The Dynamics of Plant Growth: Integrating Morphology, Physiology, and Development

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E. David Ford (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA)

The Dynamics of Plant Growth

Integrating Morphology, Physiology, and Development

E. David Ford (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA)

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Oxford University Press
26 February 2024

Developmental biology; Botany & plant sciences

Answers to practical questions about plant growth are sought with increasing urgency. Climate change is affecting the stability of vegetation, the yield of many important crops, and there is a continual need for ever more productive varieties to feed a growing global population.

Answering questions posed by these problems requires a more integrated understanding of how plants function in producing growth. This book shows how this understanding can be achieved. First and foremost, plant growth must be defined as a dynamic system with developmental, morphological, and

physiological processes responding to fluctuations in the environment due to weather, changes in the architecture of the plant as it grows, and the effects of plants on their environment: connecting these processes in a complete system is the essential integration. Part I shows, for contrasting plant types, that developmental, morphological, and physiological processes must all be considered to explain differences in growth and survival; Part II defines the types of control processes occurring in plants and their different functions; Part III illustrates the importance of plant morphology in controlling growth; Part IV how, and to what extent, the effects of environmental factors are controlled by plant processes particularly as plants grow in size. A final chapter defines how a theory for growth of a particular plant must be based on its characteristics as a dynamic system.

By: E. David Ford (Professor Emeritus Professor Emeritus School of Environmental and Forest Sciences University of Washington Seattle USA)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 190mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 504g
ISBN: 9780192867186
ISBN 10: 0192867180
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 26 February 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface 1: Introduction Part I:Variation in Plant Structure and Physiology During Growth 2: Effects of changes in development and plant form on growth 3: Multiple effects of variation in light on the photosynthesis system Part II: Plant Control Systems 4: Control processes of plant growth 5: Processes producing organisation in the plant 6: Stability of the photosynthesis system Part III: The Dynamics of the Relationship Between Architecture and Growth 7: Variation in architectural dynamics and its effects on growth 8: Growth within foliage canopies Part IV: Growth Responses to Environmental Change 9: Growth in a fluctuating environment 10: The aging plant 11: Conclusion

E. David Ford is Professor Emeritus, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. He has taught courses in modelling, plant physiology, introductory biology, and a graduate course in scientific method for which he wrote the successful textbook Scientific Method for Ecological Research (CUP 2000).

Reviews for The Dynamics of Plant Growth: Integrating Morphology, Physiology, and Development

The Dynamics of Plant Growth, which could serve admirably as a textbook in a senior-level plant ecology or forestry class as well as in a graduate student seminar setting. In addition, it makes for good reading in general and might well inform any researcher interested in plant biology and ecology. * Karl J. Niklas, The Quarterly Review of Biology *