Cells; Water; Solutes; Light; Photosynthesis; Bioenergetics; appendices.

This book is devoted to fundamental aspects concerning cell physiology that are basic to the theme of biotechnology of higher plants.

The author has taken into consideration extensive reviews performed by colleagues and students who have touted this book as the ultimate reference for research and learning.

"Plant" indicates the main focus of this book, but the approach, equations developed, and appendices apply equalIy welI to animaIs and other organisms.

Intended primarily as a text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and as a reference for researchers, this multidisciplinary book includes several new chapters and is an invaluable aid to scientists interested in cell physiology ...

This authoritative book gathers together a broad range of ideas and topics that define the field.

This book covers all aspects of plant physiology: plant cell physiology, water regime of plants, photosynthesis, mineral nutrition, plant respiration, plant growth and development, movements in plants, signal perception and transduction etc ...

In the past this has been accomplished through plant breeding. However, the potentials and properties of plant cells remain to be explored. This is Volume I of an exploration into the cell physiology and genetics of higher plants.