The goal of this book on Crop Physiology is to provide practical applications of the theoretical knowledge it covers. This book combines basic principles and procedures with exercises that focus on demonstrating important physiological and metabolic processes, such as osmosis, diffusion, water potential, stomatal frequency and index, plant water status, water relations, the measurement of absorption spectrum of chloroplastic pigments and fluorescence, leaf area, plant growth, and transpiration. Furthermore, the book also covers demonstrations of photosynthesis, transpiration, the relationship between absorption and transpiration, conditions for seed germination, seed viability, and dormancy aspects, as well as the preparation of chemical solutions for physiological and biochemical analysis of plant samples.

1. Preparation of Solutions 2. To Demonstrate the Phenomenon of Osmosis Using Potato Osmoscope 3. To Demonstrate the Phenomenon of Endosmosis and Exosmosis by Using Grapes and Raisins 4. To Demonstrate the Process of Diffusion 5. Methods of Measurement of Water Status and Water Saturation Deficit in Plant Parts 6. Estimation of Water Potential of Plant Tissue by Chardakov’s Method 7. Estimation of Photosynthetic Pigment from Plant Leaves 8. Measurement of Absorption Spectrum of Chloroplastic Pigments 9. To Demonstrate Chlorophyll Fluorescence 10. Measurement of Leaf Area by Graph Paper Method 11. Estimation of Stomatal Index and Stomatal Frequency with Replica Method 12. Demonstration of Leaf Anatomy or Structure of C3 and C4 Plants (Demonstration by Already Prepared Slides) 13. To Demonstrate that Water is Lost from a Living Plant During Transpiration 14. To Measure Rate of Transpiration of Potted Plant by Gravimetric (Lysimeter) Method 15. To measure the Rate of Transpiration by Using Ganong’s Potometer 16. To Find Out the Relation Between Transpiration and Absorption 17. To Demonstrate Unequal Transpiration by the Two Leaf Surfaces from Four Leaf Method 18. To Demonstrate that Light and Carbondioxide are Essential for Photosynthesis (Moll’s Half Leaf Experiment) 19. To Demonstrate that O2 is Evolved During Photosynthesis 20. To Demonstrate Anaerobic Respiration 21. To Demonstrate that Oxygen is Used up During Respiration 22. To Determine Respiratory Quotient of Different Types of Respiratory Substrates 23. To Demonstrate the Optimum Conditions for Seed Germination 24. Breaking of Seed Dormancy to Facilitate Germination 25. Determination of the Seeds Viability by Tetrazolium Test 26. To Demonstrate the Measurement of Growth in Plants with the Help of Arc Auxanometer 27. Growth Analysis: Calculation of Growth Parameters 28. Yield Estimation of Kharif Crops 29. Effect of Ethylene on Regulation of Stomata