Plant Physiology Botany Biology

Plant Physiology

Physiology is concerned with the functioning of plants. This is largely interactions between plants and their environments. As such plant physiology bridges the gap between biochemistry and ecology.

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• - News involving NERC, funding opportunities, details of NERC funded science and research centers.
  
• - This sections contains research groups working on: ethylene, mycorrhiza, fructans and other areas.
  
• - Seed biology: including seed germination, dormancy, after-ripening, ß-1,3-glucanase during endosperm rupture and coat-enhanced dormancy of tobacco.
  
• - Contains a link to a PDF book chapter on Tannin chemistry.
  
• - This web site is not designed to be a comprehensive presentation on nitrogen fixation, but rather it is intended as a forum to present informative images that are not otherwise easily available.
  
• - An informational resource for the phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) - initially focused on metabolism and signaling. It is maintained at the Plant Biotechnology Institute in Saskatoon, Canada and also includes descriptions of their research programs and re
  
• - Nutrient acquisition by different species of carnivorous plants.
  
• - The ecosystem physiology program within the Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems Core project. Includes details of the program, conferences, publications and science highlights.
  
• - A listing of plant physiology web resources from the Australian National University Department of Biology.
  
• - Summary of research exploring the physiological basis for high accumulation of cadmium (Cd) in durum wheat grain.
  
• - The Photosynthesis Center at Arizona State University is a multidisciplinary group doing research in several areas of photosynthesis. Also, links to many other related sites.
  
• - This page gives an introduction to phototropism (a plant's response to light).
  
• - Basic introduction to plant photosynthesis, includes brief explanations of the biochemistry involved.
  
• - The Flowering Newsletter is an online publication from the International Working Group on Flowering and aims to speedily report on research dealing with the flowering process.
  
• - This site lists Plant Hormones and their characteristics and goes on to try to provide unifying 'reasons' for their effects. It is not part of current scientific thinking.
  
• - A herbalist's site but contains useful information on a range of compounds synthesized by plants. Currently incomplete.
  
• - A resource for information on abscisic acid, abscisic acid analogs and other related phytohormones.
  
• - The CPL is primarily funded by NASA and most research is dedicated towards optimizing the growth of several plant species, including wheat, soybean, rice, lettuce, tomatoes, radishes, and carrots for use in bio-regenerative life support systems. The lab i
  
• - Collection of links, pictures and other useful information for photosynthesis research, particulary PSI researchers.
  
• - A comprehensive site on plant hormones from the University of Bristol, UK.
  
• - Dedicated to plant environmental stress in agriculture and biology. The site contains news, announcements, events, original articles, a reference database, files and presentations, biotech issues, more than 400 linked web resources and a bulletin board.
  
• - How plants respond to light, and the study of these responses. Links to suppliers, publishers, and journals. Spectral data for lamps and light emmiting diodes of use in this research.
  
• - A collection of links to photosynthesis-related sites.
  
• - Well-executed, time-lapse, QuickTime movies of plant growth & development - from Indiana Univ.
  
  

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