The most comprehensive reference addressing the core knowledge, techniques, and practical applications employed by plant scientists in research and industry.

Table of Contents

• Permission Acknowledgments
• Editorial Advisory Board
• Preface
• Volume 1 Plant Physiology and Development
• Abiotic Stress
• Cold Stress
• Drought Stress
• Free Radicals, Oxidative Stress and Antioxidants
• Mechanical Stress and Wind Damage
• Oxidative Stress
• Plant Responses to Waterlogging
• Salt Stress
• Photosynthesis
• C3 Plants
• C4 Plants
• CAM Plants
• Photoinhibition
• Photorespiration
• Photosynthesis
• Primary Products of Photosynthesis, Sucrose and Other Soluble Carbohydrates
• Physiology
• Basic Water Relations
• Phloem
• Sources and Sinks
• Stomata
• Uptake, Loss and Control
• Xylem
• Plant Cells
• Cell Division and Cell Differentiation
• Cell Growth
• Cell Walls
• Cells
• Cellulose
• Leaf Development
• Nonwood Fibers
• Wood Growth and Development
• Plant Nutrition
• Aluminum Toxicity
• Deficiency Diseases, Principles
• Genetics of Primary Root Development
• Growth and Function of Root Systems
• Ion Transport
• Iron Chlorosis
• Lateral Root Initiation
• Mineral Uptake
• Nitrogen Fixation
• Nitrogen Use Efficiency
• Nutritional Quality of Plants for Food and Fodder
• Postharvest Biology
• Flower Senescence
• Genetic Engineering for Postharvest Quality
• Leaf Senescence
• Postharvest Physiological Disorders of Fresh Crops
• Ripening
• Seed Storage
• Storage
• Transport of Fresh Produce
• Regulators of Growth
• Abscisic Acid
• Auxins
• Brassinosteroids
• The Regulation of Circadian Rhythms in Plants
• Cytokinins
• Ethylene
• Gibberellins
• Growth Analysis, Individual Plants
• Jasmonates
• Juvenility
• Photomorphogenesis
• Photoperiodism
• Phytochromes and Other Photoreceptors
• Polyamines
• Strigolactones and Karrikins
• Vernalization
• Seed Development and Germination
• Development of Dormancy
• Embryogenesis
• Endosperm Differentiation
• Genetics of Dormancy
• Germination
• Nutrient Loading of Seeds
• Physiology of Maturation
• Recalcitrance
• Seed Dormancy: Preharvest Sprouting
• Seed Production
• Seed Quality
• Seed Treatments
• Starch Synthesis
• Storage Protein Depostion
• Volume 2 Breeding Genetics and Biotechnology
• Bioethics
• Development and Commercialization of Genetically Modified Plants
• Ethics and Genetically Modified Crops
• Food Safety Issues
• Food Security
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Ownership of Plant Genetic Resources
• Plant Genetic Engineering, Ecological Issues
• Biotechnology
• Proteins
• Acyl Lipids
• Amino Acids
• Carbohydrates
• Cell Factories
• Molecular Farming
• Oil Deposition
• Oils
• Pharmaceuticals, Plant Drugs
• Proteins
• Starch
• Synthetic Biology and Gene Cloning
• Plant Breeding and Genetics
• Alkaloids
• Chromosome Engineering
• Control of Gene Expression, Posttranscriptual Regulation
• Control of Gene Expression: Regulation of Transcription
• Doubled Haploid Production in Higher Plants
• Epigenetics
• Gene Editing Technologies – ZFNs, TALENs, and CRISPR/Cas9
• Genetic Maps
• Hybridization and Plant Breeding
• Insertional and Transposon Mutagenesis
• Marker-Assisted Selection
• Molecular Biology of Development
• Molecular Markers
• Mutation Techniques
• Plant Breeding, Practice
• Plant Breeding, Principles
• Plant Genomes
• Transformation and Transgene Expression
• Transformation in Plastids
• Reproduction and Biodiversity
• Fertilization
• Flower Development
• Gametophytic Self-Incompatability
• Germplasm Conservation
• Plant Diversity, Conservation and Use
• Pollination
• Reproductive Strategies
• Seed Banks
• Sporophytic Self-Incompatability
• Secondary Products
• Allergens
• Anthocyanins
• Antifeedant Substances in Plants
• Dyes
• Epicuticular Waxes
• Flower Color
• Volatiles for the Perfume Industry
• Wax Pathways
• Tissue Culture
• Artificial Seeds
• Clonal and Micropropagation
• Clonal Propagation, Forest Trees
• General Principles of Tissue Culture
• In Vitro Embryo Culture
• Organogenesis
• Regeneration of Fruit and Ornamental Trees via Cell and Tissue Culture
• Secondary Metabolism in Plant Cell Cultures
• Somaclonal Variation
• Somatic Embryogenesis
• Somatic Hybridization
• Volume 3 Crop Systems
• Arable Crops
• Agricultural Crops
• Agroecology: Farming Systems with Nature as Guide
• Canopy Architecture
• Field Crops
• Growth Analysis, Crops
• Multicropping
• Oilseed Crops: Linseed, Rapeseed, Soybean, and Sunflower
• Potatoes
• Rice
• The Domestication of Crop Plants
• The Solanaceous Vegetable Crops: Potato, Tomato, Pepper, and Eggplant
• Crop Diseases and Pests
• Bacterial Diseases
• Breeding for Disease Resistance
• Fungal and Oomycete Diseases
• Genetic Modification of Disease Resistance: Fungal and Oomycete Pathogens
• Genomic Selection in Crop Plants
• GM of Disease Resistance, Viral Pathogens
• Integrated Pest Management: Practice
• Integrated Pest Management: Principles
• Mollusks
• Nematodes
• Pest and Disease Prediction Models
• Phytoalexins, Natural Plant Protection
• Plant Pathology, Principles
• Viral Diseases
• Energy and Fibre Crops
• Algae as Crops Seaweed
• Biofuels
• Biomass Production from Lignocellulosic Energy Crops
• Energy Crops
• Biofuels from Crop Plants
• Grassland
• Horticulture Production and Quality
• Amenity Horticulture
• Pome and Stone Fruit
• Commercial Flower Production Methodology
• Cucurbitaceae Melons, Squash, Cucumber
• Herbs and Spices
• Horticultural Crops, Protected
• Nursery Stock and Houseplant Production
• Olives
• Orchard Crops
• Physiology of Domesticated Alliums: Onions, Garlic, Leek, and Minor Crops
• Salad Vegetable Crops
• Soft Fruits
• Sugarcane and Sugarbeet
• Viticulture: Grapevines and Their Management
• Plants and the Environment
• Global Warming Effects
• Invasive Plant Species
• Land Reclamation and Remediation, Principles and Practice
• Organic Farming
• Ozone Depletion
• Phytoremediation
• Plants and Atmospheric Pollution
• Plants as Pollution Monitors
• The Rhizopshere and Its Microorganisms
• Waste Water Treatment
• Tropical Agriculture
• Banana
• Oil Palm
• Plantation Crops and Plantations
• Rubber
• Rubber Production
• Tea, Coffee, and Cocoa
• The Coconut Palm
• Tropical Fruits
• Yam (Dioscorea spp.)
• Weeds and Competition
• Contaminants in Crop Plants
• Gene Flow and Herbicide Resistance
• Herbicide Application Technology
• Herbicide Resistance and Molecular Aspects
• Integrated Weed Management
• Thermal Weed Control
• Weed Biology
• Weed Competition
• Weed Control in Orchards and Vineyards
• Weed Seed Biology