Introductory Botany : Plants, People, and the Environment

by BERG

• ISBN13: 9780030754531
• ISBN10: 0030754534
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-10-07
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

Clear and engaging, Linda Berg's INTRODUCTORY BOTANY: PLANTS, PEOPLE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT helps you develop an appreciation of the diverse organisms we call plants, including their remarkable adaptations to the environment and their evolutionary and ecological relationships. Filled with fascinating feature boxes, intriguing chapter-opening stories, and other applied content, the text contains interesting and topical information that will pique your curiosity and help you succeed in your course. Berg shows you the many ways in which plants are fascinating in their own right, important for the existence of all life on Earth, and useful for humans in all aspects of our lives. INTRODUCTORY BOTANY: PLANTS, PEOPLE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT is beautifully and clearly illustrated and features a dynamic art program that helps you visualize even the most complex concepts.

Table of Contents

1. An Introduction to the Science of Botany

PART I: THE PLANT CELL

2. The Chemical Composition of Cells

3. Plant Cells

4. Metabolism in Cells

PART II: PLANT STRUCTURE AND LIFE PROCESSES

5. Plant Tissues and the Multicellular Plant Body

6. Plant Organs: Roots

7. Plant Organs: Stems

8. Plant Organs: Leaves

9. Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds

10. Mineral Nutrition and Transport in Plants

11. Growth Responses and Regulation of Growth

PART III: THE CONTINUITY OF PLANT LIFE

12. The Molecular Basis of Inheritance

13. Mitosis and Meiosis

14. Patterns of Inheritance

15. Genetic Frontiers

16. Continuity Through Evolution

17. The Evolution of Populations and Species

PART IV: DIVERSITY

18. The Classification of Plants and Other Organisms

19. Kingdoms Eubacteria and Archaebacteria

20. Kingdom Protista

21. Kingdom Fungi

22. Introduction to the Plant Kingdom: Bryophytes

23. The Plant Kingdom: Seedless Vascular Plants

24. The Plant Kingdom: Gymnosperms

25. The Plant Kingdom: Flowering Plants

PART V: PLANT ECOLOGY

26. Ecosystems

27. Biomes of the World

Appendices / Glossary