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Plant water relations -- Mineral nutrition -- Water and soluble transport -- Concepts in metabolism -- Photosynthesis -- Photosynthate translocation -- Respiration -- ATP synthesis -- Metabolism of storage carbohydrates -- Lipid metabolism -- Nitrogen metabolism -- Sulphur, phosphorus and iron metabolism -- Light perception and transduction -- Plant growth regulators -- Auxins -- Cytokinins -- Gibberellins -- Abscisic acid -- Ethylene -- Brassinosteroids -- Jasmonic acid -- Recently discovered plant growth regulators -- Mechanisms of signal reception and transduction -- Embryogenesis, vegetative growth and organogenesis -- Physiology of flowering -- Pollination, embryogenesis and seed development -- Fruit development and ripening -- Seed dormancy and germination -- Plant movements -- Senescence and programmed cell death -- Abiotic stress -- Biotic interactions -- Secondary metabolites -- Plant physiology in agriculture and biotechnology -- Glossary