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Presents an introduction to photosynthesis and respiration, tracing the flow of energy and carbon through the activities of green plants, explaning its impact on all organisms and the environment.

Describes the history of plant biotechnology; its science, covering DNA, genes, and protein; purposes for which plants have been modified; and the controversy over genetically modified organisms, identifying myths and discussing risk management.

Examines how plants progress from seeds to large and complex organisms describing the changes that take place in both form and function.

Presents an illustrated overview of plant genetics, covering such topics as meiosis, mitosis, polyploid plants, genetic processes, and gene functions, and also discusses plant genetics history and agricultural advances.

Explains how plants gather nutrients, discussing plant structure, the different types of nutrients, and how nutrient deprivation affects plants, and examines the role plants play in the global recycling of nutrients, a process that affects humans.