Photoperiodism & Vernalization in Plants
by Bibhas Chandra Mazumdar
ISBN: 9789351300281
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Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 6995.00
Biblio : xiii+178p., figs., bib., ind., 23 cm
About The Book
Photoperiodism and vernalization are fascinating areas in plant physiology. The phenomena were conceived as the expedients to switch on flowering in plants but with passage of time, divulged intricacies establishing as exponents to a wider range of functional processes in them. Despite much of the complexities on the living processes in plants have been discovered by delving into these areas, much remains to be unravelled. The present title has brought forward the diverse features of these disci
Table of Contents
Contents Part I: Photoperiodism Chapter 1: Physical Aspects of Light and its Role in Plants; Physical aspect of light; How light affect plants; Chapter 2: Photoperiodism; Historical aspects; Definition and concept; Photoperiodic groups of plants; Maturity of plants for photoperiodic responses; Requirement of the number of photo inductive cycles; Photoperiodic induction; Site of perception of photoperiodic stimulus; Role of dark and light periods in photoperodic cycles; Role of light quality and
