Product Description

The fourth edition of this established text returns better than ever to provide plant science students with a fresh, colourful textbook, suitable for a variety of academic levels. New contributing authors, updates on the latest research, along with a brand new chapter on Brassinosteroids and sharper artwork keep this textbook fresh and up-to-date, making it the ideal choice for a range of Botany and Plant Science students.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #134357 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 700 pages

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Reviews:

'An excellent, clear text.' - Dr W. Cockburn

'An excellent book, the best on the market.' - Ian Max Moller, Department of Plant Biology, Lund University

Description :

The Second Edition of this renowned text builds on the strengths of the first edition by integrating modern, approaches to the study of plant function, particularly in the areas of gene regulation and molecular genetics, cell biology and signal transduction and bioenergetics. Each chapter has been thoroughly revised to reflect new developments in the field and the growing importance of biochemistry, cell biology and molecular biology. Contributions from 21 experts are unified in a style that made the first edition a benchmark in the teaching of Plant Physiology. The Second Edition is extensively illustrated and published in two colours throughout, with four pages of full-colour inserts.

Contents:

Overview of Essential Concepts

Plant and Cell Architecture

Energy and Enzymes

PART 1: TRANSPORT AND TRANSLOCATION OF WATER

Water and Plant Cells

Water Balance of the Plant

Mineral Nutrition

Solute Transport

PART 2: BIOCHEMISTRY AND METABOLISM

Photosynthesis: The Light Reactions

Photosynthesis: Carbon-linked Reactions

Photosynthesis: Physiological and Ecological Considerations

Phloem Translocation

Respiration and Lipid Metabolism

Assimilation of Mineral Nutrients

Lipids and Secondary Metabolism

PART 3: GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Gene Expression and Signal Transduction

Cell Walls

Growth, Development, and Differentiation

Phytochrome and Photomorphogenesis

Blue Light Responses: Stomatal Movements and Morphogenesis

Auxins: Growth and Tropisms

Gibberellins

Cytokinins

Ethylene

Abiscisic Acid

The Control of Flowering

Stress Physiology

About the Author
LINCOLN TAIZ, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. EDUARDO ZEIGER, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.

Customer Reviews

Review of Plant Physiology by Tai and Zeiger
This book is very easy to read, it's concepts are clear and understandable. Certainly one of the better resources i've studied from. It is a very useful reference book when studying Biology at university level.