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Children's & YAIf you love studying
by Qian Haiyun/Wang Xiaoxiao
Children who love exploring and study are mostly dreaming of becoming chemist, translator, software engineer, medical expert, astronomer and botanists. The book scientifically introduces the six professions.
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Children's & YAIf you love studing
by Qian Haiyun/Wang Xiaoxiao
Children who love exploring and study are mostly dreaming of becoming chemist, translator, software engineer, medical expert, astronomer and botanists. The book scientifically introduces the six professions.
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Forestry & related industriesJune 2000Methods and Approaches in Forest History
by Edited by Mauro Agnoletti, Steven Anderson
A companion to Forest History: International Studies on Socioeconomic and Forest Ecosystem Change which includes over 20 papers from the same conference held in Florence in 1998. This volume focuses on the different approaches and methods adopted in the study of forest history. The interdisciplinary nature of these studies is emphasized, bringing in the different perspectives of anthropologists, botanists, ecologists, foresters, historians, geneticists and geographers. This volume demonstrates the rich diversity of approaches and methods to forest history.
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Business, Economics & LawJune 2020Field Guide to the Forest Trees of Uganda
For Identification and Conservation
by James Kalema, Alan Hamilton
This book is a guide for the identification of the indigenous forest trees of Uganda. It will be useful for those who wish to contribute towards the conservation of the forests or to plant indigenous trees. Information is provided on how to propagate and cultivate about 80 of the most valuable species. Indigenous trees provide numerous resources useful for welfare and development. They include many types of timber and non-timber forest products, such as craft materials, foods and medicines. The proximity of indigenous forest helps to moderate the local climate, making it more suitable for agriculture. Indigenous forests protect springs, therefore safeguarding water supplies more effectively than exotic trees such as pines and eucalyptus. All 450 known indigenous tree species from the forests are included. Both scientific and local names are provided, the latter in 21 languages. Local names facilitate access to knowledge and values traditionally attached to the species, useful when planning pathways of development firmly rooted in local culture. The book will be invaluable for botanists, foresters, rural development workers and members of the general public concerned about contributing to conservation and sustainable development in Uganda. Many of the species grow in neighbouring countries, so the book has relevance there too.
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Agricultural scienceApril 1998Lupins as Crop Plants
Biology, Production and Utilization
by Edited by J S Gladstones, C Atkins, John Hamblin
Lupins have until recently remained wild or semi-domesticated species of minor interest to agriculture, although their value as a rotation crop was noted 2,000 years ago. However, with the advent of the science of genetics in the early twentieth century, full domestication of Lupinus species for use as crops was begun, by the combination of favourable genes such as those for low alkaloid content, non-shattering pods and soft seeds. As a result several lupin species have become an important part of temperate farming systems as a high protein crop for both animal and human consumption. This book gives an authoritative account of the history, distribution and taxonomy of Lupinus species and the current knowledge of all aspects of their agronomy and impact on agriculture, including breeding, genetics and biotechnology, nutrition, nitrogen fixation, transport physiology, toxins, stress responses, pests and diseases, agronomy and farming systems, composition and food uses, economic value and trade. Contributions are made by researchers in Australia and Europe who have had key roles in lupin research. The book is essential reading for botanists, agronomists, plant breeders and geneticists involved with lupins and other grain legumes or with an interest in crop domestication and evolution. It also provides important information for lecturers and students of agriculture and for professionals in the livestock and food industries.
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Animal physiologyJune 1998Toxic Plants and Other Natural Toxicants
by Edited by Tam Garland, Alberto C Barr
Toxic plants and other natural toxicants have a variety of roles in the fields of human health, medical research and the production of safe food and also represent an economic problem in terms of animal health and crop production. Estimates of economic impact on livestock have ranged in the millions of dollars in countries such as Australia and the United States. This book brings together applied and fundamental research from botanists, chemists, biochemists, agricultural scientists, veterinarians and physicians and advice from regulatory bodies. It consists of more than 100 edited papers from the Fifth International Symposium on Poisonous Plants, held in Texas in May 1997. All aspects of poisonous plants, mycotoxicoses and herbal intoxications are covered. Their adverse effects are described, such as fatalities, reduced or failed reproduction, fetotoxicity, spontaneous abortions, deformities, reduced productivity and organ-specific toxicity. Methods of detection, isolation and identification of the chemical compounds responsible are included. The biochemistry of the plant-associated toxins and elucidation of their mechanism of action is investigated, including the protocols for management or eradication, immunization programs, behaviour modification, withholding periods for metabolic detoxification, regulatory advice concerning human usage of natural products and advice concerning toxin-residue in agricultural produce. The development of non-toxic strains of plants for use as fodder is also discussed. This book is essential reading for toxicologists concerned with animal and human health, food industry regulators and plant scientists.
