Transport of Nutrients in Plants
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Transport of Nutrients in Plants

  1. 266 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Transport of Nutrients in Plants

About this book

Transport of Nutrients in Plants provides the study of nutrient movement in plants. The greater part of this book deals with the physiology and cytology of phloem. The first chapter of the text deals with studies on the definition of the cellular pathways of transport. Chapter 2 considers how the mobility of solutes can be measured and the range of chemical species which are moved in xylem and phloem. The next chapter discusses the concepts of velocity and rate. The rest of the book is devoted to the characteristics of phloem transport and the ultrastructure of sieve elements, including such topics as the control of movement, solute-loading and -unloading mechanisms, the dependence of transport upon metabolic energy, bidirectional movement and water movement in phloem. Finally an account is given of the movement of endogenous growth regulators and a brief assessment of 'hormone-directed' transport. Botanists will find the book very interesting and informative.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Transport of Nutrients in Plants
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1. The pathways of long distance transport
  8. Chapter 2. The range of solutes transported in plants
  9. Chapter 3. The control of solute loading and unloading at sources and sinks
  10. Chapter 4. The measurement and concepts of velocity and mass transfer
  11. Chapter 5. The control of the rate and direction of phloem transport
  12. Chapter 6. The structure of phloem cells
  13. Chapter 7. The hypotheses of the mechanism of sieve tube transport
  14. Chapter 8. Metabolic energy and transport
  15. Chapter 9. Simultaneous bidirectional movement and the kinetics of multiple tracer experiments
  16. Chapter 10. The osmotic properties of sieve elements and water movement in phloem
  17. Chapter 11. Naturally occurring growth regulators, their movement and effects upon nutrient transport
  18. Concluding remarks
  19. References
  20. Glossary of terms
  21. List of Abbreviations
  22. Author index
  23. Subject index