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The Science of Plants - Understanding Plants and How They Grow

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The Science of Plants - Understanding Plants and How They Grow

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.

BotanyBiology
Author
Tom Michaels, Matt Clark, Emily Hoover, Laura Irish, Alan Smith, and Emily Tepe
Publisher
University of Minnesota
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC
Language
EN
Category
Basic Sciences
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Contents· 64 sections
  1. 01: Plants in our Lives
  2. 1.01: What is horticulture
  3. 1.02: Science and Experimentation
  4. 1.03: Plant Parts we Eat
  5. 1.04: Terms
  6. 02: Taxonomy and Seed Germination
  7. 2.01: Plant Taxonomy
  8. 2.02: Introduction to Seed Germination
  9. 2.03: Terms
  10. 03: How Plants Grow Part 1
  11. 3.01: Leaves
  12. 3.02: Shoots
  13. 3.03: Roots
  14. 3.04: Terms
  15. 04: How Plants Grow Part 2
  16. 4.01: Growth Patterns and Inflorescences
  17. 4.02: Plant Hormones
  18. 4.03: Terms
  19. 05: Inside Plants
  20. 5.01: Inside Leaves
  21. 5.02: Inside Stems
  22. 5.03: Inside Roots
  23. 5.04: Terms
  24. 06: Cells Tissues and Woody Growth
  25. 6.01: Plant Cells and Tissues
  26. 6.02: Woody Growth
  27. 6.03: Terms
  28. 07: Meristems and Flowers
  29. 7.01: Meristem Morphology
  30. 7.02: Flower Morphology
  31. 7.03: Terms
  32. 08: Fruit
  33. 8.01: Fruit Morphology
  34. 8.02: Terms
  35. 09: Seeds
  36. 9.01: Seed Morphology
  37. 9.02: Seed Physiology
  38. 9.03: Terms
  39. 10: Grafting
  40. 10.01: Grafts and Wounds
  41. 10.02: Unique Storage Organs
  42. 10.03: Terms
  43. 11: Water and Light
  44. 11.01: Plants and Water
  45. 11.02: Light and Photosynthesis
  46. 11.03: Terms
  47. 12: Soils Fertility and Plant Growth
  48. 12.01: Soils Fertility and Plant Growth
  49. 12.02: Terms
  50. 13: Sexual Reproduction
  51. 13.01: DNA
  52. 13.02: Mitosis
  53. 13.03: Meiosis
  54. 13.04: Terms
  55. 14: Variation and Plant Breeding
  56. 14.01: Gametogenesis
  57. 14.02: Inheritance of Big Differences
  58. 14.03: Linkage and Inheritance of Small Differences
  59. 14.04: Plant Breeding
  60. 14.05: Terms
  61. 15: Invasive plants and GMOs
  62. 15.01: Invasive plants
  63. 15.02: GMOs
  64. 15.03: Terms