Encyclopedia of applied plant sciences /

• Other Authors: Thomas, Brian, 1949-, Murphy, Denis J., Murray, Brian G.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic, 2003.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Subjects: Botany > Encyclopedias.; Biotechnology > Encyclopedias.; Biotechnology.; Botany.; Pflanzenbau; Electronic books.; Encyclopedias.

A multi-faceted reference work, the Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences addresses the core knowledge, theories, and techniques employed by plant scientists, while also concentrating on applications of these in research and in industry. Plants influence all our lives as sources of sustenance, fuel...

Table of Contents:

• Includes:
• Abiotic Stresses
• Biology of Recalcitrant Seeds
• Crop Improvement and Biotechnology
• Environmental Regulation of Growth and Development
• Ethics
• Genetics of Crop Improvement
• Methods in Plant Breeding
• Organic Farming
• Photosynthesis
• Phytoremediation
• Plant Diversity and Usage
• Plant Growth and Development
• Plant Nutrition
• Plant Pests and Diseases
• Plant Tissue Culture
• Plants and the Environment
• Pollination (including Insect and Wind Pollination
• Postharvest Physiology
• Primary Products
• Primary Products of Photosynthesis
• Production Systems/Agronomy
• Regulators of Growth
• Secondary Products
• Seed Development
• Water Relations of Plants
• Weeds.
• V. 1. A-Gro
• v. 2. Gro-Reg
• v. 3. Reg-Z.