Plants & society

by Levetin, Estelle

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Title Statements

Full title :Plants & society / Estelle Levetin, Karen McMahon.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2011.
Edition:6th ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):McGraw-Hill
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:xvii, 526 pages : : color illustrations, maps ; : 28 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780073524221, 0073524220, 9780071222006, 0071222006
oclc:ocn664323588
LC Classification:QK47
Dewey Decimal:580

Plants in our lives -- The plant cell -- The plant body -- Plant physiology -- Plant life cycle : flowers -- Plant life cycle : fruits and seeds -- Genetics -- Plant systematics and evolution -- Diversity of plant life -- Human nutrition -- Origins of agriculture -- The grasses -- Legumes -- Starchy staples -- Feeding a hungry world -- Stimulating beverages -- Herbs and spices -- Materials : cloth, wood, and paper -- Medicinal plants -- Psychoactive plants -- Poisonous and allergy plants -- The algae -- Fungi in the natural environment -- Beverages and foods from fungi -- Fungi that affect human health -- Plant ecology.