Principles of Crop Physiology

Agriculture Knowledge Series

Book: 5

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Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Seed physiology. 3. Seed viability and vigour. 4. Growth and development. 5. Crop water relations. 6. How do materials pass through membranes?. 7. Absorption of water and mineral elements by plants. 8. The ascent of sap. 9. Organic transport in plants. 10. Transpiration. 11. Photosynthesis: introduction. 12. Photosynthetic apparatus: chloroplast. 13. Photosystems in chloroplast. 14. Photoionization and photophosphorylation. 5. Path of carbon. 16. Cam plants. 17. The photorespiratory carbon oxidation cycle. 18. Dry matter partitioning and crop productivity. 19. Method of measuring photosynethesis. 20. Respiration: the second energy transduction. 21. Nutriophysiology. 22. Hydroponics. 23. Photoperiodism. 24. Plant growth regulators. 25. Auxins. 26. Gibberellins. 27. Cytokinins: juvenile hormones. 28. Ethylene: Fruit ripening hormone. 29. Abscisic acid. 30. Commercial applications of plant growth regulators. 31. Senescence: a suicidal impulse. 32. Abscission. 33. Post harvest physiology. 34. Seed dormancy. 35. Fruit ripening. 36. Stress physiology.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.S. Purohit

Dr. S.S. Purohit (b. July, 1948) obtained M.Sc. (Gold Medal) and Ph.D. in Botany from Udaipur University, Udaipur. He was guest scientist in various foreign universities. He has 30 years of teaching experience of UG and PG students specially Plant Physiology and Biotechnology. He has guided 12 M. Phil and 5 Ph.D. students. He is a well known author of 30 nooks of national and international repute. He has edited an International series entitled: Hormonal Regulation of Plant Growth and Development in Six Volumes and two Volumes have been reprinted by W. Junk Publishers, Holland. Presently he is the Managing Director of Agrobios (India) and Chief Editor Agrobios News Letter.