do plants generate heat?

[scott meissner]

Greetings,
	You might wish to look up the following
articles for information on heat generation in
plants.  

	Seymour R.S.  1997- Scientific American
		276:  (#3)  104-109
		"Plants that warm themselves"

		a nice review of the topic,
		

	Breidenbach R.W., M.J. Saxton, L.D. Hansen,
		R.S. Criddle  1997- Plant Physiology
		114:  1137-1140
		"Heat generation and dissipation in
		plants"

		A review of the state of knowledge.
		A bit more in depth than the first.

	Hope this helps people find some specifics on 
this topic.

Scott


Scott T. Meissner
Division of Science and Mathematics
701 College Road, McKendree College
Lebanon, IL  62254
e-mail:  smeissne at atlas.mckendree.edu

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