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Plants and Society

by Levetin, Estelle; McMahon, Karen

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2nd

ISBN13:

9780697345523

ISBN10:

0697345521

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Paperback

Pub. Date:

8/1/1998

Publisher(s):

McGraw-Hill College

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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 botany. Also, by exposing students to society's historical connection to plants, Levetin and McMahon hope to instill a greater appreciation for the botanical world. . . Plants and Society covers basic principles of botany with strong emphasis on the economic aspects and social implications of plants and fungi. .

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Table of Contents

Unit I: Plants and Society: The Botanical Connections to Our Lives

1 Plants in Our Lives

Unit 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

9 Diversity of Plant Life

Unit 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

Unit IV: Commercial Products Derived From Plants

16 Stimulating Beverages

17 Herbs and Spices

18 Materials: Cloth, Paper, and Wood

Unit V: Plants and Human Health

19 Medicinal Plants

20 Psychoactive Plants

21 Poisonous and Allergy Plants

Unit VI: Fungi

22 Fungi in the Natural Environment

23 Beverages and Foods from Fungi

24 Fungi that

Affect Human Health

Unit VII: Plants and the Environment

25 Ecology