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Technology, Engineering & AgricultureAugust 2023Parasitic Plants in African Agriculture
by Lytton John Musselman, Jonne Rodenburg
Parasitic Plants in African Agriculture brings together for the first time in a single volume, the ecology, biology, damage, and control of all groups of African parasitic plants including both the relatively few parasites introduced to the continent as well as those native parasites that have spread from within Africa. The book covers the well-known witchweeds and broomrapes but also groups and species that have received less attention including mistletoes, dodders, rice vampire weed, and other species posing threats. The book distinguishes between stem and root parasitic weeds and between holoparasites and (facultative or obligate) hemiparasites. Based on their research and experience collectively spanning six decades, the authors provide an authoritative and state-of-the-art overview of the distribution, biology and impact of these highly specialized weeds and include recommendations for their management. Since parasitic plants in African agriculture primarily affect smallholder farmers, these weeds are explicitly discussed within a context of resource limitations and global changes. Readers are informed on all parasitic plant species relevant to African agriculture and the impact these plants have on crop production and livelihoods of smallholders in a changing world. Current and future management strategies are outlined in terms of their principles and effectiveness as well as their feasibility and affordability for farmers, all of which determine farmer adoption. The final chapter synthesises some of the relevant findings and statistics regarding parasitic weed distribution and their host crops and discusses implications in terms of future crop protection concerns in African agricultural systems. Key features: · Authoritative text based on extensive field and laboratory work. · First comprehensive state-of-the-art overview of parasitic plants and their management in Africa. · Highly illustrated with photos, graphs and species distribution maps. · Reviews previous basic and applied work, with relevance to smallholder farming systems. This book will be a valuable reference for students, researchers, extension workers, development officers, national agriculture researchers, plant pathologists, food security specialists, weed scientists, agronomists and botanists.
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September 2014Letters from an American Botanist
The Correspondences of Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Mühlenberg (1753–1815)
by Schönhofer, Matthias
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Literature & Literary StudiesOctober 2017Botany, sexuality and women's writing, 1760–1830
From modest shoot to forward plant
by Sam George
In this fascinating study, Samantha George explores the cultivation of the female mind and the feminised discourse of botanical literature in eighteenth-century Britain. In particular, she discusses British women's engagement with the Swedish botanist, Carl Linnaeus, and his unsettling discovery of plant sexuality. Previously ignored primary texts of an extraordinary nature are rescued from obscurity and assigned a proper place in the histories of science, eighteenth-century literature, and women's writing. The result is groundbreaking: the author explores nationality and sexuality debates in relation to botany and charts the appearance of a new literary stereotype, the sexually precocious female botanist. She uncovers an anonymous poem on Linnaean botany, handwritten in the eighteenth century, and subsequently traces the development of a new genre of women's writing - the botanical poem with scientific notes. The book is indispensable reading for all scholars of the eighteenth century, especially those interested in Romantic women's writing, or the relationship between literature and science.
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The Rabbit and the Snail
by Li Donghua, Zou Xiaoping
The Rabbit and the Snail, an original picture book with a touch of philosophical temperament, tells of the diverse choices made toward life by the traveler rabbit and the botanist snail. The fast-running rabbit is able to embrace the width of life, while the slowly-moving snail experiences the depth of it; the two form a delightful contrast. The rabbit is capable of reaching a distant place, while the snail can spend its whole life on a morning glory that is close at hand. They not only reap the joy of success in their skilled fields but also appreciate a completely different way of life from their own.
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Agricultural scienceJanuary 2003Seeds of Concern
The Genetic Manipulation of Plants
by David R Murray
This book makes a significant contribution to the debate about the applications and implications of gene technology from the perspective of a plant biologist. It is written in an accessible way and therefore will be appropriate for non-specialists and the more general reader, as well as students and others in plant breeding and biotechnology. The author is a well-known Australian botanist, who has written or edited several previous books on both academic and popular topics in plant science. In this book he addresses questions such as:How are genetically modified plants producedWhich breeding goals are worthwhile?Can the escape of transferred genes be controlled?Who is monitoring the unexpected effects of gene transfer?Will GM plants ever be acceptable to organic growers?
