1. Introduction
2. Seed Dormancy and Germination
3. Vegetative Growth
4. Reproductive Development
5. Pod Growth and Yield
6. Plant Nutrition
7. Photosynthesis
8. Respiration
9. Nitrogen Metabolism and Biological Nitrogen Fixation
10. Lipid Metabolism
11. Plant Growth Regulators
12. Abiotic Stresses
13. Source–Sink Relationships
Biography
P. Basuchaudhuri obtained his MSc (Ag) degree in 1972 from Calcutta University, India with a first class and was awarded a gold and a silver medal. He obtained his PhD degree from the same university in 1977. He joined the faculty of Calcutta University in 1975 as a plant physiologist and worked there until 1984. In 1980 he was awarded the Premchand Roychand Scholarship. He later became a senior scientist at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). He has five books to his credit and has published 60 papers in reputed journals. He has 40 years of teaching and research experience.
