Index
ABC model of flower development,
102
Abscisic acid (ABA), 74–5, 78
seed dormancy and, 112
stomata and, 123
Abscission, 71, 94–5
Acacia, 39
Acacia, bullshorn, 212
Acer,(maple), 54, 188, 233
Acetyl CoA, 150, 155
Acid growth theory, 79
Actin, 3
Actinomorphic flower, 309
Adderstongue, 286, 316
Adenosine triphosphate, seeATP
Adventitious roots, and ethylene, 71
Aeciospore, 213
Aerenchyma, 25, 99, 122
Agamospermy, (-ous), 105–6
Agamous, 102
Agar, 261
Agathis, 299
Agave, 175, 231, 234
Agrobacterium tumifaciens, 70, 73,
252–5
Alcohol dehydrogenase, 99
Alder,see Alnus
Aldolase, 150
Aldrovanda, 224–5
Alectra, 221
Aleurone, 112–3
Alfalfa, 207
Algae, 162, 257, 260–1
blue-green,seecyanobacteria
brown, 1, 258–9, 261, 262–3
green, 1, 257–8, 261, 263 , 277
red, 1, 258, 261–2
Alginate, 262
Alkaloid, 43, 159, 211, 236, 237
Allium,embryo, 51
Allspice, 230
Alnus, 206–7
Alternation of generations, 257, 258
Aluminum, 97, 98, 164
Amborella,308, 312
Amelioration, 98
Amino acid, biosynthesis, 155–6
in nectar, 44
1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic
acid (ACC), 72
Amylase, 149
α-amylase, 112–3
Amyloplast, 4 , 9
Andreaea, 272
Animals, in plant communities, 168,
188–9
Aniseed, 230
Annual, 175
Annual rings, 35
Antenna complex, 136
Anther,seestamen
Antheridia (-um), 269, 270, 276, 280,
282, 289
Anthocyanin, 43, 53
Anthoxanthin, 43
Antipodal cell, 47
Antirrhinum majus, 55, 102
Ants, as seed dispersers, 189
Apetala, 102
Apiaceae,seeumbellifer
Apical cell, 65
Apical dominance, 69
Apoplast, 5
Apoplastic transport, 129
Apple, 53, 230
Aquaporin, 116, 125
Arabidopsis thaliana, 55–9, 102
fruit, 52, 53
genome project, 56
S gene, 110
Araucaria,294, 297
Araucariaceae, 297–9
Archegonia, 269–70, 276 , 280, 282,
289, 292, 302–5
Aril, 312
Arum family (Araceae), 104, 173,
312
Asexual reproduction, 103–4
Asparagine synthase, 156
Asplenium, 288
Asteraceae,seedaisy family
ATP, and ATP synthesis, 10, 140–3,
150–3
Atropa belladonna, 159
Autoclave, in cell culture, 248
AUX1, 70
Auxin, 68–71, 106
Agrobacterium tumifaciens, 252
and abscission, 95
and cell division, 20
and elongation, 78–9
cytokinin ratio, 69, 249–50
mechanism of action, 77–80
reporter gene, 61
tropisms and, 88–9
Avocado, 228
Awn, 189
Azolla, 206–7, 288–9Bacillus thuringiensis, 256
Back cross, 246Bacteria, 1, 210, 217–8, 224 (see also
nitrogen fixation)
nitrogen-fixing, 133, 163, 204,
206–8, 228
Bacteroid, 208
Balsam, 189
Bamboo, 173, 175–6, 311
Banana, 53, 230
Banyan, 240
Baobab, 240
Bark, 35
Barley, 99, 112, 228, 230–1
Basal cell, 65
Basidiospore, 214
Basil, 230
Bats, 184, 309
Bean, 99, 221, 228
French, 92
jack, 211
Beech, 233, 309
Bees, as flower visitors, 184–5, 199,
309–10
Beetles, as flower visitors, 308–9
Bennettitales, 274, 293–4, 307
Betalain, 43
Biennial, 175–6
Binary vector, 254
Biome, 162, 163
Bio-mining, 242
Bioremediation, 98, 242–4
Birch, 188, 309
Birds, 184–5, 188, 199, 309
Birdsnest (Monotropa), 221–2
Blackwood, African, 233
Bladderwort, 224–5
Blight, bacterial, 217
potato, 218, 229
Boerhavia, 175
Bonsai, 241
Boreal communities, 162–3, 165
Boswellia, 239
Bracken, 179, 285, 290
Bramble, 105
Brassica crops, 228–9
Brassica juncea, 243
Brassicaceae,seecabbage family
Brassin/brassinosteroid, 75
Breadfruit, 230
Breeding systems, 103–6
Bromeliad (Bromeliaceae), 173
Broomrape, 220–1
Bryophyte, 1, 3, 163, 173, 201, 257–8,
265–72
Bulbil, 104–5, 106
Bundle sheath, 39, 145
Bur, 54, 189Bold type is used to indicate the main entry where there are several.