ECOLOGICAL CROP GEOGRAPHY
CHAPTER 1 PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES AFFECTING CROP PRODUCTION INTRODUCTION PHOTOSYNTHESIS PROCESS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS PHOTOSYNTHESIS IS AN OXIDATION REDUCTION PROCESS PHOTOPHOSPHORYLATION IS THE LIGHT-DEPENDENT SYNTHESIS OF ATP CYANOBACTERIA ARE OXYGENIC RESPIRATION PROCESS OF RESPIRATION BALANCE WITH PHOTOSYNTHESIS CLASSIFICATIONS OF RESPIRATION EXTERNAL RESPIRATION/GASEOUS EXCHANGE TYPES OF RESPIRATION TRANSPIRATION REGULATION CAVITATION TRANSLOCATION PATHWAY OF TRANSLOCATION STRUCTURE OF PHLOEM CELLS MINERAL NUTRITION ROLE OF NUTRIENTS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT PLANT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION OF PLANT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT SYNTHETIC AND MICROBIAL PLANT HORMONES IN PLANT PRODUCTION SEED DORMANCY EXOGENOUS DORMANCY WHAT IS GERMINATION? SUMMARY MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS REVIEW QUESTIONS REFERENCES CHAPTER 2 FACTORS AFFECTING CROP PRODUCTION GENETIC FACTORS GENETIC CONTROL: OVERVIEW FACTORS AFFECTING PLANT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT CLIMATIC FACTORS EDAPHIC FACTORS (SOIL) BIOTIC FACTORS OTHER FACTORS INCLUDE ABIOTIC FACTORS DIFFERENT TYPES OF ABIOTIC FACTORS ABIOTIC ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER 3 CROP PRODUCTION SYSTEM CLASSIFICATION OF CROPS CLASSIFICATION ON THE BASIS OF LIFE CYCLE SEED PRODUCTION AND CERTIFICATION OBJECTIVE OF SEED CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION CROP MANAGEMENT PRACTICES CROP PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT CROPPING SYSTEMS CROP ORGANIZATION AND ROTATION RESIDUE MANAGEMENT HARVESTING AND POSTHARVEST MANAGEMENT GOALS OF POSTHARVEST ROLE OF POST-HARVEST MANAGEMENT HARVESTING AND PROCESSING POST-HARVEST HANDLING CHAPTER 4 SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION GOALS OF AGRICULTURE DEFINITION OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE BENEFITS OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PRACTICES IN SUSTAINABLE CROP PRODUCTION SUSTAINABLE FARMING METHODS OR PRACTICES ORGANIC FARMING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL FARMING METHODS REASONS FOR ORGANIC FARMING NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIC FARMING WEED MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIC FARMING NUTRITION CYCLE PROCESS OF NUTRIENT CYCLING CHAPTER 5 ISSUES, POLICIES, AND TRADE AGREEMENT GOVERNING CROP PRODUCTION ISSUES IN AGRICULTURE CROP PRODUCTION ISSUES RELATING TO DEVELOPING DOMESTIC CAPACITIES IN AGRICULTURE ISSUES RELATING TO MARKET ACCESS OTHER ISSUES AGRICULTURE POLICIES OF CROP PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE POLICY CONCERNS POLICY TOOLS OBJECTIVES OF MARKET INTERVENTION ARGUMENTS AGAINST MARKET INTERVENTION THE TRADE POLICY ENVIRONMENT FOR AGRICULTURE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE (GATT) AND THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO) WTO AGREEMENT ON AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 6 PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANT STRESS CONCEPTS OF PLANT STRESS, ACCLIMATION, AND ADAPTATION PLANTS RESPOND TO STRESS IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS ADAPTATION AND PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IMBALANCES OF ABIOTIC FACTORS HAVE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EFFECTS ON PLANTS THE LIGHT-DEPENDENT INHIBITION OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS TEMPERATURE STRESS TEMPERATURE STRESS EFFECT ON MEMBRANES AND ENZYMES IMBALANCES IN SOIL MINERALS HIGH CYTOSOLIC NA+ AND CL- DENATURE PROTEINS AND DESTABILIZE MEMBRANES DEVELOPMENTAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS PHENOTYPIC CHANGES IN LEAF STRUCTURE AND BEHAVIOR PLANTS CAN REGULATE STOMATAL APERTURE IN RESPONSE TO DEHYDRATION STRESS PLANTS ADJUST OSMOTICALLY TO DRYING SOIL BY ACCUMULATING SOLUTES PHYTOCHELATINS CHELATE CERTAIN IONS, REDUCING THEIR REACTIVITY AND TOXICITY MANY PLANTS HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ACCLIMATE TO COLD TEMPERATURE A LARGE VARIETY OF HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS CAN BE INDUCED BY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WATER STRESS: PERSISTENT THREAT TO PLANT SURVIVAL WATER STRESS LEADS TO MEMBRANE DAMAGE PHOTOSYNTHESIS IS PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE TO WATER STRESS STOMATA RESPOND TO WATER DEFICIT CHAPTER 7 PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS BASIC CONCEPT OF PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS ANALYSIS OF PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS THE INFORMATION CONTENT OF LIGHT NATURAL LIGHT ENVIRONMENTS PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS IN NATURAL LIGHT ENVIRONMENTS PHOTOPERIODISM AND PLANT TYPES DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANTS THE DISCOVERY OF PHOTOPERIODISM DAY-NEUTRAL PLANTS PLANT HORMONES THE PHOTOPERIODIC RESPONSE THE ROLE OF PHOTOPERIODISM PERCEPTION OF PHOTOPERIODIC STIMULUS FLOWERING STIMULUS FLORIGEN TEMPERATURE AND MARIJUANA PLANTS FLOWERING PLANTS PLANTS HIBERNATE LIGHT MONITORING PHYTOCHROME PHYTOCHROME EXISTS IN TWO INTERCONVERTIBLE FORMS BIOSYNTHESIS OF PHYTOCHROME PHYTOCHROME CONCENTRATIONS VARY WITHIN THE PLANT BIOLOGICAL CLOCK AND BIORHYTHM UNDERSTANDING BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS BIOLOGICAL CLOCK IN MAMMALS