The Physiology of Flowering Plants

Fully updated textbook looking at the fundamental principles of plant biology and new molecular techniques including genetically modified plants.

Helgi Öpik (Author), Stephen A. Rolfe (Author), Arthur J. Willis (Consultant editor)

9780521664851, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 14 April 2005

404 pages, 168 b/w illus. 24 tables
24.6 x 18.6 x 2 cm, 0.9 kg

'The intention was to provide an up-to-date text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of plant physiology, and that is exactly how it reads.' Journal of Biological Education

This latest edition of The Physiology of Flowering Plants has been completely updated to cover the explosion of interest in plant biology. A whole-plant approach has been used to produce an integrated view of plant function, covering both the fundamentals of whole plant physiology and the latest developments in molecular biology. New developments in molecular techniques are explained within practical applications such as genetically modified plants. The book further examines: • photosynthesis, respiration, plant growth and development • nutrition, water relations, photomorphogenesis and stress physiology • function, with particular attention to adaptations to different habitats. Each chapter is fully referenced with suggestions for complementary reading including references to original research papers. The Physiology of Flowering Plants is an ideal textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in plant biology.

1. Introduction
Part I. Nutrition and Transport: 2. Flow of energy and carbon through the plant: photosynthesis and respiration
3. Water relations
4. Mineral nutrition
5. Translocation of organic compounds
Part II. Growth and Development: 6. Growth as a quantitative process
7. Plant growth hormones
8. Cell growth and differentiation
9. Vegetative development
10. Photomorphogenesis
11. Reproductive development
12. Growth movements
13. Resistance to stress
Appendix.

Subject Areas: Trees, wildflowers & plants [WNP], Botany & plant sciences [PST]