Introduction to Botany /

Introduction to Botany /

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Main Author: Nabors, Murray W.

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: San Francisco : Pearson Benjamin Cummings, c2004.

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Call Number: QK47 .N226 2004

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The world of plants
  • Unit I: The structure of plants
  • 2. Cell structure and the cell cycle
  • 3. An introduction to plant structure
  • 4. Roots, stems, and leaves: the primary plant body
  • 5. Secondary growth in plants
  • 6. Life cycles and reproductive structures
  • Unit II: The functions of plants
  • 7. Basic plant biochemistry
  • 8. Photosynthesis
  • 9. Respiration
  • 10. Transport in plants
  • 11. Plant responses to hormones and environmental stimuli
  • Unit III: Genetics and gene expression
  • 12. Genetics
  • 13. Gene expression and activation
  • 14. Plant biotechnology
  • Unit IV: Evolution and diversity
  • 15. Evolution
  • 16. Classification
  • 17. Viruses and prokaryotes
  • 18. Algae
  • 19. Fungi
  • 20. Bryophytes
  • 21. Seedless vascular plants
  • 22. Gymnosperms
  • 23. Angiosperms: the flowering plants
  • Unit V: Ecology
  • 24. Ecology and the biosphere
  • 25. Ecosystem dynamics: how ecosystems work
  • 26. Conservation in biology
  • Appendixes:
  • A. Basic chemistry
  • B. Metric conversions
  • C. Classification of life.