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: :Plant Physiology, Fourth Edition continues to set the standard for textbooks in the field, making plant physiology accessible to virtually every student. Authors Lincoln Taiz and Eduardo Zeiger have again collaborated with a stellar group of contributing plant biologists to produce a current and authoritative volume that incorporates all the latest findings. Changes for the new edition include: * A new chapter (Chapter 24) on Brassinosteroids * A completely rewritten Chapter 16 (Growth and Development) * Updates on recent developments in the light reactions and the biochemistry of photosynthesis, respiration, ion transport, and water relations * In the hormone chapters, new information ...
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Plants from Test Tubes: An Introduction to Micropropagation
(more) »rank: 855473by: Lydiane Kyte
: :Acclaimed since its first appearance as the most practical guide to plant tissue culture and widely adopted as a textbook, this standard work is now even better. This expanded edition introduces new developments in biotechnology, such as genetic engineering and cell culture. It provides detailed recipes for propagating plants from more than 30 families. It explains clearly how to set up a propagating laboratory, from a hobbyist's kitchen to an elaborate commercial enterprise.
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(more) »rank: 373749by: Hans Lambers, F. Stuart, III Chapin, Thijs Leendert Pons
: :The growth, reproduction and geographical distribution of plants are profoundly influenced by their physiological ecology: the interaction with the surrounding physical, chemical and biological environments. This textbook is notable in emphasizing that the mechanisms underlying plant physiological ecology can be found at the levels of biochemistry, biophysics, molecular biology and whole-plant physiology. At the same time, the integrative power of physiological ecology is well-suited to assess the costs, benefits and consequences of modifying plants for human needs, and to evaluate the role of plants in ecosystems. Plant Physiological Ecology begins with the primary processes of carbon metabolism and transport, plant-water relations, and ...
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(more) »rank: 1172089by: James D. Mauseth
: :Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology provides a thorough overview of the fundamentals of botany. Throughout the text, three key principles are stressed; evolution by natural selection, examination of botanical phenomenon, and the diversity of organisms and their matter. In addition, this text contains spectacular color photographs to illuminate key organisms and points mentioned in the text. Boxes, like Plants and People, offer the student additional information on subjects as well as the opportunity to think independently on how plants and human beings interrelate. The new Multimedia Enhanced Second Edition links Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology to a variety of Internet ...
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A Field Guide to Plants of Costa Rica
(more) »rank: 473306by: Margaret Gargiullo, Barbara Magnuson, Larry Kimball
: :At the biological crossroads of the Americas, Costa Rica hosts one of the widest varieties of plants in the wold, with habitats ranging from tidal mangrove swamps, and lowland rainforests, to dry tropical evergreen and deciduous forests. Field Guide to Plants of Costa Rica is a must-have reference guide for beginner and expert naturalists alike. It provides a thorough survey of more than 850 plant species, each entry accompanied by color photos and a concise yet detailed narrative description. Plants are conveniently grouped by the different types of vegetation: palms, tall trees, shrubs, woody vines, herbaceous vines, herbs, grasses and ferns. Along ...
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(more) »rank: 893701by: Dirk R. Walters, David J. Keil
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An Enthusiasm for Orchids: Sex and Deception in Plant Evolution
(more) »rank: 659516by: John Alcock
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Plant Physiology
(more) »rank: 285089by: Frank Salisbury, Cleon Ross
: :The text provides a broad explanation of the physiology for plants (their functions) from seed germination to vegetative growth, maturation, and flowering. It presents principles and results of previous and ongoing research throughout the world.
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The Works of Charles Darwin, Volume 27: The Power of Movement in Plants (Darwin, Charles//Works of Charles Darwin)
(more) »rank: 6319450by: Charles Darwin, Paul Barrett, R. B. Freeman
: :Are they needed? To be sure. The Darwinian industry, industrious though it is, has failed to provide texts of more than a handful of Darwin's books. If you want to know what Darwin said about barnacles (still an essential reference to cirripedists, apart from any historical importance) you are forced to search shelves, or wait while someone does it for you; some have been in print for a century; various reprints have appeared and since vanished.'—Eric Korn,Times Literary Supplement Charles Robert Darwin (1880-1882) has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of ...
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Forest Stand Dynamics
(more) »rank: 404105by: Chadwick D. Oliver, Bruce C. Larson
: :Uses a mechanistic perspective to describe how forests grow and respond to intentional manipulations and natural disturbances. Synthesizes the latest information from physiology, ecology and silviculture and compares patterns in different regions. Emphasizes the constant change of all forests and shows that similar development patterns are occurring in forests in North American and beyond.
