The Biology of Seeds
Subtitle: Recent Research Advances (Cabi Publishing)
Contributors: G. Nicolas (Editor); K. J. Bradford (Editor); D. Come (Editor)
Publisher: CABI
Published: December 17, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780851996530
Subjects: Plant physiology; Plant reproduction & propagation; Seeds; Naked-Seed Plants (Gymnospermae); Nature; Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Botany; Life Sciences - Evolution; Science / Botany; Plants - General; Congresses
First sentence: Seeds play a dominant role in agriculture, serving as the means to propagate plants from one generation to the next, as food for humans and our domesticated animals, and as an important commodity in the global economy.