Physiological Processes Limiting Plant Productivity
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1981
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Author: C. B. Johnson
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 0 8 - 1 0 6 4 9 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 6 2 2 6 - 3
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Request a sales quotePhysiological Processes Limiting Plant Productivity presents the proceedings of the Thirtieth University of Nottingham Easter School in Agricultural Science held at Sutton Bonington in England on April 2-5, 1979. Contributors focus on physiological processes limiting plant growth and development in the context of agricultural productivity. Emphasis is placed on the fundamental mechanisms that underlie crop production and their control. This text is comprised of 20 chapters; the first of which discusses the genetics of crop physiology in relation to agricultural production. The range of problems that plant physiologists must address is considered, followed by an assessment of what is happening in crop physiology. A number of chapters are devoted to the utilization of light by crop plants, plant nutrition, water relations, and the effects of an adaptation to unfavorable conditions including those imposed by air pollution. The reader is also introduced to the influence of photoperiodism on crop production; gas exchange in water-stressed plants; and the use of water, solar energy, and fossil fuels in crop production. This book will be of interest to agriculturists, plant breeders, and researchers working in relevant aspects of plant biochemistry, physiology, and genetics.
1 Crop Physiology in Relation to Agricultural Production: The Genetic Link2 Does Light Limit Crop Production?3 Efficiency of Water, Solar Energy and Fossil Fuel Use in Crop Production4 Chloroplast Structure and Photosynthetic Efficiency5 Production Efficiency of Coniferous Forest in the UK6 Processes Limiting Photosynthetic Conductance7 Photorespiratory Carbon Dioxide Loss8 Leaf Ontogeny and Photosynthesis9 Adaptation to Shade10 Photoperiodism and Crop Production11 Water Stress and Crop Growth12 Short-term and Long-term Effects of Drought on Steady-State and Time-Integrated Plant Processes13 Regulation of Gas Exchange in Water-Stressed Plants14 Effects of Low Temperature Stress and Frost Injury on Plant Productivity15 Salt Tolerance16 Air Pollution and Plant Productivity17 Nutrient Interception and Transport by Root Systems18 Nutrient Uptake in Relation to Growth19 Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation20 Towards the Abolition of Limiting FactorsList of ParticipantsIndex
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1981
- No. of pages (eBook): 404
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780408106498
- eBook ISBN: 9781483162263
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