Chemical Research on Plant Growth A translation of Thǒdore de Saussure's Recherches chimiques sur la Vǧťation /

• Main Author: de Saussure, Thǒdore. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biochemistry.; Botany.; Plant anatomy.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Biochemistry.; Plant Anatomy/Development.; Plant Physiology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4136-6

Nicholas-Thǒdore de Saussure, a Swiss plant physiologist and plant chemist, was the last of the early pioneers of photosynthesis research. His most important contributions were the demonstration that water is a component of plant dry matter; that plants obtain their carbon from the carbon dioxide o...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• About the Translator
• Brief Biography of Thǒdore de Saussure
• 1.Introduction
• A. Plant nutrition concepts before the pioneering research on photosynthesis
• B. Contributions to knowledge of plant nutrition and physiology by the photosynthesis pioneers who preceded Thǒdore de Saussure
• C. De Saussure provides extensive quantitative data to address the important questions
• D. De Saussure<U+0019>s work enables completion of the overall chemical equation for photosynthesis
• E. Critical reception of Recherches chimiques sur la Vǧťation, its legacy, and historical perspectives
• F. Some errors and misinterpretations in Recherches chimiques sur la Vǧťation
• G.The life and scientific background of Thǒdore de Saussure
• References Cited
• 2.Chapter Summaries
• A Note on the Translation
• Translation of Recherches chimiques sur la Vǧťation
• Preface by Thǒdore de Saussure
• Table of Contents of the text
• The Text
• Appendices
• 1. Glossary of Terms
• 2. Conversions of Units of Measurement
• 3. Expanded Bibliography of References Cited by de Saussure
• Index.