Description

Contents
Plant Physiology:
1. Introduction to Plant Physiology
2. Water Relations of Plants
3. Absorption of Water
4. Ascent of Sap
5. Transpiration
6. Mineral Nutrition
7. Absorption of Minerals
8. Translocation of Organic Solutes
9. Photosynthesis
10. Respiration in Plants
11. Nitrogen Metabolism
12. Plant Growth and Growth Regulators
13. Physiology of Flowering
14. Seed Dormancy
15. Glossary
16. Index
Biophysics:
1. Introduction to Biophysics
2. Physical Quantities and their Units
3. Atoms
4. Molecules
5. Molecular Interactions
6. Chemical Bonds
7. Thermodynamics
8. Bioenergetics
9. Redox Reactions
10. Membrane Biophysics
11. Membrane Conductivity
12. Photobiology
13. Bioluminescence
14. Fluorescence
15. Phosphorescence
16. Radiation Biology
17. Labelling Techniques
18. Radiation Dosimetry
19. Autoradiography
20. Cerenkov Radiation
21. Microscopy
22. pH metry
23. Colorimetry
24. Spectroscopy
25. Centrifugation
26. Chromatography
27. Electrophoresis
28. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy
29. Glossary
30. Index