عنوان

Botany for dummies /

(Number (ISBN

1118006720

(Number (ISBN

9781118006726

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Title Proper

Botany for dummies /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

by René Fester Kratz.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xvi, 368 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm.

Series Title

--For dummies

Text of Note

Includes index.

Text of Note

Plant basics. Exploring botany -- Peering at plant cells -- Identifying plant tissues -- Vegetative structures: stems, roots, and leaves -- Reproductive structures: spores, seeds, cones, flowers, and fruits -- The living plant: plant physiology. Metabolism: how living things get energy and matter -- Photosynthesis: making sugar from scratch -- Cellular respiration: making your cake and eating it too -- Moving materials through plants -- Regulating plant growth and development -- Making more plants: plant reproduction and genetics. Greening the earth: plant reproduction -- Passing plant characteristics to the next generation -- The wide, wonderful world of plant biodiversity. Changing with the times: evolution and adaptation -- The tree of life: showing the relationships between living things -- Examining the forest floor: bryophytes and seedless vascular plants -- Their seeds are naked: gymnosperms -- Say it with flowers: angiosperms -- Plants and people. Making connections with plant ecology -- Altering plants by using biotechnology -- Thriving on plants in everyday life.

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Text of Note

Provides an easy-to-follow overview of the fundamentals of botany, helping you to improve your grades, supplement your learning, or review before a test.

Botany.

Kratz, René Fester.

Date of Transaction

20170104231457.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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