Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology

Contents

ix

Preface v

Contributors xiii

Part I Plants/Crops Growth Responses to Environmental Factors and Climactic Changes

1 Time, Plant Growth, Respiration, and Temperature 1

Bruce N. Smith, Lyneen C. Harris, V. Wallace McCarlie, Dorothy L. Stradling,

Tonya Thygerson, Jillian Walker, Richard S. Criddle, and Lee D. Hansen

2 Role of Temperature in the Physiology of Crop Plants: Pre- and Postharvest 13

William Grierson

3 Crop Plant Responses to Rising CO 2 and Climate Change 35

Joseph C. V. Vu, Leon Hartwell Allen, Jr., and Maria Gallo-Meagher

Part II Physiology of Plant/Crop Growth and Developmental Stages

4 Germination and Emergence 57

Calvin Chong, Bernard B. Bible, and Hak-Yoon Ju

5 Influence of Source Strength on Leaf Developmental Programming 117

Steven Rodermel, Adam Miller, and Martin Spalding

6 Ecophysiological Aspects of the Vegetative Propagation of Saltbush (Atriplexspp.)

and Mulberry (Morusspp.) 127

David N. Sen and Pramila Rajput