This brief and specialized book was designed for a general study of biology, and includes a brief history of vascular plant tissues, growth patterns, plant nutrition and transport, plant hormones, reproduction, and development. Excerpted from the authors" best-selling and respected book, BIOLOGY: THE UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF LIFE, Ninth Edition, covers Unit V, PLANT STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, it also contains a customized table of contents and the back matter (the glossary, the index, etc.) from the larger book. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Volume 4 - Plant Structure and Function (Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life) (Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart)