TY - BOOK AU - Stern,Kingsley Rowland AU - Bidlack,James E. AU - Jansky,Shelley AU - Uno,Gordon TI - Introductory plant biology. SN - 0072528400 (hard copy : alk. paper) AV - QK47.S836 U1 - 580 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Boston PB - McGraw-Hill Higher Education KW - Botany N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: What is plant biology? -- The Nature of life -- Cells -- Tissues -- Roots and soils -- Stems -- Leaves -- Flowers, fruits and seeds -- Water in plants -- Plant metabolism -- Growth -- Meiosis and alternation of generations -- Genetics -- Plant breeding and propagation -- Evolution -- Plant names and classification -- Domain (kingdom) bacteria, domain (kingdom) archaea and viruses -- Kingdom protista -- Kingdom fungi -- Introduction to the plant kingdom: bryophytes -- The Seedless vascular plants: ferns and their relatives -- Introduction to seed plants: gymnosperms -- Seed plants: angiosperms -- Flowering plants and civilization -- Ecology -- Biomes -- Appendix 1: Scientific names of organisms mentioned in the text -- 2: Biological controls -- 3: Useful and poisonous plants, fungi and algae -- 4: House plants and home gardening -- 5: Metric equivalents and conversion tables -- Glossary UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip057/2005001785.html ER -