Uses interactions between the plant and the environments as a foundation for developing plant physiology principles-light and plant development, temperature effects, etc. Discusses the role of plants on specific ecosystems and global ecology and provides information on the cell, chemical background, plant growth regulators and biochemistry. This revised edition features a new chapter on Molecules and Metabolism and expanded coverage in areas such as the role of carotenoids, biotechnology and significance of the role of molecular genetic approaches to the study of hormone action, photoperiodism, and other aspects of development.
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"Hopkins is concise and straightforward, emphasizing the 'big picture.' It is readable and the figures are clearly described and support the text. Students who use Hopkins come away with a strong foundation in basic principles for a range of areas."--Donald P, Briskin, University of Illinois
"Writing style is a real strength of this book. The level of detail is just right and the language is easy to follow."--Clemson University --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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Uses interactions between the plant and the environment as a foundation for developing plant physiology principles--light and plant development, temperature effects, etc. Discusses the role of plants on specific ecosystems and global ecology and provides information on the cell, chemical background, plant growth regulators and biochemistry. Emphasizes epistemology, the how-we-know-what-we-know of plant physiology. Each chapter is illustrated with relevant graphs, figures and/or photographs.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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a bad textbook to learn plant phys,
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This review is from: Introduction to Plant Physiology (Hardcover)
This is an introductory book, so I do not expect it to go in-depth in each area. There are many typos in this book though, like a lot of page numbers in the index are not correct. Also, the book goes in an odd order, and a lot of things explained later in the book wouldv'e made it easier to understand some of the earlier things easier. a lot of newer concepts are left out too, or vaguely mentioned, like electric currents in plants. My professor often has to use graphs and charts from other books because the ones from the book are too complicated or hard to understand, such as the Z-scheme, the Q cycle, and the PCR cycle to name a few. I would not recommend this book as an introductory textbook.
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Excellently written & easy to understand,
By Linda Rice Carlton Abraham "Sandhill Garden" (Gainesville, Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Introduction to Plant Physiology (Hardcover)
For a simple explanation of some very complex topics, I have found William Hopkins' text much more useful than the Taiz. Taiz was assigned for my class, but I have turned to the Hopkins, which was in the university library. With Hopkins, each sentence flows into the next and it is much easier to follow. Also, Hopkins is more up to date when mentioning current research. I wish I had bought the Hopkins...
I haven't come across so many typos to be disturbed by them. It is strange that the Hopkins' text was not edited for the typos, while Taiz's was not edited for readability...
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Nice Book,
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This book has a lot of really great information. I am keeping it even though the class is over. The only thing that I would improve would be the figures. The sketches (not the photos) are done in kind of bland colors (faded out blues, greens, and grays). There is not very much contrast between the colors, which can make it difficult to distinguish between different portions of the figures when trying to mentally visualize them. (Probably only important if you are a visual person that really likes charts, graphs, and schematics.)
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cellular respiration, nitrogen assimilation, other developmental responses, cytosolic hexose phosphate pool, wildtype plants, chemiosmotic synthesis, columella cells, plumular hook, second positive curvature, substomatal space, inductive dark period, floral stimulus, chronic photoinhibition, intersystem electron transport, nyctinastic movements, maximum freezing tolerance, phototropic stimulus, cell wall space, dynamic photoinhibition, critical daylength, flowering genes, glutamate synthase cycle, leaf photosynthetic capacity, granal stacks, retrograde regulation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Annual Review of Plant Biology, Plant Science, Energy Conservation, Current Opinion, Plant Physiology, American Society of Plant Physiologists, Environmental Stress, Unlocking the Energy Stored, Orienting Plants, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Academic Press, Measuring Time, Controlling Development, Responses of Plants, The Plant Cell, Molecular Biology of Plants, The Dual Role of Sunlight, Partitioning of Photoassimilates, Calvin Cycle, Anatomy of Seed Plants, Harvesting Sunlight, American Journal of Botany, John Wiley, Whole Plant Water Relations Browse Sample Pages:
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cellular respiration, nitrogen assimilation, other developmental responses, cytosolic hexose phosphate pool, wildtype plants, chemiosmotic synthesis, columella cells, plumular hook, second positive curvature, substomatal space, inductive dark period, floral stimulus, chronic photoinhibition, intersystem electron transport, nyctinastic movements, maximum freezing tolerance, phototropic stimulus, cell wall space, dynamic photoinhibition, critical daylength, flowering genes, glutamate synthase cycle, leaf photosynthetic capacity, granal stacks, retrograde regulation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Annual Review of Plant Biology, Plant Science, Energy Conservation, Current Opinion, Plant Physiology, American Society of Plant Physiologists, Environmental Stress, Unlocking the Energy Stored, Orienting Plants, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Academic Press, Measuring Time, Controlling Development, Responses of Plants, The Plant Cell, Molecular Biology of Plants, The Dual Role of Sunlight, Partitioning of Photoassimilates, Calvin Cycle, Anatomy of Seed Plants, Harvesting Sunlight, American Journal of Botany, John Wiley, Whole Plant Water Relations Browse Sample Pages:
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