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The field of plant physiology includes the study of all chemical and physical processes of
plants, from the molecular-level interactions of photosynthesis and the diffusion of water,
minerals, and nutrients within the plant, to the larger-scale processes of plant growth,
dormancy and reproduction. This new book covers a broad array of topics within the field.
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About the Editors
Philip Stewart has a PhD in horticulture with a focus on the genetics of flowering in
strawberries. He has worked in association with Cornell University's Grapevine Breeding
Program, the Department of Horticulture at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, and
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the Horticultural Sciences Program at the University of Florida in Gainesville. He has
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contributed to multiple publications, including the International Journal of Fruit Science,
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Horticultural Science, Plant Science, and BMC Plant Biology. He has served as a member
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on the U.S. Rosaceae Genetics and Breeding Executive Committee, the North American
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Dr. Stewart is one of the inventors of the patented strawberry plant named
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Professor Sabine Globig received her BA in 1972 at the American University School of
International Service and her MS in horticulture and plant physiology in 1988 at Rutgers
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University. Presently, she is Professor of Biology at Hazard Community & Technical
College in the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky, where she specializes in
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human anatomy and physiology and plant sciences. She has also worked as an Adjunct
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as a certified high school biology teacher. While at Rutgers, she worked as a plant
physiology researcher at their AgBiotech Center and held the same position for DNA Plant i
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Technologies Corp. She has given presentations at XXII International Conference on
Horticultural Science, UC Davis, CA, 1987; and 1997 ISHS International Symposium on
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Artificial Lighting in Horticulture, Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands. She has also been
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• Photosynthesis: Genetic, Environmental and Evolutionary Aspects
• Phytopathology in Plants
• Vascular Plants and Paleobotany
• Reproductive Physiology in Plants
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Editors
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
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Research Progress in Botany
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Edited By
Philip Stewart, PhD
Head, Multinational Plant Breeding Program;
Author; Member, US Rosaceae Genomics,
Genetics and Breeding Executive Committee;
North Central Regional Association of
State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors, U.S.A.
Sabine Globig
Associate Professor of Biology, Hazard Community
and Technical College, Kentucky, U.S.A.
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Preface
The chapters within this book focus on the study of all the internal activities of plants
—those chemical and physical processes associated with life as they occur in plants.
At the smallest scale, this includes research into the molecular interactions of photo-
synthesis and the internal diffusion of water, minerals, and nutrients. At the largest
scale are investigations into the processes of plant development, seasonality, dorman-
cy, and reproductive control.
Furthermore, these chapters focus on various aspects of plant physiology, includ-
ing phytochemistry (plant chemistry); the interactions within a plant between cells,
tissues, and organs; the ways in which plants regulate their internal functions; and how
plants respond to conditions and variations within the environment. Given the envi-
ronmental crises brought about by pollution and climate change, this is a particularly
vital area of study, since stress from water loss, changes in air chemistry, or crowd-
ing by other plants can lead to changes in the way a plant functions. These changes
may in turn be affected by genetic, chemical, and physical factors. Readers will gain
the information they need to stay current with the latest research being done in this
essential fi eld of study.
—Philip Stewart, PhD
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List of Contributors
Pierre Abad
National Institute of Agronomic Research, UMR 1301, Sophia-Antipolis, France.
National Centre for Scientific Research, UMR 6243, Sophia-Antipolis, France.
University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, UMR 1301, Sophia-Antipolis, France.
Miguel A. Aranda
Department of Biology of Stress and Plant Pathology, Center for Soil Science and Applied Biology of the
Segura (CEBAS)-CSIC, PO Box 164, 30100 Espinardo (Murcia), Spain.
Philip Benfey
Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
José Blanca
Institute of Conservation and Improvement of agrobiodiversity Valenciana (COMAV-UPV), CPI, Ed.8E,
Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.
Hernán G. Bondino
Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Rosario (IBR-CONICET), Faculty of Biochemical and
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, Rosario S2002LRK, Argentina.
Nils Braun
Institute of Plant Science, CNRS UPR2355, Université Paris Sud Orsay, Gif sur Yvette, France.
Institute of Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Jessica L. Butler
Harvard University, Harvard Forest, Petersham, Massachusetts, USA.
Marie-Cécile Caillaud
National Institute of Agronomic Research, UMR 1301, Sophia-Antipolis, France.
National Centre for Scientific Research, UMR 6243, Sophia-Antipolis, France.
University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, UMR 1301, Sophia-Antipolis, France.
Carlos Calderón-Vázquez
Center for Research and Advanced Studies, National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity
(LANGEBIO) North Bypass Road Irapuato-León, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Steven Cannon
USDA-ARS, Corn Insect and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
USA.
