Plant physiology /
Lincoln Taiz, Eduardo Zeiger.
- 2nd ed.
- Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, c1998
- xxvi, 792 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Overview of essential concepts -- Plant and cell architecture -- Energy and enzymers -- Transport and translocation of water and solutes -- Water and plant cells -- Water balance of the plant -- Mineral nutrition -- Solute transport -- Biochemistry and metabolism -- Photosynthesis: the light reactions -- Photosynthesis: carbon reactions -- Translocation in the ploem -- Respiration and lipid metabolism -- Assimilation of mineral nutrients -- Plant defenses: surface protection and secondary metabolites -- Gene expression and signal transduction -- Cell walls: structure, biogenesis, and expansion -- Growth, development, and differentiation -- Phytochrome -- Blue-light responses: stomatal movements and morphogenesis -- Ausins -- Gibberellins -- Cytokinins -- Ethylene -- Abscisic -- Control of flowering -- Stress physiology.