
Plant Physiology 5B
A Treatise
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1969
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: F.C. Steward
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 1 4 5 9 9 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 4 9 1 8 - 1
Plant Physiology: A Treatise, Volume VB: Analysis of Growth: The Responses of Cells and Tissues in Culture deals with the innate capacities for growth that reside in mature organs,… Read more

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Request a sales quotePlant Physiology: A Treatise, Volume VB: Analysis of Growth: The Responses of Cells and Tissues in Culture deals with the innate capacities for growth that reside in mature organs, tissues, and cells of higher plants. The book examines the various ways, normal and abnormal, in which surviving organs, tissues, or cells from plants may grow, metabolize, and develop. The text will be of value to botanists, horticulturists, and biologists.
Contributors to Volume VB
Preface
The Plan of the Treatise
Note on the Use of Plant Names
Contents of Previous Volumes
Preamble to Chapter Six
Chapter Six Growth in Organized and Unorganized Systems
Knowledge Gained by Culture of Organs and Tissue Explants
I. Introduction
II. Organ Cultures
III. Tissues Cultures: The Growth of Tissue Explants
References
Preamble to Chapter Seven
Chapter Seven Biochemical Differentiation: The Biosynthetic Potentialities of Growing and Quiescent Tissue
I. Introduction
II. The Unique Composition of Cells, Tissues, and Organs
III. Cultured versus Quiescent Tissues: The Events of Growth Induction
IV. The Use of Tissue and Cell Cultures to Study Metabolism and to Produce Specific Compounds
V. Biochemical Relationships Between Unorganized and Organized Tissue Cultures
VI. Biochemical Integration in Organelles, Cells, Tissues, and Organs: Control Mechanisms
References
Preamble to Chapter Eight
Chapter Eight Growth and Morphogenesis in Tissue and Free Cell Cultures
I. Introduction: Concepts of Free Cells and Their Growth
II. The Biochemistry of Growth Induction
III. Free Cells of Angiosperms
References
Preamble to Chapter Nine
Chapter Nine Abnormal Growth in Plants
I. Harmonious Changes Involving Exaggerated Growth Responses
II. Amorphorous Changes in Growth Pattern
References
Author Index
Index to Plant Names
Subject Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1969
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 470
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124145993
- eBook ISBN: 9780323149181
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