Stern’s Introductory Plant Biology

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	Bidlack, James E._ Jansky, Shelley H. - Stern’s introductory plant biology (2018)
		Cover
		Plant Biology
		Contents in Brief
		Contents
		About the Authors
		Preface
		Acknowledgements
		Chapter 1 What Is Plant Biology?
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			KEY THEME: Ecology Who Needs Plants?
			The Relationship of Humans to Their Environment
			Botany as a Science
			Diversification of Plant Study
			Plant Biology on the Internet
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Chapter 2 The Nature of Life
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			Attributes of Living Organisms
			Chemical and Physical Bases of Life
			KEY THEME: molecular The Skinny on Fats
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			ADDITIONAL READING
			Learning Online
		Chapter 3 Cells
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			Cells
			Eukaryotic versus Prokaryotic Cells
			Cell Structure and Communication
			Cellular Components
			Cellular Reproduction
			Microscapes
			Higher Plant Cells versus Animal Cells
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Chapter 4 Tissues
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			Meristematic Tissues
			KEY THEME: molecular Chimeras and Variegated Leaves
			Tissues Produced by Meristems
			KEY THEME: Ecology Plants and Environment
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Chapter 5 Roots and Soils
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			How Roots Develop
			Root Structure
			Specialized Roots
			KEY THEME: Ecology Plants Need Roots
			Mycorrhizae
			Root Nodules
			Human Relevance of Roots
			Soils
			KEY THEME: Ecology Metal-Munching Plants
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Chapter 6 Stems
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			External Form of a Woody Twig
			Origin and Development of Stems
			KEY THEME: Ecology Standing in Fields of Stone
			Tissue Patterns in Stems
			KEY THEME: Ecology Dendroclimatology
			Specialized Stems
			Wood and Its Uses
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Chapter 7 Leaves
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			Leaf Arrangements and Types
			Internal Structure of Leaves
			Stomata
			Mesophyll and Veins
			Specialized Leaves
			KEY THEME: Ecology More on Leaf Structure
			Autumnal Changes in Leaf Color
			Abscission
			Human and Ecological Relevance of Leaves
			Glass Cuts from Grass?
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Chapter 8 Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			Differences between Dicots and Monocots
			Structure of Flowers
			Fruits
			KEY THEME: Ecology Goober Peas
			Fruit and Seed Dispersal
			Seeds
			The Seed That Slept for 1,200 Years
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Chapter 9 Water in Plants
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			Molecular Movement
			Measuring Water Potential and Psychrometry
			Water and Its Movement through the Plant
			Regulation of Transpiration
			Transport of Food Substances (Organic Solutes) in Solution
			Mineral Requirements for Growth
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Chapter 10 Plant Metabolism
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			Enzymes and Energy Transfer
			Photosynthesis
			Photosynthesis and Pizza
			Respiration
			Additional Metabolic Pathways
			Assimilation and Digestion
			Summary
			KEY THEME: Ecology Photosynthesis, Global Warming, and Tropical Rain Forests
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Chapter 11 Growth and Development
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			Nutrients, Vitamins, and Hormones
			Plant Hormones beyond “The Classic Five”
			Hormonal Interactions
			Other Hormonal Interactions
			Plant Movements
			Photoperiodism
			Phytochromes and Cryptochromes
			A Flowering Hormone?
			Temperature and Growth
			Dormancy and Quiescence
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Chapter 12 Meiosis and Alternation of Generations
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			The Phases of Meiosis
			KEY THEME: evolution  Why Plants Have Sex Lives
			Alternation of Generations
			KEY THEME: molecular FISH and GISH Molecular Techniques
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Chapter 13 Genetics and Molecular Biology
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			Molecular Genetics
			KEY THEME: molecular Massive DNA Sequencing
			KEY THEME: molecular The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
			Cytogenetics
			Mendelian Genetics
			Quantitative Traits
			Extranuclear Dna
			Linkage and Mapping
			The Hardy-Weinberg Law
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Chapter 14 Plant Breeding, Propagation, and Biotechnology
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			Crop Plant Evolution
			Plant Breeding
			KEY THEME: molecular Genome Editing
			Plant Propagation
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Chapter 15 Evolution
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			An Introduction to Evolution
			A Brief Overview of the Early Development of Evolutionary Concepts
			Charles Darwin
			Evidence for Evolution
			Microevolution—Evolution within Species
			Rates of Evolution
			Macroevolution—How Species Evolve
			The Role of Polyploidy in Evolution
			Discussion
			KEY THEME: evolution Our Daily Bread
