Crop Physiology Abstracts

Overview

Crop Physiology Abstracts is a fully searchable abstracts database covering the latest information on crop physiology, with wide coverage of all plants of economic importance, including arable and horticultural crops, ornamentals, grassland plants and trees.

Derived from the applied life sciences database, CAB Abstracts, coverage includes metabolism, photosynthesis and respiration, plant nutrition, enzymes, growth and senescence, translocation and accumulation, reproductive development, environmental and stress physiology, effects of climate change, symbiosis and nitrogen fixation, and plant water relations.

Each week Crop Physiology Abstracts delivers all the new highly-targeted, searchable summaries covering key English and non-English language journal articles, reports, conferences and books about crop physiology.

The database includes a fully searchable backfile to 1973. With over 282,000 research summaries and over 19,000 records added to the database each year, Crop Physiology Abstracts brings a wealth of current and seminal research in crop physiology to your fingertips!

Delivery Platforms

Plant growth and development 

• Plant and bud dormancy
• Growth of shoots, roots and storage organs
• Tropisms and plant movement
• Cell biology
• Senescence
• Physiological studies in tissue cultures
• Phenology and growth analysis
• Effects of endogenous and exogenous plant growth regulators and pesticides

Reproductive growth and postharvest physiology

• Flower development and flowering
• Pollen development and pollination
• Seed and fruit development
• Postharvest ripening of fruits
• Cut flowers
• Physiological aspects of postharvest decay 

Photosynthesis and respiration
All aspects of photosynthesis are covered including:

• Chloroplast studies
• Whole-plant and canopy photosynthesis
• Studies on photosystems and carbon pathways
• Respiration
• Carbon balance

Translocation and accumulation

• Phloem and xylem translocation
• Source-sink relations
• Ion transport across membranes
• Accumulation and partitioning of compounds between different plant organs
• Root exudation
• Uptake of compounds into organelles and intracellular transport

Plant nutrition

• Macronutrients and trace elements
• Nutrient deficiencies and toxicity
• Interactions between nutrients
• Roles of nutrients within the plant
• Uptake and assimilation of mineral elements

Symbiosis and nitrogen fixation

• Nitrogen fixation
• Nodulation and nodule development
• Ecto- and endomycorrhizas
• The role of mycorrhizas in plant nutrition and water relations
• Endophytes

Enzymes
Comprehensive coverage of plant enzymes and enzyme activity, including:

• Characterization
• Identification and structure of enzymes
• Enzyme turnover
• Expression of enzymes in different plant organs and developmental stages
• Enzyme activity as influenced by internal and external factors

Plant metabolism

• Metabolism of carbohydrates
• proteins
• amino acids
• Plant pigments
• Lipids, alkaloids, terpenoids, and other compounds
• Biosynthesis, degradation and modification of plant compounds

Water relations
Topics covered include:

• Translocation
• Stomatal movement
• Water balance
• Leaf water potential
• Water transfer
• Water uptake
• Turgor
• Desiccation tolerance of seeds and other plant tissues

Environmental and stress physiology
Plant response to environmental and stress factors including:

• Light
• Temperature
• Climatic change
• Carbon dioxide concentration
• Salinity
• Drought
• Waterlogging
• Pollution
• Pests and diseases (including defence and resistance mechanisms such as phytoalexins)
• Aeration

Genetics and Gene expression 

• Gene expression in different plant tissues and developmental stages
• Effects of environmental factors on gene expression
• Physiological effects of genetic modification
• Applications of crop physiology in crop improvement

Updates to this list are produced monthly. Designation of Open Access publications are currently available in the downloadable version.

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