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Pittsburgh, PA.: Hunt Botanical Library, 1968. Scholarly text presents a detailed bibliography of selected bryological publications of the early nineteenth century, predominantly 1822-1825. Includes a brief history of bryology prior to 1800 and between 1800-1830; a descriptive bibliography applied to botany; special bibliography; chronology; indexes of plant names, artists, engravers, botanists, printers, publishers, subjects, and exsiccata. Text in English and… Read more about this item

Minneapolis, MN.: Burgess Publishing Co., 1954. Classic text presents a detailed selection of 156 of the most representative mosses of all sections of the United States, including their habitats, water requirements, subsrata, geographic range, time of fruiting, identification field keys, moss morphology, classification of mosses, etc. Illustrated with photographs taken by the author,and line drawings. Includes keys to the 49… Read more about this item

Pittsburgh, PA.: Hunt Botanical Library, 1968. Classic comprehensive reference text presents a compendium of information on all periodical publications that regularly contain articles dealing with the plant sciences and botanical literature, and with persons who have contributed to botany and its literature. Includes periodicals that are partly botanical in scope, dealing with agriculture, agronomy, bacteriology, biology, ecology, floriculture, forestry, fruit… Read more about this item

Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press, 1978. Comprehensive reference text presents a detailed descriptive manual containing 22 genera and 355 species of Uredinales; keys to identify genera and species; indexes to names of fungi and their host plants; geographic range of species; type collections listed together with the institutions where deposited; designations in accordance with the International Code of Botanical… Read more about this item

New York: Routledge, Chapman & Hall, 1992. Scholarly text presents a detailed study of a broad-range of algal cell motility systems, including coverage of gliding motility; algal chloroplast movements; cytoplasmic streaming in Characean algae; flagellar beat patterns in algae; molecular mechanism of flagellar movement; centrin-mediated cell motility in algae. Includes a taxonomic index. 236 pgs. Illustrated.. First Edition. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item

New Delhi, India: Vikas Publishing House, 1980. Comprehensive revised text presents detailed coverage of cytogenetics, microtubules, microbodies, hybridization, bidirectional replication of DNA and chromosomes, gene conversion, organization of DNA into nucleosomes and chromosomes, B-chromosomes, multiple-sex chromosomes, gene conversion, induction and chromosomal aberrations, mechanisms of DNA repair, tumor visruses, overlapping and split genes, genetic regulatory mechanisms, genetic engineering, etc. 408 pgs.… Read more about this item

The Hague, Netherlands: SpB Academic Publishers, 1990. Comprehensive text presents detailed topics covering wetlands; flooding tolerance and resistance; biochemistry of oxygen-deficient cells; cyanide-resistant respiration; anaerobic metabolism; root-shoot relationships of flooded plants; beneficial effectrs of oxygen deprivation on germination and plant development; low temperature anaerobiosis in ice encasement; etc. 326 pgs. Illustrated. Lower corners slightly bumped. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard… Read more about this item

Paris, France: UNESCO , 1965. Classic comprehensive text presents detailed topics covering techniques for the measurement of solar and terrestrial radiation fluxes in plant biological research; comparison of four methods of estimating solar radiation; measurements of exchanges between the atmosphere and the underlying surface; energy balance of bare surfaces in an arid climate; measuring soil-water potential; precision lysimetry for direct… Read more about this item

Amsterdam, The Netherlands: North-Holland, 1963. Classic comprehensive text presents a detailed study of the physical state of the plant environment including coverage of solar and terrestrial radiation; heat and water relations; diffusion; wind; soil temperature; propagation of heat in the air near the ground; climate of a greenhouse; thermal properties of soils; turbulent exchange of matter; modification of the microclimate… Read more about this item

Herts,U.K.: Research Studies Press, 1987. Comprehensive text presents a detailed monograph on biochemical mechanisms of virus infections in plants, including topics covering virus multiplication; effects of viruses on host nucleic acid and protein metabolism, respiration and photosynthesis; biochemistry of resistance mechanisms; control of plant growth and development; etc. 259 pgs. Illustrated. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo -… Read more about this item

