![]() ![]() This is due to too much water exorcizing all the air from in between the soil particles. If a potted plant is watered over for a long time, then the plant can ultimately die. out of the roots by the same root hairs which complete the respiration process of roots. During the respiration process, oxygen is transformed into carbon dioxide gas which is spread in the opposite direction i.e. From root hairs, oxygen is transported to all the parts of roots for respiration. The oxygen present among the soil particles diffuses into the root hairs. In fact, root hair is a lateral tubular outgrowth of the external epidermal cells of a root. The hairs of the roots are in straight contact with them. This oxygen is then absorbed into the roots with the help of root hair present on the roots. In soil oxygenated air is already present in spaces between soil particles. In plants, respiration occurs with the help of roots. This action would result in flower damage and also in plant poor growth. The same principle relates to plants, as the temperature at night rises, the respiration rate increases, and similar temperature increases. The runner breathes at higher rates than an individual standing still so, a runner’s amount of respiration is greater and the temperature of the body rises. During the night, it is very vital that the temperature is much cooler as compared to the daytime because plants can undergo stress. Plant respiration happens 24 hours a day, but night respiration is more obvious as the photosynthesis process finishes. Plants respire with the help of lenticels and stomata (exist in stems and leaves individually) which carry out the function of the gaseous exchange. ![]() As plants do not have any specialized organs like lungs so we can say that plants do not breathe rather they respire. This is the main question when we think about plant respiration. We can conclude the same from the equation above as well that respiration uses oxygen and to produce carbon dioxide. Oxygen + Glucose → Water + Carbon Dioxide with Energy In plants, every part such as root, stem executes respiration as plants do not possess any particular organs like animals for the exchange of gases. In order to carry on respiration, plant cells require oxygen and a means of disposing of carbon dioxide just as animal cells do. The method by which cells get chemical energy by the consumption of oxygen and the liberating of carbon dioxide is called respiration. The process of respiration needs glucose to start the reactions which are changed into energy and later produce carbon dioxide and water as by-products. THOMAS extended this approach in his investi gations of the Pasteur effect and the induction of aerobic fermentation by poi sons such as cyanide and high concentrations of CO, JAMES began a long 2 series of studies of the partial reactions of respiration in extracts from barley and YEMM'S detailed analysis of carbohydrate components in relation to respira tory changes added an important new dimension.All living organisms, containing plants, get the energy necessary for their survival from a series of chemical reactions termed respiration. Nevertheless the classical experiments of BLACKMAN with apples had led to important results on the relations between anaerobic and aerobic carbohydrate utilization and on the climacteric, and to the first explicit concept of respiratory control of respiration imposed by the" organiza tion resistance" of cell structure. Respiratory changes in response to treatments were measured by laborious gas analysis or by titration of alkali from masses of Pettenkofer tubes the Warburg respir ometer was just beginning to be used for plant studies by pioneers such as TURNER and ROBERTSON. most of the information available was hard-won from long-term experiments using the input-output approach. How the subject has changed in 40 years! In those dark ages B. JAMES, two of his "students," as my mentors. BLACKMAN through the privilege of having M. As a member of an older generation of plant physiologists, my lineage in plant respiration traces back to F. I am honored by the editor's invitation to write a Preface for this volume.
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