UNIT I: Environmental, Cultural, and Social Factors that Influence the Cultivation and Utilization of Plants
CHAPTER 1: History, Trends, Issues, and Challenges in Plant Science
CHAPTER 2: Terrestial Ecosystems
CHAPTER 3: Human Impact on Ecosystems
CHAPTER 4: Climate - Solar Radiation and Moisture Availability
CHAPTER 5: Climate - Temperature, Air Movement, and Composition
CHAPTER 6: Soil and Managing Soil, Soil Water, and Fdertility
CHAPTER 7: Itegrated Management of Weeds, Insects, and Diseases
UNIT II: Plant Structure, Chemistry, Growth and Development, Genetics, and Biodiversity
CHAPTER 8: Structure of Higher Plants
CHAPTER 9: Stages of Growth and Development
CHAPTER 10: Plant Chemistry and Metabolism
CHAPTER 11: Photosynthesis and Respiration
CHAPTER 12: Soil and Plant Water Relations
CHAPTER 13: Plant Nutrients
CHAPTER 14: Genetics and Propagation
CHAPTER 15: Crop Biodiversity: Naming, Classifying, Origin, and Germplam Preservation
UNIT III: Crops: Their Production and Utilization Systems
CHAPTER 16: Field Crops Grown for Food, Fiber, Fuel, and Other Industrial Uses
CHAPTER 17: Forage Crops and Rangelands
CHAPTER 18: Vegetable Production
CHAPTER 19: Temperate Fruit and Nut Crops
CHAPTER 20: Tropical and Subtropical Crops and Crop Production Systems
CHAPTER 21: Nursery Production
CHAPTER 22: Landscape Plants: Evergreen Trees and Shrubs, Deciduous Trees and Shrubs, and Herbaceous Plants
CHAPTER 23: Floriculture
CHAPTER 24: Turfgrasses
CHAPTER 25: Residential and Public Landscapes
CHAPTER 26: Harvest, Post-Harvest Handling, Storage, Distribution, and Marketing
APPENDIX
GLOSSARY
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