As we approached this revision of Biology of Plants, we recognized that extensive work would be needed to address the advances that have been made in all areas of plant biology. From new molecular details about photosynthesis to the vast differences in taxonomic relationships that have been revealed by comparison of Dna and Rna sequences, to advances in genomics and genetic engineering to an enhanced understandinof the anatomy and physiology of plants, there have been exciting developments in the field. This current edition of Biology of Plants has undergone the most significant revision in its history, with every topic scrutinized and, where necessary, revised and updated.
While covering these advances, we have strengthened the narrative by expanding and clarifying discussions; carefully defiing new terms; and adding new diagrams, photos, and electron micrographs. each chapter now begins with an attractive photograph and informative caption that relates to the chapter content but in a tangential way that often touches on
an environmental topic.
With each revision, we continue to pay special attention to the book’s interlocking themes: (1) the functioning plant body as the dynamic result of processes mediated by biochemical interactions; (2) evolutionary relationships as aluable for understanding form and function in organisms; (3) ecology as an integrated theme that pervades the book and emphasizes our dependence on plants to sustain all life on earth; and (4) molecular research as essential for revealing details about plant genetics, cellular function, and taxonomic relationships.
Author(s): Ray F. Evert, Susan E. Eichhorn
Edition: 8th
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 880
Preface xiii
INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER 1 Botany: an Introduction 2
Biology oF thE Plant CEll 1 7
CHAPTER 2 The Molecular Composition
of Plant Cells 18
CHAPTER 3 The Plant Cell and the Cell Cycle 38
CHAPTER 4 The Movement of substances
into and out of Cells 75
EnERgEtiCS 93
CHAPTER 5 The Flow of energy 94
CHAPTER 6 Respiration 107
CHAPTER 7 Photosynthesis, Light, and Life 122
SECTION 3 gEnEtiCS and Evolution 151
CHAPTER 8 sexual Reproduction and Heredity 152
CHAPTER 9 The Chemistry of Heredity and
Gene expression 174
CHAPTER 10 Recombinant Dna Technology, Plant
Biotechnology, and Genomics 192
CHAPTER 11 The Process of evolution 209
divERSity 233
CHAPTER 12 systematics: The science of
Biological Diversity 234
CHAPTER 13 Prokaryotes and viruses 256
CHAPTER 14 Fungi 278
CHAPTER 15 Protists: algae and Heterotrophic
Protists 317
CHAPTER 16 Bryophytes 366
CHAPTER 17 seedless vascular Plants 391
CHAPTER 18 Gymnosperms 430
CHAPTER 19 Introduction to the angiosperms 457
CHAPTER 20 evolution of the angiosperms 477
CHAPTER 21 Plants and People 501
thE angioSPERm Plant Body:
StRuCtuRE and dEvEloPmEnt 525
CHAPTER 22 early Development of the
Plant Body 526
CHAPTER 23 Cells and Tissues of the
Plant Body 538
CHAPTER 24 The Root: structure and
Development 558
CHAPTER 25 The shoot: Primary structure and
Development 579
CHAPTER 26 secondary Growth in stems 614
PhySiology oF SEEd PlantS 637
CHAPTER 27 Regulating Growth and Development:
The Plant Hormones 638
CHAPTER 28 external Factors and
Plant Growth 660
CHAPTER 29 Plant nutrition and soils 683
CHAPTER 30 The Movement of Water and
solutes in Plants 708
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CHAPTER 31 The Dynamics of Communities
and ecosystems
CHAPTER 32 Global ecology
Appendix: Classification of Organisms A-1
Suggestions for Further Reading FR-1
Glossary G-1
Illustration Credits IC-1
Index I-1
