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Hartmann's Plant Science : Growth, Development, and Utilization of Cultivated Plants

by: McMahon, Margaret; Kofranek, Anton M.; Rubatzky, Vincent E.

Hartmann's Plant Science : Growth, Development, and Utilization of Cultivated Plants

by: McMahon, Margaret; Kofranek, Anton M.; Rubatzky, Vincent E.

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9780139554773
ISBN 10:
0139554777
Edition: 3rd
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 01/01/2002
Publisher: Pearson College Div
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For introductory courses in Plant Science, and Horticulture found in departments of agriculture or biology. This comprehensive introduction to plant science offers a scientific and substantive approach in a format that addresses the learning styles of today's students. (Formerly Hartmann, Plant Science: Growth, Development and Utilization of Cultivated Plants, 2/E, 1988.)

Preface

UNIT I Plants: Structure, Classification, Growth, Reproduction, and Utilization

(248)

The Role of Cultivated Plants in the Living World

(7)

Key Learning Concepts

(1)

Cultivated Plants

(2)

Food Sources

(2)

Other Benefits from Cultivated Plants

(2)

Wood and Wood Products from Timber Trees

(1)

Textiles from Fiber-Producing Crops

(1)

Drugs and Medicines

(1)

Latex, Pitch, Waxes, Essential Oils, Perfumes, and Spices

(1)

Plants for Aesthetic Purposes

(1)

Challenges

(1)

Summary and Review

(1)

Exercises for Understanding

(1)

References and Supplementary Reading

(1)

Structure of Higher Plants

(28)

Key Learning Concepts

(1)

The Life Cycle of a Corn Plant (A Monocot)

(1)

The Life Cycle of a Bean Plant (A Dicot)

(1)

The Cell

(1)

Cell Structure

(2)

The Protoplast

(1)

The Cell Wall

(1)

Plant Tissues

(4)

Meristematic Tissues

(2)

Permanent Tissues

(2)

The Plant Body

(17)

Roots

(3)

Stems

(3)

Stem Forms

(2)

Leaves

(3)

Buds

(1)

Flowers

(3)

Fruits

(2)

Seeds

(1)

Summary and Review

(1)

Exercises for Understanding

(1)

References and Supplementary Reading

(1)

Naming and Classifying Plants

(10)

Key Learning Concepts

(1)

Climatic and Related Classifications

(1)

Common and Botanical Names

(1)

Development of Botanical Classifications

(1)

Scientific Classification

(1)

Plant Identification and Nomenclature

(3)

Subspecific Categories

(1)

Botanical Variety

(1)

Cultivar

(1)

Group

(1)

Family

(1)

Plant Identification Key

(4)

Summary and Review

(1)

Exercises for Understanding

(1)

References and Supplementary Reading

(1)

Origin, Domestication, and Improvement of Cultivated Plants

(20)

Key Learning Concepts

(1)

Origin of Cultivated Plants

(1)

Domestication of Plants

(4)

Methods of Plant Domestication

(1)

Examples of Improvement in Some Important Crop Plants

(4)

Grains and Vegetable Crops

(3)

Fruit Crops

(1)

Plant Improvement Programs

(1)

Evolution and Darwinism

(1)

Searching for and Maintaining New Germplasm

(1)

Preservation of Desirable Germplasm

(1)

Broadening the Base of Agricultural Production

(1)

Some Basic Genetic Concepts in Plant Improvement

(5)

Chromosomes

(1)

Genes

(1)

Homologous Chromosomes

(1)

Mitosis

(1)

Meiosis and Fertilization

(1)

Mutations

(1)

Polyploidy

(3)

Cytoplasmic Inheritance

(1)

Genotype and Phenotype

(1)

Biotechnology

(1)

Micropropagation

(1)

Genetic Engineering

(1)

Summary and Review

(1)

Exercises for Understanding

(1)

References and Supplementary Reading

(1)

Propagation of Plants

(28)

Key Learning Concepts

(1)

Choice of Propagation Methods

(1)

