TY - BOOK AU - Bidlack, James E. AU - Jansky, Shelley H. TI - Stern's introductory plant biology SN - 9780073369440 AV - QK 47 .S74 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - McGraw Hill Education KW - BIOLOGY N1 - Includes index; 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 and development -- Meiosis and alternation of generations -- Genetics and molecular biology -- Plant breeding, propagation, and biotechnology -- 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 N2 - The text is arranged so that certain sections can be omitted in shorter courses ER -