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Advanced Agricultural Instrumentation

Design and Use

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  • © 1986

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Editors:
  1. William G. Gensler

    1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Arizone, Tucson, USA

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series E: (NSSE, volume 111)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  3. Environmental Instrumentation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Humicap® Thin Film Humidity Sensor

      • Eero Salasmaa, Pekka Kostamo
      Pages 135-147

    3. The Neutron Probe for Soil Moisture Measurement

      • M. G. Hodnett
      Pages 148-192

    4. Thermocouple Psychrometers for Water Potential Measurements

      • Ralph Briscoe
      Pages 193-209

    5. Radiation Thermometry in Agriculture

      • Charles E. Everest
      Pages 210-245

  4. Theoritical Framework

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 247-247
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    2. Instrumentation Use in a Comprehensive Description of Plant- Environment Interactions

      • John M. Norman
      Pages 249-307

  5. Growth and Nutrient Status

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 309-309
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    2. Crop Essential Element Status Assessment in the Field

      • J. Benton Jones Jr.
      Pages 311-348

    3. The Development of Electrochemical Sensors

      • W. John Albery, Barry G. D. Haggett, L. Robert Svanberg
      Pages 349-392

    4. Presentation and Implications of an Experimental Growth System

      • A. J. S. McDonald, J. Parsby
      Pages 393-401

    5. Ion Transport Processes in Corn Roots: An Approach Utilizing Microelectrode Techniques

      • William J. Lucas, Leon V. Kochian
      Pages 402-425

  6. Water Status Instrumentation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 427-427
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The photosynthetic process of higher plants converts carbon dioxide, water, and, light quanta into reduced sugars. The enzymes which catalyze this conversion are contained within the chloroplasts and can be thought of as split into two distinct groups. In one group are the enzymes of the IIlightll reactions, which harvest the light, oxidize water and generate two energy-rich intermediates, ATP and NADPH. These two intermediates plus carbon dioxide are the substrates for the second group, the IIdarkll reactions or Cal vi n cycle, which produce the reduced sugars. The chloroplast is completely bounded by an outer membrane. There is a separate, highly convoluted membrane system, the thyla­ koid system, enclosed within the chloroplast. The enzymes of the light reactions are physically associated with the thylakoid mem­ branes, while the Calvin cycle enzymes are free-floating within the stroma, or soluble part of the chloroplast (Fig. 1). GRANA MEMBRANES ARE REG I ONS WHERE THE MEMBRANES ARE APPRESSED ON EACH OTHER MEMBRANES WH ICH ARE UNAPPRESSED THT1.AKO ID t1EHBRANE ARE STROMA MEMBRANES ( ) (VES I OJLAR) (c _______ Figure 1. Schematic representation of the photosynthetic process in plant chloroplasts. PC and PCred are the oxidized and reduced ox forms of plastocyanin. PQ and PQH2 are plastoquinone and plasto­ quinol. For explanation, see text.

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`... very useful manual for people working in biological agricultural laboratories as well as for students and research workers in these and related branches.'
Biologia Plantarum, Vol. 30, No. 3, 1988.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Arizone, Tucson, USA

    William G. Gensler

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Advanced Agricultural Instrumentation

  • Book Subtitle: Design and Use

  • Editors: William G. Gensler

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series E:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4404-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht 1986

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-3329-3Due: 31 May 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8459-8Published: 05 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-4404-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0168-132X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 400

  • Topics: Agriculture

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