An introduction to vegetable physiology / by J. Reynolds Green.

  • Joseph Reynolds Green
Date:
1907
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    PAGE —Conditions of formation of chlorophyll; light, temperature, iron —Formation of carbohydrates by chloroplasts; conditions of their activity—Theories of photosynthesis—Relation of starch to the process—Bays of light made use of in photosynthesis; researches of Engelmann, of Tmiriazeff—-Inhibition of the chlorophyll appara- tus—Formation of organic substance in its absence . . 141-159 CHAPTER XI THE CONSTRUCTION OF PROTEINS Complexity of the composition of protein; its percentage composition —Classification of proteins; albumins, globulins, metaproteins, pro- teoses, peptones, proteins soluble in alcohol—Synthesis of proteins in plants; various hypotheses—Locality of protein construction in the plant 100-170 CHAPTER XII THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE ASH OF PLANTS Nature and composition of the ash—Water-culture and the limitations of its usefulness in the study of the ash - Classification of the constituents of the ash—The selective power of plants—Sulphur and phosphorus—Potassium, magnesium, calcium, iron—Sodium, silicon, chlorine, bromine, iodine, manganese—Accidental con- stituents of the ash—Relation of nitrogen and potassium to herbage plants . . . . ‘ 171-182 CHAPTER XIII OTHER METHODS OF OBTAINING FOOD Partial or entire absence of the constructive power—Nutrition of saprophytes— Insectivorous plants — Utricularia — The pitcher- plants - Drosophyllum — Pinguicula — Dionma — Drosera — Digestion of substances by Fungi—Commensalism—Symbiosis Mycorhiza—Root parasites—Parasitism among green plants and Fungi 183-206 CHAPTER XIV TRANSLOCATION OF NUTRITIVE MATERIALS Conditions of the constructive processes; surplus production and storage—Necessity of circulation of food material in consequence of localisation of construction, and intermittence of consumption
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