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Plant Structure

Author: James D. Mauseth and Bryan G. Bowes   Series: Colour Guide

This book is a fundamental guide to understanding plant structure offering plant scientists, plant biologists and horticulturalists in practice, academic life and in training. It includes a combination of concise scientific text and superb color photographs and drawings, focusing on structure at anatomical, histological and fine structure levels.

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This book is a fundamental guide to understanding plant structure offering plant scientists, plant biologists and horticulturalists in practice, academic life and in training. It includes a combination of concise scientific text and superb color photographs and drawings, focusing on structure at anatomical, histological and fine structure levels.

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This book is a fundamental guide to understanding plant structure offering plant scientists, plant biologists and horticulturalists in practice, academic life and in training. It includes a combination of concise scientific text and superb color photographs and drawings, focusing on structure at anatomical, histological and fine structure levels.

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“Plant Structure is a stunning collection of anatomical images at the light-microscope level with informative accompanying text... It represents excellent value --Annals of Biology, March 2010 Praise for the Previous Edition: The concept is remarkable...written to inform with maximum clarity and brevity. -- The Horticulturist From the Previous Edition: The author has succeeded in preparing material not only for students and professional biologists, but also for artists and interested lay people...Students will find the hundreds of full colour illustrations a welcome study resource...visually delightful. -- Trends in Plant Science”

Plant Structure is a stunning collection of anatomical images at the light-microscope level with informative accompanying text... It represents excellent value Annals of Biology 20100317

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Bryan G. Bowes, James D. Mauseth

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This fundamental guide to understanding plant structure offers plant scientists, plant biologists and horticulturalists in practice, academic life and in training a combination of concise scientific text and superb colour photographs and drawings.The book deals with the development and mature form of plants, focusing on structure at anatomical, histological and fine structure levels. Appropriate emphasis is given to plants of economic importance.The new and totally revised edition has been expanded by 30% with 194 new photos and diagrams. The original author has been joined by Dr James Mauseth to create a formidable partnership of teaching and research experience from Europe and North America.Key elements of the revised book include: recent findings (supplemented by DNA analysis) on the classification of flowering plants; current concepts of plant wall structure; detailed description of eg. leaves as insectivorous traps; spines in cacti, desert plants adapted for water storage, saltmarsh and aquatic plants; a new section on asexual plant multiplication; additional bibliography and website resources.Plant Structure - A Colour Guide is designed as a tool for teaching and revision at undergraduate and graduate levels, as a complement to traditional textbooks for professionals and researchers, and as a general reference for non-specialists.

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Product Details

Publisher
Manson Publishing Ltd
Published
11th April 2008
Edition
2nd
Pages
288
ISBN
9781840760927

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