Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology

This new edition provides comprehensive coverage of plant physiological stages and processes under both normal and stressful conditions. It emphasizes environmental factors, climatic changes, developmental stages, and growth regulators as well as linking plant and crop physiology to the production of food, feed, and medicinal compounds. This book covers growth responses to environmental factors, growth and development stages, cellular and molecular aspects, production processes, plant growth regulators, responses to stress, heavy metal concentration and agrichemicals, lower- and higher-plant genetics and development, and bioinformatics using computer modeling in plant physiology.

Dr. Mohammad Pessarakli is a professor in the School of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, at the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA. His work at the University of Arizona includes research and extension services as well as teaching courses in turfgrass science, management, and stress physiology. Dr. Pessarakli is a certified professional agronomist and certified professional soil scientist, and he is a United Nations Consultant in Agriculture for underdeveloped countries. He is the editor of four books, is the author or coauthor of 135 journal articles and 55 trade magazine articles, has written 18 book chapters, and is an editorial board member of the Journal of Plant Nutrition, Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, and the Journal of Agricultural Technology.