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Since photosynthetic performance is a fundamental determinant of yield in the vast majority of crops, an understanding of the factors limiting photosynthetic productivity has a crucial role to play in crop improvement programmes. Photosynthesis, unlike the majority of physiological processes in plan...
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Elsevier,
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| Publisher Address: | [Place of publication not identified] : |
| Publication Dates: | 1992. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Topics in photosynthesis ; |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444896087 |
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Since photosynthetic performance is a fundamental determinant of yield in the vast majority of crops, an understanding of the factors limiting photosynthetic productivity has a crucial role to play in crop improvement programmes. Photosynthesis, unlike the majority of physiological processes in plants, has been the subject of extensive studies at the molecular level for many years. This reductionist approach has resulted in the development of an impressive and detailed understanding of the mechanisms of light capture, energy transduction and carbohydrate biosynthesis, processes that are clea |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xviii, 452 pages) |
| ISBN: |
9781483291413 1483291413 |
| Index Number: | QK882 |
| CLC: | Q945.11 |
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Front Cover; Crop Photosynthesis: Spatial and Temporal Determinants; Copyright Page; Obituary; Foreword; Preface; List of contributors; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Canopy establishment: light capture and loss by crop canopies; 1.1. INTRODUCTION; 1.2. GROWTH ANALYSIS; 1.3. PLANT MIXTURES; 1.4. CONCLUSIONS; 1.5. REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Canopy survival; 2.1. DURATIONS; 2.2. CANOPY ZONATION; 2.3. LEAF TURNOVER; 2.4. INTERNAL REGULATION OF LEAF TURNOVER; 2.5. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL OF LEAF TURNOVER; 2.6. CONCLUSION; 2.7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 2.8. REFERENCES Chapter 3. Modelling canopy photosynthetic productivity3.1. INTRODUCTION; 3.2. THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC PROPERTIES OF LEAVES; 3.3. CONSEQUENCES OF THE NONLINEAR LIGHT RESPONSE OF LEAF PHOTOSYNTHESIS; 3.4. SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS; 3.5. TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS; 3.6. SIMPLIFIED RELATIONSHIPS; 3.7. DISCUSSION; 3.8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 3.9. REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Photosynthetic C02 assimilation and rising atmospheric C02 concentrations; 4.1. INTRODUCTION; 4.2. SHORT-TERM EFFECTS ON LEAF PHOTOSYNTHESIS; 4.3. ACCLIMATION OF LEAF PHOTOSYNTHESIS TO LONG-TERM ELEVATED C02 EXPOSURE 4.4. CANOPY PHOTOSYNTHESIS4.5. CONCLUSIONS; 4.6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 4.7. REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Carbon and nitrogen budgets within the plant; 5.1. INTRODUCTION; 5.2. FUNCTIONAL ALLOCATION BUDGETS; 5.3. TRANSPORT BUDGETS; 5.4. NET PARTITIONING BUDGETS; 5.5. CONCLUDING REMARKS: REGULATION OF NUTRIENT PARTITIONING; 5.6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 5.7. REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Interactions between carbon and nitrogen nutrition processes; 6.1. PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND NITROGEN METABOLISM; 6.2. LEAF NITROGEN CONTENTS AND LEAF PHOTOSYNTHESIS; 6.3. EFFECTS OF NITROGEN ON PHOTOSYNTHESIS AT THE CROP LEVEL 6.4. PHOTOSYNTHETIC REGULATION OF NITROGEN UPTAKE6.5. REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Balance in the source -- sink system: a factor in crop productivity; 7.1. BALANCE AMONG PHOTOSYNTHESIS, TRANSLOCATION AND SINK METABOLISM; 7.2. PLANT RESPONSES RELATED TO BALANCE IN THE SOURCE -- SINK SYSTEM; 7.3. RELATION OF BALANCE IN THE SOURCE-SINK SYSTEM TO CROP PRODUCTIVITY; 7.4. REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Mechanisms of sugar translocation; 8.1. BASIC CONCEPTS OF PHLOEM TRANSPORT; 8.2. PHLOEM LOADING; 8.3. PHLOEM TRANSPORT ALONG THE PATH; 8.4. PHLOEM UNLOADING; 8.5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; 8.6. REFERENCES Chapter 9. Plant growth and water use efficiency9.1. INTRODUCTION; 9.2. EFFICIENCY OF WATER COLLECTION; 9.3. QUANTIFICATION OF WATER USE EFFICIENCY; 9.4. OPTIMUM STOMATAL BEHAVIOUR; 9.5. LEAF METABOLISM AND DROUGHT; 9.6. CANOPY GAS EXCHANGE AND WATER USE EFFICIENCY; 9.7. WATER USE EFFICIENCY AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST HEAVY ISOTOPES OF CARBON . . . .; 9.8. GENETIC DIFFERENCES IN WATER USE EFFICIENCY; 9.9. WATER USE EFFICIENCY AND ADAPTATION TO DROUGHT; 9.10. WATER USE EFFICIENCY AND ELEVATED C02; 9.11. REFERENCES; Chapter 10. Leaf cell expansion; 10.1. INTRODUCTION |