Full Description
This text is of great significance and interest to plant physiologists, agronomists, horticulturists, ecologists, and biochemists. The book, which presents comprehensive methods for various plant processes, is designed to meet the needs of students, teachers, and researchers alike. The book covers a range of topics, including hydroponics and plant nutrition, stress tests, water potential and flow in plants, canopy gas measurements for photosynthesis, respiration, and transpiration, growth studies, and plant product estimations. In addition, the book also discusses climate change and the theory of phytotron and rhizotron. The book aims to provide readers with the latest methods and procedures to address problems, and the results are based on fundamental principles of physics. The book is meant to be used in conjunction with a standard text of plant physiology, and elementary principles of the techniques are briefly explained. The book is also useful for students interested in hormones, tissue culture, and seed technology.
Contents
1. Importance of Plant / Crop Physiology in Agriculture
2. Plant Physiology Laboratory
3. Osmotic Pressure Potential by Plasmolytic Method
4. Separation of Plant Pigments by Chemical Method
5. Determination of Stomatal Frequency and Stomatal Index
6. Transpiration
7. Oxygen Evolution During Photochemical Reaction
8. Measurement of Photosynthetic Rates by Gas Exchange Techniques
9. Growth Regulators
10. Seed Physiology
11. Tissue Culture Techniques
12. Growth Analysis
13. Hydroponics and Plant Nutrition
14. Tests for Various Stresses in Crop Plants
15. Analysis for Carbohydrates
16. Nitrogen and Protein Analysis
17. Analytical Methods for Fats and Fatty Acids
18. Micronutrient Analysis
19. Determination of Phytochemicals
20. Climate Change, Phytotron and Rhizotron