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November 2021The Forest of the Future – A New Reality
Understanding the ecosystem
by Hans Jürgen Böhmer
What happened with forest dieback? The predictions of the 1980s that forests would be in decline across Europe have not come true. Currently, attention again focuses on the doom scenarios of the loss of entire forests and cultural landscapes in an emotional and sometimes hysterical debate. Biogeographer Hans Jürgen Böhmer refers to updated case studies and his 30 years of research experience on global ecosystems to demonstrate extremely complex interrelations of the natural world that various actors monitor in contrasting ways and characterized by different times and ideologies. Böhmer advocates to embed the sustainability debate more strongly in the living environment, rather than relying exclusively on model calculations.
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Business, Economics & LawDecember 2017Transforming Travel
Realising the potential of sustainable tourism
by Jeremy Smith
Transforming Travel combines stories from leading companies, interviews with pioneers and thinkers, along with thorough analysis of the industry's potential to make lasting, positive change. - A unique collection of case studies and stories of the most successful, inspirational, impactful and innovative travel businesses in the world. - A vital presentation of the latest research and statistics on the positive impacts and potential of transformative, sustainable tourism, - A positive and realistic vision of the scope of tourism to promote sustainable development at a time when travel and interaction with foreign cultures is facing numerous existential challenges. Written in a highly engaging style Transforming Travel presents an urgent argument for transforming tourism so it might reach its potential to promote tolerance, restore communities and regenerate habitats, while providing a vital guide for anyone looking to develop the successful sustainable tourism enterprises and destinations needed to do so.
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Geography & the EnvironmentOctober 2017Aquatic Plants from the Colombian Orinoquia
by Santiago Madriñán, Anabel Rial, Ana-María Bedoya, Mateo Fernández-Lucero
This book presents, through short descriptions and detailed photographs taken during three years of fieldwork, almost three hundred species of aquatic plants found in the lower basin of the Colombian Orinoco. It is written in a language that is accessible to the general public but that does not neglect the scientific and rigorous nature characteristic of botanics. It constitutes the most complete list of aquatic plants of the Colombian Oronoco to date; a product of specimens collected in the field and classified in a herbarium by the authors. One of the goals of this book is to inspire and instruct the reader whether he is sitting at home, studying at University, working at the herbarium or walking through the majestic floodplains of the Colombian Orinoco. In the field, the book helps professional and amateur botanists, Colombian and foreign, and from the plains or any of the country's other regions, to identify the different species. The beauty of the aquatic flora of the Colombian Orinoco, recorded in the photographs, is an incentive to see beyond the apparent monotony of the grasslands that dominate the savannas and to discover among the surales, creeks and Moriche palms and immense and cryptic diversity. After all, the Colombian plains are very diverse and home to unique species that deserve to be studied for their beauty and their ecological importance, and to be protected from the terrible threats they currently face.
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FictionFebruary 2019Historia de una flor
by Claudia Casanova
THE STORY OF A FLOWER / Based on the life of Blanca Catalán de Ocón, the first Spanish botanist, this is a touching love story of a young daughter of aristocratic family in Teruel, and Heinrich Moritz Willkomm, a well-known German botanist, with the discovery of a new species of a flower in the 19th century Spain in the background. It is the year 1879, Valle de Valcabriel, Teruel. Alba’s mother, Mercedes looks at the rugged mountains in Aragón and recollects her native Girona and also her boarding school in Switzerland. A long time has passed since she left Girona to marry Eduardo with whom she had two daughters. Both girls, Alba and Luisa, love nature and after long winters in Barcelona in their mother’s house they only dream of going back to Teruel. Once there, Alba will spend hours wandering across the valley, delighted to add to her collection of flowers and dreamy Luisa will write poems and chase butterflies. Mercedes firmly believes in freedom and education for women and, at her request, canon Bernardo Zapater will encourage the two girls to follow their scientific interests. One day Heinrich Moritz Willkomm, a German botanist arrives in the town. He is working on a book which will revolutionize botany and has been cataloguing flowers and species for years. Little by little Alba finds a soulmate in him and Willkomm falls head over heels in love with the resolute and intelligent Spanish girl.
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November 2019Stories of Contemporary China’s Scientific and Technological Innovations: The Botanist of China
by MAO Mei
Botanist Cai Xitao loves all living species and explores the secrets of the plant world. He has the passion and romance of writers, the fantastic ideas of artists, and the exploration spirit of scientists. He is a pioneer in the collection of Chinese plant specimens and is committed to Write academic papers on the ground. Young Cai Xitao bid farewell to the capital and went to the virgin forests of Yunnan. In the midst of the war, he founded the Kunming Institute of Botany; the middle-aged Cai Xitao, like a pioneer, plunged into the tropical rainforest and founded the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden; A pair of discoverer's eyes, found the rubber forest, found the dragon blood tree, found the Wangtian tree...every time he found it made him "crazy and ecstatic." Cai Xitao has the surging blood, the heart of a child, and the soul of high dance.
