Table of Contents

Anatomical Foundation of the Plant Body: An Overview
Plant Growth, Development, and Cellular Organization
Origin of the Primary Plant Body
Tissue Organization in Stems, Leaves, and Roots
Origin and Structure of the Secondary Plant Body
Evolutionary, Physiological, and Ecological Plant Anatomy
Evolution, and Systematics
Macromorphology
Structure and Function
Ecological Anatomy
Economic and Applied Plant Anatomy
Genetics and Plant Breeding
Defense Mechanisms and Structural Responses of Plants to Diseases, Pests, and Mechanical Injury. Herbs, Spices, and Drugs
Fibers, Fiber Products and Forage Fiber
Forensic Science and Animal Food Habits
Archeology, Anthropology, and Climatology
Properties, and the Utilization of Wood
The Arts and Antiques
General Anatomical References
Plant Anotomy and the World Wide Web

Promotional Information

* Presents both the classical and modern approaches to the subject
* Teaches the importance of the subject to other disciplines such as the nonbiological sciences, the arts, and other fields of human endeavor
* Written and organized to be useful to students and instructors, but also to be accessible and appealing to a general audience
* Bridges the gap between conventional textbooks and comprehensive reference works
* Includes key terms and extensive additional readings
* Richly illustrated with line drawings and photographs

About the Author

William C. Dickison is professor of biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of numerous articles on plant anatomy that have been published in journals ranging from the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society and the American Journal of Botany toSystematic Botany and the Botanical Gazette. With Richard A. White, he coedited Contemporary Problems in Plant Anatomy, which was published by Academic Press in 1984.

Reviews

"This is an ambitious and scholarly text, and Dr. Dickison should be congratulated for his efforts." -Thomas L. Rost, University of California at Davis "I commend the author for his fresh and novel approach to the study of plant anatomy. Presently, there is no textbook available that interrelates plant anatomy with systematics, physiology, ecology, genetics, anthropology, and the other fields of study covered in the manuscript; this approach has merit and addresses a need as far as plant anatomy and its applications are concerned." -Terence W. Lucansky, University of Florida "The author is completely successful in fulfilling his objective of conveying the importance of plant anatomy as a field of endeavor with widespread applications to other fields. Dickison's approach is refreshingly different and likely to have great appeal to the novice... For example, the manuscript was easy to read, unlike most [plant] anatomy books, because of minimal use of technical jargon." -Dale M.J. Mueller, Texas A&M University