Plant Physiology and Development

Description

Plant Physiology and Development incorporates the latest advances in plant biology, making Plant Physiology the most authoritative and widely used upper-division plant biology textbook. Up to date, comprehensive, and meticulously illustrated, the improved integration of developmental material throughout the text ensures that Plant Physiology and Development provides the best educational foundation possible for the next generation of plant biologists.

This new, updated edition includes current information to improve understanding while maintaining the core structure of the book. Figures have been revised and simplified wherever possible. To eliminate redundancy, stomatal function (Chapter 10 in the previous edition) has been reassigned to other chapters. In addition, a series of feature boxes related to climate change are also included in this edition.

An enhanced ebook with embedded self-assessment, Web Topics and Web Essays and Study Questions is available with this edition.

New to this Edition

• New Introductory Unit 1, Structure and Information Systems of Plant Cells, containing four chapters that have been revised to serve as an introductory unit that can be used to ensure all students begin with a common starting point. The reorganization of Unit 1 also enables modernization of the teaching of traditional physiological topics by introducing genomics, molecular genetics, genome editing, and the basic concepts of signal transduction at the outset of the course. Unit 1 is also organized in a manner that allows the chapters to be used as reference material as students engage with the topics of subsequent chapters.
• Inclusion of highlight boxes that address climate change and biotechnology topics that are relevant to plant physiology.
• Chapter 15: Abiotic Stress has been brought forward to serve as a tool to assist students in integration of the concepts learned in the first three units of the text.
• The subject of Vegetative Growth and Organogenesis is now addressed in two chapters. Chapter 18: Vegetative Growth on the Primary Axis focuses on meristems and primary root, shoot and leaf development. Chapter 19: Vegetative Growth and Organogenesis: Branching and Secondary Growth includes updated sections describing the development of root architecture, cambial function, and epicormic branching.
• Chapter 24: Biotic Interactions has been reformulated to better integrate the concepts of Development with the first three units of the text. New material on plant responses to herbivory and pathogens has been extensively incorporated into the chapter.
• In addition to Topical Boxes, web-based Web Topics and Essays have been extensively updated to reflect new developments and to highlight plant breeding/biotechnology and the impacts of climate change. The Web material amplifies the theme of integrative approaches to solve global problems in food production, renewable energy, and environmental sustainability.
• Improves on efforts to include the most recent and important developments in plant science at a level of complexity that is appropriate for third- and fourth-year undergraduate plant physiology classes.
• Advanced genomics, molecular-assisted breeding, and plant genome engineering with CRISPR and similar tools are presented by leaders in the field.
• Conservative nomenclature for genes, gene products, mutants, and epigenetic factors has been standardized throughout the text.
• Concise suggested readings are included at the end of each textbook chapter and links to a more extensive online bibliography. Web Topics and Web Essays include associated references.
• New chapter authors, who are leaders in their respective field, bring an enhanced sense of relevance to the material presented.

Table of Contents

I. Structure and Information Systems of Plant Cells
1 Plant and Cell Architecture
2 Cell Walls: Structure, Formation, and Expansion
3 Genome Structure and Gene Expression
4 Signals and Signal Transduction
II. Transport and Translocation of Water and Solutes
5 Water and Plant Cells
6 Water Balance of Plants
7 Mineral Nutrition
8 Solute Transport
III. Biochemistry and Metabolism
9 Photosynthesis: The Light Reactions
10 Photosynthesis: The Carbon Reactions
11 Photosynthesis: Physiological and Ecological Considerations
12 Translocation in the Phloem
13 Respiration and Lipid Metabolism
14 Assimilation of Inorganic Nutrients
15 Abiotic Stress
IV. Growth and Development
16 Signals from Sunlight
17 Germination and Establishment
18 Vegetative Growth on the Primary Axis
19 Secondary Vegetative Growth
20 Control of Flowering and Floral Development
21 Gametophyte Development, Pollination, and Fruit Development
22 Embryogenesis: The Origin of Plant Architecture
23 Plant Senescence and Cell Death
24 Biotic Interactions