Botany

A compilation of every known plant in Illinois.This latest edition of Vascular Flora of Illinoisincludes over thirty-four hundred species of flora from Illinois, adding more than 250 newly-recognised plants to this definitive collection. Because...

A handy guide, with more than 200 colour illustrations, to the plants, shrubs, and trees of Quetico Provincial Park which will be of use far beyond its borders. It includes notes on the abundance, habitat, and distribution of species. The author also...

In the spirit of the avid desert botanist Willis Linn Jepson, The Jepson Desert Manual provides botanical enthusiasts of all backgrounds with the first comprehensive field guide focused exclusively on native and naturalized vascular plants of...

Fundamentals of Weed Science, Sixth Edition, places weed management in the context of weed research and science, presenting the latest advances in the role, control, and potential uses of weed plants. This book uses an ecological framework to explore the...

Legumes have taken an important place as a commercial crop in Texas. Their soil-building qualities have long been recognized, and the production of legume seed became a growing business. In addition, considerable interest arose as to the possibility of...

The field of plant taxonomy has transformed rapidly over the past fifteen years, especially with regard to improvements in cladistic analysis and the use of new molecular data. The second edition of this popular resource reflects these far-reaching and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226369341Author Christopher MillsFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226366913Author Heather AngelFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago PressWeight(grams)...

The world's mediterranean-type climate regions (including areas within the Mediterranean, South Africa, Australia, California, and Chile) have long been of interest to biologists by virtue of their extraordinary biodiversity and the appearance of...

Flora of North America brings together for the first time ever in a concise and easy to understand format information on all of the plants growing spontaneously in North America north of Mexico. Volume 24 of Flora North America is one of two volumes on...

Flora of North America^ brings together for the first time ever in a concise and easy to understand format information on all the plants growing spontaneously in North America north of Mexico. Volume 22 is the first of five volumes covering monocots in...

This book represents a beginning toward a concensus on units, symbols, and terminology in the plant sciences. Written by 27 specialists and reviewed by several others, each discussion is condensed for easy reference, but still thorough enough to answer...

The Flora of North America will be a unique compendium of taxonomic information about the more than 17,000 species of plants that grow in the United States and Canada. This introductory volume presents information on the physical and biological factors...

Flora of North America North of Mexico Volume 12 - Magnoliophyta: Vitaceae to Garryaceae - includes treatments prepared by 53 authors covering 765 species in 122 genera classified in 29 families. Among the families treated in this volume, the largest are...

Agriculture's Ethical Horizon: Third Edition covers the changing environment in which practitioners of agriculture are challenged to produce food for the world. Fully revised and updated, the book encourages discussions on the moral questions that...

Medicinal Spices and Vegetables from Africa: Therapeutic Potential against Metabolic, Inflammatory, Infectious and Systemic Diseases provides a detailed look at medicinal spices and vegetables that have proven safe-and-effective for consumption and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781432978877Author Rebecca RissmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Heinemann Library, Div of Reed ElsevierPublisher Heinemann Library, Div of Reed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634844048Author Melinda QuinnFormat HardbackPage Count 110Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 332g

This is by far the best and most comprehensive manual and illustrated guide to native and naturalized vascular plants-ferns, conifers, and flowering plants-growing in aquatic and wetland habitats in northeastern North America, from Newfoundland west to...

This book is a comprehensive text on plant tissue culture, with its past, present, and future prospects and techniques discussed in detail.In the first three chapters, the history, terminologies, and applications are given in detail. The fourth chapter...

Flora of North America North of Mexico Volume 11: Magnoliophyta: Fabaceae, Parts 1 and 2 includes treatments prepared by 70 authors covering 1,345 species in 153 genera. The Fabaceae, or bean family, is the third largest plant family in the world. Its...

The processes and mechanisms that control the growth of woody plants are of crucial importance for both economic and biological reasons. The comprehensive coverage of Growth Control in Woody Plants includes discussion of the growth controlling factors in...

This essential handbook for advanced student and practising plant pathologists has been thoroughly reorganised and updated since publication of the second edition in 1983. New features include the rearrangement of topics to facilitate use, and 44 short...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809304080Author Robert H. MohlenbrockFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Southern Illinois University PressPublisher Southern Illinois University...

This is the last in a series of four full-colour information books on the theme of Plants. The books have been carefully created to make information accessible to young readers. Large, exciting photographs draw readers into the text and get them thinking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780190868512Author Fna Ed CommitteeFormat HardbackPage Count 768Imprint OUP IndiaPublisher OUP IndiaWeight(grams) 2449gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 226mm * 51mm

Planning and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects: Methods and Implementation presents the considerations, options and factors necessary for effective implementation of irrigation strategies, going further to provide methods for evaluating the efficiency of...

Priming-Mediated Stress and Cross-Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants provides the latest, in-depth understanding of the molecular mechanisms associated with the development of stress and cross-stress tolerance in plants. Plants growing under field...

Light and Video Microscopy, Third Edition provides a step-by-step journey through philosophy, psychology and the geometrical and physical optics involved in interpreting images formed by light microscopes. The book addresses the intricacies necessary to...

Methods for Analysis of Carbohydrate Metabolism in Photosynthetic Organisms: Plants, Green Algae and Cyanobacteria examines both general and detailed aspects of carbohydrate metabolism in photosynthetic organisms, along with the four main...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977131447Author Emily RaijFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Pebble BooksPublisher Pebble BooksWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 230mm * 182mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604271232Author Nigel SwartsFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint J Ross PublishingPublisher J Ross Publishing

A beautifully illustrated, family-friendly guide to Minnesota's native wildflowers and how to find them Once prairie grasses and flowers bloomed for hundreds of miles in the western part of what we now call Minnesota. Once tiny orchids grew among the...

This book reports the potential plants for human survival, explored medicinal aspects of the ongoing research and development for discovering new molecules, new drugs, new leads, ethnic-traditional applications and nutraceutical values of plants. It...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781631173707Author Cecilia KimbleFormat HardbackPage Count 107Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 378g

Plants produce a considerable number of structures of one kind, like leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds, and this reiteration is a quintessential feature of the body plan of higher plants. But since not all structures of the same kind produced by a plant...

This book is for people who are working on, or are interested in, the subject of 'Greenhouse Technology', or in dealing with subjects related to crop science. The book explains the reason to go for greenhouse technology, its history and present scenario...

This book reports the present scenario and importance of commercial valuable plant species builds upon the excellent twenty one research articles. Highly prized plants mentioned as domestic and industrial value are Bunium persicum, Dysoxylum...

Health Effects of Pesticides covers various aspects of the use of pesticides, their behaviour, degradation, and impacts on the agrarian environment. It focuses on pesticide poisoning incidents and farm practices in developing countries. The health...

Plant Biotechnology comprehensively covers different aspects of the subject based on the latest outcomes of this field. Topics such as tissue culture, nutrient medium, micronutrients, macronutrients, solidifying agents/supporting systems, and growth...