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Berg, Linda R.

Introductory botany : plants, people, and the environment / Linda R. Berg. - 2nd ed. - Belmont, CA : Thomson Brooks/Cole, c2008. - xxvii, 622 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.

1. An Introduction to the Science of Botany.
2. The Chemical Composition of Cells.
3. Plant Cells.
4. Metabolism in Cells.
5. Plant Tissues and the Multicellular Plant Body.
6. Plant Organs: Roots.
7. Plant Organs: Stems.
8. Plant Organs: Leaves.
9. Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds.
10. Mineral Nutrition and Transport in Plants.
11. Growth Responses and Regulation of Growth.
12. Mitosis, Meiosis, and Life Cycles.
13. Patterns of Inheritance.
14. The Molecular Basis of Inheritance.
15. Genetic Frontiers.
16. Continuity Through Evolution.
17. The Evolution of Populations and Species.
18. The Classification of Plants and Other Organisms.
19. Viruses and Prokaryotes.
20. Kingdom Protista.
21. Kingdom Fungi.
22. Introduction to the Plant Kingdom: Bryophytes.
23. The Plant Kingdom: Seedless Vascular Plants.
24. The Plant Kingdom: Gymnosperms.
25. The Plant Kingdom: Flowering Plants.
26. Ecosystems.
27. Biomes of the World.


ISBN: 9780534466695 0534466699

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Botany.

Dewey Class. No.: 580 / B4931