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020			_a9781118006726 _cRM 21.19 _qpaperback
040			_aPPAK _beng _cPPAK _erda
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100	1		_aKratz, René Fester, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aBotany FOR DUMMIES® / _cby René Fester Kratz, PhD, Biology professor, Everett Community College, Everett, Washington.
264		1	_aHoboken, New Jersey : _bJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc., _c©2011.
300			_a368 pages : _billustrations (black and white) ; _c24 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
490	1		_aFOR DUMMIES
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aPlant 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.
520			_aProvides an easy-to-follow overview of the fundamentals of botany, helping you to improve your grades, supplement your learning, or review before a test.
650	1	0	_aBotany.
830		0	_aFor Dummies
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