Botany category: 1702 books
People-Plant Relationships
Setting Research Priorities
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Presenting the latest research on cross-cultural people-plant relationships, this volume conveys the psychological, physiological, and social responses to plants and the significant role these responses play in improved physical and mental health. With chapters written by field experts, it identifies...
by David Moore, Geoffrey D. Robson, Anthony P. J. Trinci
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2011
Fungi have their own unique cell biology and life cycle, but also play critical roles in wider biological systems. This textbook provides a comprehensive view of fungal biology, ranging in scope from the evolutionary origins of fungi and other eukaryotes more than a billion years ago, to the impact fungi...
Plant-Fungal Pathogen Interaction
A Classical and Molecular View
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Research on the interactions of plants and phytopathogenic fungi has become one of the most interesting and rapidly moving fields in the plant sciences, the findings of which have contributed tremendously to the development of new strategies of plant protection. This book offers insight into the state...
A Rum Affair
A True Story of Botanical Fraud
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
In the 1940s, the eminent British botanist John Heslop Harrison proposed a controversial theory: that vegetation on the islands off the west coast of Scotland had survived the last Ice Age. His premise flew in the face of what most botanists believed - that no plants had survived the 10,000-year period...
by George Clendenin
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
Well-managed ranch lands or rangeland in Texas capture the rain that permeates our soils, sustains creeks and rivers, and replenishes aquifers, which, in turn, water our cities. The stewardship of the region is the focus of this book—the largest contributing watershed in the Colorado River Basin—viewed...
by Harun Yahya
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
The aim in the preparation of this book is, by setting out the miraculous features of plants, to remind readers of subjects that they come across all the time in the flow of daily life, but to which they pay no attention and never think of as "the miracle of creation." It will open up a...
The Eight Master Lessons of Nature
What Nature Teaches Us About Living Well in the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2019
A riveting manifesto for the millions of people who long to forge a more vital, meaningful connection to the natural world to live a better, more fulfilling life
Looking around at the world today—a world of skyscrapers, super highways, melting ice caps, and rampant deforestation—it is easy...
by N.G. Ravichandra
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
The major objective of this book is to highlight the significance of phytonematodes in horticulture. Detailed and latest information on major aspects of phytonematodes associated exclusively with horticultural crops, which is the need of the day, is lacking. Hence, the book has been written mainly...
Phenomics
How Next-Generation Phenotyping is Revolutionizing Plant Breeding
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
This book represents a pioneer initiative to describe the new technologies available for next-generation phenotyping and applied to plant breeding. Over the last several years plant breeding has experienced a true revolution. Phenomics, i.e., high-throughput phenotyping using automation, robotics...
by Zhenghao Xu, Meihua Deng
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
This book introduces readers to nearly 600 common weeds. In addition to essential information, each chapter includes photos for a specific type of weed to show its morphology in different growth periods, such as seedling, root, flower, fruit, and mature plant. The book also discusses control measures,...
Plant Life of the Dolomites
Vegetation Tables
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2015
This volume provides an in-depth analysis of over 100 plant communities of the Dolomite vegetation. The data is based on the phytosociological relevés, which have been collected by the authors in nearly 2000 surveys. The key part consists of approx. 130 association tables presenting plant sociological...
Epidemiology of Mycotoxin Producing Fungi
Under the aegis of COST Action 835 ‘Agriculturally Important Toxigenic Fungi 1998–2003’, EU project (QLK 1-CT-1998–01380)
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Under the aegis of COST Action 835 `Agriculturally Important Toxigenic Fungi 1998-2003', EU Project (QLK 1-CT-1998-01380)
by L.P. Wilding, N.E. Smeck, G.F. Hall
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1983
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1983
Pedogenesis and Soil Taxonomy: Concepts and Interactions
Resource Physiology of Conifers
Acquisition, Allocation, and Utilization
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Coniferous forests are among the most important of ecosystems. These forests are widespread and influence both the financial and biological health of our globe. This book focuses attention on conifers and how these trees acquire, allocate, and utilize the resources that sustain this crucial productivity....