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Second Edition
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Second Edition Chapter 1 Light use and leaf gas exchange printable PDF
Second Edition Chapter 2 Carbon dioxide assimilation and respiration printable PDF
Second Edition Chapter 3 Water movement in plants printable PDF
Second Edition printable PDF Feature Essay 3.1
Second Edition Chapter 4 Nutrient uptake from soils printable PDF
Second Edition Chapter 5 Phloem transport printable PDF
Second Edition Chapter 6 Growth analysis: a quantitative approach printable PDF
Second Edition Chapter 7 – Plant and cell growth printable PDF
first edition Chapter 8 – Physical cues for growth and reproduction printable PDF
first edition Chapter 9 – Plant hormones : chemical signalling in plant development printable PDF
first edition Chapter 10 – Differentiation and gene expression printable PDF
Second Edition Chapter 11 Fruit growth, ripening and post-harvest physiology printable PDF
Second Edition Chapter 12 Sunlight and plant production printable PDF
first edition Chapter 13 – Carbon dioxide: a universal substrate printable PDF
Second Edition Chapter 14 Temperature: a driving force for plant growth and acclimation printable PDF
first edition Chapter 15 – Water: a limiting factor printable PDF
first edition Chapter 16 – Nutrients: a sparse resource printable PDF
first edition Chapter 17 – Salt: an environmental stress printable PDF
Second Edition Chapter 18 Waterlogging and submergence printable PDF
first edition Chapter 19 – Fire: an ecosystem sculpture printable PDF
first edition Chapter 20 – Herbicide resistance: a case of rapid evolution printable PDF