Table of Contents

Introduction, Lincoln Taiz and Ian Max Møller.- 1. Plant and Cell Architecture, Lawrence Griffing.- 2. Genome Structure and Gene Expression, Andreas Madlung.- Unit I. Transport and Translocation of Water and Solutes, Eduardo Zeiger and Ian Max Møller.- 3. Water and Plant Cells, N. Michele Holbrook.- 4. Water Balance of Plants, N. Michele Holbrook.- 5. Mineral Nutrition, Arnold J. Bloom and Sally Smith.- 6. Solute Transport, Sarah M. Assmann.- Unit II. Biochemistry and Metabolism, Eduardo Zeiger and Ian Max Møller.- 7. Photosynthesis: The Light Reactions, Robert E. Blankenship.- 8. Photosynthesis: Carbon Reactions, Bob B. Buchanan and Ricardo A. Wolosiuk.- 9. Photosynthesis: Physiological and Ecological Considerations, Darren Sandquist and James Ehleringer.- 10. Stomatal Biology, Eduardo Zeiger.- 11. Translocation in the Phloem, Susan Dunford.- 12. Respiration and Lipid Metabolism, Allan G. Rasmusson, Ian Max Møller, and John Browse.- 13. Assimilation of Inorganic Nutrients, Arnold J. Bloom.- Unit III. Growth and Development, Lincoln Taiz, Angus Murphy, and Ian Max Møller.- 14. Cell Walls: Structure, Formation, and Expansion, Daniel J. Cosgrove.- 15. Signals and Signal Transduction, Wendy Peer, Gabriele Monshausen, Angus Murphy, and Lincoln Taiz.- 16. Signals from Sunlight, Wendy Peer, Joe Sullivan, John Christie, Angus Murphy, and Lincoln Taiz.- 17. Embryogenesis, Bruce Veit and Angus Murphy.- 18. Seed Dormancy, Germination, and Seedling Establishment, Wendy Peer, Angus Murphy, and Lincoln Taiz.- 19. Vegetative Organogenesis, Wendy Peer, Christine Beveridge, Victor Busov, Angus Murphy, and Lincoln Taiz.- 20. The Control of Flowering and Floral Development, Philip A. Wigge and Lincoln Taiz.- 21. Gametophytes, Pollination, Seeds, and Fruits, Heven Sze, Graham Seymour, and Lincoln Taiz.- 22. Plant Senescence and Cell Death, Lincoln Taiz.- 23. Biotic Interactions, Jürgen Engelberth and Lincoln Taiz.- 24. Abiotic Stress, Eduardo Blumwald and Ron Mittler.

About the Author

Lincoln Taiz is Professor Emeritus in the Department of MCD Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists. Dr. Taiz has served as an editor for Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, New Phytologist, Botanica Acta, and the Annual Review of Plant Physiology.

Eduardo Zeiger is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA.

Angus Murphy, University of Maryland, USA.