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Water and Plant Life [electronic resource] : Problems and Modern Approaches /
1 Fundamentals of Plant Water Relations -- Preface -- A. The Structure of Water in the Biological Cell -- B. The States of Water in the Plant—Theoretical Consideration -- C. The Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum -- D. The Water Status in the Plant—Experimental Evidence -- 2 Water Uptake and Soil Water Relations -- Preface -- A. Root Extension and Water Absorption -- B. Resistance to Water Flow in the Roots of Cereals -- C. Soil Water Relations and Water Exchange of Forest Ecosystems -- 3 Transpiration and Its Regulation -- Preface -- A. Energy Exchange and Transpiration -- B. Water Permeability of Cuticular Membranes -- C. Physiological Basis of Stomatal Response -- D. Current Perspectives of Steady-state Stomatal Responses to Environment -- E. Water Uptake, Storage and Transpiration by Conifers: A Physiological Model -- 4 Direct and Indirect Water Stress -- Preface -- A. Water Stress, Ultrastructure and Enzymatic Activity -- B. Water Stress and Hormonal Response -- C. Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism Under Water Stress -- D. Water Stress During Freezing -- E. Cell Permeability and Water Stress -- F. Water Stress and Dynamics of Growth and Yield of Crop Plants -- 5 Water Relations and CO2 Fixation Types -- Preface -- A. Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM): CO2 and Water Economy -- B. Balance Between C3 and CAM Pathway of Photosynthesis -- C. C4 Pathway and Regulation of the Balance Between C4 and C3 Metabolism -- D. Ecophysiology of C4 Grasses -- 6 Water Relations and Productivity -- Preface -- A. The Use of Correlation Models to Predict Primary Productivity from Precipitation or Evapotranspiration -- B. The Use of Simulation Models for Productivity Studies in Arid Regions -- C. Irrigation and Water Use Efficiency -- D. Estimating Water Status and Biomass of Plant Communities by Remote Sensing -- E. Plant Production in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas -- F. Water Content and Productivity of Lichens -- 7 Water and Vegetation Patterns -- Preface -- A. Water Relations and Alpine Timberline -- B. The Water Factor and Convergent Evolution in Mediterranean-type Vegetation -- C. The Water-Photosynthesis Syndrome and the Geographical Plant Distribution in the Saharan Deserts -- Index of Plant Species.
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| Format: | Texto biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
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Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
1976
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| Subjects: | Life sciences., Plant physiology., Life Sciences., Plant Physiology., Biomedicine general., |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66429-8 |
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| Summary: | 1 Fundamentals of Plant Water Relations -- Preface -- A. The Structure of Water in the Biological Cell -- B. The States of Water in the Plant—Theoretical Consideration -- C. The Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum -- D. The Water Status in the Plant—Experimental Evidence -- 2 Water Uptake and Soil Water Relations -- Preface -- A. Root Extension and Water Absorption -- B. Resistance to Water Flow in the Roots of Cereals -- C. Soil Water Relations and Water Exchange of Forest Ecosystems -- 3 Transpiration and Its Regulation -- Preface -- A. Energy Exchange and Transpiration -- B. Water Permeability of Cuticular Membranes -- C. Physiological Basis of Stomatal Response -- D. Current Perspectives of Steady-state Stomatal Responses to Environment -- E. Water Uptake, Storage and Transpiration by Conifers: A Physiological Model -- 4 Direct and Indirect Water Stress -- Preface -- A. Water Stress, Ultrastructure and Enzymatic Activity -- B. Water Stress and Hormonal Response -- C. Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism Under Water Stress -- D. Water Stress During Freezing -- E. Cell Permeability and Water Stress -- F. Water Stress and Dynamics of Growth and Yield of Crop Plants -- 5 Water Relations and CO2 Fixation Types -- Preface -- A. Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM): CO2 and Water Economy -- B. Balance Between C3 and CAM Pathway of Photosynthesis -- C. C4 Pathway and Regulation of the Balance Between C4 and C3 Metabolism -- D. Ecophysiology of C4 Grasses -- 6 Water Relations and Productivity -- Preface -- A. The Use of Correlation Models to Predict Primary Productivity from Precipitation or Evapotranspiration -- B. The Use of Simulation Models for Productivity Studies in Arid Regions -- C. Irrigation and Water Use Efficiency -- D. Estimating Water Status and Biomass of Plant Communities by Remote Sensing -- E. Plant Production in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas -- F. Water Content and Productivity of Lichens -- 7 Water and Vegetation Patterns -- Preface -- A. Water Relations and Alpine Timberline -- B. The Water Factor and Convergent Evolution in Mediterranean-type Vegetation -- C. The Water-Photosynthesis Syndrome and the Geographical Plant Distribution in the Saharan Deserts -- Index of Plant Species. |
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