An Introduction To Botany

The Sixth Edition of Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology provides a modern and comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of botany while retaining the important focus of natural selection, analysis of botanical phenomena, and diversity.

Written specifically for the horticultural student, this new text presents an ideal introduction to botany for the nonscience major. The book's systematic organization around the five-kingdom system effectively covers the botanical basics, while the many illustrations make new scientific concepts easy to understand. By clearly presenting such topics as respiration, fermentation, photosynthesis, and physical properties of protoplasm, the text builds a solid biological foundation for further study in the plant sciences. ALSO AVAILABLE Lab Manual, ISBN: 0-8273-7380-5 INSTRUCTORS SUPPLEMENTS CALL CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO ORDER Lab Manual - Instructor's Guide, ISBN: 0-8273-8047-X Instructor's Manual, ISBN: 0-8273-7379-1

Explains the patterns method of plant identification, describing eight key patterns for recognizing more than 45,000 species of plants, and includes an illustrated reference guide to plant families.

Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology, Seventh Edition provides a modern and comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of botany while retaining the important focus of natural selection, analysis of botanical phenomena, and diversity.