Introduction to plant physiology

Chapter 1.Cells, Tissues, and Organs: The Architecture of Plants.PART 1. PLANTS AND ENERGY.Chapter 2. Bioenergetics and ATP Synthesis.Chapter 3. The Dual Role of Sunlight: Energy and Information.Chapter 4. Energy Conservation in Photosynthesis: Harvesting Sunlight.Chapter 5. Energy Conservation in Photosynthesis: CO2 Assimilation.Chapter 6. Allocation, Translocation, and Partitioning of Photoassimilates.Chapter 7. Cellular Respiration: Unlocking the Energy Stored in Photoassimilates.Chapter 8. Nitrogen Assimilation.Chapter 9. Carbon Assimilation and Productivity.PART 2: PLANTS, WATER, AND MINERALS.Chapter 10. Plant Cells and Water.Chapter 11.Whole Plant Water Relations.Chapter 12. Plants and Inorganic Nutrients.Chapter 13. Roots, Soils, and Nutrient Uptake.PART 3: PLANT DEVELOPMENT.Chapter 14. Patterns in Plant Development.Chapter 15. The Plant Hormones: Biochemistry and Metabolism.Chapter 16. The Plant Hormones: Control of Development.Chapter 17. Photomorphogenesis: Responding to Light.Chapter 18. Plant Movements-Orientation in Space.Chapter 19. Measuring Time: The Control of Development by Photoperiod and Endogenous Clocks.Chapter 20. Temperature: Plant Development and Distribution.PART 4: STRESS AND SECONDARY METABOLISM.Chapter 21. Plant Environmental Stress Physiology.Chapter 22. Secondary Plant Metabolites.PART 5: BIOTECHNOLOGY.Chapter 23. Biotechnology: Engineering Plants for the Future.Appendix I: Standard Amino Acids and Their Structures.Appendix II: Measuring Water Potential and Its Components.Index.