UNIT I. TRANSPORT OF WATER AND NUTRIENTS -- 1. Concepts of Plant Water Relations -- 2. Essential and Functional Mineral Elements -- 3. Mechanisms of Water and Solute Transport -- UNIT II. METABOLISM -- 4. Concepts in Metabolism -- 5. Photosynthesis -- 6. Source-to-Sink Translocation of Photoassimilates -- 7. Respiration -- 8. ATP Synthesis -- 9. Metabolism of Storage Carbohydrates -- 10. Lipid Metabolism -- 11. Nitrogen Metabolism -- 12. Sulfur, Phosphorus and Iron Metabolism -- UNIT III. DEVELOPMENT -- 13. Light Perception and Transduction -- 14. Plant Growth regulators - An Overview -- 15. Auxins -- 16. Cytokinins -- 17. Gibberellins -- 18. Abscisic Acid -- 19. Ethylene -- 20. Brassinosteroids -- 21. Jasmonic Acid -- 22. Novel Plant Growth Regulators and Gaseous Signaling Molecules -- 23. Signal Perception and Transduction Mechanisms -- 24. Embryogenesis, Growth and Differentiation -- 25. Flowering -- 26. Pollination, Fertilization and Seed Development -- 27. Fruit Development and Ripening -- 28. Seed Dormancy and Germination -- 29. Plant Movements -- 30. Senescence and Programmed Cell Death -- UNIT IV. STRESS PHYSIOLOGY -- 31. Abiotic Stress -- 32. Biotic Interactions -- UNIT V. APPLIED PLANT PHYSIOLOGY -- 33. Secondary Metabolites -- 34. Crop Physiology and Biotechnology -- GLOSSARY -- SUBJECT INDEX.