The Science of Plants - Understanding Plants and How They Grow

by Tom Michaels, Matt Clark, Emily Hoover, Laura Irish, Alan Smith, and Emily Tepe

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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.

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Publisher
University of Minnesota
Subjects
Biology, Botany
Licence
CC BY-NC 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
Who can read
Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Introduction and Acknowledgements
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Licensing
  7. 1: Plants in our Lives
  8. 1.1: What is horticulture?
  9. 1.2: Science and Experimentation
  10. 1.3: Plant Parts we Eat
  11. 1.4: Terms
  12. 2: Taxonomy and Seed Germination
  13. 2.1: Plant Taxonomy
  14. 2.2: Introduction to Seed Germination
  15. 2.3: Terms
  16. 3: How Plants Grow, Part 1
  17. 3.1: Leaves
  18. 3.2: Shoots
  19. 3.3: Roots
  20. 3.4: Terms
  21. 4: How Plants Grow, Part 2
  22. 4.1: Growth Patterns and Inflorescences
  23. 4.2: Plant Hormones
  24. 4.3: Terms
  25. 5: Inside Plants
  26. 5.1: Inside Leaves
  27. 5.2: Inside Stems
  28. 5.3: Inside Roots
  29. 5.4: Terms
  30. 6: Cells, Tissues, and Woody Growth
  31. 6.1: Plant Cells and Tissues
  32. 6.2: Woody Growth
  33. 6.3: Terms
  34. 7: Meristems and Flowers
  35. 7.1: Meristem Morphology
  36. 7.2: Flower Morphology
  37. 7.3: Terms
  38. 8: Fruit
  39. 8.1: Fruit Morphology
  40. 8.2: Terms
  41. 9: Seeds
  42. 9.1: Seed Morphology
  43. 9.2: Seed Physiology
  44. 9.3: Terms
  45. 10: Grafting
  46. 10.1: Grafts and Wounds
  47. 10.2: Unique Storage Organs
  48. 10.3: Terms
  49. 11: Water and Light
  50. 11.1: Plants and Water
  51. 11.2: Light and Photosynthesis
  52. 11.3: Terms
  53. 12: Soils, Fertility, and Plant Growth
  54. 12.1: Soils, Fertility, and Plant Growth
  55. 12.2: Terms
  56. 13: Sexual Reproduction
  57. 13.1: DNA
  58. 13.2: Mitosis
  59. 13.3: Meiosis
  60. 13.4: Terms
  61. 14: Variation and Plant Breeding
  62. 14.1: Gametogenesis
  63. 14.2: Inheritance of Big Differences
  64. 14.3: Linkage and Inheritance of Small Differences
  65. 14.4: Plant Breeding
  66. 14.5: Terms
  67. 15: Invasive plants and GMOs
  68. 15.1: Invasive plants
  69. 15.2: GMOs
  70. 15.3: Terms
  71. Back Matter
  72. Index
  73. Glossary
  74. Detailed Licensing