Botany and plant sciences

Essential for all gardeners, horticulturists, teachers, students and naturalists, this is a practical guide to dealing with the pests, diseases and disorders that commonly affect fruit, vegetables, trees and ornamental garden plants.

Ancient trees, some over a thousand years old, are dotted around the British Isles, the last survivors of a lost world.

Passionate, forthright and enthusiastic, Carlos Magdalena is a world-renowned horticulturist - known both for his charisma and his conservation work.

Discover plants like you've never seen them before in this beautifully-designed introduction to the plant kingdom.

Bring trees to life like you've never seen before as The Tree Book invites you on an enchanting and illustrated journey into the astonishingly diverse growth of woodland wildlife in the world around us.

A monumental and beautiful guide to Earth's wildlife and natural history - its rocks, minerals, animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms - this landmark of reference publishing has been extended and updated.

From reproduction to respiration and from enzymes to ecosystems, this guide makes complex topics easy to grasp at a glance.

Get into gardening and choose the right plant for every site with this perfect planting guide by RHS experts.

Every human being is different and yet we are made from the same building blocks.

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'A scientific memoir as gripping as any HBO drama series' Kate Kellaway, ObserverA dazzling scientific detective story from the ecologist who first discovered the hidden language of trees No one has done more to transform our understanding of trees than the world-renowned scientist Suzanne Simard.

Explore the magical world of moss, with this fully-illustrated and comprehensive guide.

'The smaller we come to feel ourselves compared with the mountain, the nearer we come to participating in its greatness.

'Kimmerer blends, with deep attentiveness and musicality, science and personal insights to tell the overlooked story of the planet's oldest plants' Guardian'Bewitching .

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR NEW NETFLIX SERIES, HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND'It's a trip - engrossing, eye-opening, mind altering' New Statesman 'Fascinating.

'Everyone interested in the natural world will enjoy The Secret Life of Trees.

As the oldest and largest human intervention in nature, the science of agriculture is one of the most intensely studied practices.

A delightful illustrated treasury of botanical facts and fancyFlorapedia is an eclectic AZ compendium of botanical lore.

The fully revised and expanded fourth edition of Plant Biochemistry presents the latest science on the molecular mechanisms of plant life.

Plant Tissue Culture, Third Edition builds on the classroom tested, audience proven manual that has guided users through successful plant culturing A.

Turmeric has been used as a medicine, a condiment, and a dye since at least 600 B.

The second edition of Agriculture's Ethical Horizon is a carefully considered application of philosophical concepts, such as utilitarianism and positivism, to the practice of agricultural science.

Bioinformatics offers novel tools and resources to analyze plant genomes and genes.

Insect Pests of Potato: Biology and Management provides a comprehensive source of up-to-date scientific information on the biology and management of insects attacking potato crops, with an international and expert cast of contributors providing its contents.

The fully revised and expanded fourth edition of Plant Biochemistry presents the latest science on the molecular mechanisms of plant life.

An understanding of the mineral nutrition of plants is of fundamental importance in both basic and applied plant sciences.

As the oldest and largest human intervention in nature, the science of agriculture is one of the most intensely studied practices.

This volume consists of 85 chapters that highlight recent advances in our knowledge of the viruses that infect plants and fungi.

Physicochemical and Environmental Plant Physiology, Fourth Edition, is the updated version of an established and successful reference for plant scientists.

Genetic improvement has played a vital role in enhancing the yield potential of vegetable crops.

The series Methods in Plant Biochemistry provides an authoritative reference on current techniques in the various fields of plant biochemical research.

The series, Methods in Plant Biochemistry, provides an authoritative reference on current techniques in the various fields of plant biochemical research.

Methods in Plant Biochemistry, Volume 1: Plant Phenolics reviews current knowledge about techniques used in the analysis of the biochemistry of plant polyphenols and their importance in the agricultural and food industries.

This book includes the proceedings of the second symposium on one important role of botanic gardens in conserving world plant resources.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2024Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2023 for Nature Writing'Exquisite, luminous and quietly radical .

A thorough revision and update of the first edition, this Second Edition is designed to create an awareness of the rapidly developing field of allelopathy.

This book presents a whole-plant perspective on plant integrated responses to multiple stresses, including an analysis of how plants have evolved growth forms and phenological responses to cope with changing stress patterns in natural environments.

Exploding myths and offering research-backed advice, this book provides a shortcut to decades of gardening experience by explaining the science behind how a garden grows.

This book describes the genetics, biochemistry, and epidemiology of host-pathogen interactions in plant disease, especially as they concern the breeding of crops for disease resistance.

This volume covers the most significant advances of the last ten years in understanding intermediary nitrogen metabolism in plants.

Never before has a holistic approach to sustainable agriculture and plant physiology been presented in one source.

Plant Systematics, Second Edition, provides the basis for teaching an introduction to the morphology, evolution, and classification of land plants.

Edited by Jean-Claude Kader and Michel Delseny and supported by an international Editorial Board, Advances in Botanical Research publishes in-depth and up-to-date reviews on a wide range of topics in plant sciences.

Ethylene in Plant Biology, Second Edition provides a definitive survey of what is currently known about this structurally simplest of all plant growth regulators.

A transgenic organism is a plant, animal, bacterium, or other living organism that has had a foreign gene added to it by means of genetic engineering.

Following the worldwide success of Dr.

This second volume of The Chlamydomonas Sourcebook provides the background and techniques for using this important organism in plant research.

Aimed primarily at advanced graduate students and professional biologists, this book explores the degree to which animal*b1plant interactions are determined by plant and animal variability.

Principles of Plant Disease Management is intended to provide a substantive treatment of plant disease management for graduate and undergraduate students in which theoretical and practical elements are combined.

This 33-chapter volume presents a critical examination of the importance of stable isotopes in understanding key plant metabolic processes.

Physicochemical and Environmental Plant Physiology, Fourth Edition, is the updated version of an established and successful reference for plant scientists.