Electronic Books

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Allelochemicals: Biological Control of Plant Pathogens and Diseases

This book is organized around the indication that allelochemicals can be employed for biological control of plant pathogens ...

Amazing Numbers in Biology

With hundreds of tables and over 10,000 entries anyone who works or studies in the life sciences or those with a curious ...

Branching Morphogenesis

Branching morphogenesis, the creation of branched structures in the body, is a key feature of animal and plant development. ...

Case Studies in Environmental Archaeology

Environmental archaeology encompasses the application of biological and geological techniques to the study of human/environmental ...

Chemical Ecology

This book provides an overview of chemical ecology related to different ecosystems. It offers an outlook at novel directions ...

Common Chinese Materia Medica ; Volume 10 / Huagu Ye, Chuyuan Li, Wencai Ye, Feiyan Zeng

Records 5 species of resin, 74 species of animals, 41 species of minerals and fossils. There are resins such as Liquidambar ...

Encyclopedia of Entomology

The Encyclopedia of Entomology brings together the talents of over 350 distinguished entomologists from 36 countries to provide ...

Encyclopedia of Entomology

Brings together the expertise of more than 450 distinguished entomologists from 40 countries to provide a worldwide overview ...

Ethnobotany: A Phytochemical Perspective / Barbara M. Schmidt, Diana M. Klaser Cheng

Explores the chemistry behind hundreds of plant medicines, dyes, fibers, flavors, poisons, insect repellants, and many other ...

Etymological Dictionary of Grasses

The dictionary provides explanations of the meaning and origins of generic and specific names of grasses, one of the largest ...

Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy / Michael Heinrich, Joanne Barnes, José M. Prieto Garcia, Simon Gibbons, Elizabeth M. Williamson, A. Douglas Kinghorn, Mark Blumenthal

Pharmacognosy (the science of biogenic or nature-derived pharmaceuticals and poisons) has been an established basic pharmaceutical ...

Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants

The Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants, rich in visual images, emergency medical information, botanical descriptions, ...

Illustrated Pollen Terminology

This open access book offers a fully illustrated compendium of glossary terms and basic principles in the field of palynology, ...

Medicinal Plants : From Farm to Pharmacy / Nirmal Joshee, Sadanand A. Dhekney, Prahlad Parajuli

Discuss current research on medicinal plants that connects traditionally accumulated botanical wisdom with current bioprospecting ...

Medicinal plants : bioprospecting and pharmacognosy / Amit Baran Sharangi, K. V. Peter

Touches on a diverse selection of topics related to medicinal plants. Chapters look at the use of medicinal plants in healthcare ...

Plants as medicine and aromatics : pharmacognosy, ecology and conservation / Mohd Kafeel Ahmad Ansari

Herbal medicines have consistently demonstrated several major advantages, including a lack of serious adverse side effects, ...

Principles and practice of phytotherapy: modern herbal medicine / Kerry Bone, Simon Mills

Covers all major aspects of herbal medicine from fundamental concepts, traditional use and scientific research through to ...

Shaping Natural History and Settler Society

It provides a lens into a range of subjects within the history of knowledge and science, gender and social history, postcolonial, ...

The Baobabs: Pachycauls of Africa, Madagascar and Australia

This is the only comprehensive account of all eight species in the genus Adansonia. It describes the historical background ...

The History of Allelopathy

This book firstly addresses the question of what is allelopathy, as allelopathy is one of these unfortunate terms in ecology ...

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