Plant stems : physiology and functional morphology /

Stems, of various sizes and shapes, are involved in most of the organic processes and interactions of plants, ranging from support, transport, and storage to development and protection. The stem itself is a crucially important intermediary: it links above- and below ground organs-connecting roots to...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Gartner, Barbara L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Diego, CA : Academic Press, ©1995.
Series:Physiological ecology.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Stems, of various sizes and shapes, are involved in most of the organic processes and interactions of plants, ranging from support, transport, and storage to development and protection. The stem itself is a crucially important intermediary: it links above- and below ground organs-connecting roots to leaves. An international team of leading researchers vividly illustrate that stems are more than pipes, more than simple connecting and supporting structures; rather stems are critical, anatomically distinct structures of enormous variability. It is, to an unappreciated extent, this variability tha.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 440 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780080539089
0080539084