Physicochemical and Environmental Plant Physiology

Park S. Nobel

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2009
• ISBN:
  9780080920894
• Edition: 4
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Botany
• Index: Biological Sciences

Physicochemical and Environmental Plant Physiology, Fourth Edition, is the updated version of an established and successful reference for plant scientists. The author has taken into consideration extensive reviews performed by colleagues and students who have touted this book as the ultimate reference for research and learning.The original structure and philosophy of the book continue in this new edition, providing a genuine synthesis of modern physicochemical and physiological thinking, while entirely updating the detailed content. This version contains more than 40% new coverage; five brand new equations and four new tables, with updates to 24 equations and six tables; and 30 new figures have been added with more than three-quarters of figures and legends improved. Key concepts in plant physiology are developed with the use of chemistry, physics, and mathematics fundamentals.The book is organized so that a student has easy access to locate any biophysical phenomenon in which he or she is interested.

• More than 40% new coverage
• Incorporates student-recommended changes from the previous edition Five brand new equations and four new tables, with updates to 24 equations and six tables 30 new figures added with more than three-quarters of figures and legends improved Organized so that a student has easy access to locate any biophysical phenomenon in which he or she is interested Per-chapter key equation tables Problems with solutions presented in the back of the book Appendices with conversion factors, constants/coefficients, abbreviations and symbols

Table of contents

• Brief Table of Contents
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Symbols and Abbreviations
• Chapter 1. Cells and Diffusion
• BibliographyReferences and Further Reading
• Chapter 2. Water
• BibliographyReferences and Further Reading
• Chapter 3. Solutes
• BibliographyReferences and Further Reading
• Chapter 4. Light
• BibliographyReferences and Further Reading
• Chapter 5. Photochemistry of Photosynthesis
• BibliographyReferences and Further Reading
• Chapter 6. Bioenergetics
• BibliographyReferences and Further Reading
• Chapter 7. Temperature and Energy Budgets
• BibliographyReferences and Further Reading
• Chapter 8. Leaves and Fluxes
• BibliographyReferences and Further Reading
• Chapter 9. Plants and Fluxes
• BibliographyReferences and Further Readings
• Chapter Solutions To Problems
• Appendix I. Numerical Values of Constants and Coefficients
• Appendix II. Conversion Factors and Definitions
• Appendix III. Mathematical Relations
• Appendix IV. Gibbs Free Energy and Chemical Potential