Biology of PlantsBotany: An Introduction. SECTION 1 Biology of the Plant Cell: The Molecular Composition of Plant Cells; The Plant Cell and the Cell Cycle; The Movement of Substances into and out of Cells. SECTION 2 Energetics: The Flow of Energy; Respiration; Photosynthesis, Light, and Life. SECTION 3 Genetics and Evolution: Sexual Reproduction and Heredity; The Chemistry of Heredity and Gene Expression; Recombinant DNA Technology, Plant Biotechnology, and Genomics; The Process of Evolution. SECTION 4 Diversity: Systematics: The Science of Biological Diversity; Prokaryotes and Viruses; Fungi; Protista - Algae and Heterotrophic Protists; Bryophytes; Seedless Vascular Plants; Gymnosperms; Introduction to the Angiosperms; Evolution of the Angiosperms; Plants and People. SECTION 5 The Angiosperm Plant Body: Structure and Development: Early Development of the Plant Body; Cells and Tissues of the Plant Body; The Root: Structure and Development; The Shoot: Primary Structure and Development; Secondary Growth in Stems. SECTION 6 Physiology of Seed Plants: Regulating Growth and Development: The Plant Hormones; External Factors and Plant Growth; Plant Nutrition and Soils; The Movement of Water and Solutes in Plants. Appendix: Classification of Organisms. Glossary. |
Contents
Contents | 1 |
The Vascular Cambium | 6 |
Rainforests Arctic Tundra | 8 |
The Movement of Substances | 71 |
Structure of Cellular Membranes | 77 |
CelltoCell Communication | 83 |
Biology of the Plant Cell | 232 |
Organic Molecules | 290 |
Stem and Leaf Modifications | 575 |
Secondary Xylem | 591 |
The Truth about Knots | 599 |
Human Impact on Nutrient Cycles and Effects | 661 |
The Movement of Water and Solutes | 667 |
Absorption of Water and Ions by Roots | 675 |
The Plant Cell and the Cell Cycle | 3 |
Auxins | 11 |
Lipids | 315 |
16 | 325 |
Origin of Viruses | 378 |
Proteins | 447 |
Nucleic Acids | 464 |
Secondary Metabolites | 471 |
Grasslands | 476 |
Effect of Secondary Growth on the Primary | 528 |
Plants and People | 541 |
Vegetarians Amino Acids | 553 |
Temperate Deciduous Forests Glossary | 1 |
Ethylene | 8 |
An Overview | 2 |
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