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| Publisher's Note | vii | ||
| Contributor List | ix | ||
| List of Illustrations, Charts, and Tables | xiii | ||
| Alphabetical List of Contents | xvii | ||
| Acid precipitation | 1 | (3) | |
| Active transport | 4 | (3) | |
| Adaptations | 7 | (3) | |
| Adaptive radiation | 10 | (2) | |
| African agriculture | 12 | (5) | |
| African flora | 17 | (3) | |
| Agricultural crops: experimental | 20 | (3) | |
| Agricultural revolution | 23 | (1) | |
| Agriculture: history and overview | 24 | (5) | |
| Agriculture: marine | 29 | (2) | |
| Agriculture: modern problems | 31 | (3) | |
| Agriculture: traditional | 34 | (3) | |
| Agriculture: world food supplies | 37 | (5) | |
| Agronomy | 42 | (1) | |
| Air pollution | 43 | (4) | |
| Algae | 47 | (4) | |
| Allelopathy | 51 | (1) | |
| Alternative grains | 52 | (2) | |
| Anaerobes and heterotrophs | 54 | (2) | |
| Anaerobic photosynthesis | 56 | (2) | |
| Angiosperm cells and tissues | 58 | (3) | |
| Angiosperm evolution | 61 | (4) | |
| Angiosperm life cycle | 65 | (4) | |
| Angiosperm plant formation | 69 | (3) | |
| Angiosperms | 72 | (6) | |
| Animal-plant interactions | 78 | (3) | |
| Antarctic flora | 81 | (1) | |
| Aquatic plants | 82 | (2) | |
| Archaea | 84 | (4) | |
| Arctic tundra | 88 | (2) | |
| Ascomycetes | 90 | (2) | |
| Asian agriculture | 92 | (4) | |
| Asian flora | 96 | (4) | |
| ATP and other energetic molecules | 100 | (3) | |
| Australian agriculture | 103 | (2) | |
| Australian flora | 105 | (4) | |
| Autoradiography | 109 | (3) | |
| Bacteria | 112 | (7) | |
| Bacterial genetics | 119 | (2) | |
| Bacterial resistance and super bacteria | 121 | (4) | |
| Bacteriophages | 125 | (2) | |
| Basidiomycetes | 127 | (2) | |
| Basidiosporic fungi | 129 | (2) | |
| Biochemical coevolution in angiosperms | 131 | (3) | |
| Biofertilizers | 134 | (2) | |
| Biological invasions | 136 | (3) | |
| Biological weapons | 139 | (3) | |
| Bioluminescence | 142 | (2) | |
| Biomass related to energy | 144 | (3) | |
| Biomes: definitions and determinants | 147 | (3) | |
| Biomes: types | 150 | (4) | |
| Biopesticides | 154 | (3) | |
| Biosphere concept | 157 | (1) | |
| Biotechnology | 158 | (3) | |
| Botany | 161 | (1) | |
| Bromeliaceae | 162 | (2) | |
| Brown algae | 164 | (2) | |
| Bryophytes | 166 | (3) | |
| Bulbs and rhizomes | 169 | (3) | |
| C4 and CAM photosynthesis | 172 | (3) | |
| Cacti and succulents | 175 | (3) | |
| Calvin cycle | 178 | (2) | |
| Carbohydrates | 180 | (3) | |
| Carbon cycle | 183 | (3) | |
| Carbon 13/carbon 12 ratios | 186 | (2) | |
| Caribbean agriculture | 188 | (2) | |
| Caribbean flora | 190 | (2) | |
| Carnivorous plants | 192 | (3) | |
| Cell cycle | 195 | (2) | |
| Cell theory | 197 | (2) | |
| Cell-to-cell communication | 199 | (2) | |
| Cell wall | 201 | (2) | |
| Cells and diffusion | 203 | (2) | |
| Cellular slime molds | 205 | (2) | |
| Central American agriculture | 207 | (3) | |
| Central American flora | 210 | (1) | |
| Charophyceae | 211 | (2) | |
| Chemotaxis | 213 | (3) | |
| Chlorophyceae | 216 | (2) | |
| Chloroplast DNA | 218 | (2) | |
| Chloroplasts and other plastids | 220 | (3) | |
| Chromatin | 223 | (2) | |
| Chromatography | 225 | (3) | |
| Chromosomes | 228 | (2) | |
| Chrysophytes | 230 | (3) | |
| Chytrids | 233 | (3) | |
| Circadian rhythms | 236 | (2) | |
| Cladistics | 238 | (3) | |
| Climate and resources | 241 | (2) | |
| Clines | 243 | (2) | |
| Cloning of plants | 245 | (2) | |
| Coal | 247 | (5) | |
| Coevolution | 252 | (3) | |
| Community-ecosystem interactions | 255 | (2) | |
| Community structure and stability | 257 | (3) | |
| Competition | 260 | (3) | |
| Complementation and allelism: the cis-trans test | 263 | (2) | |
| Compositae | 265 | (2) | |
| Composting | 267 | (3) | |
| Conifers | 270 | (3) | |
| Corn | 273 | (3) | |
| Cryptomonads | 276 | (2) | |
| Culturally significant plants | 278 | (3) | |
| Cycads and palms | 281 | (4) | |
| Cytoplasm | 285 | (4) | |
| Cytoskeleton | 289 | (2) | |
| Cytosol | 291 | (2) | |
| Deforestation | 293 | (4) | |
| Dendrochronology | 297 | (3) | |
| Desertification | 300 | (3) | |
| Deserts | 303 | (3) | |
| Deuteromycetes | 306 | (1) | |
| Diatoms | 307 | (4) | |
| Dinoflagellates | 311 | (2) | |
| Diseases and disorders | 313 | (3) | |
| DNA: historical overview | 316 | (6) | |
| DNA in plants | 322 | (4) | |
| DNA: recombinant technology | 326 |
