Author: Judith B. St. JohnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
Frontiers of Membrane Research in Agriculture
Author: Judith B. St. JohnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
Agricultural Research
Author: The Protection of Ground and Surface Waters, January 1982-August 1987
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Category : Agricultural chemicals
Languages : en
Pages : 936
Book Description
Biochemical and Cellular Mechanisms of Stress Tolerance in Plants
Author: Joe H. CherryPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642791336
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 605
Book Description
Environmental stresses, such as high and low temperature, salinity, and drought, represent limiting factors to agricultural productivity worldwide. Their impact is not only on crops that are presently being cultivated, but they are also significant barriers to the introduction of crop plants into noncultivated areas. The book describes the cellular, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms in plants that regulate tolerance to stresses. Also discussed are prospects of engineering stress-tolerant plants through the modification of germplasm.
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Category : Agricultural libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Photosynthesis: Photoreactions to Plant Productivity
Author: Y.P. AbrolPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401127085
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
All biomass is derived from photosynthesis. This provides us with food fuel, as well as fibre. This process involves conversion of solar energy, via photochemical reactions, into chemical energy. In plants and cyanobacteria, carbon dioxide and water are converted into carbohydrates and oxygen. It is the best studied research area of plant biology. We expect that this area will assume much greater importance in the future in view of the depleting resources ofthe Earth's fuel supply. Furthermore, we believe that the next large increase in plant productivity will come from applications of the newer findings about photosynthetic process, especially through manipulation by genetic engineering. The current book covers an integrated range of subjects within the general field of photosynthesis. It is authored by international scientists from several countries (Australia, Canada, France, India, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, UK and USA). It begins with a discussion of the genetic potential and the expression of the chloroplast genome that is responsible for several key proteins involved in the electron transport processes leading to O evolution, proton release and the production of 2 NADPH and A TP, needed for CO fixation. The section on photosystems discusses 2 how photosystem I functions to produce NADPH and how photosystem II oxidizes water and releases protons through an "oxygen clock" and how intermediates between the two photosystems are produced involving a "two electron gate".
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Author: Plant-Environment Interactions
Author: Bingru HuangPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420019341
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
With contributions from experts in various specialties, Plant-Environment Interactions discusses recent advances in cellular and molecular regulation of stress tolerance. This third edition reviews new research in stress signal perception, cellular mechanisms, and genetic manipulation of stress tolerance for each individual stress. It addresses how to evaluate the level of plant tolerance to stress as well as how to link mechanisms identified through analysis of plant-environment interaction to producing stress-tolerant germplasm through biotechnology and traditional breeding. It also examines environmental stresses limiting plant productivity in agriculture, horticulture, and forestry.
Heavy Metal Tolerance in Plants
Author: Jonathan ShawPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1040284140
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
This volume provides a synthesis of recent work on evolutionary aspects of metal tolerance in plants. It presents contributions from scientists with a wide diversity of expertise. It covers the evolution of heavy metal tolerance in groups of plants, fungi, and protists. The book discusses the physiological, genetic and molecular aspects of metal tolerances. It deals with the evolution of populations in metal-contaminated environments. Several chapters include tolerance in animals in order to place the rest of the book on plants in proper perspective. This publication is an exciting addition for scientists with both applied and basic interest in metal toxicity and tolerance. It is of importance to those in vegetation ecology, land reclamation, agronomy, physiology, population ecology, ecological genetics, evolutionary biology and molecular biology.
Postharvest Physiology and Pathology of Vegetables
Author: Jerry A. BartzPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780203910092
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
Focusing exclusively on postharvest vegetable studies, this book covers advances in biochemistry, plant physiology, and molecular physiology to maximize vegetable quality. The book reviews the principles of harvest and storage; factors affecting postharvest physiology, calcium nutrition and irrigation control; product quality changes during handling and storage; technologies to improve quality; spoilage factors and biocontrol methods; and storage characteristics of produce by category. It covers changes in sensory quality such as color, texture, and flavor after harvest and how biotechnology is being used to improve postharvest quality.