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Trees, wildflowers & plantsJanuary 2012Grasses of Colorado
by Robert B Shaw
This systematic treatment will help students, naturalists, botanists, ecologists, agronomists, range scientists, and other interested readers identify and learn about this unique and economically important plant family. The book describes over 300 native, introduced, naturalised, and adventive species. Comprehensive coverage, useful keys, and detailed species descriptions in Grasses of Colorado will make this volume the standard reference for years to come. Robert B Shaw provides overviews of Colorado's physiography and ecoregions and introduces the grass plant in plain, enjoyable text. He includes a checklist of Colorado grasses, a bibliography, and a glossary of terms that may be unfamiliar to non-specialists.
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Technology, Engineering & AgricultureFebruary 1989Lost Crops of the Incas
Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation
by National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs, Board on Science and Technology for International Development, Ad Hoc Panel of the Advisory Committee on Technology Innovation
This fascinating, readable volume is filled with enticing, detailed information about more than 30 different Incan crops that promise to follow the potato's lead and become important contributors to the world's food supply. Some of these overlooked foods offer special advantages for developing nations, such as high nutritional quality and excellent yields. Many are adaptable to areas of the United States. Lost Crops of the Incas includes vivid color photographs of many of the crops and describes the authors' experiences in growing, tasting, and preparing them in different ways. This book is for the gourmet and gourmand alike, as well as gardeners, botanists, farmers, and agricultural specialists in developing countries.
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Agronomy & crop productionFebruary 1989
Lost Crops of the Incas
Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation
by Ad Hoc Panel of the Advisory Committee on Technology Innovation, Board on Science and Technology for International Development, National Research Council
This fascinating, readable volume is filled with enticing, detailed information about more than 30 different Incan crops that promise to follow the potato's lead and become important contributors to the world's food supply. Some of these overlooked foods offer special advantages for developing nations, such as high nutritional quality and excellent yields. Many are adaptable to areas of the United States. Lost Crops of the Incas includes vivid color photographs of many of the crops and describes the authors' experiences in growing, tasting, and preparing them in different ways. This book is for the gourmet and gourmand alike, as well as gardeners, botanists, farmers, and agricultural specialists in developing countries.
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Literary essaysBotanical Essays From Kent
Some Botanical Features of a University Town in Ohio
by Tom S. Cooperrider (author)
During the latter half of the twentieth century, the world witnessed the rise of the modern environmental movement. Chronicling this significant occurrence in Ohio, and specifically in Kent, a university town in the American Midwest, Botanical Essays from Kent is a collection of writings and photographs that capture the spirit and excitement of botanical fieldwork during the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s.With personal narratives based on fifty years of experience, author Tom S. Cooperrider provides fascinating botanical tales on the study and conservation of Ohio flora, the Herrick Magnolia Garden, work of other local botanists, the protection of rare species and unique areas, such as Kent’s tamarack bog, the discovery of lost plants, the survival of a famous cultivated tree, and the invasiveness of alien plant species. Kent Bog, dedicated as a state nature preserve in 1987, is the book’s focal point.Botanical Essays from Kent is a valuable addition to the understanding of local natural history and will be enjoyed by botanists, gardeners, and nature lovers alike.“By turning the pages of this book and absorbing Tom’s knowledge from its beautifully written passages, you will not only discover local history and fascinating information about plants, but also be drawn into the world of a botanist and have its secrets revealed in language every gardener can understand.”—Hope Taft, from the Foreword“A delightful paean not only to the natural history of Kent, ‘The Tree City,’ but also to small-town America as exemplified by this university town in northeastern Ohio.”—Rudolf Schmid, Taxon, International Journal of Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Evolution“His stories entertain, but they also teach the reader about the plant life of Ohio and the Kent and Portage County area in particular. They tell us of the importance of botanical studies to the understanding of the world we inhabit.”—David Dix, Kent-Ravenna Record-Courier“The Botanical Essays from Kent will appeal to a wide audience—not only to those interested in plants, Kent State University, or the state of Ohio, but to anyone interested in the history of the late twentieth century when many changes were taking place, particularly in the study of plants and in America's changing attitudes about conservation and the environment.”—from the Afterword by David E.Boufford“Tom Cooperrider writes with the authority reflecting a lifetime devoted to the study of the world of Nature. He chooses his words carefully, inviting a closer look at wonders such as the Kent Bog, a living relic of the Ice Age that has somehow survived centuries of change in Northeast Ohio. His finely crafted portraits beckon readers to appreciate a bounty of marvels that they might otherwise overlook.” —Roger J. DiPaolo, editor, Kent-Ravenna Record-Courier
