The second edition of this popular work provides a comprehensive account
of all aspects of stomatal biology. The substantially revised text is
thoroughly up to date and well illustrated with numerous line
illustrations, photographs and comprehensive tables. The theory of
gaseous diffusion through stomata is reviewed in a new chapter and
sections on signal perception and transduction, guard cell ionic
relations and guard cell metabolism have been added. A concluding
chapter reviews the genetics and molecular biology of stomata. This work
provides a comprhensive reference text which will appeal to advanced
students, post-graduates and lecturers in plant physiology.