Principles of botany

Summary: Explores the wide world of botany--the branch of biology that studies the plant kingdom, including physiology, structure, genetics, ecology, distribution, and classification of all plants, as well as how they interact with their environment.

Record details

ISBN: 9781642653915 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
xiv, 430 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; [2020]
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Adaptive Radiation -- African Flora -- Algae -- Allelopathy -- Anaerobic Photosynthesis -- Angiosperm Cells and Tissues -- Angiosperm Evolution -- Angiosperm Life Cycle -- Angiosperm Plant Formation -- Angiosperms -- Animal-Plant Interactions -- Antarctic Flora -- Aquatic Plants -- Ascomycetes -- Asian Flora -- Australian Flora -- Biochemical Coevolution in Angiosperms -- Biogeography -- Biological Invasions -- Botany -- Bromeliaceae -- Bryophytes -- Bulbs and Rhizomes -- C4 and CAM Photosynthesis -- Cacti and Succulents -- Caribbean Flora -- Carnivorous Plants -- Central American Flora -- Chloroplast DNA -- Chloroplasts and Other Plastids -- Cloning of Plants -- Coevolution in Plants -- Colonization of the Land -- Community Structure and Stability -- Community-Ecosystem Interactions -- Competition -- Complementation and Allelism: The Cis-Trans Test -- Compositae -- Cycads and Palms -- Deforestation -- Dendrochronology -- Desertification -- DNA in Plants -- DNA: Recombinant Technology -- Dormancy in Plants -- Ecosystems -- Endangered Species -- Endophytes -- Energy Flow in Plant Cells -- Estrogens From Plants -- Eudicots -- European Flora -- Eutrophication -- Evolution: Convergent and Divergent -- Evolution of Plants -- Ferns -- Flower Structure -- Flower Types -- Flowering Regulation -- Forests -- Fossil Plants -- Fruit: Structure and Types -- Gas Exchange in Plants -- Germination and Seedling Development -- Ginkgos -- Grain Crops -- Grasses and Bamboos -- Green Algae -- Growth Habits in Plants -- Gymnosperms -- Halophytes -- Hardy-Weinberg Theorem -- Heliotropism -- Herbicides -- Herbs (Botany) -- History of Plant Science -- Hybridization (Botany) -- Hydrologic Cycle -- Invasive Plants -- Leaf Abscission -- Leaf Anatomy -- Leaf Arrangements -- Leaf Lobing and Division -- Leaf Margins, Tips, and Bases -- Leaf Shapes -- Legumes -- Liquid Transport Systems -- Logging and Clear-Cutting -- Marine Plants -- Medicinal Plants -- Monocots vs. Dicots -- Monoculture -- Mosses -- Mushrooms -- Mycorrhizae -- Nastic Movements -- Nitrogen Cycle -- Nitrogen Fixation -- North American Flora -- Nutrient Cycling -- Nutrient Requirements in Plants -- Oil Bodies in Plants -- Old-Growth Forests -- Oomycetes -- Orchids -- Pacific Island Flora -- Paleobotany -- Parasitic Plants -- Petrified Wood -- Phosphorus Cycle -- Photoperiodism in Plants -- Photorespiration -- Photosynthesis -- Pigments in Plants -- Plant Adaptations -- Plant Cells at the Molecular Level -- Plant Genetics: Mendelian -- Plant Genetics: Mutations -- Plant Genetics: Post-Mendelian -- Plant Growth -- Plant Science -- Plant Tissues -- Plantae -- Plants with Economic Potential -- Poisonous and Noxious Plants -- Pollination -- Rain Forests and the Atmosphere -- Reforestation -- Reproduction in Plants -- Reproductive Isolating Mechanisms -- Resistance to Plant Diseases -- Respiration -- Root Uptake Systems -- Roots -- Seeds -- Shoots -- Soil -- South American Flora -- Species and Speciation -- Stems -- Succession -- Systematics and Taxonomy -- Thigmomorphogenesis -- Water and Solute Movement in Plants -- Wood