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Trends in plant physiology at the turn of century

Tang Zhangcheng

Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology,Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences,Chinese Academy of Sciences.Shanghai 200032

Abstract

This paper is an attempt to review briefly the following four research trends in plant physiology at the turn of century: from research on biological macromolecules to clarification of complex life activities-genomics, construction and function of gene; a key link in achieving integrated life activity-signal transduction; the energy and material basis of life activity-metabolism and its control; the interrelationship between plant and environment (both biological and abiological)-biological coevolution and adaptability.

Key words: Plant physiology;Research trend

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Tang Zhangcheng. Trends in plant physiology at the turn of century. Acta Physiol Sin 2001; 53 (1): (in Chinese with English abstract).