Plant solute transport [
This book provides a broad overview of solute transport in plants. It first determines what solutes are present in plants and what roles they play. The physical bases of ion and water movement are considered. The volume then discusses the ways in which solutes are moved across individual membranes,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; Ames, Iowa :
Blackwell Publications ,
2007
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| Online Access: | Wiley Online Library |
| Summary: | This book provides a broad overview of solute transport in plants. It first determines what solutes are present in plants and what roles they play. The physical bases of ion and water movement are considered. The volume then discusses the ways in which solutes are moved across individual membranes, within and between cells, and around the plant. Having dealt with the role of plant solutes in normal conditions, the volume proceeds to examine how the use of solutes has been adapted to more extreme environments such as hot, dry deserts, freezing mountains and saline marshes. A crucial stage in |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (434 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 047098886X 1405139951 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780470988862 9781405139953 (hardback : alk. paper) |