Fundamentals of plant physiology
by V. K. Jain
- revised ed.
- New Delhi : S. Chand, 1974
- xi, 484 p.
The plant cell; Water, solutions, suspensions and colloidal systems; Diffusion, osmosis and imbibition; Absorption of waste; Transpiration and guttation; Ascent of sap; Absorption of mineral salts; Mineral nutrition of plants; Nitrogen metabolism; Enzymes; Photosynthesis; Special methods of nutrition; Carbohydrate metabolism; Lipid (fat) metabolism; Translocation of organic solutes; Respiration; Growth and growth hormones; Photoperiodism; Vernalization; Germination and dormancy of seeds and buds; Plant movements; Circadian rhythms in plants; Stress physiology; Secondary metabolites; Photomorphogenesis