Raven Biology of Plants / Edition 8

by Ray Evert

Overview

In this seventh edition of a text for undergraduates, Raven (Missouri Botanical Garden; Washington University) updates material on areas such as new molecular methods for studying plants, the evolution of angiosperms, and seedless vascular plants, and incorporates changes in the classification of protists and in taxonomy. The text continues to define plants as consisting only of bryophytes and vascular plants, covering all the groups of organisms traditionally considered by college departments of botany or plant biology. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2901429219616
Publication date:	03/02/2012
Pages:	864
Product dimensions:	9.40(w) x 11.00(h) x 1.40(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Botany: An Introduction

SECTION 1 Biology of The Plant Cell
2. The Molecular Composition of Plant Cells
3. The Plant Cell and the Cell Cycle
4. The Movement of Substances into and out of Cells

SECTION 2 Energetics
5. The Flow of Energy
6. Respiration
7. Photosynthesis, Light, and Life

SECTION 3 Genetics and Evolution
8. Sexual Reproduction and Heredity
9. The Chemistry of Heredity and Gene Expression
10. Recombinant DNA Technology, Plant
Biotechnology, and Genomics
11. The Process of Evolution

SECTION 4 Diversity
12. Systematics: The Science of Biological Diversity
13. Prokaryotes and Viruses
14. Fungi
15. Protists: Algae and Heterotrophic Protists
16. Bryophytes
17. Seedless Vascular Plants
18. Gymnosperms
19. Introduction to the Angiosperms
20. Evolution of the Angiosperms
21. Plants and People

SECTION 5 The Angiosperm Plant Body: Structure and Development
22. Early Development of the Plant Body
23. Cells and Tissues of the Plant Body
24. The Root: Structure and Development
25. The Shoot: Primary Structure and Development
26. Secondary Growth in Stems

SECTION 6 Physiology of Seed Plants
27. Regulating Growth and Development: The Plant Hormones
28. External Factors and Plant Growth
29. Plant Nutrition and Soils
30. The Movement of Water and Solutes in Plants

SECTION 7 Ecology
31. The Dynamics of Communities and Ecosystems
32. Global Ecology