Front cover -- PHYSIOLOGY OF WOODY PLANTS -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- HEREDITARY AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION OF GROWTH -- PHYSIOLOGICAL REGULATION OF GROWTH -- PROBLEMS OF FORESTERS, HORTICULTURISTS, AND ARBORISTS -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 2: The Woody Plant Body -- INTRODUCTION -- CROWN FORM -- STEM FORM -- VEGETATIVE ORGANS AND TISSUES -- LEAVES -- STEMS -- WOOD STRUCTURE OF GYMNOSPERMS -- WOOD STRUCTURE OF ANGIOSPERMS -- BARK -- ROOTS -- REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 3: Vegetative Growth -- INTRODUCTION -- CELL AND TISSUE GROWTH -- DORMANCY -- SHOOT GROWTH -- SHOOT TYPES AND GROWTH PATTERNS -- SHOOT GROWTH IN THE TROPICS -- CAMBIAL GROWTH -- ROOT GROWTH -- SHEDDING OF PLANT PARTS -- MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF GROWTH -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 4: Reproductive Growth -- INTRODUCTION -- SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN ANGIOSPERMS -- SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN GYMNOSPERMS -- MATURATION OF SEEDS -- ABSCISSION OF REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 5: Photosynthesis -- INTRODUCTION -- CHLOROPLAST DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURE -- THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC MECHANISM -- CARBON DIOXIDE UPTAKE BY PHOTOSYNTHETIC TISSUES -- CARBON AND OXYGEN ISOTOPE DISCRIMINATION DURING PHOTOSYNTHESIS -- VARIATIONS IN RATES OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS -- ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS -- WATER SUPPLY -- PLANT FACTORS -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 6: Enzymes, Energetics, and Respiration -- INTRODUCTION -- ENZYMES AND ENERGETICS -- RESPIRATION -- ATP -- RESPIRATION OF PLANTS AND PLANT PARTS -- FACTORS AFFECTING RESPIRATION -- ASSIMILATION -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 7: Carbohydrates -- INTRODUCTION -- KINDS OF CARBOHYDRATES -- CARBOHYDRATE TRANSFORMATIONS -- USES OF CARBOHYDRATES -- ACCUMULATION OF CARBOHYDRATES -- AUTUMN COLORATION -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 8: Lipids, Terpenes, and Related Substances -- INTRODUCTION -- LIPIDS -- WAXES, CUTIN, AND SUBERIN.

INTERNAL LIPIDS -- ISOPRENOIDS OR TERPENOIDS -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 9: Nitrogen Metabolism -- INTRODUCTION -- DISTRIBUTION AND SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS OF NITROGEN -- IMPORTANT NITROGEN COMPOUNDS -- NITROGEN REQUIREMENTS -- SOURCES OF NITROGEN -- THE NITROGEN CYCLE -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 10: Mineral Nutrition -- INTRODUCTION -- FUNCTIONS OF MINERAL NUTRIENTS AND EFFECTS OF DEFICIENCIES -- ACCUMULATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF MINERAL NUTRIENTS -- MINERAL CYCLING -- THE SOIL MINERAL POOL -- LOSSES OF MINERAL NUTRIENTS FROM ECOSYSTEMS -- ABSORPTION OF MINERAL NUTRIENTS -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 11: Absorption of Water and Ascent of Sap -- INTRODUCTION -- ABSORPTION OF WATER -- WATER ABSORPTION PROCESSES -- ROOT AND STEM PRESSURES -- ASCENT OF SAP -- THE WATER CONDUCTING SYSTEM -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 12: Transpiration and Plant Water Balance -- INTRODUCTION -- FACTORS AFFECTING TRANSPIRATION -- INTERACTION OF FACTORS AFFECTING TRANSPIRATION -- TRANSPIRATION RATES -- WATER LOSS FROM PLANT STANDS -- THE WATER BALANCE -- EFFECTS OF WATER STRESS -- ADAPTATION TO DROUGHT -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 13: Plant Hormones and Other Signaling Molecules -- INTRODUCTION -- MAJOR CLASSES OF PLANT HORMONES -- OTHER REGULATORY COMPOUNDS -- MECHANISMS OF HORMONE ACTION -- SUMMARY -- Bibliography -- Index.