Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology

Part VII Physiological Responses of Plants/Crops to Heavy Metal Concentration and
Agrichemicals

37 How Plants Adapt Their Physiology to an Excess of Metals 751

Martine Bertrand, Jean-Claude Guary, and Benoît Schoefs

38 The Negative Action of Toxic Divalent Cations on the Photosynthetic Apparatus 763

Robert Carpentier

39 Physiological Mechanisms of Herbicide Actions 773

Francisco F. de la Rosa

Part VIII Physiological Relationships Between Lower and Higher Plants

40 Parasitic Flowering Plants from Genus Orobanche: DNA Markers, Molecular Evolution,

and Physiological Relations with the Host Plants 789

Ivan N. Minkov and Antoaneta Ljubenova

Part IX Physiology of Lower-Plant Genetics and Development

41 Developmental Genetics in Lower Plants 803
John C. Wallace

Part X Physiology of Higher-Plant/Crop Genetics and Development

42 Photosynthetic Efficiency and Crop Yield 821
Da-Quan Xu and Yun-Kang Shen

43 Transpiration Efficiency: Avenues for Genetic Improvement 835
G. V. Subbarao and Chris Johansen

44 Physiological Mechanisms Relevant to Genetic Improvement of Salinity Tolerance
in Crop Plants 857
G. V. Subbarao and Chris Johansen

45 Glycine Betaine Accumulation: Its Role in Stress Resistance in Crop Plants 881
G. V. Subbarao, Lanfang He Levine, Raymond M. Wheeler, and Gary W. Stutte

Part XI Using Computer Modeling in Plant Physiology

46 Computer Simulation of Plant and Crop Allocation Processes 909
Donna M. Dubay and Monica A. Madore

Part XII Plant/Crop Physiology Under Controlled Conditions, in Space, and on Other Planets

47 Composite Lighting for Controlled-Environment Plant Factories 915
Joel L. Cuello

48 Plant Growth and Human Life Support for Space Travel 925
Raymond M. Wheeler, Gary W. Stutte, G. V. Subbarao, and Neil C. Yorio

Index 943

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