Reaching for the sun : how plants work /
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| Author / Creator: | King, John, 1938- |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge [England] : New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1997. |
| Description: | viii, 232 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2898927 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Plants are cool, but why?
- 2. Photosynthesis: the leitmotiv of life
- 3. Respiration: breathing without lungs
- 4. Nitrogen, nitrogen, everywhere
- 5. Nutrition for the healthy lifestyle
- 6. Transport of delights
- 7. Growth: the long and short of it
- 8. The time of their lives
- 9. A dash of seasoning
- 10. Dormancy: a matter of survival
- 11. Stressful tranquility
- 12. The colourful world of plants
- 13. Fragrance and flavour
- 14. Chemical warfare
- 15. Not in my back yard!
- 16. Cornu copiae: the horn of plenty
- 17. Getting dead
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
