Light and Plant Growth
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
1988.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 1988. |
| Colección: | Topics in Plant Physiology ;
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5996-8 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1 General introduction
- 1.1 Light and life
- 1.2 Light as an environmental factor
- 1.3 Light and plants
- 1.4 Light and photomorphogenesis
- 1.5 Light and orientation in space
- 1.6 Light and orientation in time
- 1.7 Summary
- Further reading
- 2 Radiant energy
- 2.1 Nature of radiant energy
- 2.2 Sources of radiant energy
- 2.3 Interaction of radiant energy with matter
- 2.4 Measurement of radiant energy
- 2.5 The light system
- 2.6 Summary
- Further reading
- 3 Daylight and artificial light
- 3.1 The Sun’s spectrum and daylight
- 3.2 Factors which influence the daylight spectrum
- 3.3 Artificial sources of radiant energy
- 3.4 Summary
- Further reading
- 4 Photoreceptors
- 4.1 Introductory comments
- 4.2 Phytochrome
- 4.3 Blue-light receptors
- 4.4 Summary
- Further reading
- 5 Metabolic transduction and amplification of light signals
- 5.1 Introductory comments
- 5.2 Phytochrome-mediated rapid responses
- 5.3 Light and enzymes
- 5.4 Light and growth regulators
- 5.5 Summary
- Further reading
- 6 Growth and development: photomorphogenesis
- 6.1 Introductory comments
- 6.2 Germination
- 6.3 Growth of etiolated seedlings
- 6.4 Growth of green tissues
- 6.5 De-etiolation and leaf expansion
- 6.6 Summary
- Further reading
- 7 Orientation in space: phototropism
- 7.1 Introductory comments
- 7.2 Signal perception: light responses
- 7.3 Signal processing: growth responses
- 7.4 Concluding remarks
- 7.5 Summary
- Further reading
- 8 Orientation in time: photoperiodism
- 8.1 Introductory comments
- 8.2 Circadian rhythms
- 8.3 Photoperiodism I: Early studies
- 8.4 Photoperiodism II
- 8.5 Summary
- Further reading
- Reference.