Plant Physiology, Development and Metabolism

Professor Satish C Bhatla (retired) is a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany). He has served as Dean, Faculty of Science and Professor and Head in the Department of Botany, Delhi University, India. He has 35 years (1985-2020) of experience in teaching Plant Physiology to post-graduate students and has supervised 26 Ph.Ds   in stress and developmental physiology. Dr Manju A Lal (retired) has taught Plant Physiology to undergraduate students for more than four decades. She superannuated in December 2017 as Associate Professor from Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi, India.

• UNIT I. TRANSPORT OF WATER  AND  NUTRIENTS.- 1. Concepts of Plant Water Relations.- 2. Essential and Functional Mineral Elements.- 3. Mechanisms of Water and Solute Transport.- UNIT II. METABOLISM.- 4. Concepts in Metabolism.- 5. Photosynthesis.- 6. Source-to-Sink Translocation of Photoassimilates.- 7. Respiration.- 8. ATP Synthesis.- 9. Metabolism of Storage Carbohydrates.- 10. Lipid Metabolism.- 11. Nitrogen Metabolism.- 12. Sulfur, Phosphorus and Iron Metabolism.- UNIT III. DEVELOPMENT.- 13. Light Perception and Transduction.- 14. Plant Growth regulators – An Overview.- 15. Auxins.- 16. Cytokinins.- 17. Gibberellins.- 18. Abscisic Acid.- 19. Ethylene.- 20. Brassinosteroids.- 21. Jasmonic Acid.- 22. Novel Plant Growth Regulators and Gaseous Signaling Molecules.- 23. Signal Perception and Transduction Mechanisms.- 24. Embryogenesis, Growth and Differentiation.- 25. Flowering.- 26. Pollination, Fertilization and Seed Development.- 27. Fruit Development and Ripening.- 28. Seed Dormancy and Germination.- 29. Plant Movements.- 30. Senescence and Programmed Cell Death.- UNIT IV.   STRESS PHYSIOLOGY.- 31. Abiotic Stress.- 32. Biotic Interactions.- UNIT V.   APPLIED PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.- 33. Secondary Metabolites.- 34. Crop Physiology and Biotechnology.- GLOSSARY.- SUBJECT INDEX.