Units, Symbols, and Terminology for Plant Physiology : A Reference for Presentation of Research Results in the Plant Sciences

This book represents a beginning toward a consensus on units, symbols, and terminology in the plant sciences. Written by 27 specialists and reviewed by several others, each discussion is condensed for easy reference, but still thorough enough to answer virtually any question concerning plant terminology. Principles are outlined and covered in readable text. Some chapters include formulas and definitions of specialized terms, while others include recommendations for suitable units. The appendices offer guidelines on presenting scientific data, such as principles of grammar, oral and poster presentations, and reporting on data from experiments that utilized growth chambers. Anyone involved in the plant sciences, particularly plant physiology, will find this an invaluable reference. Of the international system of units (SI units) / Salisbury -- Rules for botanical nomenclature / McNeill and Barkworth -- Statistics / Sisson -- Basic thermodynamic quantities / Savage -- Solutions (ionic relations) / Dainty -- Water relations / Dainty -- Energy transfer / Salisbury and Savage -- Phloem transport / Geiger and van Bel -- Electromagnetic radiation / Krizek and Sager -- Plant biochemistry / Black -- Plant molecular biology and gene designations / Reardon and Price -- Morphogenesis and the kinetics of plant growth / Erickson -- Growth analysis and yield components / Bugbee -- Plant movements / Haupt -- Growth substances / Cleland -- Biological timing / Koukkari and Sweeney -- Dormancy, photoperiodism and vernalization / Salisbury -- Stress physiology / Fuchigami [and others] -- Some suggestions about scientific writing / Salisbury -- Standards for effective presentations / Koning -- Guidelines for measuring and reporting environmental parameters for plant experiments in growth chambers / Sager, Krizek, Tibbitts This book, developed under the auspices of the International Association for Plant Physiology, provides a handy guide to preferred terminology, symbols, and units of measurement in the plant sciences. Some chapters include formulas and definitions of specialized terms, while others include recommendations for suitable units based on the International System for Units (SI). The appendices offer guidelines on presenting scientific data, including principles of grammar, standards for effective oral and poster presentations, and reporting on data from experiments that utilized growth chambers. Each chapter has been written by an expert and reviewed by several others; discussions are condensed for easy reference, but still thorough enough to answer virtually any question concerning plant terminology. This book represents a beginning toward a concensus on units, symbols, and terminology in the plant sciences. Written by 27 specialists and reviewed by several others, each discussion is condensed for easy reference, but still thorough enough to answer virtually any question concerning plant terminology. Principles are outlined and covered in readable text. Some chapters include formulas and definitions of specialized terms, while others include recommendations for suitable units. The appendices offer guidelines on presenting scientific data, such as principles of grammar, oral and poster presentations, and reporting on data from experiments that utilized growth chambers. Anyone involved in the plant sciences, particularly plant physiology, will find this an invaluable reference This study shows a move towards a concensus on units, symbols and terminology in the plant sciences. Written by specialists, each discussion is condensed for easy reference. Some chapters include formulas and definitions of specialized terms, while others include recommendations for suitable units.