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Title:
Why people need plants / edited by Carlton Wood & Nicolette Habgood.
Publisher:
Kew Pub. ;
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
191 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Plants--Social aspects.
Plants--Therapeutic use.
Botany, Economic--Popular works.
Plants, Useful
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Other Authors:
Wood, Carlton
Habgood, Nicolette
Notes:
Includes indexes.
Contents:
pt. I. Uses of plants : Food crops ; Wood, fibre and starch crops ; Biofuels ; Plants in crime -- pt. II. Plants and health : Plants for nutrition and well-being ; Medicinal plants ; Drink and drugs -- pt. III. Modern techniques : Micropropagation ; Genetically modified plants ; Natural plant protection -- pt. IV. Plants and the planet : The impact of humankind on the planet -- Conservation ; Plant collecting and trading ; Plants and the future.
ISBN:
1842464256 (pbk.)
9781842464250 (pbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)464589027
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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