TY - BOOK AU - Bidlack,James E. AU - Jansky,Shelley AU - Stern,Kingsley R. TI - Stern's Introductory plant biology SN - 9780073369440 (hard copy : alk. paper) AV - QK47 .S836 2013 U1 - 580 BID PY - 2013/// CY - New York, NY PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Botany KW - Textbooks KW - Biology, life sciences KW - thema KW - Botany & plant sciences N1 - Includes index; Earlier editions entered under Stern, now deceased; 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 ER -