Title: Botany in China : report of the Botanical Society of America delegation to the People's Republic, May 20-June 18, 1978 /
Authors: Thorhaug, Anitra.; Botanical Society of America.
Publisher: U.S.-China Relations Program, Center for Research in International Studies,
Year: 1978
Subjects: Botany Research China.; Botany Study and teaching China.
Contents: Organizational aspects of Chinese botany -- Introduction to university education in China -- Departments of botany -- Introduction to botanical research institutes and the academies -- Libraries -- Botanical literature -- Role of women and minorities in botany -- Major research foci -- Botanical gardens -- Phytotaxonomy -- Forestry -- Unconventional crop breeding methods -- Aspects of physiology: nitrogen metabolism -- Aspects of physiology: botanical aspects of pollution -- Phycology and marine botany -- Agriculture research -- Paleobotany and palynology -- Energy-related research: biogas production -- Medicinal herbs -- Botanical Institutions Visited: -- Canton (Kwangchow) -- Kunming -- Shanghai -- Hangchow -- Nanking -- Wuhan -- Tsingtao -- Peking -- Appendices.