Ana I. Caño-Delgado
Molecular Genetics Department, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics CRAG (CSIC-IRTA-UAB),
Barcelona (08034), Spain.
Roy G. Cantvell
Monsanto, 1 800 N. Lindbergh Blvd, St Louis, MO 63167, USA.
Shou-Yi Chen
Plant Gene Research Center, National Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and
Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Helene San Clemente
Cell surfaces and signaling in plants, UMR 5546 CNRS - UPS-Université de Toulouse, Pôle de Biotech-
nologie Végétale, 24 Chemin de Borde-Rouge, BP 42617 Auzeville, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France.
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Sudhansu Dash
Virtual Reality Applications Center, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50010, USA.
Wim Deleu
IRTA, Plant Genetics Department, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics CRAG (CSIC-IRTA-
UAB), Cabrils (08348), Spain.
Laurent Deslandes
National Institute of Agronomic Research Centre, National Scientific Research, UMR 2594, Castanet-
Tolosan, France.
Allen Van Deynze
Seed Biotechnology Center, University of California, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA, USA.
Julie A. Dickerson
Virtual Reality Applications Center, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50010, USA.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50010, USA.
Aaron M. Ellison
Harvard University, Harvard Forest, Petersham, Massachusetts, USA.
Bruno Favery
National Institute of Agronomic Research, UMR 1301, Sophia-Antipolis, France.
National Centre for Scientific Research, UMR 6243, Sophia-Antipolis, France.
University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, UMR 1301, Sophia-Antipolis, France.
Jordi Garcia-Mas
IRTA, Plant Genetics Department, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics CRAG (CSIC-IRTA-
UAB), Cabrils (08348), Spain.
Daniel Gonzalez-Ibeas
Department of Biology of Stress and Plant Pathology, Center for Soil Science and Applied Biology of the
Segura (CEBAS)-CSIC, PO Box 164, 30100 Espinardo (Murcia), Spain.
Michelle A. Graham
USDA-ARS, Corn Insect and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
USA.
Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 USA.
David Grant
USDA-ARS, Corn Insect and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
USA.
Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 USA.
Jane Grimwood
Joint Genome Institute––Stanford Human Genome Center, Department of Genetics, Stanford University,
School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA.
Dianjing Guo
Department of Biology and the State Key Lab for Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong
Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.
Yu-Jun Hao
Plant Gene Research Center, National Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Devel-
opmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Corina Hayano-Kanashiro
Center for Research and Advanced Studies, Department of Plant Genetic Engineering, North Bypass Road
Irapuato-León, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.
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Luis Herrera-Estrella
Center for Research and Advanced Studies, National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity (LANGEBIO)
North Bypass Road Irapuato-León, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Jian Huang
Plant Gene Research Center, National Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Devel-
opmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Enrique Ibarra-Laclette
Center for Research and Advanced Studies, National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity (LANGEBIO)
North Bypass Road Irapuato-León, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Muhammad Irshad
Cell surfaces and signaling in plants, UMR 5546 CNRS - UPS-Université de Toulouse, Pôle de Biotech-
nologie Végétale, 24 Chemin de Borde-Rouge, BP 42617 Auzeville, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France.
Elisabeth Jamet
Cell surfaces and signaling in plants, UMR 5546 CNRS - UPS-Université de Toulouse, Pôle de Biotech-
nologie Végétale, 24 Chemin de Borde-Rouge, BP 42617 Auzeville, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France.
Jim D. Karagatzides
Harvard University, Harvard Forest, Petersham, Massachusetts, USA.
Tatyana Khodus
Institute of Biology II––Cell Biology University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Russel J. Kohel
USDA-ARS, Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, 2881 F&B Road, College Station, TX 77845,
USA.
Alexander Kozik
Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility, University of California, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA, USA.
Manuel Le Bris
Mediterranean Institute of Ecology and Paleoecology IMEP, UMR-Centre National de la Recherche Scien-
tifique-Institute of Development Research 6116, Université Paul Cézanne, Marseille, France.
Philippe Lecomte
National Institute of Agronomic Research, UMR 1301, Sophia-Antipolis, France.
National Centre for Scientific Research, UMR 6243, Sophia-Antipolis, France.
University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, UMR 1301, Sophia-Antipolis, France.
Mike Lee
Seed Biotechnology Center, University of California, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA, USA.
Ji-Young Lee
Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Xue-Yi Liu
Institute of Economic Crops, Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fenyang, Shanxi, China.
Karin Ljung
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Sveriges Lantbruksuni-
versitet, Umeå, Sweden.
Nuria López-Bigas
Research Unit on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB), Experimental and Health Science Department (Universitat
Pompeu Fabra) Barcelona (08080), Spain.
