Download or read book Plant Physiology written by Lincoln Taiz and published by Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company. This book was released on 1991 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past decade the biological sciences have experienced a period of unprecedented progress, and nowhere is the excitement of this new era more apparent than in the field of plant physiology. Innovations such as the patch clamp are unlocking the mysteries of membrane transport. Recombinant DNA techniques are providing new tools for understanding how light and hormones regulate gene expression and development.