This thoroughly revised and updated edition provides an accessible overview of the rapidly advancing field of plant physiology. Key topics covered include absorption of water, ascent of sap, transpiration, mineral nutrition, fat metabolism, enzymes and plant hormones. Separate chapters are included on photosynthesis, respiration and nitrogen metabolism, and emphasis is placed on their contribution to food security, climate resilient farming (or climate-smart agriculture) and sustainable development. There is also a chapter on the seminal contributions of plant physiologists. Supported by the inclusion of laboratory experimental exercises and solved numerical problems, the text emphasises the conceptual framework, for example, in coverage of topics such as thermodynamics, water potential gradients and energy transformation during metabolic processes, water use efficiency (WUE) and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). Bringing together the theoretical and practical details, this text is accessible, self-contained and student-friendly.

Author: S. L. Kochhar, Sukhbir Kaur Gujral
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 01/07/2021
Pages: 894
Weight: 3.4lbs
Size: 9.70h x 7.70w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9781108486392
2nd Revised Edition

About the Author
Kochhar, S. L.: - S. L. Kochhar obtained his master's degree from Punjab University, Chandigarh, where he was awarded the prestigious Atomic Energy Commission Scholarship. He taught courses in economic botany and plant physiology at Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi, for more than four decades (1965-2009). His areas of interest include botany, plant science, tropical crops and plant physiology. He is author of Economic Botany: A Comprehensive Study, 5th Edition (Cambridge, 2016).Gujral, Sukhbir Kaur: - Sukhbir Kaur Gujral has been teaching in the Department of Botany at Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi for more than three decades. Her areas of interest include plant physiology and cell biology.