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2 - Leaf Biophysics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2019

Stéphane Jacquemoud  and
Susan Ustin
Stéphane Jacquemoud
Affiliation:
Université Paris Diderot
Susan Ustin
Affiliation:
University of California, Davis
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This chapter aims to describe the basic anatomy of common groups of higher plants. including the tissues of leaves, their main cell types, and the biochemical constituents that characterize their functional properties. It should provide enough detail on the main construction of plant leaves and how major groups of plants are distinguished based on anatomy, morphology, cell type distribution, and biochemistry. The three-dimensional structure and arrangement of the organelles, cells, and tissues in the leaf are critical to understanding the photon transport in leaf tissue and how these traits relate to the physiological processes of photosynthesis, respiration, and transpiration.

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Leaf Optical Properties , pp. 12 - 47
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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