Plant Science & Botany

Experimental Ecophysiology and Biochemistry of Trees and Shrubs
Humberto Gonzalez Rodriguez, PhD
Ratikanta Maiti, PhD, DSc
Ch. Aruna Kumari, PhD

Experimental Ecophysiology and Biochemistry of Trees and Shrubs

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Pub Date: November 2020
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Hard ISBN: 9781771888370
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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-77463-959-7
E-Book ISBN: 9780429322266
Pages: 344pp w/index
Binding Type: hardback / paperback / ebook
Notes: 13 b/w illustrations

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The existence and competition of trees and shrubs to sustain and put forth growth under varied environmental conditions is dependent on the interactions that occur between the plant metabolic processes and the prevailing environmental conditions. In order to understand the productivity of trees and shrubs, it is a prerequisite to know the experimental techniques of these vital processes. This volume, Experimental Eco-Physiology and Biochemistry of Trees and Shrubs, provides a comprehensive presentation of this topic.

The first part of this book deals with various aspects of experimental ecophysiology and recent research results of studies on plant pigment, epicuticular wax, leaf nutrients, carbon fixation, all supported by literature. The second part of the volume describes various laboratory techniques such as diffusion, imbibition, calorimetry, atomic absorption, mineral nutrition, nutrition analysis of forage, litterfall chemistry, nutrient cycle, etc. The third and fourth parts deal with the advances in the techniques in the development of ecophysiology.

The book will serve as an important handbook and resource for students, faculty and teachers, technicians, and researchers and scientists involved in forest science dealing with ecophysiology and biochemistry of woody and crop plants.

CONTENTS:
Preface

PART I: EXPERIMENTAL ECOPHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
1. Leaf Pigment

2. Leaf Epicuticular Wax

3. Leaf Nutrients

4. Carbon Fixation (Carbon Sequestration)

5. Wood Carbon and Nitrogen

6. Leaf /Wood Chemical Composition

PART II: LABORATORY TECHNIQUES OF PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
7. Revision of Terminology and Laboratory Techniques

8. Diffusion and Osmosis

9. Imbibition of Seeds

10. Estimation of Water Potential in Potatoes from Changes in Weight and Volume

11. Influence of Ph on Coloration of Anthocyanin and Betalaine

12. Colorimetry as a Tool in Plant Physiology

13. Determination of Pigment Contents in Leaf Tissue

14. Water Relations

15. Spectroscopy of Atomic Absorption

16. Mineral Nutrition and Symptoms of Deficiency of Nutrients

17. Pigment Analysis of Leaves

18. Leaf Epicuticular Wax

19. Determination of Nutrients of Leaves (Macro and Micronutrients)

20. Nutritional Composition of Forage

21. Carbon Fixation (Carbon Sequestration)

22. Chemical Composition of Wood of Woody Plants

23. Litterfall Chemistry

24. Nutrient Cycle

25. Study of the Various Aspects of Mineral Nutrition, Accumulation, and Distribution of Micro- and Macro Elements in Woody Plants (Zolotovo Ekather, Russia)

26. Allied Microtechniques

PART III:
27. Advances in Technology Development in Experimental Ecophysiology and Biochemistry

PART IV:
28. Modern Methods and Research Directions of Biochemistry of the Boreal Woody Plants
Ekaterina Zolotova and Natalya Ivanova

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Humberto Gonzalez Rodriguez, PhD
Faculty Member, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales (School of Forest Sciences), Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Humberto González Rodríguez, PhD, is a faculty member at the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales (School of Forest Sciences), Nuevo Leon, Mexico. He received his PhD in Plant Physiology from Texas A&M University under the advice of Dr. Wayne R. Jordan and Dr. Malcolm C. Drew. He is currently working on water relations and plant nutrition in native woody trees and shrubs, northeastern Mexico. In addition, his research includes nutrient deposition via litterfall in different forest ecosystems. Dr. Rodríguez teaches chemistry, plant physiology, and statistics.

Ratikanta Maiti, PhD, DSc
Visiting Research Scientist, Forest Science Faculty, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Ratikanta Maiti, PhD, DSc, is a world-renowned botanist and crop physiologist. He worked for nine years on jute and allied fibers at the former Jute Agricultural Research Institute (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), India, and also worked as a plant physiologist on sorghum and pearl millet at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics for 10 years. He also worked for more than 25 years as a professor and research scientist at three different universities in Mexico. In addition, he worked for six years as a Research Advisor at Vibha Seeds, Hyderabad, India, and as a Visiting Research Scientist for five years in the Forest Science Faculty, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico. As the author of more than 40 books and about 500 research papers, he has won several international awards, including an Ethno-Botanist Award (USA) sponsored by Friends University, Wichita, Kansas, the United Nations Development Programme; a senior research scientist award offered by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologi­a (CONNACYT), Mexico; and a gold medal from India 2008 offered by ABI. He is Chairman of the Ratikanta Maiti Foundation and chief editor of three international journals.

Ch. Aruna Kumari, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Crop Physiology, Agricultural College, Jagtial, Professor Jaya Shankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU), India

Ch. Aruna Kumari, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Crop Physiology at Agricultural College, Jagtial, Professor Jaya Shankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU), India. She has six years of teaching experience at PJTSAU and seven years of research experience in varied Indian Council of Agricultural Research institutes as well as at Vibha Seeds. She is the recipient of a Council of Scientific & Industrial Research fellowship during her doctoral studies and was awarded a Young Scientist Award for Best Thesis Presentation at the National Seminar on Plant Physiology. She teaches courses on plant physiology and environmental science and has taught seed physiology and growth, yield, and modeling courses. She is the author of book chapters Advances in Cotton and Chili and Food Security for Sustainable Development. She was one of editors of the book Glossary of Plant Physiology and editor of two books, Advances in Bio-Resource and Stress Management and Applied Biology of Woody Plants. She had also published over research publications in national and international journals. Her field of specialization was on seed dormancy of rice and sunflowers.




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