Includes index

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: The 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 Growth and 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