(ISBN 1 870232 05 4)
Table of Contents
1. Fundamentals - Matter and Energy. Atoms, Molecules and Bonds; Oxidation and Reduction; The Source of Organic Carbon; Products of Photosynthesis; Chemical Compostion of Leaves; Energy Transductions in Photosynthesis; The Laws of Thermodynamics.
2. Where it All Starts. Solar Energy; The Sun; The Nature of Light; The Energy Content of Light; Units; Light Intensity; Availability of Solar Energy; Light as an Energy Carrrier; Fluorescence; Quenching Analysis.
3. Harvesting the Sun. Photoreceptors; Photosynthetic Units; Light-harvesting Antennae; Chlorophyll Protein Complexes; PSI and PSII Reaction Centres; Electron Carriers; Beyond PSI, Starch Pictures; Structure of Chloroplast.
4. Assimilatory Power. Reduction of NADP; Z-Scheme; Non-Cyclic or Linear Electron Transport; Cyclic Electron Transport; Hydrolysis ATP; Assimilatory Power; Utilization of Assimilatory Power.
5. The Dark Biochemistry. C3 Photosynthesis; Photosynthetic Carbon Assimilation; Calvin Cycle; End Product and Autocatalysis; Energy Inputs; Stoichiometries; Photorespiration; Oxygenation; C4 Photosynthesis; C4 Plants; Crassulacean Acid Metabolism; Dark Acidification; Light Deacidification; Energy Costs.
6. Of Plants and Men. Eating Potatoes; Defying Thermodynamics; Rods, Poles and Perches; Sunbeams into Cucumbers; Oil into Potatoes; Photsynthetic Efficiency; Standing Crop Efficiency; Roofs and Ceilings; The Need for Dissipaton; Acid Bath Technology.
7. Doom and Gloom. The Greenhouse Effect; Greenhouse Gases.
8. Consequences and Uncertainties. The Missing Sink; Will Temperatures Rise and Catastrophe Folow? Can Population be Maintained? Malthus Revisited; What will happen if We Get it Wrong; How will Rising Carbon Dioxide Affect Plants? Carbon Dioxide as a Fertilizer; Increased Water Use Efficiency.
9. Is There Another Way? Procreation and Population; An Inversion of Ends and Means; Going Critical; The Virtue of Thrift; World Energy Conservation Help? Renewable Resources; Looking at Alternatives; Ocean Energy; Photovoltaics; The Rain Forest; Biofuels; Hydrogen Power
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