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Lecture References

1) Plant Diversity and Reproduction: Assoc. Prof Brian Murray

• Lewis, D. (1979). Sexual Incompatibility in Plants. London: E. Arnold.
• Lewis, D. (1979) The drive against inbreeding  In: Lewis, D. Sexual incompatability in plants. London:, E. Arnold. (7-24)
• Weier, T. E.,  Stocking, C. R., & Barbour, M. G. (1974). Botany, an introduction to plant biology (5th ed.). New York: Wiley. 
• Other books on botany

2) Plant Structure and Function: Dr. Robin MacDiarmid

• Esau, K. (1960). Anatomy of seed plants. New York: Wiley.
• Esau, K. (1975). Vascular differentiation in plants. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
• Levetin, E., & McMahon, K. (1999). Plants and society (2nd ed.). Boston: WCB/McGraw-Hill.
• Dale, J. E. (1982). The growth of leaves. London: E. Arnold.
• Simpson, B.B. and Ogorzaly, M.C. (1995). Economic botany: plants in our world. New York, McGraw-Hill.
• Tudge, C. (2005). The secret life of trees London, Allen lane.
• Diamond, J.M. (2005). Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies. New York, W.W. Norton.
• Other books on the vascular systems of plants and leaf growth

3) Growth and Development: Dr. Jo Putteril

4) Fungal diversity: Dr. Peter Buchanan

• Rost, T.L. (1998). Plant biology. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Pub. Co.
• Other books on microorganisms

5) Prokaryotes and Viruses: Dr. Mike Pearson

Other books on plant development and plant growth

There are a number of items available for BIOSCI 102 in the Short Loans Collection which is located on level 1 of the Kate Edger Information Commons.

To see the full list of items, go to the  Course Materials  search page on the library page, and scroll down the alphabetical list of courses to find the entry for BIOSC102 and click on the Search tab.

The items are in alphabetical order by title and may include books and individual articles. 

Internet Resources

Refer to the section on accessing electronic resources for NetLogin information.

• Plants-In-Motion 
  A variety of plant sites with exciting imagery and even a whole exhibition of sounds and plant movies can be found via this link
• Study Guides
• FREE on-line study companion for Raven
• Other Plant Science web sites of interest.