PLANT BIOPHYSICS - Y. I. Posudin - 2004

I. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PLANT CELLS AND TISSUES

1. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

1.2. ELASTIC PARAMETERS

1.3. MEASUREMENT OF YOUNG'S MODULUS

1.4. ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF THE PLANT CELL

1.5. ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF THE PLANT STEM

2. MOLECULAR PROCESSES IN CELLS

2.1. BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES

3. THERMODYNAMIC PROCESSES IN PLANTS

3.1. EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS

3.2. THERMODYNAMIC POTENTIALS

3.3. LINEAR IRREVERSIBLE THERMODYNAMICS

3.4. ENTROPY BALANCE IN THE PLANT

4. ELECTROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PLANTS

4.1. MEMBRANE TRANSPORT

4.2. ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF THE CELL

5. OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF PLANTS

5.1. PROPAGATION OF OPTICAL RADIATION THROUGH A LEAF

5.2. SPECTRAL PROPERTIES OF THE LEAF

II. TRANSPORT PROCESSES IN THE SOIL-PLANT-ATMOSPHERE CONTINUUM

6. MASS TRANSPORT

6.1. MECHANISMS OF WATER TRANSPORT

6.2. CHEMICAL POTENTIAL OF WATER

6.3. WATER POTENTIAL

6.4. COMPONENTS OF WATER POTENTIAL

6.5. CELL WATER POTENTIAL

6.6. WATER POTENTIAL OF WATER VAPOR IN AIR

6.7. MEASUREMENT OF WATER POTENTIAL AND ITS COMPONENTS

6.8. WATER AND SOLUTE FLUXES IN PLANTS

6.9. MEASUREMENT OF WATER AND SOLUTE FLUXES

7. GAS TRANSPORT

7.1. TRANSPIRATION

7.2. MEASUREMENT OF TRANSPIRATION

7.3. MEASUREMENT OF CO₂ ASSIMILATION

7.4. MEASUREMENT OF OXYGEN CONTENT CHANGES

8. PARTICULATE MASS TRANSPORT

9. ENERGY TRANSPORT

9.1. RADIATION TRANSFER

9.2. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF RADIATION TRANSFER

9.3. HEAT TRANSFER

9.4. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF HEAT TRANSFER

10. MOMENTUM TRANSPORT

10.1. BOUNDARY LAYER

11. ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT

11.1. PLANT CELL EXCITABILITY

11.2. GENERATION AND PROPAGATION OF ACTION POTENTIALS

11.3. MEASUREMENT OF ACTION POTENTIALS

11.4. PLANT RESPONSES TO EXTERNAL STIMULI

12. EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON PLANTS

12.1. EFFECT OF GRAVITY ON PLANTS

12.2. PHOTOBIOLOGICAL PLANT RESPONSES

12.3. EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON PLANTS

12.4. EFFECT OF WATER STRESS ON PLANTS

12.5. EFFECT OF WIND ON PLANTS