Table of Contents

Plant Cells Genome Structure and Gene Expression UNIT I. TRANSPORT AND TRANSLOCATION OF WATER AND SOLUTES Water and Plant Cells Water Balance of Plants 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 Secondary Metabolites and Plant Defense UNIT III. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT Signal Transduction Cell Walls: Structure, Biogenesis, and Expansion Growth and Development Phytochrome and Light Control of Plant Development Blue-Light Responses: Stomatal Movements and Morphogenesis Auxin: The Growth Hormone Gibberellins: Regulators of Plant Height Cytokinins: Regulators of Cell Division Ethylene: The Gaseous Hormone Abscisic Acid: A Seed Maturation and Antistress Signal Brassinosteroids The Control of Flowering Stress Physiology Appendix 1. Concepts of Bioenergetics Appendix 2. Plant Kinematics Appendix 3. Hormone Biosynthetic Pathways

About the Author

Lincoln Taiz is Professor Emeritus in the Department of MCD Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists. Dr. Taiz has served as an editor for Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, New Phytologist, Botanica Acta, and the Annual Review of Plant Physiology. Eduardo Zeiger is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA.