Sugarcane :  physiology, biochemistry, and functional biology /  [electronic resource] 
edited by Paul H. Moore, Frederik C. Botha. 
 - 1 online resource (765 pages) :  illustrations (some color) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Sugarcane: the crop, the plant, and domestication -- Anatomy and morphology -- Developmental stages (phenology) -- Ripening and postharvest deterioration -- Mineral nutrition of sugarcane -- Photosynthesis in sugarcane -- Respiration as a competitive sink for sucrose accumulation in sugarcane culm: perspectives and open questions -- Nitrogen physiology of sugarcane -- Water relations and cell expansion of storage tissue -- Water, transpiration, and gas exchange -- Transport proteins in plant growth and development -- Phloem transport of resources -- Cell walls: structure and biogenesis -- Hormones and growth regulators -- Flowering -- Stress physiology: abiotic stresses -- Mechanisms of resistance to pests and pathogens in sugarcane and related crop species -- Source and sink physiology -- Biomass and bioenergy -- Crop models -- Sugarcane yields and yield-limiting processes -- Systems biology and metabolic modeling -- Sugarcane genetics and genomics -- Sugarcane biotechnology: axenic culture, gene transfer, and transgene expression. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781118771198 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sugarcane.<br/>Sugarcane--Physiology.<br/>Botanical chemistry.<br/>Botany.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>SB231  / .P55 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>633.6/1