Includes index.

Plant cells and water -- Whole plant water relations -- Roots, soils , and nutrient uptake -- Plants and inorganic nutrients -- Bioenergetic s and ATP synthesis -- The dual role of sunlight: energy and informatio n -- Energy conservation in photosynthesis: harvesting sunlight -- Ener gy conservation in photosynthesis: CO2 assimilation -- Allocation, tran slocation, and partitioning of photoassimilates -- Cellular respiration : unlocking the energy stored in photoassimilates -- Nitrogen assimilat ion -- Carbon and nitrogen assimilation and plant productivity -- Respo nses of plants to environmental stress -- Acclimation to environmental stress -- Adaptations to the environment -- Development: an overview -- Growth and development of cells -- Hormones I: Auxins -- Hormones II: Gibberellins -- Hormones III: Cytokinins -- Hormones IV: Abscisic acid, ethylene, and brassinosteroids -- Photomorphogenesis: responding to li ght -- Tropisms and nastic movements: orienting plants in space -- Meas uring time: controlling development by photoperiod and endogenous clock s -- Flowering and fruit development -- Temperature: plant development and distribution -- Secondary metabolism.