Botany and plant sciences

A highly illustrated, playful field guide for budding natural scientists and curious observers of the world right under our noses.

How do you know when you're face to face with a fringe-leaf ruellia?

How do you know when you're face to face with a fringe-leaf ruellia?

Ganoderma holds significant traditional importance in various ethnic cultures around the world, particularly in China, Japan, and Korea.

Inspired by a personal obsession with this singular exotic fruit, Feijoa is a sweeping, global tale about the dance between people and plants - how we need each other, how we change each other, and the surprising ways certain species make their way into our imaginations, our stomachs, and our hearts.

This edited book is a compilation of information on existing frontier technologies in agriculture, such as driving modernized crop improvement programs via digitalization, mechanization and automation, artificial intelligence, speed breeding.

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 183, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field.

The Brassica genus contains diverse and economically important species and crops, for example, Brassica oleracea including cauliflower to kohlrabi, B.

Nanotechnology is an emerging, pivotal platform for enhancing plant health.

Most food and fiber crops are produced from seed.

This volume presents vital techniques for the commercial micropropagation of plants.

This volume presents vital techniques for the commercial micropropagation of plants.

Part of a series on the flora of tropical East Africa, this work considers Polypodiaceae.

The majority of modern drugs are based on phytochemicals produced from ethnomedicinal plants.

This book offers comprehensive coverage of all manifestations of resistance in combating infectious diseases and explores advances in antimicrobial resistance in agriculture and their applications in the fight against microbes.

Zu Besuch bei Bären und BaumgigantenIm ausgehenden Winter startet Förster Gerald Klamer seine Wanderung durch die letzten großen Buchenurwälder der Karpaten.

The world population is increasing while arable land is decreasing at an alarming rate.

The Brassica genus contains diverse and economically important species and crops, for example, Brassica oleracea including cauliflower to kohlrabi, B.

Part of a series on the flora of tropical East Africa, this work considers Polypodiaceae.

Kolumbien - DAS aufstrebende Reiseland, das mehr und mehr Touristen in seinen Bann zieht.

Este libro contiene un análisis antropológico sobre la cultura médica de los arhuacos, un «sistema de conocimientos ancestrales» que visibiliza la relación vital y simbólica entre el hombre y la naturaleza, relación que posibilitó la construcción de una «ciencia nativa», un corpus de conocimientos tradicionales que son considerados patrimonio biocultural de la humanidad.

"La mayoría de nosotros —afirma el autor— tomamos como un hecho natural el que las plantas vivan y crezcan a nuestro alrededor; consideramos su presencia como parte del paisaje y también, en ocasiones, como elemento indispensable de nuestra subsistencia; pero rara vez nos preguntamos si sabemos algo acerca de la manera en que se las arreglan para establecerse, crecer y reproducirse.

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 184, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field.

This edited book is a compilation of information on existing frontier technologies in agriculture, such as driving modernized crop improvement programs via digitalization, mechanization and automation, artificial intelligence, speed breeding.

With a focus on the unique cultural and ecological of aspects of Thailand, this latest title in the popular series, Natural Products Chemistry of Global Plants, offers invaluable insights for researchers and healthcare professionals interested in exploring the potential of Thai herbal medicines in the broader context of global health and wellness.

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 184, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field.

There is more folklore, mythology and magic associated with our trees and forests than with any other living things.

Biopolymers are polymers that are naturally sourced from renewable resources such as plants, animals, and microorganisms.

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 183, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field.

The coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.

Nanotechnology is an emerging, pivotal platform for enhancing plant health.

The present volume, Life Sciences Research to Product Development: Regulatory Requirement Transforming, Volume 1, discusses the procedures of drug approval and regulatory requirements that must be met according to the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA), the European Medical Agency (EMA), and the Central Drug Standard Control Organization (CDSCO).

In "Thesis Sprint: Die 4-Wochen-Strategie zur perfekten Bachelor- oder Masterarbeit" findest du eine funktionierende Methode, um deine Abschlussarbeit in nur 4 Wochen zu schreiben.

Viviendo en los límites de nuestra percepción ordinaria, los musgos son un elemento común, pero en gran medida desapercibido del mundo natural.

Spices are used in small quantities to add flavor, aroma, color, and texture in food preparation.

Most food and fiber crops are produced from seed.

Gardening and horticulture generally are essentially practical activities much enhanced by an understanding of how plants grow.

This book addresses complex problems associated with crop improvement programs, using a wide range of programming solutions, for genomics data handling and sustainable agriculture.

Research data sharing has traditionally been addressed to other peer researchers.

Theory and early empirical work posed that herbivore pressure should be lower on islands than on the mainland owing to lower herbivore abundance and diversity in insular systems.

›Lebensdoof‹ – dein Überlebenshandbuch für den Ernstfall: das echte Leben.

Research data sharing has traditionally been addressed to other peer researchers.

Theory and early empirical work posed that herbivore pressure should be lower on islands than on the mainland owing to lower herbivore abundance and diversity in insular systems.

The evolution of genome's modification by genetic engineering was characterized by a major technological breakthrough with the discovery of CRISPR in 2012.

The evolution of genome's modification by genetic engineering was characterized by a major technological breakthrough with the discovery of CRISPR in 2012.

This up-to-date, comprehensive toxicology handbook is devoted to the effects of environmental pollution on fish.

In its revised, improved and expanded 7th Edition, Westcott's Plant Disease Handbook presents newly discovered diseases and newly identified hosts in the classic format that has won favor with readers at every level of expertise and experience.

This book captures how industrial crops can be used in conventional agriculture and greener biopharming for pharmaceutical industries.

This book captures how industrial crops can be used in conventional agriculture and greener biopharming for pharmaceutical industries.

Have you ever wondered why the rose has thorns and other flowers don't; why the daffodil is the colour it is; or why some plants have shiny leaves and others matt?