Introduction to plant science
By: Rick Parker.
Publisher: Delmar Publishers; Thomson Delmar Learning
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Albany, N.Y
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 704
ISBN-13: 9780827373075
Subjects: Plants, Cultivated.; Agriculture.; Botany.
Other titles: Plant science
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: About the author; title: The plant kingdom; title: Origins of cultivated plants; title: Structure of cultivated plants; title: Anatomy of plants; title: Soils; title: Water; title: Nutrients; title: Temperature; title: Light; title: Biological interactions; title: Photosynthesis; title: Respiration; title: Basics of plant growth; title: Vegetative growth; title: Plant propagation; title: Genetic engineering and biotechnology; title: Major agronomic crops; title: Cereal grains, forage grasses, and oilseeds; title: Food legumes and forage legumes; title: Vegetables; title: Small fruits; title: Fruit and nut production; title: Flowers and foilage; title: Sod production; title: Careers in plant sciences and horticulture; title: Appendix : Conversions; conversion factors; measurement standards; common measures; seeding guides; row spacings; guide to collecting, pressing, and mounting plant specimens; useful Internet sites; title: Glossary