CRC Press, 2019. — 408 p. Plants exhibit forms of asymmetry analogous to "handedness" in bilaterally symmetrical animals. This book explores the evolutionary significance and development of asymmetry. Examples of genetic control include the direction of tendril or stem coiling of many climbing plants; the so-called spiral phyllotaxy and floral taxy; and contorted petal...
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010 .— 441 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-511-77022-7 This is a plant anatomy textbook unlike any other on the market today. As suggested by the subtitle, it is plant anatomy for the twenty-first century. Whereas traditional plant anatomy texts include primarily descriptive aspects of structure with some emphasis on patterns of development, this book...
2nd Edition. - Manson Publishing, 2008. - 298 p. - This book is a fundamental guide to understanding plant structure offering plant scientists, plant biologists and horticulturalists in practice, academic life and in training. It includes a combination of concise scientific text and superb color photographs and drawings, focusing on structure at anatomical, histological and...
Springer, 2018. — 732 p. — ISBN: 3319772082. Intended as a text for upper-division undergraduates, graduate students and as a potential reference, this broad-scoped resource is extensive in its educational appeal by providing a new concept-based organization with end-of-chapter literature references, self-quizzes, and illustration interpretation. The concept-based, pedagogical...
Blackwell Publishing, 2007. — 302 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4051-2679-3 Plant anatomy, the study of plant cells and tissues, has advanced considerably since the early descriptive accounts were made which consisted mainly of cataloguing what was ‘out there’. Anatomical data have been applied in the better understanding of the interrelationships of plants, and in the molecular age provide...
Wiley, 2016. — 429 p. — ASIN: B01N3Q5U0E. Plant Cells and Their Organelles provides a comprehensive overview of the structure and function of plant organelles. The text focuses on subcellular organelles while also providing relevant background on plant cells, tissues and organs. Coverage of the latest methods of light and electron microscopy and modern biochemical procedures...
Quadrille Publishing, 2018. — 96 p. — (Little Guides). — ISBN: 978-1787130340. Discover the intriguing world of the leaf with this handy pocket guide. Beautifully illustrated throughout, The Little Guide to Leaves offers a fresh perspective on identifying the trees and plants around you. It features 40 of the most spectacular leaves from around the world, including the common...
Quadrille Publishing, 2018. — 96 p. — (Little Guides). — ISBN: 978-1787130340. Discover the intriguing world of the leaf with this handy pocket guide. Beautifully illustrated throughout, The Little Guide to Leaves offers a fresh perspective on identifying the trees and plants around you. It features 40 of the most spectacular leaves from around the world, including the common...
Academic Press, 2000. — 533 p. — ISBN: 978-0122151705. From this modern and profusely illustrated book, the reader will learn not just the basics, which are amply reviewed, but also how plant anatomy is integrated with a wide variety of other disciplines, such as plant breeding, forensic analysis, medicine, food science, wood and fiber products, and the arts. The author...
Third Edition. — John Wiley & Sons, 2006. — 601 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-471-73843-5; ISBN10: 0-471-73843-3. It has been over 40 years since the second edition of Esau’s Plant Anatomy was completed. The enormous expansion of biological knowledge that has taken place during this period is unprecedented. In 1965, electron microscopy was just beginning to have an impact on plant...
Cambridge University Press, 1994. — 401 p. In this book, the many facets of phyllotaxis are dealt with in an integrated manner. The author describes a unified concept of phyllotaxis, and presents a mathematical model of plant growth based on experimental, anatomical, cellular, physiological, and paleontological observations. The model not only provides a framework for formal...
Springer, 2011. — 505 p. : ill. This work, published in two volumes, contains descriptions of the wood and bark anatomies of 3000 dicotyledonous plants of 120 families, highlighting the anatomical and phylogenetic diversity of dicotyledonous plants of the Northern Hemisphere. The first volume principally treats families of the Early Angiosperms, Eudicots, Core Eudicots and...
Springer, 2013. — 414 p. This work, published in two volumes, contains descriptions of the wood and bark anatomies of 3000 dicotyledonous plants of 120 families, highlighting the anatomical and phylogenetic diversity of dicotyledonous plants of the Northern Hemisphere. The first volume principally treats families of the Early Angiosperms, Eudicots, Core Eudicots and Rosids,...
Oxford University Press, 2017. — 184 p. — ISBN: 0190657057, 9780190657055. The main aim of this book is to provide a developmental perspective to plant anatomy. Authors Steeves and Sawhney provide fundamental information on plant structure and development to students at the introductory level, and as a resource material to researchers working in nearly all areas of plant...
Blackwell Publishing, 2005. - 322 p. - (Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 17). ISBN: 1-4051-2128-9 The 10 chapters of this book range from the molecular and cellular through to the whole organism. Chapter 1 explores intracellular processes, focussing on mechanisms of regulation of cell shape, division and directions of growth. Chapters 2–4 detail the structure and regulation of...
Springer International Publishing, 2015. — XIV, 576 p. This work gathers common plant microtechniques and updates their procedures using a simple and fully understandable approach. The text serves as a handy resource for scientists familiar with the protocols and as a guide for the novice, especially students just beginning to learn about various structural methods for the...
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