Structure and Function of Plants

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

1 The plant cell 1

2 Plant meristems and tissues 18

3 Plant roots 36

4 Plant stems 55

5 Plant leaves and translocation 71

6 Reproduction in flowering plants 89

7 Plant nutrition 106

8 Plant–water relations 124

9 Macromolecules and enzyme activity 141

10 Photosynthesis 158

11 Respiration 178

12 Environmental regulation of plant development 195

13 Hormonal regulation of plant development 215

14 Secondary plant products 235

Glossary 255

References 273

Index 277