Biology of plants
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Bibliographic Information
Biology of plants
W.H. Freeman and Company : Worth Publishers, c1999
6th ed
Available at 38 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This introduction to botany has been revised and completely reorganized - from the molecular and cellular through the whole organism to the ecosystem. The authors emphasize the relationships between growth and development, and structure and function, within the all-pervading themes of evolution and ecology. Features of the 6th editon include: coverage of diversity informed by recent sequencing studies and cladistic analyses; inclusion of current advances due to molecular techniques and biotechnology; and new material on ethnobotany and medicinal plants. There are various supplements for this product.
Table of Contents
- Botany - introduction. Part 1 Biology of the plant cell: molecular composition
- membrane structure and function. Part 2 Energetics: energy flow
- respiration
- photosynthesis, light and life. Part 3 Genetics and evolution: reproduction of cells
- meiosis and sexual reproduction
- genetics and heredity
- gene expression
- evolution. Part 4 Diversity: systematics
- prokaryotes and viruses
- fungi protista I -euglenoids, slime molds, cryptomonads, red algae, dinoflagellates and haptophytes
- protista II - heterokonts and green algae
- bryophytes
- seedless vascular plants
- gymnosperms
- angiosperms - introduction
- angiosperms - evolution. Part 5 Angiosperm plant body: early development
- cell and tissues
- the root
- the shoot
- secondary growth in stems. Part 6 Physiology of seed plants: regulating growth and development - the plant hormones
- external factors and plant growth
- plant nutrition and soils
- movement of water and solutes in plants. Part 7 Ecology and the human prospect: dynamics of communities and ecosystems
- biomes
- the human prospect.
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