stress
    • 19. Secondary plant metabolites
    • Unit 5:
    • 20. Agricultural implications of plant physiology
    • 21. Seminal contributions of plant physiologists
    • 22. The status and development of plant physiology in India
    • Unit 6:
    • 23. Experimental exercises
    • Glossary
    • References
    • Index.
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    • S. L. Kochhar , University of Delhi

      S. L. Kochhar obtained his master's degree from Punjab University, Chandigarh, where he was awarded the prestigious Atomic Energy Commission Scholarship. He taught courses in economic botany and plant physiology at Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi, for more than four decades (1965–2009). His areas of interest include botany, plant science, tropical crops and plant physiology. He is author of Economic Botany: A Comprehensive Study, 5th Edition (Cambridge, 2016).

    • Sukhbir Kaur Gujral , University of Delhi

      Sukhbir Kaur Gujral has been teaching in the Department of Botany at Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi for more than three decades. Her areas of interest include plant physiology and cell biology.

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