A practical approach to the important physiological and ecological factors that determine the survival of plants.This new edition of a successful textbook provides a practical approach to the important physiological and ecological factors that determine the survival of the green plant.This new edition of a successful textbook provides a practical approach to the important physiological and ecological factors that determine the survival of the green plant.In the third edition of this very successful textbook, the author describes a practical approach to the important physiological and ecological factors that determine the survival of the green plant.Introduction; 1. Organization of cells and tissues; 2. Water relations; 3. Photosynthesis; 4. Respiration; 5. Mineral nutrition; 6. The biochemistry of cell activities; 7. Co-ordination in the plant; 8. Physiological organization and the life cycle; Appendices; Index.