Author: M. J. Emes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521361323
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Many of the most important plant crop products, including oils, starch and protein, are produced in non-photosynthetic tissues such as seeds, roots and tubers. Unlike the situation found in leaves, metabolism in these tissues is not necessarily dominated by plastidial activities, and the provision of energy for biosynthetic processes is therefore different from that in green cells. In this book, leading researchers in the field present a fine overview of the latest thinking on the organisation of metabolism in such organs and the development of the cellular compartments responsible for the synthesis of important crop products. Graduate students as well as researchers in the field of plant biochemistry will find this book of great interest.
Compartmentation of Plant Metabolism in Non-Photosynthetic Tissues
Author: M. J. Emes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521361323
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Many of the most important plant crop products, including oils, starch and protein, are produced in non-photosynthetic tissues such as seeds, roots and tubers. Unlike the situation found in leaves, metabolism in these tissues is not necessarily dominated by plastidial activities, and the provision of energy for biosynthetic processes is therefore different from that in green cells. In this book, leading researchers in the field present a fine overview of the latest thinking on the organisation of metabolism in such organs and the development of the cellular compartments responsible for the synthesis of important crop products. Graduate students as well as researchers in the field of plant biochemistry will find this book of great interest.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521361323
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Many of the most important plant crop products, including oils, starch and protein, are produced in non-photosynthetic tissues such as seeds, roots and tubers. Unlike the situation found in leaves, metabolism in these tissues is not necessarily dominated by plastidial activities, and the provision of energy for biosynthetic processes is therefore different from that in green cells. In this book, leading researchers in the field present a fine overview of the latest thinking on the organisation of metabolism in such organs and the development of the cellular compartments responsible for the synthesis of important crop products. Graduate students as well as researchers in the field of plant biochemistry will find this book of great interest.
Molecular Biology of the Cell
Regulation of Photosynthesis
Author: Eva-Mari Aro
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0306481480
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
This book covers the expression of photosynthesis related genes including regulation both at transcriptional and translational levels. It reviews biogenesis, turnover, and senescence of thylakoid pigment protein complexes and highlights some crucial regulatory steps in carbon metabolism.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0306481480
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
This book covers the expression of photosynthesis related genes including regulation both at transcriptional and translational levels. It reviews biogenesis, turnover, and senescence of thylakoid pigment protein complexes and highlights some crucial regulatory steps in carbon metabolism.
Regulation of Tissue pH in Plants and Animals
Author: S. Egginton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139429450
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
A broad-ranging, authoritative and accessible review of exciting discoveries in acid-base regulation in animals and plants, together with a critical look at techniques and tools.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139429450
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
A broad-ranging, authoritative and accessible review of exciting discoveries in acid-base regulation in animals and plants, together with a critical look at techniques and tools.
Plant Organelles
Author: Alyson K. Tobin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521401715
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
A comprehensive review of current research on the interaction of plant organelles in photosynthesis, photorespiration, substrate and protein transport, respiration, lipid metabolism and organelle biogenesis.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521401715
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
A comprehensive review of current research on the interaction of plant organelles in photosynthesis, photorespiration, substrate and protein transport, respiration, lipid metabolism and organelle biogenesis.
Plant Respiration
Author: Hans Lambers
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402035896
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Respiration in plants, as in all living organisms, is essential to provide metabolic energy and carbon skeletons for growth and maintenance. As such, respiration is an essential component of a plant’s carbon budget. Depending on species and environmental conditions, it consumes 25-75% of all the carbohydrates produced in photosynthesis – even more at extremely slow growth rates. Respiration in plants can also proceed in a manner that produces neither metabolic energy nor carbon skeletons, but heat. This type of respiration involves the cyanide-resistant, alternative oxidase; it is unique to plants, and resides in the mitochondria. The activity of this alternative pathway can be measured based on a difference in fractionation of oxygen isotopes between the cytochrome and the alternative oxidase. Heat production is important in some flowers to attract pollinators; however, the alternative oxidase also plays a major role in leaves and roots of most plants. A common thread throughout this volume is to link respiration, including alternative oxidase activity, to plant functioning in different environments.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402035896
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Respiration in plants, as in all living organisms, is essential to provide metabolic energy and carbon skeletons for growth and maintenance. As such, respiration is an essential component of a plant’s carbon budget. Depending on species and environmental conditions, it consumes 25-75% of all the carbohydrates produced in photosynthesis – even more at extremely slow growth rates. Respiration in plants can also proceed in a manner that produces neither metabolic energy nor carbon skeletons, but heat. This type of respiration involves the cyanide-resistant, alternative oxidase; it is unique to plants, and resides in the mitochondria. The activity of this alternative pathway can be measured based on a difference in fractionation of oxygen isotopes between the cytochrome and the alternative oxidase. Heat production is important in some flowers to attract pollinators; however, the alternative oxidase also plays a major role in leaves and roots of most plants. A common thread throughout this volume is to link respiration, including alternative oxidase activity, to plant functioning in different environments.
