Dale Mueller, Texas A & M
"This is an effort well done, indeed. I certainly will use this text for our introductory botany course. It is at just the proper level of presentation for our non-majors in a one-semester course. The integration of structure and function is perfect."

Jodie S. Holt Northern Illinois University
"I was captivated by the many anecdotes and felt compelled to read all the boxes. Information in boxes shows impressive persistence of authors in digging up interesting, relevant stories. Overall I think this book will make an excellent contribution to education of non-Botany majors. I look forward to its publication."

James F. Smith Boise State University
"It deals with some of the most complicated issues that are generally presented in an introductory botany text but presents them in a clear and easily readable fashion. I do like the emphasis on the ecology and evolution since these are such powerful underlying principles in biology."

Frederick B. Essig University of South Florida
"...comprehensive and remarkably up-to-date, and included some information that I had not known before."

Carolyn Peters Spoon River College
"The background history on genetics is more thorough than any Botany book I've ever used. In the section on fungi there is a great example about luminescent fungi aboard spaceflight. These kind of examples bring botany to a practical and interesting level for students. The artwork and illustrations are superb."

We wish to express our thanks to the following reviewers, whose knowledge and insight helped guide this text to completion. Their expertise in the field of botany contributed significantly to the development of the text copy and is greatly appreciated. While some of the reviewers listed here were not included in the text due to printing schedules, we are grateful to all and will carefully consider their suggestions when preparing for the second edition.

Reviewers

Paul W. Barnes
Southwest Texas State University

Robert W. Bauman, Jr.
Amarillo College

L. J. Davenport
Samford University

James T. Dawson
Pittsburg State University

Roger del Moral
University of Washington, Seattle

Robert Eddy
Southeast Community College

Frederick B. Essig
University of South Florida

Katharine B. Gregg
West Virginia Wesleyan College

Joel B. Hagen
Radford University

Laszlo Hanzely
Northern Illinois University

James D. Haynes
Buffalo State College

A. Scott Holaday
Texas Tech University

Jodie S. Holt
University of California

Elisabeth A. Hooper
Truman State University

John C. Hunter
SUNY @ Brockport

William A. Jensen
The Ohio State University

Joanne M. Kilpatrick
Auburn University @ Montgomery

Barbara E. Liedl
Central College

Bernard A. Marcus
Genesee Community College

Conley K. McMullen
James Madison University

Timothy D. Metz
Campbell University

Lillian W. Miller
Florida Community College

Dale M. J. Mueller
Texas A&M University

John Olsen
Rhodes College

Carolyn Peters
Spoon River College

Wayne C. Rosing
Middle Tennessee State University

Brian Shmaefsky
Kingwood College

James F. Smith
Boise State University

Anthea M. Stavroulakis
CUNY @ Kingsborough Community College

Stephen L. Timme
Pittsburg State University

Todd Christian Yetter
Cumberland College