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Format: 1 online resource (403 p.)

ISBN: 1-281-02936-X , 9786611029364 , 0-08-051401-4

Content: Emphasizing the physical and technological aspects of plant energetics, this comprehensive book covers a significant interdisciplinary research area for a broad range of investigators. Plant Energetics presentsthe thermodynamics of energy processes in plants, their interconnection and arrangement, and the estimation of intrinsic energy needs of the plant connected with performing various physiological functions. The book also demonstrates the role of electrical and electrochemical processes in the plants life cycle.Plant Energetics incorporates such diverse themes as thermody

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Front Cover; Plant Energetics; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. Light; The Source; Radiation; The Spectral Distribution of Photons and Energy in Black-Body Radiation; Directional and Diffuse Radiation; Temperature and Entropy of Radiation; Sun and Other Sources of Radiation; Factors Determining the Scattering and Absorption of Light; Selective Absorption by Gaseous Constituents of the Atmosphere; Chapter 2. Fluxes of Solar Radiation and Absorption of Light by Plants; Introduction; Astronomical Factors; Influence of Orientation of the Light-Absorbing Elements , Propagation of Light in the AtmosphereLight Scattering by a Cloudy Layer; Incidence of Solar Energy on a Plant; Qualitative Characteristics of Incident Light; The Inherent Thermal Radiation of Plants; The Capture of Light Energy by Leaves and Complex Foliar Systems; Chapter 3. Arrangement of Energy Relations in Plants; Introduction; Structure of Energy Processes in Plants; The Plant as an Open System; Plants and Animals: Comparative Energetics; Auxiliary Source of Energy: Water Chemical Potential Difference; The Role of Geometric Factors , Conversion of Solar Radiation: Quantum and Thermophysical MethodsTechnological Problems; Fixation of Nitrogen; Chapter 4. Problems of Integration and Hierarchy of Structures; Introduction; Hierarchy of Structures; Hierarchy of Processes; Hierarchy of Time; Hierarchy of Cycles; Harvesting Energy; Chapter 5. Thermodynamics of Energy Conversion by Plants; Introduction; Basics of Thermodynamics; Conversion of Heat into Work; Thermophysical Conversion of Radiant Energy; Quantum Mode of Transformation of Radiant Energy; The Efficiency of Photosynthesis; Conversion of Chemical Energy , Energy Coupling of Chemical ProcessesChapter 6. Electrochemistry and the Processes of Energy Conversion in Plants; Introduction; Electrochemistry in Engineering and Biology; Thermodynamics of Electrochemical Systems; Biological Redox Systems; Arrangement of the Electrochemical Processes; Coupling of Electron Flow with the Synthesis of ATP; Is the Notion of Redox Potential Applicable to Small Systems?; Chapter 7. Photochemistry of Photosynthesis and Mechanisms of Oxygen Evolution; Introduction; Structure and Composition of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex in Vivo; Thermodynamics of Water Oxidation , Utilization of Protons upon Oxygen EvolutionKinetic Aspects of Multielectron Reactions; Possible Molecular Mechanisms of Oxygen Evolution; Architectonics of the Reaction Center and Electron Pathways of Photosynthesis; Role of Manganese in Photosynthesis; Chapter 8. Energetics of Dark Respiration and Mechanism of Cytochrome Oxidase Functioning; Introduction; Reaction Center Architectonics; The Bridge Electron Transfer Mechanism; Activation Energy and Mechanism of Dioxygen Reduction; Proton Pump; Chapter 9. Plants and the Atmosphere: Heat and Moisture Exchange; Introduction , Graphical Representation: The Motive Forces , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-12-427350-5

Language: English