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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812091803321

Autore

Sabater Bartolomé

Titolo

Calculus in plant science / / by Bartolomé Sabater

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2018

ISBN

9781527514324

1527514323

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 151 pages)

Soggetti

Botany - Mathematical models

Plant physiology - Mathematical models

Molecular biology - Mathematical models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Cell and cell wall -- 2. Water relations in the cell and the whole plant: absorption, circulation and loss of water and nutrients -- 3. Chloroplasts and photosynthesis: plant-atmosphere relations -- 4. Assimilation of nitrogen and secondary metabolism -- 5. Respiration, fermentation and related processes -- 6. Growth and development: plant hormones -- 7. Miscellaneous plant processes -- Appendix I. Abbreviations and constants -- Appendix II. Units and conversion factors -- Appendix III. Formulas frequently used in plant science calculus -- Appendix IV. Reference data for energetic conversions and gas fluxes.

Sommario/riassunto

The book addresses the compelling demand for quantitative training in plant biology, including comparisons of the rate of processes, the size of structures and interactions among different processes, approached at different levels from molecules to the environment. Attention is paid to aspects of modern molecular biology and to modern biophysical treatments of classical transport and circulatory problems. This will allow the reader to become familiar with calculus as a tool to understand plant science.