Photosynthetic Adaptation: Chloroplast to Landscape [Paperback]

This is a thorough study of photosynthetic mechanisms from cells to leaves, crown, and canopy. The authors question whether photosynthetic adaptations take place primarily at the metabolic and biochemical level or through changes in structure and form, or both. The text goes on to analyze the relative importance of genes that control metabolic and light reactions, and the structure, arrangement, and orientation of photosynthesis.

Photosynthetic Adaptation: Chloroplast to Landscape thoroughly studies photosynthetic mechanisms at each structural level, from cells to leaves, crown, and canopy. The authors question whether photosynthetic adaptations take place primarily at the metabolic and biochemical level or through changes in structure and form, or both. In the interest of genetic engineering and agricultural applications, the authors analyze the relative importance of genes that control both metabolic and light reactions as well as the structure, arrangement, and orientation of photosynthesis. Background and Objectives.- Sunlight Capture.- Chloroplast to Leaf.- Leaf to Landscape.- Sunlight Processing.- Chloroplast to Leaf.- CO2 Capture.- Chloroplast to Leaf.- Leaf to Landscape.- CO2 Processing.- Chloroplast to Leaf.- Leaf to Landscape.- Environmental Constraints.- Chloroplast to Leaf.- Leaf to Landscape.- Overview.- Summary and Future Perspectives.

From the reviews:

The volume takes a detailed look at the idiosyncrasies of photosynthesis at every possible level & . There is something for almost everyone: for the classical physiologist as well as for the biophysicist studying photobiology, the biochemist studying individual proteins of the photosynthetic apparatus, and for the ecophysiologist & . All chapters are individually and fully referenced. & the book is excellently produced: paper, printing, and binding are firslă#