The Computerized Greenhouse
Author: Bozzano G Luisa
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0323137962
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
The aim of this book is to open up research areas in automatic control engineering for crop production systems in horticulture and agriculture, and to explain the principle ideas of advanced automatic control in plant production. The text includes detailed discussions of:- Fundamental systems engineering concepts- Modeling- Control for agricultural systems- Optimal control and its applications- Artificial intelligence for agricultural applications
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0323137962
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
The aim of this book is to open up research areas in automatic control engineering for crop production systems in horticulture and agriculture, and to explain the principle ideas of advanced automatic control in plant production. The text includes detailed discussions of:- Fundamental systems engineering concepts- Modeling- Control for agricultural systems- Optimal control and its applications- Artificial intelligence for agricultural applications
Ecophysiology of Photosynthesis
Author: Ernst-Detlef Schulze
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642793541
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
In a world of increasing atmospheric CO2, there is intensified interest in the ecophysiology of photosynthesis and increasing attention is being given to carbon exchange and storage in natural ecosystems. We need to know how much photosynthesis of terrestrial and aquatic vegetation will change as global CO2 increases. Are there major ecosystems, such as the boreal forests, which may become important sinks of CO2 and slow down the effects of anthropogenic CO2 emissions on climate? Will the composition of the vegetation change as a result of CO2 increase? This volume reviews the progress which has been made in understanding photosynthesis in the past few decades at several levels of integration from the molecular level to canopy, ecosystem and global scales.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642793541
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
In a world of increasing atmospheric CO2, there is intensified interest in the ecophysiology of photosynthesis and increasing attention is being given to carbon exchange and storage in natural ecosystems. We need to know how much photosynthesis of terrestrial and aquatic vegetation will change as global CO2 increases. Are there major ecosystems, such as the boreal forests, which may become important sinks of CO2 and slow down the effects of anthropogenic CO2 emissions on climate? Will the composition of the vegetation change as a result of CO2 increase? This volume reviews the progress which has been made in understanding photosynthesis in the past few decades at several levels of integration from the molecular level to canopy, ecosystem and global scales.
Plant Lipid Biosynthesis
Author: John L. Harwood
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521620741
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
A review of the most recent advances in plant lipid biosynthesis, particularly relevant to industry.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521620741
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
A review of the most recent advances in plant lipid biosynthesis, particularly relevant to industry.
Plant Lipid Metabolism
Author: J.C. Kader
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401583943
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
A collection of papers that comprehensively describe the major areas of research on lipid metabolism of plants. State-of-the-art knowledge about research on fatty acid and glycerolipid biosynthesis, isoprenoid metabolism, membrane structure and organization, lipid oxidation and degradation, lipids as intracellular and extracellular messengers, lipids and environment, oil seeds and gene technology is reviewed. The different topics covered show that modern tools of plant cellular and molecular biology, as well as molecular genetics, have been recently used to characterize several key enzymes of plant lipid metabolism (in particular, desaturases, thioesterases, fatty acid synthetase) and to isolate corresponding cDNAs and genomic clones, allowing the use of genetic engineering methods to modify the composition of membranes or storage lipids. These findings open fascinating perspectives, both for establishing the roles of lipids in membrane function and intracellular signalling and for adapting the composition of seed oil to the industrial needs. This book will be a good reference source for research scientists, advanced students and industrialists wishing to follow the considerable progress made in recent years on plant lipid metabolism and to envision the new opportunities offered by genetic engineering for the development of novel oil seeds.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401583943
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
A collection of papers that comprehensively describe the major areas of research on lipid metabolism of plants. State-of-the-art knowledge about research on fatty acid and glycerolipid biosynthesis, isoprenoid metabolism, membrane structure and organization, lipid oxidation and degradation, lipids as intracellular and extracellular messengers, lipids and environment, oil seeds and gene technology is reviewed. The different topics covered show that modern tools of plant cellular and molecular biology, as well as molecular genetics, have been recently used to characterize several key enzymes of plant lipid metabolism (in particular, desaturases, thioesterases, fatty acid synthetase) and to isolate corresponding cDNAs and genomic clones, allowing the use of genetic engineering methods to modify the composition of membranes or storage lipids. These findings open fascinating perspectives, both for establishing the roles of lipids in membrane function and intracellular signalling and for adapting the composition of seed oil to the industrial needs. This book will be a good reference source for research scientists, advanced students and industrialists wishing to follow the considerable progress made in recent years on plant lipid metabolism and to envision the new opportunities offered by genetic engineering for the development of novel oil seeds.