Respiration and Crop Productivity

Respiration and Crop Productivity by Jeffrey S. Amthor.

Respiration is a large and important component of the carbon economy of crops. There are already several good books dealing with the biochemistry and physiol­ ogy of plant respiration, but there are none I know of that are devoted to the rela­ tionship between respiration and crop productivity, alth...

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Main Author: Amthor, Jeffrey S. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1989.
Edition:1st ed. 1989.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Agriculture.
Forestry.
Plant science.
Botany.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 A Functional Model of Respiration
  • Two-Component Model
  • Compartmental Model
  • Extensions of the Two-Component Model
  • Translocation Costs
  • Implications of the Functional Model
  • 3 Biochemistry of Respiration
  • Cytosolic Hexose Phosphate Pool
  • Glycolysis
  • Oxidative Pentose Phosphate Pathway
  • Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle
  • Mitochondrial Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation
  • Futile Cycles
  • Energetic Yield of Respiration
  • Respiratory Quotient
  • Quantitative Biochemistry
  • 4 Physiology of Respiration
  • Temperature
  • Tissue Nitrogen (Protein) Content
  • Respiratory Substrate Levels
  • Photosynthesis and Light Environment
  • Growth Rate and Developmental Stage
  • Effects of Light on Respiration in Photosynthetic Tissue
  • Engagement of the Alternative Pathway
  • Translocation and Respiration
  • Nitrogen Assimilation
  • Diurnal Patterns of Respiration
  • Carbon Dioxide Concentration
  • 5 Crop Growth and Maintenance Respiration
  • Methods of Estimating Growth and Maintenance Respiration
  • Experimental Estimates of Growth and Maintenance Respiration
  • Relative Importance of Growth and Maintenance Respiration
  • Growth and Maintenance Respiration by Harvested Organs
  • Comparison of the Two-Component and Compartmental Models
  • Differences Between Shoots and Roots
  • Application to Crop Growth Models
  • 6 Crop Respiration and Growth Efficiency
  • Crop Respiration
  • Crop Growth Efficiency
  • Case Studies: Seed Crops
  • Case Studies: Nonseed Crops
  • 7 Stress and Respiration
  • General Principles
  • Water Stress
  • Salinity
  • Ozone and Sulfur Dioxide
  • Pests
  • Summary of Stress Effects on Respiration
  • 8 Respiration and Yield
  • Slow Respiration and Increased Productivity
  • Rapid Respiration and Increased Productivity
  • Methods of Improving Respiratory Efficiency
  • 9 Summary
  • Two-Component Model
  • Biochemistry and Physiology
  • Stress
  • Implications for Improving Productivity
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix A Physical Constants and Variables
  • Appendix B Expression of Respiration and Growth Rates
  • Conversion of Growth and Maintenance Coefficients
  • Appendix C List of Species
  • Appendix D List of Enzymes
  • References.

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