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Plants and Society ISE

8th Edition
1260569764 · 9781260569766
This introductory, one quarter/one-semester text takes a multidisciplinary approach to studying the relationship between plants and people. The authors strive to stimulate interest in plant science and encourage students to further their studies in b… Read More
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  • I Plants and Society: The Botanical Connections to Our Lives

    1 Plants in Our Lives

    II Introduction to Plant Life: Botanical Principles

    2 The Plant Cell

    3 The Plant Body

    4 Plant Physiology

    5 Plant Life Cycle: Flowers

    6 Plant Life Cycle: Fruits and Seeds

    7 Genetics

    8 Plant Systematics and Evolution

    9 Diversity of Plant Life

    III Plants as a Source of Food

    10 Human Nutrition

    11 Origins of Agriculture

    12 The Grasses

    13 Legumes

    14 Starchy Staples

    15 Feeding a Hungry World

    IV Commercial Products Derived from Plants

    16 Stimulating Beverages

    17 Herbs and Spices

    18 Materials: Cloth, Wood, and Paper

    V Plants and Human Health

    19 Medicinal Plants

    20 Psychoactive Plants

    21 Poisonous and Allergy Plants

    VI Algae and Fungi: The Impact of Algae and Fungi on Human Affairs

    22 The Algae

    23 Fungi in the Natural Environment

    24 Beverages and Foods from Fungi

    25 Fungi that Affect Human Health

    VII Plants and the Environment

    26 Plant Ecology

    Appendix A Metric System

    Appendix B Classification of Plants