Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology

7 Fruit Development, Maturation, and Ripening 143

William Grierson

8 Dormancy: Manifestations and Causes 161

Frank G. Dennis, Jr.

9 Senescence in Plants and Crops 181

Lola Peñarrubia and Joaquín Moreno

10 Abscission 205

Roy Sexton

Part III Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Plant/Crop Physiology

11 Cell Cycle Regulation in Plants 229

A. S. N. Reddy and Irene S. Day

12 Chlorophyll Biosynthesis During Plant Greening 265

Benoît Schoefs

13 Structure and Function of Photosynthetic Membranes in Higher Plants 281

Ilia D. Denev and Ivan N. Minkov

14 Bioenergetic Aspects of Photosynthetic Gas Exchange and Respiratory Processes

in Algae and Plants 299

Klaus Peter Bader and Refat Abdel-Basset

15 Diffusive Resistances to CO 2 Entry in the Leaves and Their Limitations

to Photosynthesis 327

Angelo Massacci and Francesco Loreto

Part IV Plant/Crop Physiology and Physiological Aspects of Plant/Crop Production Processes

16 Mineral Nutrient Transport in Plants 337

Benjamin Jacoby and Nava Moran

17 Sodium: A Functional Nutrient in Plants 363

G. V. Subbarao, Raymond M. Wheeler, Wade L. Berry, and Gary W. Stutte

18 Nitrogen Metabolism and Crop Productivity 385

Fred E. Below

19 Quantifying Immediate Carbon Export from Source Leaves 407

Evangelos Demosthenes Leonardos and Bernard Grodzinski

20 Production-Related Assimilate Transport and Partitioning 421

John E. Hendrix

21 Phloem Transport of Solutes in Crop Plants 449

Edmund R. Miranda, Wattana Pattanagul, and Monica A. Madore

22 Carbohydrate Synthesis and Crop Metabolism 467

Wattana Pattanagul, Edmund R. Miranda, and Monica A. Madore

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