Biology Category
Discover how plants function — photosynthesis, water and nutrient transport, growth regulators, and responses to environmental stress.
Welcome to the Plant Physiology category of this site. Here you will find clear, detailed articles covering key topics related to Plant Physiology.
A detailed guide to abscisic acid: the plant stress hormone. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to allelopathy: chemical warfare between plants. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to aquaporins: water channels of plant membranes. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to auxin gradients: directing plant growth and patterning. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to biological nitrogen fixation: rhizobia and legume nodules. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to brassinosteroids: steroid hormones in plant development. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to c4 photosynthesis: concentrating carbon dioxide. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to calcium signaling in plants: cellular stress sensing. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to carnivorous plants: the physiology of trapping and digestion. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to chlorophyll fluorescence: probing photosynthetic health. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to cold acclimation and freezing tolerance in plants. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to crassulacean acid metabolism: cam photosynthesis. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to cytokinins: cell division and shoot growth. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to ethylene: the ripening and senescence hormone. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to flooding tolerance: surviving root anoxia. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to florigen and flowering signals: photoperiodic induction. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to gibberellins: stem elongation and seed germination. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to hydraulic redistribution: roots moving water underground. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to micronutrients in plants: iron, zinc, and manganese. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to mineral nutrition: essential elements for plant growth. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to nastic movements: rapid plant responses beyond tropisms. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to nitrate assimilation: from soil to amino acids. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to non-photochemical quenching: dissipating excess light. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to phloem transport: sugar loading and translocation. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to photomorphogenesis: light control of plant development. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to photoperiodism: how plants sense day length. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to photoprotection: defending photosynthesis from light damage. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to photorespiration: rubisco's costly reaction with oxygen. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to photosynthesis: light reactions and carbon fixation. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to plant circadian rhythms and biological clocks. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to plant defense responses: systemic acquired resistance. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to plant growth regulators: hormones that control development. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to plant physiology: the science of how plants function. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to plant respiration: mitochondrial energy metabolism in green cells. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevan
A detailed guide to plant stress responses: drought, salinity, and temperature. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to plant volatile organic compounds: chemical communication. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to root architecture: soil foraging strategies. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to root nutrient uptake and mycorrhizal associations. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to seed dormancy mechanisms: controlling germination timing. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to seed germination: from dormancy to seedling. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to senescence and programmed cell death in plants. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to source-sink relations: carbon partitioning in plants. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to stomatal opening: guard cell physiology explained. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to strigolactones: branching control and root signals. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to transpiration and stomatal regulation. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to tropisms: directed growth in response to stimuli. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to turgor pressure: driving cell expansion and growth. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to vernalization: the cold requirement for flowering. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to water transport in plants: the cohesion-tension mechanism. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to xylem cavitation: how drought breaks the water column. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
