Handbook of plant and crop physiology Book

	Preface
	Contributors
Pt. I	Plants/Crops Growth Responses to Environmental Factors and Climactic Changes
1	Time, Plant Growth, Respiration, and Temperature	1
2	Role of Temperature in the Physiology of Crop Plants: Pre- and Postharvest	13
3	Crop Plant Responses to Rising CO[subscript 2] and Climate Change	35
Pt. II	Physiology of Plant/Crop Growth and Developmental Stages
4	Germination and Emergence	57
5	Influence of Source Strength on Leaf Developmental Programming	117
6	Ecophysiological Aspects of the Vegetative Propagation of Saltbush (Atriplex spp.) and Mulberry (Morus spp.)	127
7	Fruit Development, Maturation, and Ripening	143
8	Dormancy: Manifestations and Causes	161
9	Senescence in Plants and Crops	181
10	Abscission	205
Pt. III	Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Plant/Crop Physiology
11	Cell Cycle Regulation in Plants	229
12	Chrolophyll Biosynthesis During Plant Greening	265
13	Structure and Function of Photosynthetic Membranes in Higher Plants	281
14	Bioenergetic Aspects of Photosynthetic Gas Exchange and Respiratory Processes in Algae and Plants	299
15	Diffusive Resistances to CO[subscript 2] Entry in the Leaves and Their Limitations to Photosynthesis	327
Pt. IV	Plant/Crop Physiology and Physiological Aspects of Plant/Crop Production Processes
16	Mineral Nutrient Transport in Plants	337
17	Sodium: A Functional Nutrient in Plants	363
18	Nitrogen Metabolism and Crop Productivity	385
19	Quantifying Immediate Carbon Export from Source Leaves	407
20	Production-Related Assimilate Transport and Partitioning	421
21	Phloem Transport of Solutes in Crop Plants	449
22	Carbohydrate Synthesis and Crop Metabolism	467
23	Production of Phytomedicinal Chemicals by Plants	485
Pt. V	Plant Growth Regulators: The Natural Hormones (Growth Promoters and Inhibitors) and Plant Genes
24	Plant Growth Hormones: Growth Promoters and Inhibitors	501
25	The Activation Sequence-1 Cognate Promoter Elements Play Critical Roles in the Activation of Defense-Related Genes in Higher Plants	527
26	Multilevel Regulation of Glutathione Homeostasis in Higher Plants	539
27	Genes Associated with Orchid Flower	549
Pt. VI	Physiological Responses of Plants/Crops Under Stressful (Salt, Drought, and Other Environmental Stresses) Conditions
28	Biology and Physiology of Saline Plants	563
29	Role of Physiology in Improving Crop Adaptation to Abiotic Stresses in the Tropics: the Case of Common Bean and Tropical Forages	583
30	Adaptive Components of Salt Tolerance	615
31	Growth and Physiological Adaptations of Grasses to Salinity Stress	623
32	Physiological Mechanisms of Nitrogen Absorption and Assimilation in Plants Under Stressful Conditions	637
33	Induction of Proteins in Response to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses	657
34	Physiological Responses of Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) to Salt Stress	681
35	Calcium as a Messenger in Stress Signal Transduction	697
36	Regulation of Gene Expression During Abiotic Stresses and the Role of the Plant Hormone Abscistic Acid	735
Pt. VII	Physiological Responses of Plants/Crops to Heavy Metal Concentration and Agrichemicals
37	How Plants Adapt Their Physiology to an Excess of Metals	751
38	The Negative Action of Toxic Divalent Cations on the Photosynthetic Apparatus	763
39	Physiological Mechanisms of Herbicide Actions	773
Pt. VIII	Physiological Relationships Between Lower and Higher Plants
40	Parasitic Flowering Plants from Genus Orobanche: DNA Markers, Molecular Evolution, and Physiological Relations with the Host Plants	789
Pt. IX	Physiology of Lower-Plant Genetics and Development
41	Developmental Genetics in Lower Plants	803
Pt. X	Physiology of Higher-Plant/Crop Genetics and Development
42	Photosynthetic Efficiency and Crop Yield	821
43	Transpiration Efficiency: Avenues for Genetic Improvement	835
44	Physiological Mechanisms Relevant to Genetic Improvement of Salinity Tolerance in Crop Plants	857
45	Glycine Betaine Accumulation: Its Role in Stress Resistance in Crop Plants	881
XI	Using Computer Modeling in Plant Physiology
46	Computer Simulation of Plant and crop Allocation Processes	909
Pt. XII	Plant/Crop Physiology Under Controlled Conditions, in Space, and on Other Planets
47	Composite Lighting for Controlled-Environment Plant Factories	915
48	Plant Growth and Human Life Support for Space Travel	925
	Index	943