CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- SECTION I: THE BASICS -- 1. Summary of the International System of Units (SI Units) -- Quantities and Units -- Le Système International D'Unités (SI) -- The SI Tables -- Some Special Considerations -- 2. Rules for Botanical Nomenclature -- Documentation -- Taxonomic Groups (Taxa -- singular: Taxon): Some Rules of Nomenclature -- Form of Scientific Names -- Special Situations -- 3. Statistics -- General terms: -- Measures of Central Tendency -- Variability -- Confidence Intervals -- Test of Hypothesis -- Regression Analysis -- Analysis of Variance -- Covariance Analysis -- Nonparametric Tests -- Miscellaneous -- SECTION II: PLANT BIOPHYSICS -- 4. Basic Thermodynamic Quantities -- Basic Concepts and the Chemical Potential -- Free Energy and Water Potential -- Enthalpy -- Water Potential in the Vapor State -- Components of Water Potential -- Water Potential of Aqueous Solutions -- Theory of the Pressure-Chamber Apparatus -- 5. Solutions (Ionic Relations) -- Abbreviations Used as Subscripts and Superscripts -- The Tables -- 6. Water Relations -- The Tables -- 7. Energy Transfer -- Terms, Symbols, and Units Appropriate in Energy-Transfer Studies -- Some Equations Used in Heat-Transfer Studies -- 8. Phloem Transport -- The Tables -- 9. Electromagnetic Radiation -- The Tables -- SECTION III: PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY -- 10. Plant Biochemistry -- Instructions on Chemical and Mathematical Usage -- Abbreviations and Symbols -- The Tables -- 11. Plant Molecular Biology and Gene Designations -- Terminology -- Gene Designations -- SECTION IV: PLANT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT -- 12. Morphogenesis and the Kinetics of Plant Growth -- The Biometry of Growth -- Shoot and Root Morphogenesis -- 13. Growth Analysis and Yield Components -- General Considerations -- Units for Growth Analysis and Yield Components.

14. Plant Movements -- Types and Mechanisms of Movement -- Control of Movement: General -- Terms for Induced Movements (Types of Response) -- Stimuli -- Direction or Sense of Response -- Terms for Autonomous Movements -- 15. Growth Substances -- 16. Biological Timing -- 17. Dormancy, Photoperiodism, and Vernalization -- 18. Stress Physiology -- General Stress-Physiology Terms -- Chilling Injury -- Cold Hardiness -- Water Stress -- Salinity Stress -- APPENDICES: PRESENTING SCIENTIFIC DATA -- A. Some Suggestions About Scientific Writing -- The Sentence -- Modifying Words -- Modifying Phrases and Clauses -- Verbs -- Some Further Notes about Punctuation -- Abbreviations -- Unnecessary Words -- Words with Special Problems -- Some Suggestions about Format and Word Processors -- Summary -- B. Standards for Effective Presentations -- Slide Presentations -- Poster Presentations -- C. Guidelines for Measuring and Reporting Environmental Parameters for Plant Experiments in Growth Chambers -- Purpose and scope -- Introduction -- Definitions -- Instrumentation -- Measurement Technique -- Reporting -- Synoptic Table -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.