Plant Transport & Nutrition

Chapters 36-37

An overview of transport in whole plants

An overview of transport in whole plants

An overview of transport in whole plants

An overview of transport in whole plants

Water potential and water movement: a mechanical model

Water relations of plant cells

A watered tomato plant regains its turgor

Lateral transport of minerals and water in roots

The generation of transpirational pull in a leaf

Figure 36.11 Ascent of water in a tree

Guttation

Stomata on the underside of a leaf

The mechanism of stomatal opening and closing

Pressure flow in a sieve tube

A chemiosmotic model of solute transport in plant cells

The uptake of nutrients by a plant: an overview

Essential Nutrients in Plants

Using hydroponic culture to identify essential nutrients

The availability of soil water and minerals

Mycorrhizae, symbiotic associations of fungi and roots

The role of soil bacteria in the nitrogen nutrition of plants

The role of soil bacteria in the nitrogen nutrition of plants

The role of soil bacteria in the nitrogen nutrition of plants

Root nodules on legumes