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Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

XL2.4 Plant Physiology and Biochemistry · XL2: Botany

PLANTPHYS.TRANSPORT Plant Sciences

Water relations, ion uptake, apoplastic and symplastic routes, transpiration and phloem loading.

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mechanisms of uptake and transport of water, ions and solutes from soil to plants

  • AGRI.SOIL
08

respiration - glycolysis, TCA cycle and electron transport chain

  • BIOENERGETICS
09

plant responses and mechanisms of abiotic stresses including drought, salinity, freezing and heat stress, metal toxicity

  • PLANTPHYS.STRESS
11

structure and function of biomolecules (proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acid)

  • BIOMOL.STRUCTURE
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structure and biosynthesis of major plant secondary metabolites (alkaloids, terpenes, phenylpropanoids, flavonoids)

  • PLANT.SECONDARY_METAB
14

biosynthesis, mechanism of action and physiological effects of auxin, cytokinin, gibberellic acids, brassinosteroid, ethylene, strigolactone, abscisic acid, salicylic and jasmonic acid

  • PLANTPHYS.HORMONE