Plant Physiology 5th Edition

Plant Physiology by Taiz and Zeiger is a classic book which presents the basics of the field in a splendid and comprehensive manner. The current edition is a continuation of the original text I had used in the early 1990s. The text is a wonderful blend of plant structure and function with the fundamentals of the physiological processes in plants. The level of detail is more than adequate for any advanced undergraduate course and the text also represents an excellent reference source for those throughout their careers.The text is divided into three major sections:Section 1 deals with transport and translocation. This is the physical basis for how plants manage to move nutrients from the soil to the growing cells of the plant.Section 2 deals with the fundamental biochemistry of the plant. All the classic cycles are dealt with and there are excellent discussions of protein interactions and the key elements of plant biochemistry.Section 3 deals with growth and development. I especially like Chapter 14 which introduces plant genetic pathways. This is an update of the 4th Edition and is superbly done. For those who are to work in botany in the coming generations this materials will become essential, and this chapter is well placed and can and should be expanded as editions progress and perhaps into a separate book. It would be a longed for stand-alone entity. I see dozens like this in human genomics but paucity in botanical areas.The remainder of the section deals with many of the classic issues of auxins, gibberellins, cytokines, ethylene, abscisic acid and flowering.This text is an excellent source for any solid course on plant physiology and it represents the benchmark for which many others may be judged.

Well written. Up to date with current literature. May be somwwhat outdated in a few years as the field grows, but right now is a great book. Content is mainly molecular. This is not a book for horticulturalists or someone kind of interested in plants.

This is so much better, it's cheaper and you can put it in a binder so you only need to pull out the parts that you need to carry with you and not the whole big book. Great book, also.

I am very thanked because of the book. It's very hepfull for all biologist students who need a help with plant physiology (it is my case).Amazon.com gave me the book in very good conditions and in the stimated date (in came a week before the stimated date).

Very well written, with excellent pictures to guide the reader.

This is a very matterafactual book that does not do a very good job explaining concepts when compared to other books of Biology. This may not be a problem depending on the professor that is teaching the course, but it made my experience more difficult. It also lacks flow. Each chapter is written with information from different people who are experts in the field, which is a good thing. However, the author of the book leaves the writing styles and each individuals method of explanation as it was written by each individual. So each with chapter, expect to interpret data and concepts in an inconsistent manner.

The book is a wonderful reference: very extensive, but also manageable. The new chapters are up-to-date and really create the value of this new edition. No wonder why it becomes the key textbook in plant physiology.

This is one of the best book i have ever purchased. I am still using it to this day and i am doing my masters and this book is worth having as a reference.