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This book is addressed to all biologists seeking a review of the various transport processes of minerals and organic substances in plants from the level of cell organelles to the longer-distance movements in the largest trees. It is directed toward students having had some elementary physiol­ ogy, but the attempt has been made to provide information of interest on the frontiers of current research. Doing this comprehensively, we wished to consider all of the points of view that appeared to be important; on the other hand, space and time were limited. Therefore, the presentation had to strike an intermediate ground between the style of a textbook giving of selected problems and a comprehensive ref­ representative treatments erence book covering all ramifications. The reader will notice that the pendulum will swing more toward one and then to the other. We did not want to avoid, and we felt it was not appropriate to neglect completely our own special research interests, which led to some emphasis on certain SUbjects. The immediate origin ofthe book is the Heidelberger Taschenbuch 125 (HTB 125) Stojjtransport der Pflanzen by U. L. (1973), which in turn was preceded by an earlier work, Aktiver Transport: Kurzstreckentransport bei Pflanzen Protoplasmatologia vol. VIII17 b by U. L. (1969). At the Li­ verpool Workshop on Ion Transport in 1972 organized by W. Peter An­ derson, and while in a jovial and expansive mood, the authors agreed to produce an English version.

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Author:   U. Lüttge ,  N. Higinbotham
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1979
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.735kg
ISBN:  

9781461596493

ISBN 10:   1461596491
Pages:   468
Publication Date:   05 February 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 The Starting Point.- 1.1 The Flow of Matter and Energy Through a Higher Plant.- 1.2 Summarizing Comparison.- I Biophysical Background and the Substances Subject to Transport: Chapters 2 and 3.- 2 Biophysical Relations.- 3 The Materials of Transport.- II Complications of Models by Cellular Structures: Chapters 4 to 7.- 4 The Cell Wall as a Phase for Transport.- 5 The Membranes.- 6 The Simplified Cell Models of Transport Physiology.- 7 Correlations Between the Fine Structure of the Cytoplasm and Transport Functions: Futher Complications of the Model.- III Regulation and Control of Transport Processes by Cell Metabolism: Chapters 8 to 10.- 8 Sources of Metabolic Energy for Membrane Transport Mechanisms.- 9 Phytochrome and Phytohormones Affecting Membrane Transport Mechanisms.- 10 Coupling Between Energy-Transfer Processes in Mitochondria and Chloroplasts and Transport Mechanisms at Spatially Separated Membranes.- IV Inter-Cellular and Inter-Organ Transport: Chapters 11 to 13.- 11 Medium-Distance Transport and Long-Distance Transport.- 12 Coupling of Short-Distance, Medium-Distance and Long-Distance Transport in Special Plant Organs and Interconnections Between Different Pathways of Transport.- 13 Transport Regulation in the Plant as a Whole.- References.

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