Sexual Propagation

(7)

Seed Production

(2)

Seed Formation

(1)

Seed Storage and Viability Testing

(1)

Seed Dormancy

(2)

Seed Germination

(2)

Vegetative Propagation

(17)

Propagation by Cuttings

(4)

Propagation by Grafting and Budding

(5)

Effect of Rootstock on Growth and Development of the Scion Cultivar

(1)

Layering

(2)

Other Plant Structures Providing Natural Propagation Methods

(1)

Propagation Using Specialized Stems and Roots

(1)

Micropropagation (Tissue Culture)

(2)

Summary and Review

(1)

Exercises for Understanding

(1)

References and Supplementary Reading

(1)

Vegetative and Reproductive Growth and Development

(25)

Key Learning Concepts

(1)

Vegetative Growth and Development

(10)

Shoot and Root Systems

(1)

Definitions and Measurements

(1)

Shoot Growth Patterns: Annuals, Biennials, and Perennials

(2)

Root Growth Patterns

(1)

How the Plant Grows

(4)

Phase Change: Juvenility, Maturation, Senescence

103

(3)

Reproductive Growth and Development

106

(6)

Flower Induction and Initiation

106

(2)

Flower Development

108

(1)

Pollination

108

(2)

Fertilization

110

(1)

Fruit Setting

110

(1)

Fruit Growth and Development

111

(1)

Plant Growth Regulators

112

(7)

Auxins

112

(2)

Gibberellins (GA)

114

(2)

Cytokinins

116

(1)

Ethylene

116

(1)

Inhibitors

117

(2)

Summary and Review

119

(1)

Exercises for Understanding

120

(1)

References and Supplementary Reading

120

(1)

Photosynthesis, Respiration, and Translocation

121

(19)

Key Learning Concepts

121

(1)

Photosynthesis

121

(11)

Properties of Photosynthesis in the Leaves of Higher Plants

122

(1)

Energy Requirements for Photosynthesis: The Photolysis of Water

122

(4)

Factors Affecting the Rate of Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

126

(2)

The Plant as a Metabolic Machine

128

(1)

The Photolysis of H2O and Photosynthetic Electron Transport

129

(1)

The Calvin Cycle

129

(1)

C3, C4, and CAM Type Plants

130

(1)

Photosynthetic Intermediate Flow: Chloroplast to Cytoplasm and Sucrose Synthesis

131

(1)

Plant Respiration

132

(3)

Factors Affecting Rates of Respiration

132

(1)

Respiration Pathways

133

(2)

Fermentation

135

(1)

Electron Transport System

135

(1)

Photorespiration

136

(1)

Absorption, Translocation, and Assimilation

136

(2)

Absorption and Conduction of Water

136

(1)

Absorption and Transport of Mineral Nutrients

137

(1)

Translocation of Sugars

138

(1)

Summary and Review

138

(1)

Exercises for Understanding

139

(1)

References and Supplementary Reading

139

(1)

Soil and Soil Water

140

(23)

Key Learning Concepts

140

(1)

Definition of Soil

141

(1)

Factors Involved in Soil Formation

141

(4)

Parent Material

141

(2)

Climate

143

(1)

Organic Fraction

143

(1)

Topography

143

(1)

Time

144

(1)

Physical Properties of Soil

145

(3)

Soil Texture

145

(1)

Soil Structure

145

(3)

Chemical Properties of Soil

148

(5)

Effect of Climate

148

(2)

Cation Exchange Capacity

150

(2)

Soil Acidity and Alkalinity

152

(1)

Saline and Sodic Soils

153

(1)

Soil Organisms

153

(1)

Soil Organic Matter

153

(1)

Carbon: Nitrogen Ratio

154

(1)

Soil Water

154

(5)

Characteristics of Water

154

(1)

Uses of Water in the Plant

155

(1)

Soil Water

155

(4)

Water Quality

159

(3)

Saline Water and Salinity

159

(1)

Permeability

159

(1)

Toxicity

159

(1)

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