Botany and plant sciences

'Roger Phillips has written the best mushroom book I know.

Henry Hobhouse was the first to recognise plants as a causal factor in history in his Seeds of Wealth.

Oliver Sacks, the bestselling author of Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, is most famous for his studies of the human mind: insightful and beautifully characterized portraits of those experiencing complex neurological conditions.

David Bellamy is a natural story teller whose memoir is packed full of funny anecdotes and observations.

One January morning in 1734, cloth merchant Peter Collinson hurried down to the docks at London's Custom House to collect cargo just arrived from John Bartram in the American colonies.

How did plants get to be the way they are?

The field of plant nitrogen metabolism continues to be a compelling focus for basic research activities because there is a strong demand for immediate solutions, particularly in key areas, such as improving plant nitrogen use efficiency, which are crucial to future agricultural sustainability and the future economic success of agriculture.

Biology of Plant Metabolomics is an exciting new volume in Wiley-Blackwell's highly successful Annual Plant Reviews series.

Biology of Plant Metabolomics is an exciting new volume in Wiley-Blackwell's highly successful Annual Plant Reviews series.

The field of plant nitrogen metabolism continues to be a compelling focus for basic research activities because there is a strong demand for immediate solutions, particularly in key areas, such as improving plant nitrogen use efficiency, which are crucial to future agricultural sustainability and the future economic success of agriculture.

This brand new Annual Plant Reviews volume is the second edition of the highly successful and well-received Functions of Plant Secondary Metabolites and their Exploitation in Biotechnology (Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 3).

Fruit development and seed dispersal are major topics within plant and crop sciences research with important developments in research being reported regularly.

This new series of readings from Conservation Biology gives easy access to some of the finest papers ever published in a range of important fields.

Plant ecology is the scientific study of the factors influencing the distribution and abundance of plants.

Such is the pressure on teaching time in schools and universities that students are taught less and less of the diversity that is life on this planet.

As a novel endeavour in ecological science, this book focuses on a major issue in organismal life on Earth:species coexistence.

This established textbook continues to provide a comprehensive and stimulating introduction to marine ecological concepts and processes.

Interactions between plants and animals are incredibly diverse and complex and span terrestrial, atmospheric and aquatic environments.

Advanced Ecological Theory is intended for both postgraduate students and professional researchers in ecology.

There are almost one third of a million species of plants which range in form from unicellular algae a few microns in diameter to gigantic trees that can grow to a height of 100 meters.

Root Development is an extremely exciting new title in Blackwell Publishing's Annual Plant Reviews Series (Series Editor Profesor Jeremy Roberts).

This completely revised, fourth edition of Introduction to Plant Population Biology continues the approach taken by its highly successful predecessors.

Intended for undergraduate and graduate courses in plant development, this book explains how the cells of a plant acquire and maintain their specific fates.

Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 34 Molecular Aspects of Plant Disease Resistance Edited by Jane Parker In recent years, our understanding of the mechanisms involved in plant resistance to disease has seen major advances.

Did you know that poor dental hygiene can increase your risk of heart attack and stroke?

Most people cringe when they hear the word physics.

"e;Real-life"e; crime dramas on television intrigue us with the details of postmortem examinations leading to the arrest of murder suspectsbut how do forensic pathologists, the doctors who investigate unnatural deaths and chilling crime scenes, actually bring criminals to justice?

Women have made major contributions to science throughout history, including in the field of physics.

Women have made major contributions to science throughout history, including in the field of medicine.

Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Evolution is a clear, simple and entertaining introduction to Charles Darwin's pioneering and revolutionary theory of how all life changes through natural selection.

Wood is the most versatile raw material available to man.

Britain is home to fifteen species of breeding birds of prey, from the hedgerow-hopping Sparrowhawk to the breathtaking White-tailed Eagle.

Harnessing evolution for more sustainable agricultureAs human populations grow and resources are depleted, agriculture will need to use land, water, and other resources more efficiently and without sacrificing long-term sustainability.

Seeds of Amazonian Plants is the first field guide to treat the extraordinary diversity of seeds and diaspores of plants commonly encountered in the Amazon and other lowland moist forests of the American tropics.

From the author of The History of the World in 100 Animals, a BBC Radio Four Book of the Week, comes an inspirational new book that looks at the 100 plants that have had the greatest impact on humanity, stunningly illustrated throughout.

Master the basics of constructing floral arrangements and explore your creativity with this engaging, reader-friendly text.

First published in 2005.

First published in 2005.

Taxol, originally derived from the North American Yew tree in 1971, is well-known worldwide as a powerful anticancer agent.

Cinnamon and Cassia, the "e;Spices of Life"e;, together constitute one of the most widely used group of spices.

Cinnamon and Cassia, the "e;Spices of Life"e;, together constitute one of the most widely used group of spices.

For over 2000 years, preparations of chamomile flowers have counted among the medicinal treasures of many cultural groups.

Various plant metabolites are useful for human life, and the induction and reduction of these metabolites using modern biotechnical technique is of enormous potential important especially in the fields of agriculture and health.

Various plant metabolites are useful for human life, and the induction and reduction of these metabolites using modern biotechnical technique is of enormous potential important especially in the fields of agriculture and health.

This book describes the mechanisms that allow aquatic photosynthetic organisms to contribute about half of the global primary productivity; in order to mitigate climate change by sequestering carbon dioxide and producing oxygen, they transform the original anoxic atmosphere of the Earth over geological time.

This book describes the mechanisms that allow aquatic photosynthetic organisms to contribute about half of the global primary productivity; in order to mitigate climate change by sequestering carbon dioxide and producing oxygen, they transform the original anoxic atmosphere of the Earth over geological time.

Functional Biology of Plants provides students and researchers with a clearly written, well structured whole plant physiology text.

Evolving from years of teaching experience by one of the top experts in vegetation ecology, Data Analysis in Vegetation Ecology aims to explain the background and basics of mathematical (mainly multivariate) analysis of vegetation data.

Plant anatomy and physiology and a broad understanding of basic plant processes are of primary importance to a basic understanding of plant science.

Plants and microbes interact in a complex relationship that can have both harmful and beneficial impacts on both plant and microbial communities.