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  • Understanding Flowers and Flowering Second Edition

    de Beverley Glover ...
    Flowers are the beautiful and complex reproductive structures of the angiosperms, one of the most diverse and successful groups of living organisms. The underlying thesis of this book is that to fully understand plant development (and why flowers differ in shape, structure and colour), it is necessary to understand why it is advantageous for them to look like they do. Conversely, in order to fully ... Leer más

    $79.99 USD

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  • Language of Flowers - Illustrated by Kate Greenaway

    This enchanting glossary of flowers, and their hidden meanings and symbols, is accompanied by Kate Greenaway’s wonderfully rich illustrations.This fascinating insight into a bygone era shares the traditional method of communication popularised in the Victorian age. Featuring 82 beautifully colour-illustrated pages, Language of Flowers reveals which plants are a declaration of war and which express ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Fruit Hunters

    A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession

    de Adam Leith Gollner ...
    This vivid and unforgettable expedition through the world of exotic fruit, from an author with “the talents of a food writer, investigative journalist, poet, travel writer, and humorist” (The New York Times Book Review), is being made into a documentary starring Bill Pullman.The Fruit Hunters is the engrossing story of some of Earth’s most desired foods told by an intrepid journalist and keen ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Bryophyte Ecology and Climate Change

    Edición de Zoltán Tuba, Nancy G. Slack, Lloyd R. Stark ...
    Bryophytes, especially mosses, represent a largely untapped resource for monitoring and indicating effects of climate change on the living environment. They are tied very closely to the external environment and have been likened to 'canaries in the coal mine'. Bryophyte Ecology and Climate Change is the first book to bring together a diverse array of research in bryophyte ecology, including ... Leer más

    $71.99 USD

  • The Subtropical Vegetation of Southwestern China

    Plant Distribution, Diversity and Ecology

    de Cindy Q. Tang ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book provides a wealth of high-quality scientific information on the patterns and processes of vegetation change across a broad range of spatial and temporal scales, concentrating on Southwestern China, mostly on the Yunnan region, and extending to the Yangtze River valley near the boundaries separating Chongqing, Sichuan and Guizhou. ... Leer más

    $143.99 USD

  • Phosphorus Management in Crop Production

    de Nand Kumar Fageria, Zhenli He, Virupax C. Baligar ...
    The world population is projected to reach nine billion by 2050, and in the coming years, global food demand is expected to increase by 50% or more. Higher crop productivity gains in the future will have to be achieved in developing countries through better natural resources management and crop improvement. After nitrogen, phosphorus (P) has more widespread influence on both natural and ... Leer más

    $70.99 USD

  • The Profit of the Earth

    The Global Seeds of American Agriculture

    de Courtney Fullilove ...
    While there is enormous public interest in biodiversity, food sourcing, and sustainable agriculture, romantic attachments to heirloom seeds and family farms have provoked misleading fantasies of an unrecoverable agrarian past. The reality, as Courtney Fullilove shows, is that seeds are inherently political objects transformed by the ways they are gathered, preserved, distributed, regenerated, and ... Leer más

    $30.99 USD

  • Advances in Plant Dormancy

    Edición de James V. Anderson ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Plant dormancy involves synchronization of environmental cues with developmental processes to ensure plant survival; however, negative impacts of plant dormancy include pre-harvest sprouting, non-uniform germination of crop and weed seeds, and fruit loss due to inappropriate bud break. Thus, our continued quest to disseminate information is important in moving our understanding of plant dormancy ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • Pollen Biotechnology

    Gene Expression and Allergen Characterization

    de R.B. Knox, Shyam S. Mohapatra ...
    The last decade has seen tremendous progress in our knowledge of the pollen development and gene expression on one hand and the characterization of pollen specific proteins on the other. In compiling the chapters for this volume, we have pragmatically categorized these basic developments in pollen molecular biology and biotechnology into two sections based on their applications in agricul ture and ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • Electroreceptors and Other Specialized Receptors in Lower Vertrebrates

    de T.H. Bullock, A. Fessard, R.H. Hartline, A.J. Kalmijn, P. Laurent, R.W. Murray, H. Scheich, E. Schwartz, T. Szabo ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The originality of this volume is to reveal to the reader the fascination of some unfamiliar sensory organs that are sometimes ignored and often misunderstood. These receptors have only recently been identified and their functional specificity is in some cases still a matter for discussion. The four classes of sensory organs considered here differ widely from one another in many respects. One ... Leer más

    $116.99 USD

  • Responses of Fruit Trees to Global Climate Change

    de Fernando Ramirez, Jose Kallarackal ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Global climate change is expected to produce increased carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, higher temperatures, aberrant precipitation patterns and a host of other climatic changes that would affect all life on this planet. This review article addresses the impact of climate change on fruit trees and the response of the trees to a changing environment. The response of fruit trees to ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

  • Sensitivity of Mangrove Ecosystem to Changing Climate

    de Abhijit Mitra ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Mangroves are basically salt tolerant forest ecosystems found mainly in tropical and sub-tropical inter-tidal regions. Till about 1960s, mangroves were largely viewed as “economically unproductive areas” and were therefore destroyed for reclaiming land for various economic and commercial activities. Gradually, with the passage of time, the economic and ecological benefits of mangroves have become ... Leer más

    $188.99 USD