Plant Physiology and Development

Lincoln Taiz is Professor Emeritus of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at the University of California at Santa Cruz. He received his Ph.D. in Botany from the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Taiz's main research focus has been on the structure, function, and evolution of vacuolar H+-A TPases. He has also worked on gibberellins, cell wall mechanical properties, metal transport, auxin transport, and stomata] opening. Ian Max Møller is Associate Professor at Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Aarhus University, Denmark. He received his Ph.D. in Plant Biochemistry from Imperial College, London, UK. He has worked at Lund University, Sweden and, more recently, at Riso National Laboratory and the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Copenhagen, Denmark. Professor Moller has investigated plant respiration throughout his career. His current interests include turnover ofreactive oxygen species and the role of protein oxidation in plant cells. AngusMurphy is Professor and Chair of the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture at the University of Maryland. He earned his Ph.D. in Biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1996. Dr. Murphy studies ATP-binding cassette transporters, auxin transport proteins, and the role of auxin transport in programmed and plastic growth.Eduardo Zieger is a Professor Emiritus of Biology at the University of California at Los Angeles. He received a Ph.D. in Plant Genetics at the University of California at Davis. His research interests include stomatal function, the sensory transduction of blue-light responses, and the study of stomatal acclimations associated with increases in crop yields.

• I. Structure and Information Systems of Plant Cells 1 Plant and Cell Architecture 2 Cell Walls: Structure, Formation, and Expansion 3 Genome Structure and Gene Expression 4 Signals and Signal TransductionII. Transport and Translocation of Water and Solutes 5 Water and Plant Cells 6 Water Balance of Plants 7 Mineral Nutrition8 Solute TransportIII. Biochemistry and Metabolism 9 Photosynthesis: The Light Reactions 10 Photosynthesis: The Carbon Reactions 11 Photosynthesis: Physiological and Ecological Considerations 12 Translocation in the Phloem 13 Respiration and Lipid Metabolism 14 Assimilation of Inorganic Nutrients 15 Abiotic StressIV. Growth and Development 16 Signals from Sunlight 17 Germination and Establishment 18 Vegetative Growth on the Primary Axis 19 Secondary Vegetative Growth 20 Control of Flowering and Floral Development 21 Gametophyte Development, Pollination, and Fruit Development 22 Embryogenesis: The Origin of Plant Architecture 23 Plant Senescence and Cell Death 24 Biotic Interactions

An excellent textbook for use in both plant physiology and plant biochemistry courses. The book presents concepts in language undergraduates readily grasp, with excellent illustrations, as well as great digital resources for the instructors." - Joshua Blakeslee