Lincoln Taiz is Professor Emeritus in the Department of MCD Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists. Dr. Taiz has served as an editor for Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, New Phytologist, Botanica Acta, and the Annual Review of Plant Physiology. Eduardo Zeiger is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. Angus Murphy, University of Maryland, USA.

Introduction, Lincoln Taiz and Ian Max Miioller 1. Plant and Cell Architecture, Lawrence Griffing 2. Genome Structure and Gene Expression, Andreas Madlung Unit I. Transport and Translocation of Water and Solutes, Eduardo Zeiger and Ian Max Miioller 3. Water and Plant Cells, N. Michele Holbrook 4. Water Balance of Plants, N. Michele Holbrook 5. Mineral Nutrition, Arnold J. Bloom and Sally Smith 6. Solute Transport, Sarah M. Assmann Unit II. Biochemistry and Metabolism, Eduardo Zeiger and Ian Max Miioller 7. Photosynthesis: The Light Reactions, Robert E. Blankenship 8. Photosynthesis: Carbon Reactions, Bob B. Buchanan and Ricardo A. Wolosiuk 9. Photosynthesis: Physiological and Ecological Considerations, Darren Sandquist and James Ehleringer 10. Stomatal Biology, Eduardo Zeiger 11. Translocation in the Phloem, Susan Dunford 12. Respiration and Lipid Metabolism, Allan G. Rasmusson, Ian Max Moller, and John Browse 13. Assimilation of Inorganic Nutrients, Arnold J. Bloom Unit III. Growth and Development, Lincoln Taiz, Angus Murphy, and Ian Max Miioller 14. Cell Walls: Structure, Formation, and Expansion, Daniel J. Cosgrove 15. Signals and Signal Transduction, Wendy Peer, Gabriele Monshausen, Angus Murphy, and Lincoln Taiz 16. Signals from Sunlight, Wendy Peer, Joe Sullivan, John Christie, Angus Murphy, and Lincoln Taiz 17. Embryogenesis, Bruce Veit and Angus Murphy 18. Seed Dormancy, Germination, and Seedling Establishment, Wendy Peer, Angus Murphy, and Lincoln Taiz 19. Vegetative Organogenesis, Wendy Peer, Christine Beveridge, Victor Busov, Angus Murphy, and Lincoln Taiz 20. The Control of Flowering and Floral Development, Philip A. Wigge and Lincoln Taiz 21. Gametophytes, Pollination, Seeds, and Fruits, Heven Sze, Graham Seymour, and Lincoln Taiz 22. Plant Senescence and Cell Death, Lincoln Taiz 23. Biotic Interactions, Jurgen Engelberth and Lincoln Taiz 24. Abiotic Stress, Eduardo Blumwald and Ron Mittler