A Functional Biology of Crop Plants [electronic resource] /

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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Gutschick, Vincent P. author., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Boston, MA : Springer US, 1987
Subjects:	Science., Science, general.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9801-5
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