St.Paul, Minnesota: American Phytopathological Society Press, 1989. Comprehensive text presents an international study on a species of downy mildew fungus- the blue mold pathogen; its relationship with tobacco, its sensitivity to the environment, and the effect of human manipulation. Topics include induced systemic resistance; epidemiology and meteorology; social and legal implications; enviromental, molecular, biochemical, genetic, structural, and taxonomic aspects; etc.… Read more about this item

Orlando, FL.: Academic Press, 1984. Comprehensive revised reference text presents detailed updated topics covering the role of allelopathy in the prevention of seed decay and in the nitrogen cycle; chemical nature of allelopathic compounds; factors affecting concentrations of allelochemics in plants; mechanisms of action of alllelopathic agents; terminology and early history of allelopathy; important roles of allelopathy in forestry, agriculture,… Read more about this item

Albuquerque, N.M.: Charles R. Hutchins, 1974. Comprehensive reference text presents a detailed five-year study by the author, initiated in Aug. 1968 of the entire flora of the White Mountain area in New Mexico. Data recorded for each specimen were augmented by additional information, and specimens were deposited in the herbarium of the University of New Mexico where they were examined… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1993. Comprehensive highly acclaimed reference text presents detailed topics covering the philosophy and technology of crop improvement disciplines, including genetic and cytogenetic structure of plants; statistical applications and field plot technique in plant breeding; the pedigree system; backcross breeding and bulk population methods; heterosis and inbreeding cross-fertilized crops; interspecific and intergeneric hybridization; Haploid breeding systems; cell… Read more about this item

Stanford, CA.: American Plant Life Society, 1949. Classic illustrated taxonomic treatise on the Tribe Amarylleae, including the seven genera; Lepidopharynx, Worsleya, Amaryllis Linn, Placea, Griffinia, Ungernia, and Lycoris; detailed descriptions of the species; if required their grouping into subgenera, under each genus, and the arrangement of the genera into three subtribes. Contains important work on nomenclature, including detailed proofs. 194… Read more about this item

Athens,Greece: Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 1978. Comprehensive reference text contains a detailed compilation of over two thousand species of fungi and twelve hundred species of host plants, cultivated or wild. The common Greek names of the cultivated plants with their corresponding Latin binomials are listed at the end of the text. 382 pgs. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good.… Read more about this item

Upton,N.Y.: Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1977. Comprehensive text presents detailed scientific papers from leading field specialists on a variety of topics including: model systems; energy transfer and conservation; reaction centers; chloroplast photosynthesis; relationships between membrane components; photochemistry of reaction centers I and II; membrane polypeptides; water soluble chlorophyll-proteins; chlorophyll-proteins from plants and blue-green algae; bacterial reaction centers; biliproteins; bacteriochlorophyll a-proteins;… Read more about this item

New Delhi, India: Indian National Scientific Documentation Center, 1976. Classic text translated from the Russian, presents a detailed study of downy mildew disease of the sunflower, its economic impact, and treatment. Topics include: symptoms and forms of the disease; pathogen, morphology and life cycle; taxonomy and specialization of the fungus; parasitic features of the pathogen; infection process, role of environmental… Read more about this item

Jerusalem, Israel: Israel Program for Scientific Translation, 1968. Classic text translated from the original Russian, presents detailed topics on the vegetative propagation of woody plants including: comparative capacity of trees and shrubs for propagation by cuttings and layering, and their perculiarities; choosing favorable conditions for the rooting of cuttins; rooting rate of cuttings in relatiion to their age; methods of… Read more about this item

Jerusalem, Israel: Israel Program for Scientific Translations, 1968. Classic text translated from the original Russian, presents a detailed study of the geographic distribution of flora in the USSR, including topics on arctic and arctalpine elements in the flora of the northwest of the European part of the USSR; Siberian Taiga elements in the flora of the northwest of the European… Read more about this item