Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology

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TM Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York•Basel Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology Second Edition Revised and Expanded edited by Mohamm ...

ISBN: 0-8247-0546- This book is printed on acid-free paper. Headquarters Marcel Dekker, Inc. 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10 ...

BOOKSINSOILS,PLANTS,ANDTHEENVIRONMENT EditorialBoard AgriculturalEngineering RobertM.Peart,UniversityofFlorida,Gainesville Anima ...

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In the memory of my beloved parents, Fatima and Vahab, who regretfully did not live to see this work, which in no small part res ...

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Preface v Like any other area in science, both the scope and depth of our knowledge of plant and crop physiology are rapidly exp ...

throughout the text are related to the more significant and multifaceted problems of plant and crop phys- iology. They are prese ...

vii I would like to express my special appreciation for secretarial assistance from Mrs. Elenor R. Loya, De- partment of Soil, W ...

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Contents ix Preface v Contributors xiii Part I Plants/Crops Growth Responses to Environmental Factors and Climactic Changes 1 Ti ...

7 Fruit Development, Maturation, and Ripening 143 William Grierson 8 Dormancy: Manifestations and Causes 161 Frank G. Dennis, Jr ...

23 Production of Phytomedicinal Chemicals by Plants 485 Donald P. Briskin Part V Plant Growth Regulators: The Natural Hormones ( ...

Part VII Physiological Responses of Plants/Crops to Heavy Metal Concentration and Agrichemicals 37 How Plants Adapt Their Physio ...

Contributors xiii Refat Abdel-Basset Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt Leon Hartwell Allen, Jr. U.S. Departme ...

Calvin Chong Department of Plant Agriculture-Vineland, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, Vineland Station, Ont ...

Pawan K. Kasera Department of Botany, University of Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India Evangelos Demosthenes Leonardos Division of Horticul ...