e-books in Botany category
Algaeby Yee Keung Wong (ed.) - InTech , 2019
This publication aims at providing a thorough overview of the latest research efforts by international authors on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and open new possible research paths for further novel developments ...
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Plant Life of Southwestern Australia: Adaptations for Survivalby Philip K. Groom, Byron B. Lamont - De Gruyter Open , 2015
This book focuses on the survival mechanisms, adaptations and ecology of the unique Southwest Australian flora. The book provides an ecological perspective on how the flora has evolved complex strategies to ensure species survival.
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Fungal Endophytes in Plantsby Gary A. Strobel (ed.) - MDPI AG , 2018
This volume is dedicated to fungi that are found as endophytes in the world's plants. It covers newly-discovered fungi that are endophytic. The role of the endophyte in the plant microbiome is of emerging interest, and aspects of are included.
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Flowers of the Southwest Desertsby Natt N. Dodge - Southwestern Monuments Association , 1954
The purpose of the booklet is to introduce the common desert flowers to newcomers to the Southwest and to give a little background of information about the plants' interesting habits and how they have been and are used by animals and by the peoples.
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Diseases of Forest and Shade Trees of the United Statesby George H. Hepting - U.S. Dept Agriculture , 1971
The purpose of this book is to bring together the information available on the pathology of the more important forest and shade trees of the United States. It also annotates the diseases of many introduced species grown widely for shade and ornament.
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Plant Proteomicsby Setsuko Komatsu, Zahed Hossain (eds) - MDPI AG , 2015
Proteomics has validated its role in precise identification and characterization of individual components of plant protein networks. An understanding of plant response mechanism is essential to elucidate the key factors affecting plant performance.
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Botanyby Norman Taylor - P. F. Collier & Son Company , 1922
Few of us realize that without plants all our modern civilization would be swept away. This book is for those who want some general knowledge of the plant world, without necessarily caring for the technical details upon which such knowledge is based.
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Grasses: a handbook for use in the field and laboratoryby H. Marshall Ward - Cambridge University Press , 1908
The book is an account of common native species, so arranged that the student may learn how to closely observe and deal with the distinctive characters of these remarkable plants when such problems as the botanical analysis of weeds are presented.
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Flowers of Mountain and Plainby Edith S. Clements - H.W. Wilson Co. , 1920
'Flowers of Mountain and Plain' is intended primarily for travelers and flower lovers who wish a short cut to recognizing flowers seen on excursions or from car windows. It may also serve as a souvenir of pleasant summer days or vacation trips.
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Water Wise: Native Plants for Intermountain Landscapesby Wendy Mee, et al. - Utah State University Press , 2003
The book provides specific information about shrubs, trees, grasses, forbs, and cacti that are native to most states in the Intermountain West, and that can be used in landscaping to conserve water, and preserve the region's landscape character.
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Flora of New York- Wikibooks , 2013
Flora of New York is a guide to the vascular plants found growing without cultivation in New York State, with an emphasis on showing which plants are native to the New York region and which plants have been introduced from elsewhere.
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Field and Woodland Plantsby William S. Furneaux - Longmans, Green , 1909
This volume is an attempt to provide a guide to the study of our wild plants, shrubs and trees -- a guide which, though comparatively free from technical terms and expressions, shall yet be strictly correct and scientific.
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American Forest Treesby Henry H. Gibson - Hardwood Record , 1913
The present volume includes more than one hundred leading species of the forest trees of this country. They constitute the principal sources of lumber for the United States. Every region of the country is represented, no valuable tree is omitted.
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One Thousand American Fungiby Charles McIlvaine - The Bobbs-Merrill Co. , 1912
My researches is confined to the species large enough to appease the appetite of a hungry naturalist if found in reasonable quantity; and my work is devoted to segregating the edible and innocuous from the tough, undesirable and poisonous kinds.
