Plants in Agriculture

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Paperback | 19 October 1992

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Plants in Agriculture fulfills the need for a single text that promotes a comprehensive understanding of how plants operate in agriculture. By setting plant development firmly in the context of the realities of soil, climatic, and biological conditions the authors insure that this book wil be of wide use to crop scientists, horticulturalists, and pure and applied biologists. The strengths of this book are that it synthesizes subject matter from a wide range of perspectives, from sowing to harvesting, storage, marketing, and consumption of crops. Some major aspects, such as the impact of stress on yield and the effects of growing conditions on the nutritional quality of plants are synthesized for the first time. It is also a highly practical work that integrates knowledge from other disciplines, such as soil science, human and animal nutrition, and crop protection. Finally, it chooses from cool temperate, warm temperate, tropical, and arid agriculture to highlight the universal significance of principles. Simple terms and concepts are fully explained for the uninitiated.

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"...a user-friendly text that is concisely written and well-organized...I recommend this book as one suitable for undergraduate agriculture courses that follow introductory biology." Laura A. Morrison, Plant Science Bulletin "In general, each chapter effectively blends botanical principles with applications to agricultural situations...will appeal to beginning students seeking a botanical grounding in the applied plant sciences, and serve them well." David M. Bates, The Quarterly Review of Biology

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Preface	p. xiii
Plants as the basis of agriculture	p. 1
The importance of plants for mankind	p. 1
What is a plant?	p. 2
The kinds of plants	p. 5
Organization of the angiosperm plant	p. 8
What is a crop?	p. 12
Harnessing of energy by plants: photosynthesis	p. 12
Storage of energy in the plant	p. 21
Extraction of energy from carbohydrate: respiration	p. 22
The balance of photosynthesis and respiration	p. 25
Summary	p. 30
Plants and water	p. 32
Importance of water to the plant	p. 32
Forces causing water to move in plants	p. 34
Ascent of water in the xylem	p. 38
Transpiration - the escape of water from the plant	p. 42
Water stress in plants	p. 48
Water stress and soil moisture supply	p. 52
Summary	p. 60
Plants and minerals	p. 62
Importance of minerals to the plant	p. 62
Supply of minerals in the soil	p. 63
Supply of minerals from the atmosphere	p. 69
Mineral uptake, circulation and loss	p. 70
Deficiency, sufficiency and excess of minerals	p. 73
Summary	p. 80
Plant strength and integrity	p. 82
Structural integrity of plant tissues	p. 82
Distribution of strengthening tissues in plant organs	p. 87
Mechanical stresses on plants	p. 91
Factors affecting the strength of plant support systems	p. 93
Protective tissues of plants	p. 94
Protection from mechanical injury	p. 96
Recovery from breakage or injury	p. 97
The cuticle as a barrier to water movement	p. 98
Thermal injury and its avoidance	p. 99
Protection from invasion by pests and pathogens	p. 103
Protection from herbivorous animals	p. 107
Summary	p. 108
Plant growth and development: seed and seedling	p. 110
The seed	p. 110
Germination	p. 116
Germination and establishment in the field	p. 119
Summary	p. 127
Plant growth and development: the vegetative plant	p. 130
Growth and development of the root system	p. 130
Growth and development of the shoot system	p. 143
Senescence, dormancy and death	p. 154
Summary	p. 157
Plant growth and development: flower, fruit and seed	p. 159
Sexual reproduction in the angiosperm plant	p. 159
Initiation of flowering	p. 164
Structure and function of the flower	p. 168
From pollination to fertilization	p. 177
Seed and fruit development	p. 179
Summary	p. 184
Plant growth and development: environmental effects and internal control	p. 186
Rate of growth	p. 186
Direction of nutrients in growth and development	p. 188
Internal programming of development	p. 191
Natural plant hormones	p. 192
Hormone interactions	p. 196
Environmental cues for development	p. 198
Effects and uses of synthetic growth regulators on crops	p. 202
Summary	p. 206
Plant variation, inheritance and breeding	p. 208
Variation in plants	p. 208
The mechanisms of inheritance	p. 213
Patterns of inheritance in plants	p. 224
Selection in crop breeding	p. 231
Polyploidy	p. 234
Transformation technology	p. 235
Summary	p. 238
Vegetative propagation	p. 241
Natural systems of vegetative propagation	p. 241
Vegetative propagation in agricultural and horticultural practice	p. 244
The genetics of vegetatively propagated crops	p. 254
Summary	p. 255
Crop production and yield	p. 256
Meaning of yield	p. 256
Plant population and crop yield	p. 258
Determination of yield	p. 265
Effects of weeds on crop yield	p. 268
Yield of mixed crops	p. 272
Impact of stress on yield	p. 275
Pre-harvest losses of realized yield	p. 285
Post-harvest yield losses and their control	p. 286
Efficiency of crop production	p. 295
Summary	p. 299
Plants as food	p. 301
Plants in human and animal nutrition	p. 301
Effects of growing conditions on the nutritional quality of plants	p. 314
Acceptability of plant foods	p. 320
Processing and preserving of plant products	p. 324
Toxic constituents of plants and plant products	p. 329
Summary	p. 334
Index	p. 337
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