The Facts on File Dictionary of Botany

by Bailey, Jill; Facts on File, Inc.

• ISBN13: 9780816049103
• ISBN10: 0816049106
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-01
• Publisher: Facts on File
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Summary

This dictionary covers all aspects of pure and applied plant science, including the taxonomy and classification of plants, with entries for the higher-ranking taxa. Techniques of nucleic acid technology are included, with references made to applications in horticulture and agriculture. The dictionary covers aspects of the AP Biology course, notably the sections on Organisms and Populations as well as Molecules and Cells.

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This dictionary covers all aspects of pure and applied plant science, including the taxonomy and classification of plants, with entries for the higher-ranking taxa. Techniques of nucleic acid technology are included, with references made to applications in horticulture and agriculture. The Facts On File Dictionary of Botany covers aspects of the AP Biology course, notably the sections on Organisms and Populations as well as Molecules and Cells.
Entries include:
Asexual reproduction
Binomial nomenclature
Blue-green algae
Chloroplast
Contractile roots
DDT
Flowering plants
Gemma
Kranz structure
Living fossil
Neo-Darwinism
Night-break effect
Paleoecology
Photosynthesis
Raunkiaer's plant
Shikimic acid
Short-day plant
Vegetative nucleus
Xanthopyll
and more.