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Mysteries of nature trilogy volume 1
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Are trees social beings? Forester and author Peter Wohlleben makes the case that, yes, the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to describe how trees are like human families: tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, support them as they grow, share nutrients with those who are sick or struggling, and even warn each other of impending dangers. Wohlleben also shares his deep love...
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Hay más especies de orquídeas que de mamíferos, y hay árboles más grandes que una ballena azul. Hay plantas que emergen del hielo tras miles de años de congelación, mientras que otras acumulan oro o atraen a los murciélagos con sus ecos en la oscura jungla. Es el mundo asombroso de las plantas, esos seres verdes de los que depende la supervivencia de la humanidad.
Al explorar la obra de José Ramón Alonso y Yolanda González disfrutarás...
5) Botany
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Charles Kovacs characterizes different plants, from fungi, algae and lichens, to the lily and rose families. He describes the parts of each plant and their growth cycle.
It is recommended for Steiner-Waldorf curriculum Classes 5 and 6 (age 10-12).
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Plant physiology is a text book meant for B.Sc, B.Sc (Hons)., and M.Sc, students. The book has 26 chapters covering all aspects of plant physiology - Inorganic, organic as well as bioenergetics. All the topics are dealt with exhaustively and concepts are clearly focused to make their understanding easy A simple and direct style of narration is used throughout the book.
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What is a tree? Why are they so important to life on Earth? How do they eat, breathe, grow, communicate, and regenerate themselves? How many different kinds of tree are there and where do they live? In this beautiful little book, illustrated with rare old engravings and specially commissioned drawings, internationally renowned Finnish tree boffin, Professor Olavi Huikari takes us on an unforgettable, journey deep into the secrets of these, hugest...
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A part from spiritual and metaphysical knowledge, Vedas are also, treasure of scientific information. Vedic mathematics, Vedic astronomy and Vedic physics have gained enormous popularity among modern scientists. Vedic botany is also a full-fledged discipline and its advocacy is the basic purpose of this book. Although literature related to botanical wisdom in Vedas are available, but they are, mostly in discrete form. Attempt has been, made to compile...
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Français
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L'industrie du cidre a connu au cours des dix dernières années, en Europe, aux États-Unis, en Australie et au Canada, une forte croissance. Avec les développements récents, mais surtout sans précédent, du portefeuille de produits, des marchés de consommation et des reconnaissances marchandes, institutionnelles et internationales pour ses cidres, la filière cidricole québécoise n'est pas en reste.
Explorant une quinzaine de champs disciplinaires,...
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Hong Kong possesses an impressively diverse tree flora with 390 native species. This book celebrates the incredible diversity, beauty and biology of the territory's tree species, highlighting over 100 important species that are individually illustrated in exquisitely detailed watercolour paintings by Sally Grace Bunker, an acclaimed botanical artist. The illustrations are accompanied by text that teases out a diversity of associated narratives for...
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The "Encyclopedia of Scientific and Technic.al Terms", the first of its kind in India, aims at being of service to Science, Engineering and Biological students. This set includes 14 volumes and covers commonly encountered terms in Science, Biology, Mathematics, Computer, Earth sciences and Engineering Sciences. An effort has been made- to bring together in the various volumes not only commonly used terms but also the more specialized and less frequently...
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Un suelo sano rebosa vida: está habitado por una asombrosa multitud de bacterias, hongos y muchos otros microorganismos. Cuando usamos fertilizantes químicos, dañamos la vida microbiana que defiende y alimenta a las plantas y, por lo tanto, nos volvemos cada vez más dependientes de un arsenal de sustancias a menudo tóxicas para hacer frente a las plagas y patógenos. Pero existe una alternativa a este círculo vicioso. Podemos cultivar un huerto...
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This guide to Alaskan wild plants, native and introduced, can be used to promote health and healing, for emergency first-aid care, or to maintain wellness. More than fifty plant species are described with information on habitat and distribution as well as general information on how each one can be used as medicine. This natural history of some of Alaska's medicinal plants is not intended to serve the purpose of a self-care manual of medicine. Dr....
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The information on insect pests, diseases and nematode pests on plantation and spice crops is very much scattered. There is no book at present, which comprehensively and exclusively deals with the above aspects on these crops. The present book deals with integrated pest and disease management in plantation and spice crops in detail using regulatory, physical, cultural, chemical, biological, host plant resistance and integrated methods. The Book is...
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This illustrated manual describes and discusses the unusually rich and varied flora of the Carolinas, from the semi-tropical coast of South Carolina to the northern forests of the high North Carolina mountains. The manual treats in detail and in a concise format more than 3, 200 species of trees, shrubs, vines, herbs and ferns that grow without cultivation in this two-state area. Special features include diagnostic illustrations, keys for identification,...
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The book encompasses chapters on fungi from different substrates including fossilized leaves. In addition to nonliving substrates, association of pathogenic fungi with important plants like Introduction, Fungal Plant Pathogens and Symptomology, Fungal Taxonomy and Plant Pathogens, Pythium Root Rot and Rhizoctonia Root Rot, Septoria Tritici Blotch (STB) of Wheat, Fungal Plant Pathogens and Symptomology, Diseases of Wheat, Biotrophic Plant Pathogens,...
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Practical Manual of Plant Ecology and Plant Physiology is a textbook meant for B.Sc., B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc., students taking botany as a subject. It is also useful for students of Agriculture and Microbiology. The manual is easy to use and guides the students step by step in conducting experiments in the laboratory. The text material is illustrated with a number of neatly drawn diagrams. The experiments chosen are such that they can be used by students...
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Get the Summary of Stefano Mancuso's The Revolutionary Genius of Plants in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Revolutionary Genius of Plants" by Stefano Mancuso presents a compelling argument for plant intelligence, demonstrating that plants possess the ability to remember, learn, and adapt without a centralized brain. Mancuso explores the concept of plant memory, citing experiments with Mimosa pudica that show...
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This book covers an extensive knowledge of the author with regard to the competitive interaction of crop plants and a perennial noxious weed of the world. The author served as crop protection expert for many years in Ethiopia before he gets admitted for post graduate study at Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture in Goettingen, Germany. The result of his research work as a post graduate student was documented to demonstrate the presence...
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For the past 35-years, I have been working on viruses, diseases of plants, and the characterization of associated viruses, their detection by biological, serological and molecular techniques. After 2005, it was my privilege to offer short and long courses (group and hands-on training) on plant viruses, their characterization and development of diagnostics. These courses were, provided to university teachers, research organizations, Government officials,...
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