Economic Botany: Principles and Practices - Softcover

Wickens, G.E.

 
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Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. Economic Botany. 2. Plant Collecting, Taxonomy and Nomenclature. 3. Environmental Considerations. 4. Plant Conservation. 5. Ecophysiology and Allied Disciplines. 6. Plant Breeding and Propagation. 7. Marketing of Crops and Crop Products. 8. Human and Animal Nutrition. 9. Human Food and Food Additives. 10. Feed for Livestock. 11. Food for Bees and other Desirable Invertebrates. 12. Timber and Wood Products. 13. Fuel. 14. Vegetable Fibres. 15. Phytochemicals. 16. Human and Veterinary Medicinal Plants. 17. Plant Toxins and their Applications. 18. Useful Ferns, Bryophytes, Fungi, Bacteria and Viruses. 19. Useful Algae. 20. Environmental Uses. 21. Social Uses. 22. At the Start of the 21st Century. Bibliography. Taxonomic Index. Chemical index. Subject Index. Figure. Tables.

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