{"title":"A Thermodynamic Approach to the Temperature Response of Biological Systems as Demonstrated by Low Level Luminescence of Cucumber Seedlings","authors":"Fritz-Albert Popp , Ke-Shue Li , Walter Nagl","doi":"10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80073-2","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The temperature response of biological systems (Q<sub>10</sub>) is described in terms of the physical model of dissipative structures of thermodynamically open systems, which are far away from thermal equilibrium. The theory is shown to be consistent with experimental results on physiological temperature responses of cucumber seedlings.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":23797,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie","volume":"114 1","pages":"Pages 1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1984-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80073-2","citationCount":"14","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0044328X84800732","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The temperature response of biological systems (Q10) is described in terms of the physical model of dissipative structures of thermodynamically open systems, which are far away from thermal equilibrium. The theory is shown to be consistent with experimental results on physiological temperature responses of cucumber seedlings.