PLANT physiology has few literary champions. There is not one comprehensive textbook on the subject suitable for students reading for a final degree in botany in Great Britain. Except where a ...

ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Solutions and colloidal systems -- ch. 3. Plant cells -- ch. 4. Diffusion, osmosis, and imbibition -- ch. 5. Water relations of plant cells -- ch. 6. Loss of water from ...

Description: An introduction to the major groups in the plant kingdom, their origin, classification, and economic importance. The areas of anatomy, morphology, cytology, physiology, biochemistry, ...

Plant physiology is an examination of plant function ranging in complexity from individual cells up to the whole plant. As relatively immobile organisms, plants must adapt to the prevailing ...

Somehow, chemistry does not as a rule find favour with botanists; it is perhaps too remote from the other sides of their subject, so that plant physiology is not nearly so developed a field as ...

Linda Chalder-Scott, of the popular blog The Garden Professors, uncovers these and other fascinating mysteries in this engaging and accessible introduction to plant physiology.--COVER.

This research opens up possibilities for manipulating plant physiology in specific ways, benefiting agriculture and the environment. The researchers reported their findings in Nature Communications.

We have excellent teaching, research, and outreach programs in the areas of plant biology (cellular, genetics, genomics, microbial, molecular and physiology), agronomy (including pathology, soil ...