Control of Leaf Growth - Rilegato

 
9780521304801: Control of Leaf Growth

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First published in 1985, this book covers the physiological and environmental factors that regulate leaf growth.

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Descrizione del libro

First published in 1985, this book covers the physiological and environmental factors that regulate leaf growth. It opens with a consideration of the importance to the plant of leaf size, form and development.

Contenuti

1. The physical limitations of leaf cell expansion A. D. Tomos; 2. Water transport as a limiting factor in extension growth E. Steudle; 3. Growth substances and leaf growth J. Digby and R. D. Firn; 4. A pivotal role for nitrate and leaf growth in plant development A. Trewavas; 5. The synthesis of cellular components in leaves R. M. Leech; 6. Energy transduction during leaf growth N. R. Barker; 7. The carbon relations of the developing leaf J. E. Dale; 8. Adaptive significance of leaf development and structural response to environment H. G. Jones; 9. Temperature and leaf growth C. K. Ong and C. K. Baker; 10. differences in morphology and chemical composition of leaves grown at different light intensities and qualities H. K. Lichtenhaler; 11. The mechanism of light-simulated leaf cell expansion E. Van Volkenburgh, R. E. Cleland and M. G. Schmidt; 12. Leaf growth and water deficits: biophysical effects T. C. Hsiao, W. K. Silk and J. Jing; 13. Leaf growth and water deficits: biochemistry in relation to biophysics D. W. Lawlor and J. E. Leach; 14. Air pollution and leaf growth M. E. Whitmore, W. J. Davies and T. A. Mansfield; 15. The way ahead: a crop physiologist's viewpoint J. N. Gallagher.

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9780521103626: Control of Leaf Growth

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ISBN 10:  0521103622 ISBN 13:  9780521103626
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009
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