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- catalog abstract ""Economic Botany is a multidisciplinary study and the purpose of this book is to provide an introduction to some of the scientific principles, processes and practices involved. The subjects discussed include the role of economic and ethnobotany, plant collecting, taxonomy and nomenclature, the environment and the physiological, morphological and anatomical adaptations of the plant thereto, plant conservation, plant breeding and propagation, the marketing of crops and crop products, basic human and animal nutrition, human and animal foods, desirable insect foods, timber and wood products, fuel, fibres, biochemicals, human and veterinary medicine, plant toxins, lower plants and their products, the role of plants in ameliorating the environment, and the social uses of plants. It is hoped that this book will appeal to both the student and practitioner, irrespective of their primary discipline."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b12111655.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Economic Botany is a multidisciplinary study and the purpose of this book is to provide an introduction to some of the scientific principles, processes and practices involved. The subjects discussed include the role of economic and ethnobotany, plant collecting, taxonomy and nomenclature, the environment and the physiological, morphological and anatomical adaptations of the plant thereto, plant conservation, plant breeding and propagation, the marketing of crops and crop products, basic human and animal nutrition, human and animal foods, desirable insect foods, timber and wood products, fuel, fibres, biochemicals, human and veterinary medicine, plant toxins, lower plants and their products, the role of plants in ameliorating the environment, and the social uses of plants. It is hoped that this book will appeal to both the student and practitioner, irrespective of their primary discipline."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Economic botany -- Plant collecting, taxonomy and nomenclature -- Environmental considerations -- Plant conservation --Ecophysiology and allied disciplines -- Plant breeding and propagation -- Marketing of crops and crop products -- Human and animal nutrition -- Human food and food additives-- Feed for livestock -- Food for bees and other desirable invertebrates -- Timber and wood products -- Fuel -- Vegetable fibres -- Phytochemicals -- Human and veterinary medicinal plants -- Plant toxins and their applications -- Useful ferns, bryophytes, fungi, bacteria and viruses --Useful algae -- Environmental uses -- Social uses -- At the start of the 21st century.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-458) and indexes.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 535 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Economic botany.".
- catalog identifier "0792367812 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Economic botany.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic,".
- catalog relation "Economic botany.".
- catalog subject "581.6 21".
- catalog subject "Botany, Economic.".
- catalog subject "SB107 .W47 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "Economic botany -- Plant collecting, taxonomy and nomenclature -- Environmental considerations -- Plant conservation --Ecophysiology and allied disciplines -- Plant breeding and propagation -- Marketing of crops and crop products -- Human and animal nutrition -- Human food and food additives-- Feed for livestock -- Food for bees and other desirable invertebrates -- Timber and wood products -- Fuel -- Vegetable fibres -- Phytochemicals -- Human and veterinary medicinal plants -- Plant toxins and their applications -- Useful ferns, bryophytes, fungi, bacteria and viruses --Useful algae -- Environmental uses -- Social uses -- At the start of the 21st century.".
- catalog title "Economic botany : principles and practices / by Gerald E. Wickens.".
- catalog type "text".