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Plant Physiology. A Treatise: Water and Solutes in Plants by F. C. Steward

By F. C. Steward

Plant body structure: A Treatise, quantity IX: Water and Solutes in vegetation explores difficulties linked to water and solutes of crops as they develop. This ebook considers water family of plant cells, besides transpiration and water stability, the body structure of stomata, ion uptake by means of roots from the soil, and salt kinfolk of vegetation.
This quantity is equipped into seven chapters and starts off with an advent to the water power terminology utilized by plant physiologists in describing the water relatives of plant groups, person crops and their organs, and plant cells. An account of the elastic houses and hydraulic conductivity of plant telephone partitions is equipped. the next chapters specialise in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum, water uptake and stream via crops, the results of water deficit on plant improvement and different approaches, and the mechanics of stomatal functioning. The ebook additionally introduces the reader to salt kinfolk of plant cells, tissues, and roots in addition to long-distance shipping within the phloem, after which concludes via discussing the solute composition of cells in the course of improvement.
This publication is a precious source for academics, learn staff, and scholars with particular curiosity in plant body structure.

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1 9 7 6 ) . T u r g o r pressure sensing in plant cell membranes. Plant Physiol. 5 8 , 6 3 6 - 6 4 3 . 18. Cram, W . J . ( 1 9 7 6 ) . Negative feedback regulation of transport in cells. T h e mainte­ nance of turgor, volume and nutrient supply. In "Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, New Series" ( U . Luttge and M. G. ), Vol. 2, Part A, pp. 2 8 4 - 3 1 6 . Springer-Verlag, Berlin and New York. 19. Dainty, J . ( 1 9 6 3 ) . Water relations of plant cells. Adv. Bot. Res. 1 , 2 7 9 - 3 2 6 . 2 0 .

Rains, R. C. Valentine, and A. ), pp. 1 3 3 - 1 5 4 . Plenum, New York. 5 8 . , and Tazawa, M. ( 1 9 5 6 ) . Studies of water permeability of a single plant cell by means of transcellular osmosis. Protoplasma 4 6 , 3 9 4 - 4 2 2 . 59. Kauss, H. ( 1 9 7 3 ) . Turnover of galactosylglycerol and osmotic balance in Ochromonas. Plant Physiol. 5 2 , 6 1 3 - 6 1 5 . 6 0 . Kauss, H. ( 1 9 7 8 ) . Osmotic regulation in algae. Prog. Phytochem. 5, 1 - 2 7 . 6 1 . , and Katchalsky, A. ( 1958). Thermodynamic analysis of the permeability of biological membranes to non-electrolytes.

WATER RELATIONS OF PLANT CELLS 35 cell membrane (cubic meters per pascal second) [cf. Eq. (12)] and Αψ is the difference of water potential between the cell and its surroundings. Be­ cause the membrane is not truly semipermeable Αψ = σπ — P. Clearly, if the permeability of the membrane to water is low, cell growth could be limited just as much as if Αψ were low. , Αψ increased) by reducing either osmotic potential or tur­ gor. Because of the volume increase osmotic potential will tend to rise (become less negative) during cell expansion unless there is an increase in total cell solutes to balance or exceed this dilution effect (see Chapter 7 by Steward).

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