Introduction to Plant Growth

Evolution of plant growth and defense in a continental introduction.

Substantial research has addressed adaptation of nonnative biota to novel environments, yet surprisingly little work has integrated population genetic structure and the mechanisms underlying phenotypic differentiation in ecologically important traits. We report on studies of the common milkweed Asclepias syriaca, which was introduced from North America to Europe over the past 400 years and whic...

Introduction to the history of plant pathology

G. C. AINSWORTH, Introduction to the history ofplant pathology, Cambridge University Press, 1981, 8vo, pp. xii, 315, illus., £27.50. This well-produced and -illustrated book is, of course, primarily intended for those dealing specifically with botany or agriculture. Yet much of it will be of interest to doctors and medical historians, and the author himself notes the importance of interdiscipli...

An Introduction to the Plant Sciences

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PLANT SCIENCES By WILLIAM C. DARRAH, Tutor in the Department of Biology and Research Curator in the Botanical Museum, Harvard University. This book offers a concise, humanistic account, of the nature of the plant kingdom. It is intended for use by students in a half-year or one-semester course in botany or plant biology. Emphasis is placed on these four recent development...

Introduction to Modern Economic Growth

Na tržištu postoji veliki broj udžbenika iz teorije rasta. Razlikuje ih razina, tehnička zahtjevnost, opseg, središnja tema, vrsta kolegija kojem su namijenjeni i tako dalje. Postoji, dakle, obilje raznolikosti te svaki nastavnik može bez poteškoća na polici naći „svoj broj“. No svakih nekoliko godina pojavi se jedan posebni udžbenik. U pravilu su namijenjeni za nastavu na doktorskom i diplomsk...

An Introduction to Growth Modeling