Biology of Plants provides a comprehensive survey of basic botany ?including viruses, prokaryotes, fungi and protists. The 4th edition incorporates the newest scientific advances on all fronts, includingincreased emphasis on molecular methods applied to the study of plants, fundamentally new understanding of the evolution of angiosperms, substantial changes in the classification of protists and seedless vascular plants,significant new information on plant hormones from Arabidopsis studies.Conceived for the Americanundergraduate program, aven?offers an effective and goal-oriented exam preparation for both majors and minors in Botany (Diplom, Bachelor and Masters programs).