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Study Guide to the Science of Botanyby Eric Guinther - Wikibooks , 2011
This Study Guide to the Science of Botany is a textbook intended to establish a course of study in the subject of Botany, utilizing articles provided in Wikipedia, with links to other relevant web sites and other Wikibooks as appropriate.
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Harper's Guide to Wild Flowersby Caroline Alathea Stickney Creevey - Harper , 1912
This book explains the easiest way of telling flowers and plants. These ways are based upon the new classification. The first way of telling flowers is by color. It is the simplest means of identification, and to this the most space is given.
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The American Flower Gardenby Neltje Blanchan - Page and Company , 1909
This is a superb gardening book from the Arts and Crafts period with lists of plants that are able to be grown in the NY City growing zone. Chapters include: Vines, Roses, Annuals, Garden Furniture, etc. Excellent photo illustrations.
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Plants and Environmentby Hemanth KN. Vasanthaiah, Devaiah Kambiranda - InTech , 2011
The main intention of this publication is to provide a state-of-the-art and up-to-date knowledge of recent developments in understanding of plant responses to major abiotic stresses, limitations and the current status of crop improvement.
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The Chemistry of Plant Lifeby Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher - McGraw-Hill , 1921
This book may serve as a text or reference book for students of plant science who are seeking a proper foundation upon which to build a scientific knowledge of how plants grow. It shall serve also as a stimulus to further study in this field.
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Botany for Agricultural Studentsby John Nathan Martin - Wiley , 1919
This book is intended for elementary courses in Botany in colleges and universities. In its preparation the aim has been to present the fundamental principles of Botany with emphasis upon the practical application of these principles.
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Practical Botanyby F. Cavers - University Tutorial Press , 1911
An elementary handbook of Vegetable Histology and Physiology, containing in addition a short course of practical work on selected types of Cryptogams and Grymnosperms. It is divisible into three sections: Histology, Physiology, and Life Histories.
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Botany for Beginnersby Ernest Evans - Macmillan , 1899
This book has been prepared as a guide and companion to beginners in the practical study of plants. The method is to examine the plants from as many points of view as possible, and to draw conclusions from actual observations.
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Beginners Botanyby L. H. Bailey - Macmillan , 1921
Contents: No Two Plants or Parts are Alike; The Struggle to Live; Survival of the Fit; Plant Societies; The Plant Body; Seeds and Germination; The Root - The Forms of Roots; The Root - Function and Structure; The Stem - Kinds and Forms; etc.
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Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonousby Julius A. Palmer - L. Prang & Co , 1885
This book for popular use, rather than for students of botanical science; all technical terms are, therefore, as far as possible, avoided. The identification of species is a safe guide, and is the only means of knowing what mushrooms should be eaten.
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The Molecular Biology of Plant Cellsby H. Smith - University of California Press , 1978
The book is intended as a text-book for senior undergraduate and post-graduate students in biology, biochemistry, botany, molecular biology and agricultural science. It covers the basic cellular physiology, biochemistry and genetics of plant cells.
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Botany Onlineby Alice Bergfeld, Rolf Bergmann, Peter v. Sengbusch - University of Hamburg , 2003
This hypertextbook covers all plant anatomy, classic genetics, organic chemistry and plant biochemistry, intercellular communication, interactions between plants, fungi, bacteria, and viruses, evolution, and a part of ecology.
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Elements of Structural and Systematic Botanyby Douglas Houghton Campbell - Ginn , 1891
An introduction to the study of botany for use in high schools especially, but sufficiently comprehensive to serve also as a beginning book in most colleges. It does not pretend to be a complete treatise of the whole science.
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Botany: The Modern Study of Plantsby Marie Stopes - T.C. & E.C. Jack , 1912
This textbook is a short introduction to the fundamental principles of modern botany (1912 edition). From the contents: morphology, anatomy, cytology, physiology, ecology, palaeontology, plant breeding, pathology, and systematic botany.
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