Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book
Author Michaels, Tom author

Title The Science of Plants Tom Michaels
Published Minneapolis, MN Open Textbook Library
[Place of publication not identified] University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing [2022]
©2022

Copies

Description 1 online resource
Series Open textbook library
Contents Chapter 1: Plants in our Lives -- 1.1 What is horticulture? -- 1.2 Science and Experimentation -- 1.3 Plant Parts we Eat -- Chapter 1: Terms -- Chapter 2: Taxonomy and Seed Germination -- 2.1 Plant Taxonomy -- 2.2 Introduction to Seed Germination -- Chapter 2: Terms -- Chapter 3: How Plants Grow, Part 1 -- 3.1 Leaves -- 3.2 Shoots -- 3.3 Roots -- Chapter 3: Terms -- Chapter 4: How Plants Grow, Part 2 -- 4.1 Growth Patterns and Inflorescences -- 4.2 Plant Hormones -- Chapter 4: Terms -- Chapter 5: Inside Plants -- 5.1 Inside Leaves -- 5.2 Inside Stems -- 5.3 Inside Roots -- Chapter 5: Terms -- Chapter 6: Cells, Tissues, and Woody Growth -- 6.1 Plant Cells and Tissues -- 6.2 Woody Growth -- Chapter 6: Terms -- Chapter 7: Meristems and Flowers -- 7.1 Meristem Morphology -- 7.2 Flower Morphology -- Chapter 7: Terms -- Chapter 8: Fruit -- 8.1 Fruit Morphology -- Chapter 8: Terms -- Chapter 9: Seeds -- 9.1 Seed Morphology -- 9.2 Seed Physiology -- Chapter 9: Terms -- Chapter 10: Grafting -- 10.1 Grafts and Wounds -- 10.2 Unique Storage Organs -- Chapter 10: Terms -- Chapter 11: Water and Light -- 11.1 Plants and Water -- 11.2 Light and Photosynthesis -- Chapter 11: Terms -- Chapter 12: Soils, Fertility, and Plant Growth -- 12.1 Soils, Fertility, and Plant Growth -- Chapter 12: Terms -- Chapter 13: Sexual Reproduction -- 13.1 DNA -- 13.2 Mitosis -- 13.3 Meiosis -- Chapter 13: Terms -- Chapter 14: Variation and Plant Breeding -- 14.1 Gametogenesis -- 14.2 Inheritance of Big Differences -- 14.3 Linkage and Inheritance of Small Differences -- 14.4 Plant Breeding -- Chapter 14: Terms -- Chapter 15: Invasive plants and GMOs -- 15.1 Invasive plants -- 15.2 GMOs -- Chapter 15: Terms -- Glossary of Terms
Summary An approachable guide to the fundamentals of plant science. Created for horticulture students, gardeners, science teachers, and anyone interested in understanding plants and how they grow. This is the required text for HORT 1001/6001 Plant Propagation at the University of Minnesota Department of Horticultural Science
Notes Attribution-NonCommercial
In English
Description based on print resource
Subject Biology -- Textbooks
Biology
Genre/Form Textbooks
Form Electronic book
Author Hoover, Emily author
Irish, Laura author
Open Textbook Library distributor
ISBN 9781946135872
1946135879