02120nam a22002771i 4500 20210307155422.0 210307t2011 njua|||g ||| 001 0 eng d 9781118006726 RM 21.19 paperback PPAK eng PPAK rda 23 580 580 KRA G Kratz, René Fester, author. Botany FOR DUMMIES® / by René Fester Kratz, PhD, Biology professor, Everett Community College, Everett, Washington. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., ©2011. 368 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm. rdacontent text rdamedia unmediated rdacarrier volume FOR DUMMIES Includes index. Plant basics. Exploring botany -- Peering at plant cells -- Identifying plant tissues -- Vegetative structures: stems, roots, and leaves -- Reproductive structures: spores, seeds, cones, flowers, and fruits -- The living plant: plant physiology. Metabolism: how living things get energy and matter -- Photosynthesis: making sugar from scratch -- Cellular respiration: making your cake and eating it too -- Moving materials through plants -- Regulating plant growth and development -- Making more plants: plant reproduction and genetics. Greening the earth: plant reproduction -- Passing plant characteristics to the next generation -- The wide, wonderful world of plant biodiversity. Changing with the times: evolution and adaptation -- The tree of life: showing the relationships between living things -- Examining the forest floor: bryophytes and seedless vascular plants -- Their seeds are naked: gymnosperms -- Say it with flowers: angiosperms -- Plants and people. Making connections with plant ecology -- Altering plants by using biotechnology -- Thriving on plants in everyday life. Provides an easy-to-follow overview of the fundamentals of botany, helping you to improve your grades, supplement your learning, or review before a test. Botany. For Dummies ddc B 182505 182505 0 0 PPAK G 2021-03-22 580 KRA A01682045 2021-03-22 00:00:00 B