Photosynthesis I - Photosynthetic Electron Transport and Photophosphorylation (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1977)

As editor of the two-part Volume V on photosynthesis in RUHLAND'S Encyclopedia, the forerunner of this series published in 1960, I have been approached by the editors of the present volume to provide a short preface. The justification for following this suggestion lies in the great changes which have been taking place in biology in the two decades between these publications, changes which are reflected in the new editorial plan. Twenty years ago it appeared convenient and formally easy to consider photo synthesis as a clearly separated field of research, which could be dealt with under two major headings: one presenting primarily photochemical and biochemical prin ciples, the other physiological and environmental studies. Such a partition, however, as far as aims and opinions of the authors were concerned, resulted in a rather heterogeneous volume. Today, the tendency in experimental biology is towards a merger of previously distinct disciplines. Biochemists and biophysicists have developed their methods to such an extent that, over and above the analysis of individual reaction sequences, work on the manifold interrelationships among cellular activities has become in creasingly possible. Joining them in growing numbers are the physiologists and ecologists with their wealth of information on activity changes in vivo and on the variability and efficiency of the organisms concerned. Furthermore, biochemists, biophysicists and physiologists also now share a lively interest in ultrastructure research, the results and implications of which, through continually improving methodology, have generated important stimuli for the work in the field of cell function."

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, 5
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	1977
Editors:	A Trebst • M. Avron
Dimensions:	244 x 170 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	731
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1977
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-66507-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical equipment & techniques > Medical research Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > Plant physiology > General
LSN:	3-642-66507-1
Barcode:	9783642665073

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