A Functional Biology of Crop Plants
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Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 232 pages
978-1-4615-9803-9 (ISBN)
Description
1. Functional Biology and Plant Strategies.- A. Functional Biology.- B. The Requirements on Plants in Their Growth and Function.- C. The Abiotic Environment: Plant Autecology.- D. Adaptive Strategies.- E. Four Principles of Adaptive Strategies.- F. The Calculation of Energetic Costs and Benefits.- G. Toward a Quantification of Risk and Risk Management.- H. When and How Fast to Deploy Strategies.- I. Effectiveness and Limitations of Strategic Adaptations.- J. Additional Strategic Considerations for the Biotic Environment.- 2. Mineral Nutrition.- A. Essential Elements in the Ecosystem and Their Availability to Plants.- B. Four Types of Challenges.- C. Consequences of Nutritional Challenges.- D. Adaptive Responses, Their Costs and Benefits.- 3. Photosynthesis.- A. CO2, Photons, and Their Availability to the Plant.- B. Energy and Soil Resource Uses: Costs and Benefits.- C. Challenges.- D. Consequences of Challenges to Photosynthesis.- E. Adaptive Responses, Their Costs and Benefits.- 4. Water Relations.- A. Introduction.- B. Challenges.- C. Consequences of Challenges.- D. Adaptive Strategies, Their Costs and Benefits.- 5. Integrative Processes.- A. New Features in Long-Term Coordination of All Resource Uses.- B. Reproduction.- C. Germination.- D. Morphogenesis, Especially Photomorphogenesis.- E. Control of Biotic Interactions.- References.- Symbols.
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Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
X, 232 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
376 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4615-9803-9 (9781461598039)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4615-9801-5
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Vincent P. Gutschick
A Functional Biology of Crop Plants
Book
04/1987
Kluwer Academic Publishers
€109.28
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Content
1. Functional Biology and Plant Strategies.- A. Functional Biology.- B. The Requirements on Plants in Their Growth and Function.- C. The Abiotic Environment: Plant Autecology.- D. Adaptive Strategies.- E. Four Principles of Adaptive Strategies.- F. The Calculation of Energetic Costs and Benefits.- G. Toward a Quantification of Risk and Risk Management.- H. When and How Fast to Deploy Strategies.- I. Effectiveness and Limitations of Strategic Adaptations.- J. Additional Strategic Considerations for the Biotic Environment.- 2. Mineral Nutrition.- A. Essential Elements in the Ecosystem and Their Availability to Plants.- B. Four Types of Challenges.- C. Consequences of Nutritional Challenges.- D. Adaptive Responses, Their Costs and Benefits.- 3. Photosynthesis.- A. CO2, Photons, and Their Availability to the Plant.- B. Energy and Soil Resource Uses: Costs and Benefits.- C. Challenges.- D. Consequences of Challenges to Photosynthesis.- E. Adaptive Responses, Their Costs and Benefits.- 4. Water Relations.- A. Introduction.- B. Challenges.- C. Consequences of Challenges.- D. Adaptive Strategies, Their Costs and Benefits.- 5. Integrative Processes.- A. New Features in Long-Term Coordination of All Resource Uses.- B. Reproduction.- C. Germination.- D. Morphogenesis, Especially Photomorphogenesis.- E. Control of Biotic Interactions.- References.- Symbols.