This introductory text assumes little prior scientific knowledge on the part of the student. It includes enough information for some shorter introductory botany courses open to both majors and non-majors, and is arranged so that certain sections can be omitted without disrupting the overall continuity of the course. Stern emphasizes current interests without giving short shrift to botanical principles. - Every chapter features an integration guide between text and technology supplements, so that students have a clear understanding of where and how to access all the available study tools. - The Online Learning Centre will be revised to feature animations on life cycles, photo gallery, ecological applications, and a greatly expanded reference to medicinal and herbal plants. - The chapter on plant breeding and propagation has been rewritten, and now features a new section on crop plant evolution, including discussions of origins of agriculture and steps in domestication.
- ISBN10 0071199004
- ISBN13 9780071199001
- Publish Date 1 January 2003 (first published November 1990)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 29 November 2011
- Publish Country US
- Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
- Imprint McGraw Hill Higher Education
- Edition 9th Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 635
- Language English