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|
 | Economic Botany: Plants in our World, 3rd Edition
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 | | Beryl Simpson, University of Texas at Austin
Molly Ogorzaly, UNIV OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
| | Hardcover, 544 pages | | ©2001, ISBN-13 9780072909388 | | | Publisher's Retail Price:$128.13
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| | Bookstore's Wholesale Price:$102.50
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| | | Description |
Written for the introductory-level course in Economic Botany, this edition offers more emphasis on key topics like biotechnology and ethnobotany.
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| Table of Contents |
1 Plants and Their Manipulation by People2 Origins of Agriculture3 Fruits and Nuts of Temperate Regions4 Fruits and Nuts of Warm Regions5 Cereal Grains and Forage Grasses6 Legumes7 Foods from Leaves, Stems, and Roots8 Spices, Herbs, and Perfumes9 Vegetable Oils and Waxes10 Hydrogels, Elastic Latexes, and Resins11 Medicinal Plants12 Psychoactive Drugs and Poisons from Plants13 Stimulating Beverages14 Alcoholic Beverages15 Fibers, Dyes, and Tannins16 Wood, Cork, and Bamboo17 Ornamental Plants18 Algae19 Uses of Plants in the Future
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Updated material has been added on herbal and medicinal plants, ethnobotany, genetics and biotechnology, agricultural changes/advances including global crops, sustainability and conservation ethics.
Total updates throughout text including overall content, examples, tables, figure data, and boxed readings.
More global examples and content throughout- especially concerning food and medicinal research/ethics.
Art and photos have been improved throughout. Figures have been brightened and overall quality of photos improved.
Index has been improved and expanded to include more key terms .
The chapter on medicinal plants (12) will be updated significantly.
An end-of-book glossary of terms will be added.
Former chapters one and two have been combined and rewritten for clarity.
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