UID:
almafu_9958131664802883
Format:
1 online resource (656 p.)
ISBN:
0-323-14383-0
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1-299-19389-7
Content:
Physicochemical and Plant Physiology
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Physicochemical and Environmental Plant Physiology; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Symbols and Abbreviations; CHAPTER 1. CELLS AND DIFFUSION; Cell Structure; Diffusion; Membrane Structure; Membrane Permeability; Cell Walls; Problems; References; CHAPTER 2. WATER; Physical Properties; Chemical Potential; Central Vacuole and Chloroplasts; Water Potential and Plant Cells; Problems; References; CHAPTER 3. SOLUTES; Chemical Potential of Ions; Fluxes and Diffusion Potentials; Characteristics of Crossing Membranes; Mechanisms for Crossing Membranes
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Principles of Irreversible ThermodynamicsSolute Movement across Membranes; Problems; References; CHAPTER 4. LIGHT; Wavelength and Energy; Absorption of Light by Molecules; De-excitation; Absorption Spectra and Action Spectra; Problems; References; CHAPTER 5. PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS; Chlorophyll-Chemistry and Spectra; Other Photosynthetic Pigments; Excitation Transfers among Photosynthetic Pigments; Groupings of Photosynthetic Pigments; Electron Flow; Problems; References; CHAPTER 6. BIOENERGETICS; Gibbs Free Energy; Biological Energy Currencies; Chloroplast Bioenergetics
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Mitochondrial BioenergeticsEnergy Flow in the Biosphere; Problems; References; CHAPTER 7. TEMPERATURE-ENERGY BUDGETS; Energy Budget-Radiation; Wind-Heat Conduction and Convection; Latent Heat-Transpiration; Soil; Further Examples of Energy Budgets; Problems; References; CHAPTER 8. LEAVES AND FLUXES; Resistances and Conductances-Transpiration; Water Vapor Fluxes Accompanying Transpiration; CO2 Conductances and Resistances; CO2 Fluxes Accompanying Photosynthesis; Water-Use Efficiency; Problems; References; CHAPTER 9. PLANTS AND FLUXES; Gas Fluxes above the Leaf Canopy
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Gas Fluxes within Plant CommunitiesSoil; Water Movement in the Xylem and the Phloem; The Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum; Problems; References; APPENDICES; I Numerical Values of Constants and Coefficients; II Conversion Factors and Definitions; III Mathematical Relations; IV Gibbs Free Energy and Chemical Potential; SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS; INDEX
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-520020-X
Language:
English
