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SUBJECT INDEX 



B 



Bacteria, 18, 45, 63 

 Barium, 60 



Barley {see Hordeum vulgare). 

 Base exchange capacity of soils, 138 

 Basophilic granules, 19 

 Bean, broad (= Boston bean) {see 

 Viciafaba), 



kidney {see Phaseolus vulgaris). 

 Beans, salt tolerance of, 150-1 

 Beneficial elements, 6-7 

 Beta maritima (sea beet), 152, 157 

 Beta radiation, 24-5 

 Beta vulgaris (beet, red beet), 16, 22, 

 52-3, 63, 65-6, 77, 83, 89, 90, 100, 

 101, 103, 107, 152 

 Bicarbonate ions, 6 



Absorption of, 52-3, 91-2 



effects on salt absorption, 51-2, 74 



in soil solutions, 136-7 



utilisation of, 50 

 Binding sites, 55, 60, 67 

 Blattdiingung {see foliar feeding). 

 Blue-green algae, 7 

 Borates, 6 

 Boron, 6, 7, 8, 146 

 Broccoli {see Brassica oleracea) 

 Brome grass {see Bromus sp.) 

 Bromide, absorption of, 60, 66, 77, 

 80, 96 



effect on chloride absorption, 58 

 Bromine, 4 



Bromus sp. (brome grass), 4 

 Brassica caulorapa (kohl-rabi), 77 

 Brassica rapa (mangold, swede, turnip), 

 16, 77 



Brassica oleracea (broccoli, cabbage), 



4, 151 

 Brown algae {see Phaeophyceae) 



Cabbage {see Brassica oleracea) 



Caesium, 57, 58-9 



Cakile maritima (sea rocket), 157 



Calcicole plants, 8 



Calcifuge plants, 8, 146 



Calcium, 



absorption of, 22, 35, 50, 60, 84, 

 116, 128, 144, 152 



an essential element, 6 



Calcium — cotit., 



concentration in cell sap, 5, 1 1 



concentration in sea water, II, 154 



content o{Zea mays, 3 



effects on salt absorption, 60-1 



functions of, 8 



in soils, 136-8 

 Callus, 16 



tissue cultures, 17-8, 57 

 Carbohydrates, 63-4, 66-7, 128 

 Carbon dioxide, 6 



dark fixation of, 51-2, 91-2 



effects on salt absorption, 51-2, 76 



hypothesis, 141-2 

 Carbon monoxide, 78 

 Carrier, 



concept, 10, 40-4 



mechanisms, 42-5, 75-7, 84-5, 87 



model, 40-1 



nature of, 45, 163 



precursor, 41, 84 

 Carrot {see Daucus carota) 

 Casparian band, 15, 118, 120 

 Cation, 



absorption from soils, 141-5 



carriers, 42-5, 76-7, 84-5 



exchange capacity of roots, 142, 

 143-4 

 of soils, 138-9 



selectivity, 70-1, 76, 84 

 Cation exchange resins, 82 

 Cell, 



division, 67-8 



enlargement, 67-8, 1 1 1 



organelles, 21, 68, 106-8 



structure, 19 



walls, 19,100,104,118 

 Cerium, 62 

 Chalk glands, 133 

 Chara ceratophyUa (stonewort), 5, 



100 

 Charcoal, adsorption on, 37, 39 

 Chelation, 39, 141 

 Chemical, 



combination, 38-40, 50 



potential, 34 

 Chenopodium album, 70, 144 

 Chlorella vulgaris, 19, 57, 59 

 Chloramphenicol (Chloromycetin), 

 64-5, 88-90, 164-5 



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