The Physiology of Tropical Crop Production/

Contents

1. Control of Development
principles of development
Temperature and development
Control by photoperiod (day-length
Examples of the control of development by temperature and photoperiod
Restriction by other factors

2. The Leaf Canopy and System
The leaf canopy: the importance of temperature
The leaf Canopy: effects of other (mainly restrictive) factors
The root system
Relation between root length and leaf area
Effects of plant population density

3. Dry matter Production by interception and Conversion of Solar Radiation
Introduction
Interception of solar radiation
Conversion of intercepted radiation
Synthesis: control of production in moist environments
Restrictions by drought and nutrient deficiency

4. Transpiration and Dry Matter Production
General considerations
Factors controlling transpiration
Transpiration and dry matter production : synthesis

5. partition of Assimilate
General consideration : the stand and the individual
Effects of temperature, photoperiod, drought and nutrients
Relation between number , size and mass

6. Environmental and physiological control of yield
Analysis by principle limiting factor
Physiological responses to cultural factors
Attributes for characterizing genotypes
Conclusion remarks

Includes Index: p 229 - 236