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Water deficits and plant growth. Volume 3, Plant responses and control of water balance /
Plant Responses and Control of Water Balance.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
Academic Press,
1972.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Plant Responses and Control of Water Balance; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contents of Other Volumes; List of Contributors; Preface; CHAPTER 1. SHRINKING AND SWELLING OF PLANT TISSUES; I. Introduction; II. Vegetative Tissues; III. Reproductive Tissues; IV. Measurement of Shrinkage and Swelling; V. Biological Implications of Shrinkage and Swelling of Plants; References; CHAPTER 2. SOIL MOISTURE AND SEED GERMINATION; I. Introduction; II. Some Basic Aspects of Germination; III. Several Environmental Factors Affecting Germination; IV. Moisture Relations of Germination
- v. Control MeasuresReferences; CHAPTER 3. WATER DEFICITS AND REPRODUCTIVE GROWTH; I. Introduction; II. Water Deficits and Growth of Fruits at Different Stages of Development; III. Factors Affecting the Water Relations of Fruits; IV. Fruit Disorders Related to Water; References; CHAPTER 4. PROTOPLASMIC RESISTANCE TO WATER DEFICITS; I. Introduction; II. Desiccation Effects on Protoplasm; III. Natural Mechanisms of Protoplasmic Resistance; IV. Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 5. WATER DEFICITS AND ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; I. Introduction
- II. Effect of Water Deficits on Enzyme Activity Found in the ""Soluble"" FractionIII. Effect of Water Deficits on Organelle Processes or Multiple Enzyme Systems; IV. Enzyme Action at Very Low Moisture Contents; V. State of Enzymes in Organs or Organisms That Can Be Air Dried or Subjected to Very High Water Deficits; VI. Denaturation of Enzymes at Low Water Contents; VII. Hydration of Macromolecules; VIII. Drying of Purified and Crystalline Enzymes; IX. Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 6. WATER DEFICITS AND NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; I. Introduction; II. The Importance of Water to Nutrition
- III. Water Deficit and Nutrient Transport to the RootIV. Nutrient Absorption at Controlled Soil Water Suction; V. Nutrient Availability as Affected by the Soil Water Regime; VI. The Changing Water and Nutrient Availability Patterns in the Field; VII. The Significance of Lower Nutrient Availability Associated with Drought; VIII. Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 7. WATER DEFICITS AND NITROGEN METABOLISM; I. Introduction; II. Water Stress and Protein Metabolism; References; CHAPTER 8. WATER DEFICITS AND HORMONE RELATIONS; I. Introduction; II. Effect of Water Deficits on Hormonal Distribution
- III. Effect of Hormones on TranspirationIV. Hormones and Water Balance; References; CHAPTER 9. PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS AND PRACTICAL PROBLEMS OF REDUCING TRANSPIRATION; I. Introduction; II. Various Approaches to Reduction of Transpiration; III. The Dependence of the Effect of Stomata-Closing and Film-Forming Antitranspirants on Environmental Conditions; IV. Summary and Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 10. SOIL WATER CONSERVATION; I. Introduction; II. The Field Water Balance; III. The Field Water Cycle; IV. Infiltration Control; V. Drainage; VI. Limiting Bare Soil Evaporation