Biology of Plants: Laboratory Exercises

by Dean, Henry L.

• ISBN13: 9780072345872
• ISBN10: 007234587X
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: MCGRAW HILL PUBLISHING CO

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
To the Student	ix
Introduction	x
Correlation Chart	xi
The Plant as a Whole	1	(4)
Modifications of Leaves	5	(10)
The Compound Microscope	15	(8)
The Living Plant Cell	23	(6)
Cell Division: Mitosis, Meiosis	29	(8)
The Microscopic Structure of Leaves	37	(8)
The Formation of Food in Leaves: Starch	45	(10)
Respiration	55	(8)
Transpiration	63	(8)
Features of Herbaceous Stems	71	(8)
Features of Woody Dicotyledonous Stems	79	(10)
Structure of Coniferous Wood: Pine	89	(6)
Structure of Angiosperm (Dicot) Wood	95	(8)
Monocotyledonous Stems	103	(4)
Modified Stems	107	(4)
Roots of Plants	111	(10)
Diffusion and Osmosis	121	(8)
Growth Movements	129	(2)
The Flower	131	(14)
Fruits and Seeds	145	(5)
Seed Germination and Seedling Development	150	(4)
The Procaryotes: Bacteria and Blue-Green Algae (Cyanophyta)	154	(15)
Green Algae (Chlorophyta)	169	(10)
Plankton: Diatoms and Dinoflagellates	179	(8)
Brown Algae (Phaeophyta) and Red Algae (Rhodophyta)	187	(8)
Slime Molds (Myxomycota)	195	(4)
The Lower Fungi (Algalike Fungi)	199	(6)
Ascus-bearing Fungi (Ascomycota)	205	(8)
Lichens	213	(4)
The Club Fungi (Basidiomycota)	217	(5)
Liverworts and Mosses (Bryophyta)	222	(7)
Club Mosses and Horsetails	229	(6)
Ferns (Pterophyta)	235	(10)
The Pine and Other Gymnosperms	245	(6)
Plant Ecology	251	(4)
Inheritance in Plants	255	(19)
Appendixes
A Chemicals, Reagents, and Special Materials	265	(1)
B Prepared Slides Used in this Manual	266	(1)
C A Guide for Growing Plants Used in This Manual	267	(2)
D The Metric System	269	(3)
E Biological Supply Houses	272	(2)
Glossary	274	(9)
Index	283