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Chapter 1 Water Relations of Plants
Why water is important to plants
Water movement and water potential
The forces governing water movement in cells
How plants take up water and transport water
How plants lose water
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Chapter 2 Mineral Nutrients
Definition of relevant terms and role of nutrients.
How plants cell absorb mineral nutrients
How mineral nutrients are transported within plants
How plants utilize nitrogen
Biological nitrogen fixation
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Chapter 3 Photosynthesis
Definition of photosynthesis
How sunlight is captured by plants
Events that are triggered by the perception of sunlight
How light energy is captured as chemical energy
How this chemical energy is used in the production of sugars
Alternative photosynthetic mechanisms and water use efficiency
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Chapter 4 Translocation and Distribution of Photoassimilates
The pathways, directions and transport forms of photoassimilates
The mechanism of translocation in the phloem
Photoassimilates loading and unloading
How photoassimilate allocation and partitioning are regulated
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Chapter 5 Respiration
What occurs during respiration
Glycolysis and the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway
Mitochondria and the citric acid cycle
Energy production by the electron transport chain
Fermentation
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Chapter 6 Secondary Metabolites
Definition and synthesis of secondary metabolites
Terpenes
Simple and complex phenolics
Nitrogen-containing compounds
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Chapter 7 Signal Transduction Pathway
What is a signal transduction pathway
Perception of a signal by a receptor
Trans-membrane signal transduction
Messenger systems
Protein phosphorylation and dephosphorylation
Chapter 8 Plant Growth Substances
Definition and types of growth substances
History, synthesis, nature and action of auxins
Gibberellins and cytokinins
Ethylene and abscisic acid
Other hormones, plant growth regulators
Chapter 9 The Influence of Light on Plant Development
Concepts of photomorphogenesis and photoreceptors
Discovery and properties of phytochrome
Characteristics of different phytochrome-induced responses
Mechanisms of phytochrome action
Non-phytochrome responses
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Chapter 10 Plant Growth and Development
Mitosis and regulation of the cell division cycle
Cells expansion and cell differentiation
Embryogenesis, seed germination and seedling establishment
Apical differentiation, organ formation and plant growth
Tropic and nastic movements
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Chapter 11 Plant Reproductive Physiology
The transition from vegetative and floral meristems
The induction of flowering by light
The induction of flowering by cold
Floral organ identity genes
Sexual reproduction
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Chapter 12 Plant Maturation and Senescence
The development of seeds and their storage reserves
The development and ripening of fruit
What is seed dormancy and how it is broken
What are senescence and programmed cell death
What is abscission and what factors influence it
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Chapter 13 Physiology of Plants under Stress
Plants, stress conditions and symptoms
Impacts of water stress and plant resistance to its effects
Plant responses to chilling and heat stress
Plant responses to salinity stress
Plant responses to pathogen attack
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