Fundamentals of Plant Physiology

About this book

Fundamentals of Plant Physiology is a distillation of the most important principles and empirical findings of plant physiology. Intended for students seeking an accessible introduction to the field, Fundamentals of Plant Physiology provides the same high standard of scientific accuracy and pedagogical richness for which Taiz et al.'s popular Plant Physiology and Development, Sixth Edition, is renowned, but in a more concise format and pitched at a slightly lower level. Instructors wishing to focus their lectures on basic plant physiology, as opposed to developmental genetics, should find this new streamlined and simplified text ideally suited for their courses.

Contents

1. Plant and Cell Architecture
2. Water and Plant Cells
3. Water Balance of Plants
4. Mineral Nutrition
5. Assimilation of Inorganic Nutrients
6. Solute Transport
7. Photosynthesis: The Light Reactions
8. Photosynthesis: The Carbon Reactions
9. Photosynthesis: Physiological and Ecological Considerations
10. Translocation in the Phloem
11. Respiration and Lipid Metabolism
12. Signals and Signal Transduction
13. Signals from Sunlight
14. Embryogenesis
15. Seed Dormancy, Germination, and Seedling Establishment
16. Vegetative Growth and Senescence
17. Flowering and Fruit Development
18. Biotic Interactions
19. Abiotic Stress

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Contributors:
- Sarah M. Assmann
- Christine Beveridge
- Robert Blankenship
- Arnold Bloom
- Eduardo Blumwald
- John Browse
- Bob Buchanan
- Victor Busov
- John Christie
- Gary Coleman
- Daniel Cosgrove
- Susan Dunford
- Jim Ehrleringer
- Jurgen Engelberth
- Lawrence Griffing
- N. Michele Holbrook
- Andreas Madlung
- Ronald Mittler
- Gabriele Monshausen
- Wendy Peer
- Alan Rasmusson
- Darren Sandquist
- Graham Seymour
- Sally Smith
- Joseph Sullivan
- Heven Sze
- Bruce Veit
- Philip Wigge
- Ricardo Wolosiuk