Plant Physiology

Abscisic Acid.Com
A resource for information on abscisic acid, abscisic acid analogs and other related phytohormones.
http://www.abscisicacid.com

Cadmium accumulation in durum wheat
Summary of research exploring the physiological basis for high accumulation of cadmium (Cd) in durum wheat grain.
http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/cadmium

Flowering Newsletter
The Flowering Newsletter is an online publication from the International Working Group on Flowering and aims to speedily report on research dealing with the flowering process.
http://www.ulg.ac.be/fnl/

Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems - Focus 1 Homepage
The ecosystem physiology program within the Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems Core project. Includes details of the program, conferences, publications and science highlights.
http://www.gcte.org/focus1.htm

Natural Environmental Research Council - UK
News involving NERC, funding opportunities, details of NERC funded science and research centers.
http://www.nerc.ac.uk

Nitrogen fixation
This web site is not designed to be a comprehensive presentation on nitrogen fixation, but rather it is intended as a forum to present informative images that are not otherwise easily available.
http://academic.reed.edu/biology/Nitrogen/

An Outline of an Alternative Theory of Plant Hormones
This site lists Plant Hormones and their characteristics and goes on to try to provide unifying 'reasons' for their effects. It is not part of current scientific thinking.
http://www.pruittfamily.com/paul/plants.htm

Photosynthesis Center
The Photosynthesis Center at Arizona State University is a multidisciplinary group doing research in several areas of photosynthesis. Also, links to many other related sites.
http://photoscience.la.asu.edu/photosyn/default.html

Phototropism
This page gives an introduction to phototropism (a plant's response to light).
http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/e32/32b.htm

Phytochemistry tutorials
A herbalist's site but contains useful information on a range of compounds synthesized by plants. Currently incomplete.
http://www.friedli.com/herbs/phytochem/phyto_tutorial.html

Plant ecophysiology and palaeoenvironment
Personal commentary on the application of stable isotopes to forest/crop ecophysiology and palaeoeenvironmental studies.
http://web.udl.es/usuaris/x3845331/invest.htm

Plant Hormones
Information on plant hormones from the University of Bristol, UK.
http://www.plant-hormones.info/

Plant Physiology Section of the Botanical Institute at the University of Basel
This sections contains research groups working on: ethylene, mycorrhiza, fructans and other areas.
http://www.unibas.ch/bothebel/

Plants-In-Motion
Well-executed, time-lapse, QuickTime movies of plant growth and development - from Indiana Univ.
http://sunflower.bio.indiana.edu/~rhangart/plantmotion/PlantsInMotion.html

Plantstress.com
Dedicated to plant environmental stress in agriculture and biology. The site contains news, announcements, events, original articles, a reference database, files and presentations, biotech issues, more than 400 linked web resources and a bulletin board.
http://www.plantstress.com/

Seed Biology Place
Explains anatomy, germination, dormancy, after-ripening, including ß-1,3-glucanase biochemistry during endosperm rupture and coat-enhanced dormancy of tobacco. Includes PDF of publications from Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany.
http://www.seedbiology.de

Tannin Chemistry
Includes a link to a PDF book chapter on Tannin chemistry.
http://www.users.muohio.edu/hagermae/

Utah State University Crop Physiology Lab
The CPL is primarily funded by NASA and most research is dedicated towards optimizing the growth of several plant species, including wheat, soybean, rice, lettuce, tomatoes, radishes, and carrots for use in bio-regenerative life support systems. The lab is also involved in several non-NASA related research projects, including phytoremediation and phytotoxicity experiments.
http://www.usu.edu/cpl/

Waltraud's Carnivorous Plants Homepage
Nutrient acquisition by different species of carnivorous plants.
http://www.waltraudschulze.de/carnivor/carni.html