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Science and the Garden The Scientific Basis of Horticultural Practice.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ingram, David S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2008.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Intro -- Foreword -- Preface to Second Edition -- Preface to First Edition -- List of Contributors -- 1 Diversity in the Plant World -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- CREATING ORDER OUT OF DISORDER -- COLONISATION OF THE LAND -- COMMUNITIES AND THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE FORMS -- CONCLUSION -- FURTHER READING -- 2 Know Your Plant: Structure and Function -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- ENERGY FLOW IN THE BIOSPHERE: PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND RESPIRATION -- THE LEAF: INTO THE LABYRINTH -- The manufacturing centre -- Cells -- Layout of the leaf -- Controlling gas and water exchange 
505 8 |a Protection against harmful radiation -- Palisade tissues: the sites of photosynthesis -- The transport system -- Movement of water, minerals and hormones in the xylem -- Transport of carbohydrates and hormones in the phloem -- Producing new xylem and phloem: the cambium -- The bundle sheath -- Connecting with the stem -- Leaf fall -- Leaf patterns: phyllotaxy -- Variations on a theme -- THE STEM: REACH FOR THE SKY -- The growing point -- Forming new leaves -- A tower of strength -- Secondary thickening: the formation of wood and bark -- Bark -- Stem modifications 
505 8 |a THE ROOT: MINING FOR MINERALS AND WATER -- The structure and growth of the root -- Storage roots and other modifications -- Nitrogen fixation -- Mycorrhizas -- CONCLUSION -- FURTHER READING -- 3 Reproduction: Securing the Future -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION -- SEXUAL REPRODUCTION -- Cones and flowers -- Alternation of generations -- Floral diagrams and formulae -- Seeds and fruits -- Other fruits -- CONCLUSION -- FURTHER READING -- 4 Naming Plants -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- HOW TO IDENTIFY A PLANT -- THE MEANING AND STRUCTURE OF NAMES -- TAXONOMY: ORDER IN DIVERSITY 
505 8 |a The botanical framework -- New developments -- TAXONOMY OF CULTIVATED PLANTS -- Distinctiveness -- Uniformity -- Stability -- WHY PLANTS CHANGE THEIR NAMES -- Taxonomic changes -- Nomenclatural -- Misidentification -- THE QUEST FOR STABILITY AND LINKING INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR THE FUTURE -- Stability of botanical plant names -- Stability of cultivated plant names -- CONCLUSION -- FURTHER READING -- 5 Selecting and Breeding Plants -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION: ADAPTATION AND DESIGN -- GENES -- Transcription factors -- Chromosomes -- DNA replication -- GENOMES -- Gamete formation -- Recombination 
505 8 |a Allelic variation -- MUTATION -- Transposons -- Somatic and germ line mutations -- Chimeras -- HETERO- AND HOMOZYGOSITY -- Dominant and recessive alleles -- BREEDING SYSTEMS -- Breeding inbred lines -- Breeding open-pollinated populations -- Clonal propagation -- F1 hybrid breeding -- Wide hybridisation -- Somatic variation -- Somatic hybridisation -- RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY -- Marker-assisted breeding -- Genome sequencing -- Genetic modification -- CONCLUSION -- FURTHER READING -- 6 Soils and Roots -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- Why do plants need soil? -- What do plants want from the soil? 
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