Preface - Authors and Contributors - Overview of Essential Concepts - Plant and Cell Architecture - Energy and Enzymes - UNIT I: TRANSPORT AND TRANSLOCATION OF WATER AND SOLUTES - Water and Plant Cells - Water Balance of the Plant - Mineral Nutrition - Solute Transport - UNIT II: BIOCHEMISTRY AND METABOLISM - Photosynthesis: The Light Reactions - Photosynthesis: Carbon Reactions - Photosynthesis: Physiological and Ecological Considerations - Translocation in the Phloem - Respiration and Lipid Metabolism - Assimilation of Mineral Nutrients - Plant Defenses: Surface Protection and Secondary Metabolites - UNIT III: GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT - Gene Expression and Signal Transduction - Cell Walls: Structure, Biogenesis, and Expansion - Growth, Development, and Differentiation - Phytochrome - Blue-Light Responses: Stomatal Movements and Morphogenesis - Auxins - Gibberellins - Cytokinins - Ethylene - Abscisic Acid - The Control of Flowering - Stress Physiology - Author Index - Subject Index
LINCOLN TAIZ, University of California, Santa Cruz. - EDUARDO ZEIGER, University of California, Los Angeles, with contributors.
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