Kratz, René Fester. creator author text inu 2025 Second edition monographic eng

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1 online resource (339 pages) : illustrations ; Harvest basic botany knowledge from this abundant book Botany For Dummies gives you a thorough overview of the fundamentals of botany, but in simple terms that anyone can understand. Great for supplementing your botany coursework or brushing up before an exam, this book covers plant evolution, the structure and function of plant cells, and plant identification. Plus, you'll learn about how plants of different types are changing and adapting in response to changing climates. This new edition goes into more detail on fungi--not technically plants, but no one is holding that against them. Regardless of what brought you to the wonderful world of botany, this book will show you around. Get an easy-to-understand introduction to the key concepts in botany Read about recent discoveries and theories in the world of plant science Understand different families of plants and where they grow Improve your grade and pass your exam in your introductory botany course Get a copy of Botany For Dummies and watch your botany knowledge bloom. Introduction -- Part 1: Getting Started with Botany Basics -- 1: Exploring Botany -- 2: Peering at Plant Cells and Tissues -- 3: Vegetative Structures: Stems, Roots, and Leaves -- 4: Reproductive Structures: Spores, Seeds, Cones, Flowers, and Fruits -- Part 2: Discovering Plant Physiology -- 5: Photosynthesis: Making Sugar from Scratch -- 6: Cellular Respiration: Making Your Cake and Eating It, Too -- 7: Moving Materials through Plants -- 8: Regulating Plant Growth and Development -- Part 3: Making More Plants: Plant Reproduction and Genetics -- 9: Greening the Earth: Plant Reproduction -- 10: Passing Plant Characteristics to the Next Generation -- 11: Changing with the Times: Evolution and Adaptation -- Part 4: The Wide, Wonderful World of Plants -- 12: The Tree of Life: Showing the Relationships between Living Things -- 13: Precursors to Plants: Bacteria, Protists, and Algae -- 14: Examining the Forest Floor: Bryophytes and Seedless Vascular Plants -- 15: Their Seeds Are Naked: Gymnosperms -- 16: Say It with Flowers: Angiosperms -- 17: I’m Not a Plant, But I’m a … Fungi -- Part 5: Embracing the Synergy of Plants and People -- 18: Exploring the Relationship Between People and Plants -- 19: Foraging, Farming, and Engineering Plants -- 20: Making Connections with Plant Ecology -- Part 6: The Part of Tens -- 21: Ten Weirdest Plants --22: Ten Tips for Improving Your Grade in Botany -- Index. René Fester Kratz. Includes bibliographical references and index. Botany QK47 .F478 2025 9781394273898 2024946963 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=31702034 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=31702034 DLC 240920 20260318140209.0 23871737 eng