Instant Notes. Plant Biology

Andrew Lack, David Evans1859961975, 9781859961971, 9780203645451

Student guide to plant biology, enabling easy access to core information in the field. Covers structure, vegetative anatomy, reproductive anatomy, physiology and regulation, growth and development, sensing end response to the environment, and floral development and reproductive physiology. For undergraduates. Softcover.

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Table of contents :
BOOK COVER……Page 1
TITLE……Page 4
COPYRIGHT……Page 5
CONTENTS……Page 6
ABBREVIATIONS……Page 10
PREFACE……Page 12
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS……Page 13
Section A – Introduction……Page 14
Section B – Structure……Page 16
Section C – Vegetative anatomy……Page 36
Section D – Reproductive anatomy……Page 54
Section E – Physiology and regulation……Page 68
Section F – Growth and development……Page 76
Section G – Sensing and responding to the environment……Page 96
Section H – Floral development and reproductive physiology……Page 114
Section I – Plants, water and mineral nutrients……Page 128
Section J – Metabolism……Page 148
Section K – Plant communities and populations……Page 174
Section L – Reproductive ecology……Page 196
Section M – Interactions between plants and other organisms……Page 214
Section N – Human uses of plants……Page 240
Section O – Plant genetic engineering and biotechnology……Page 258
Section P – Plant diversity……Page 270
Section Q – Spore-bearing vascular plants……Page 286
Section R – Seed plants……Page 306
FURTHER READING……Page 330
INDEX……Page 338