Fundamentals of Plant Science

Name: Fundamentals of Plant Science
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ISBN: 9781418000813

ISBN-10: 1418000817

ISBN-13: 9781418000813

Edition: 2009

Authors: Marihelen Glass, Rick Parker

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The organization of tropics, the depth and breadth of coverage and the incorporation of applied material throughout the book are all aimed at helping students learn. This approach for both majors and non-majors is more successful than a hierarchical organization: molecules, cells, tissues, organisms and ecology. The number and titles of the chapters in the book reflect its depth and breadth. Fundamentals of Plant Science contains 22 chapters ranging from the importance of plants to plants and ecology, to biomes, to reproduction, to energy conversions, to plant, soil and water, to genetics and biotechnology, to traditional crops, to ornamentals, to wood, to fruits and nuts, to pastures and…

Book details

List price: $199.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Publication date: 9/22/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 528
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.410
Language: English




Plants and Nature



Why Plant Science?



Plants and Ecology



Biomes



Form and Structure



The Basic Design I: Vegetative Morphology and Adaptations



The Basic Design II: Morphology and Adaptations of Reproductive Structures



The Inside Story: Molecules to Cells



Growth: Cells to Tissues



Wood



Function and Control



Plant-Soil-Water Relationships



Energy Conservation



The Control of Growth and Development



Evolution and Diversity



Sexual Reproduction and Inheritance



Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology



Diversity: Vascular Plants



Plants and Society



Putting Down our Roots



Vegetables



Small Fruits



Fruit and Nut Production



Flowers and Foliage



Forage Grasses and Sod



Plants of Medicine, Culture and Industry



Modern Agriculture and World Food: Why Plant Science?