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. Angus Murphy 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 Cells1 Plant and Cell Architecture2 Cell Walls: Structure, Formation, and Expansion3 Genome Structure and Gene Expression4 Signals and Signal TransductionII. Transport and Translocation of Water and Solutes5 Water and Plant Cells6 Water Balance of Plants7 Mineral Nutrition8 Solute TransportIII. Biochemistry and Metabolism9 Photosynthesis: The Light Reactions10 Photosynthesis: The Carbon Reactions11 Photosynthesis: Physiological and Ecological Considerations12 Translocation in the Phloem13 Respiration and Lipid Metabolism14 Assimilation of Inorganic Nutrients15 Abiotic StressIV. Growth and Development16 Signals from Sunlight17 Germination and Establishment18 Vegetative Growth on the Primary Axis19 Secondary Vegetative Growth20 Control of Flowering and Floral Development21 Gametophyte Development, Pollination, and Fruit Development22 Embryogenesis: The Origin of Plant Architecture23 Plant Senescence and Cell Death24 Biotic Interactions