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Overview of essential concepts; plant and cell architecture; energy and enzymes. Part 1 Transport and translocation of water: water and plant cells; water balance of the plant; mineral nutrition; solute transport. Part 2 Biochemistry and metabolism: photosynthesis - the light reactions; photosynthesis - carbon-linked reactions; photosynthesis - physiological and ecological considerations; phloem translocation; respiration and lipid metabolism; assimilation of mineral nutrients; lipids and secondary metabolism. Part 3 Growth and development: gene expression and signal transduction; cell walls; growth, development, and differentiation; phytochrome and photomorphogenesis; blue light responses - stomatal movements and morphogenesis; auxins - growth and tropisms; gibberellins; cytokinins; ethylene; abiscisic acid; the control of flowering; stress physiology.