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Chapter 16 Plant Names and Classification
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			Development of the Binomial System of Nomenclature
			Development of the Kingdom Concept
			Classification of Major Groups
			Species Concepts
			A Key to Major Groups of Organisms (Exclusive of Kingdom Animalia)
			The Future of Plant Classification
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Chapter 17 Domain (Kingdom) Bacteria, Domain (Kingdom) Archaea, and Viruses
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			Features of Domains (Kingdoms) Bacteria and Archaea
			Domain (Kingdom) Bacteria—the True Bacteria
			Human Relevance of the Unpigmented, Purple, and Green Sulfur Bacteria
			KEY THEME: Ecology The Social Life of Prokaryotes
			Class Cyanobacteriae—the Cyanobacteria (Blue-Green Bacteria)
			KEY THEME: Ecology Cyanobacteria and Algae Blooms
			Class Prochlorobacteriae—the Prochlorobacteria
			Domain (Kingdom) Archaea—the Archaebacteria
			Viruses
			KEY THEME : molecular Plant Viruses
			Viroids and Prions
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Chapter 18 Kingdom Protista
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			KEY THEME: evolution Green Plant Phylogeny
			Features of Kingdom Protista
			Algae
			Phylum Chlorophyta—the Green Algae
			Phylum Chromophyta—the Yellow-Green Algae, Golden-Brown Algae, Diatoms, and Brown Algae
			Phylum Rhodophyta—the Red Algae
			Phylum Euglenophyta—the Euglenoids
			Phylum Dinophyta—the Dinoflagellates
			Phylum Cryptophyta—the Cryptomonads
			Phylum Prymnesiophyta (Haptophyta)—the Haptophytes
			Phylum Charophyta—the Stoneworts
			KEY THEME: Ecology Biofuels from Algae
			Human and Ecological Relevance of the Algae
			Other Members of Kingdom Protista
			Phylum Myxomycota—the Plasmodial Slime Molds
			Phylum Dictyosteliomycota—the Cellular Slime Molds
			Phylum Oomycota—the Water Molds
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Chapter 19 Kingdom Fungi
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			Distinctions between Kingdoms Protista and Fungi
			Kingdom Fungi
			Lichens
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Chapter 20 Introduction to the Plant Kingdom: Bryophytes
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			Introduction to the Bryophytes
			Phylum Hepaticophyta—Liverworts
			Phylum Anthocerophyta—Hornworts
			Phylum Bryophyta—Mosses
			KEY THEME: Ecology Hibernating Mosses
			Human and Ecological Relevance of Bryophytes
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Chapter 21 The Seedless Vascular Plants: Ferns and Their Relatives
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			Phylum Psilotophyta—the Whisk Ferns
			Phylum Lycophyta—the Ground Pines, Spike Mosses, and Quillworts
			Phylum Equisetophyta—the Horsetails and Scouring Rushes
			Phylum Polypodiophyta—the Ferns
			Fossils
			KEY THEME: Ecology Ferns and Fossil Fuels
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Chapter 22 Introduction to Seed Plants: Gymnosperms
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			Phylum Pinophyta—the Conifers
			KEY THEME: Ecology Resilient and Useful Gymnosperms
			Other Gymnosperms
			Human Relevance of Gymnosperms
			KEY THEME: evolution A Living Fossil?
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Chapter 23 Seed Plants: Angiosperms
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			Phylum Magnoliophyta—the Flowering Plants
			KEY THEME: molecular The Difference between “n” and “x” in Plant Life Cycles
			Pollination Ecology
			Herbaria and Plant Preservation
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Chapter 24 Flowering Plants and Civilization
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			Origin of Cultivated Plants
			Selected Families of Flowering Plants
			Dicots (Now Recognized in Two Groups)
			Monocots
			KEY THEME: ecology Wild Rice—More Than Just Food
			KEY THEME: ecology Coffee and Caffeine
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Chapter 25 Ecology
			Overview
			Learning Outcomes
			Plants and the Environment
			Life Histories
			Natural Cycles
			Succession
			KEY THEME: ecology Plant Population Ecology
			Impact of Humans on Plant Communities
			Loss of Biodiversity
			Restoration of the Land
			KEY THEME: ecology John Muir, Father of America’s National Park System
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Chapter 26 Biomes
			Overview
			Learning Outcome
			Major Biomes of the World
			KEY THEME: ecology Alpine Flora as an Indication of Climate Change: The GLORIA Project
			Summary
			Review Questions
			Discussion Questions
			Additional Reading
			Learning Online
		Appendix 1 Scientific Names of Organisms Mentioned in the Text
		Appendix 2 Biological Controls
			General Controls
			Specific Controls
			Companion Planting
			Additional Reading
		Appendix 3 Useful and Poisonous Plants, Fungi, and Algae
			Wild Edible Plants, Fungi, and Algae
			Poisonous Plants and Fungi
			Medicinal Plants, Fungi, and Algae
			Hallucinogenic Plants
			Spice Plants
			Dye Plants
			Additional Reading
		Appendix 4 House Plants and Home Gardening
			Growing House Plants
			Common House Plants
			Growing Vegetables
			Common Vegetables andtheir Nutritional Values
			Pruning
			Major Types of Grafting
			Additional Reading
		Appendix 5 Metric Equivalentsand Conversion Tables
		Appendix 6 Periodic Table of the Elements
		Glossary
		Index