Botany & Plant Sciences

Pennsylvania, a state of diverse geography and geology, is rich in flora. The second edition of The Plants of Pennsylvania identifies the nearly 3,...

Halophytes, salt-tolerant plants that grow in soils and waters with high salinity , are spectacular plants that can prove tremendously valuable to ...

The flora is prepared at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in close collaboration with East African Herbarium and in liaison with the University of Dar e...

Michigan’s ferns and lycophytes are among the state’s most fascinating plants. The species in these groups exhibit incredibly diverse life cycles a...

This publication is a multi-authored attempt to present the scientific fraternity high quality resource material in the field of climate change and...

Stresses molecular and biochemical studies of opportunistic and frank fungal pathogens!This book gives a comprehensive overview of human pathogenic...

In this translation of the French edition (L'U. de Saint-'etienne, 1999), the author treats the interrelated factors that inform plants' adaptation...

The book reviews recent advances in tropical plant breeding. Each of the twenty-four chapters describes a specific crop, which has been written by ...

Given the explosive development of new molecular marker techniques over the last decade, newcomers and experts alike in the field of DNA fingerprin...

The Darwin family was instrumental in the history of botany. Their experiences illustrate the growing specialization and professionalization of sci...

First published in 1990. A practical manual for identifying the plants of Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. This guide is useful for development and...

Woody plants and cacti are vital staple foods for cattle, deer, and other wildlife in drought-prone South Texas. Ranchers, hunters, and land manage...

Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Washington offers a window into the beauty and diversity of the rarest plants in the state.The field guide includ...

Prevent agricultural loss with natural disease controls that don’t harm the environmentor the people who live in it Despite the worldwide use of ch...

"Presenting a historical analysis of the evolution of systematics during the last one hundred years, Milestones in Systematics reviews many of the ...

Pollination and Floral Ecology is the most comprehensive single-volume reference to all aspects of pollination biology--and the first fully up-to-d...

Seagrasses are becoming widely used as in situ indicators of the relative health and condition of subtropical and tropical estuarine ecosystems. To...

This reference work on the flora of Ceylon describes every plant family, including: araliaceae; caricacae; dilleniaceae; fabaceae; loganiaceae; ole...

The sixteenth volume in a 29-volume set which contain all Charles Darwin's published works. Darwin was one of the most influential figures of the 1...

Techniques for Pollination Biologists is the first book to incorporate all techniques published in the pollination literature as well as unpublishe...

St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) is one of the best-selling herbal medicines in the world. For that reason, research into all aspects of St. ...