Table of Contents

Preface Chapter 1. Plant and Cell ArchitectureChapter 2. Genome Structure and Gene ExpressionUNIT I. TRANSPORT AND TRANSLOCATION OF WATER AND SOLUTESChapter 3. Water and Plant CellsChapter 4. Water Balance of PlantsChapter 5. Mineral NutritionChapter 6. Solute TransportUNIT II. BIOCHEMISTRY AND METABOLISMChapter 7. Photosynthesis: The Light ReactionsChapter 8. Photosynthesis: The Carbon ReactionsChapter 9. Photosynthesis: Physiological and Ecological ConsiderationsChapter 10. Stomatal BiologyChapter 11. Translocation in the PhloemChapter 12. Respiration and Lipid MetabolismChapter 13. Assimilation of Inorganic NutrientsUNIT III. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENTChapter 14. Cell Walls: Structure, Formation, and ExpansionChapter 15. Signals and Signal TransductionChapter 16. Signals from SunlightChapter 17. EmbryogenesisChapter 18. Seed Dormancy, Germination, and Seedling EstablishmentChapter 19. Vegetative Growth and OrganogenesisChapter 20. The Control of Flowering and Floral DevelopmentChapter 21. Gametophytes, Pollination, Seeds, and FruitsChapter 22. Plant Senescence and Cell DeathChapter 23. Biotic InteractionsChapter 24. Abiotic StressGlossaryIllustration CreditsPhoto CreditsSubject Index

About the Author

Lincoln Taiz is Professor Emeritus of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at the University of California at Santa Cruz. He received his Ph.D. in Botany from the University of California at Berkeley in 1971. Dr. Taiz's main research focus has been on the structure, function, and evolution of vacuolar H+-ATPases. He has also worked on gibberellins, cell wall mechanical properties, metal tolerance, auxin transport, and stomatal opening.

Eduardo Zeiger is Professor Emeritus of Biology at the University of California at Los Angeles. He received a Ph.D. in Plant Genetics at the University of California at Davis in 1970. His research interests include stomatal function, the sensory transduction of blue-light responses, and the study of stomatal acclimations associated with increases in crop yields.

Ian M. M�ller is Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Aarhus University, Denmark. He received his Ph.D. in Plant Biochemistry from Imperial College, London, UK. He has worked at Lund University, Sweden and, more recently, at Ris� National Laboratory and the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Copenhagen, Denmark. Professor M�ller has investigated plant respiration throughout his career. His current interests include turnover of reactive oxygen species and the role of protein oxidation in plant cells.

Angus Murphy has been Professor and Chair of the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture at the University of Maryland since 2012. He earned his Ph.D. in Biology from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1996 and moved to Purdue University as an assistant professr in 2001. Dr. Murphy studies ATP-Binding Cassette transporters, the regulation of auxin transport, and the mechanisms by which transport proteins are regulated in plastic plant growth.