An introduction to plant structure and development
Subtitle: plant anatomy for the twenty-first century
By: Charles B. Beck
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 441
ISBN-13: 9780511770227; 9780521518055; 9780511844683
Subjects: Plants; Development; Life Sciences; Plantes; Plant anatomy; SCIENCE; Anatomy & Physiology; Développement; Anatomie
Description: A plant anatomy textbook unlike any other on the market today. Carol A. Peterson described the first edition as 'the best book on the subject of plant anatomy since the texts of Esau'. Traditional plant anatomy texts include primarily descriptive aspects of structure, this book not only provides a comprehensive coverage of plant structure, but also introduces aspects of the mechanisms of development, especially the genetic and hormonal controls, and the roles of plasmodesmata and the cytoskeleton. The evolution of plant structure and the relationship between structure and function are also discussed throughout. Includes extensive bibliographies at the end of each chapter. It provides students with an introduction to many of the exciting, contemporary areas at the forefront of research in the development of plant structure and prepares them for future roles in teaching and research in plant anatomy.
Notes: Previous ed.: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Also available in print.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: Half-title; title: Title; title: Copyright; title: Contents; title: Preface to the second edition; title: Preface; title: Acknowledgements; title: General references; title: Chapter 1 Problems of adaptation to a terrestrial environment; title: Perspective: the origin of vascular plants; title: Structural adaptations; title: Preview of subsequent chapters; title: References; title: Further Reading; title: Chapter 2 An overview of plant structure and development; title: Perspective: origin of multicellularity; title: Some aspects of the shoot system of the vascular plant; title: Apical meristems; title: Primary tissue regions of the stem and root; title: Vascular bundle types; title: Secondary growth; title: Cells of the xylem; title: Cells of the phloem; title: References; title: Further Reading; title: Chapter 3 The protoplast of the eukaryotic cell; title: Perspective; title: Morphology of the protoplast; title: The cytoplasm; title: The plasma membrane; title: The nucleus and ribosomes; title: The internal membrane system; title: Golgi bodies; title: Mitochondria; title: Plastids; title: Spherosomes and microbodies; title: Microtubules; title: Actin microfilaments; title: The cytoskeleton; title: Vacuoles; title: Movement of organelles in the protoplast; title: Ergastic substances; title: References; title: Further Reading; title: Chapter 4 Structure and development of the cell wall; title: Perspective; title: Structure and composition of the cell wall; title: Growth of the cell wall; title: Cell wall development; title: Plasmodesmata; title: References; title: Further Reading; title: Chapter 5 Meristems of the shoot and their role in plant growth and development; title: Perspective; title: Apical meristems; title: Formation of leaf primordia; title: Transitional tissue regions; title: Intercalary meristems; title: The primary peripheral thickening meristem of monocotyledons; title: Cell growth and development; title: The effect of hormones on cell growth and development; title: Genetic control of cell growth and development; title: Role of the cytoskeleton in cell growth and development; title: Cell shaping by microtubules; title: References; title: Further Reading; title: Chapter 6 Morphology and development of the primary vascular system of the stem; title: Perspective; title: Cellular composition and patterns of development of primary xylem; title: Cellular composition and patterns of development of primary phloem; title: Differentiation of primary vascular tissues; title: The role of auxin in the development of the primary vascular system; title: References; title: Further Reading; title: Chapter 7 Sympodial systems and patterns of nodal anatomy; title: Perspective: leaf traces; title: Nodal structure of pteridophytes; title: Sympodial systems of seed plants; title: Leaf trace lacunae; title: The cauline vs. foliar nature of vascular bundles in the eustele; title: Phyllotaxy; title: References; title: Further Reading; title: Chapter 8 The epidermis; title: Perspective; title: Epidermis of the shoot; title: Epidermis of the root; title: Stomata; title: Signal transduction and movement in guard cells; title: Development of stomata; title: References; title: Further Reading; title: Chapter 9 The origin of secondary tissue systems and the effect of their formation on the primary body in seed plants; title: Perspective: role of the vascular cambium; title: The effect of secondary growth on the primary body; title: The effect of secondary growth on leaf and branch traces; title: References; title: Further Reading; title: Chapter 10 The vascular cambium: structure and function; title: Perspective.