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Author : James W. Cornett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780937794456
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (944 download)
Download or read book Indian Uses of Desert Plants, Third Edition written by James W. Cornett and published by . This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James W. Cornett
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (143 download)
Download or read book Indian Uses of Desert Plants written by James W. Cornett and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kishan Gopal Ramawat
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642025501
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Desert Plants written by Kishan Gopal Ramawat and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-12-16 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deserts appear very fascinating during our short visits. However, the lives of plants and animals are very dif?cult under the harsh climatic conditions of high tempe- ture and scant water supply in deserts, sometimes associated with high concent- tions of salt. The editor of this book was born and brought up in the Great Indian Desert, and has spent much of his life studying the growth and metabolism of desert plants. It is very charming on a cool summer evening to sit at the top of a sand dune listening only to blowing air and nothing else. It has been my dream to prepare a volume on desert plants encompassing various aspects of desert plant biology. In this book, I have tried to present functional and useful aspects of the vegetation resources of deserts along with scienti?c input aimed at understanding and impr- ing the utility of these plants. The scant vegetation of deserts supports animal life and provides many useful medicines, timber and fuel wood for humans. Therefore, there are chapters devoted to medicinal plants (Chap. 1), halophytes (Chaps. 13, 14), and fruit plants (Chaps. 17, 20). Desert plants have a unique reproductive biology (Chaps. 9–11), well-adapted eco-physiological and anatomical charact- istics (Chap. 7), and specialised metabolism and survival abilities. These plants are dif?cult to propagate and pose many problems to researchers developing biote- nological approaches for their amelioration (Chaps. 18–20).
Author : Kat Anderson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520248519
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (485 download)
Download or read book Tending the Wild written by Kat Anderson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a highly significant--one might argue revolutionary--book. It, and the author's previous research, has the potential to completely change the way western land managers relate to the land and the resources they are trying to regulate. Even more, it has the power to influence the way that all of us approach Nature and will reinforce the importance of Native Americans and the sophistication of their knowledge."--Nancy J. Turner, University of Victoria "Tending the Wild is an enormously rich and highly readable text on the remarkably diverse land management techniques practiced by California Indians over millennia. This book serves as an invaluable resource as we strive to conserve California's enormous cultural and biotic heritage in the new century. A triumph!"--Michael H. Horn, California State University Fullerton "Tending the Wild supports the little know fact that Indian groups in California historically practiced a kind of "environmental bonsai" through their centuries long management activities. Kat Anderson's work is timely and will make an important contribution toward a better understanding of the historic ecologies of North America."--Greg Cajete, University of New Mexico
Author : Suresh Kumar
Publisher : Scientific Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9386102285
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (861 download)
Download or read book Conservation of Threatened Desert Plants written by Suresh Kumar and published by Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to fulfil this long felt need giving details of ex-situ conservation of 20 arid species. Each chapter has information on taxonomic citation, physiognomic description, uses of these species, threats faced and its regeneration protocols. The presentation with large number of coloured photographs is in question answer style to increase the readability so as to get across the wide spectrum of conservation fraternity. This book will be useful to the students, teachers and researchers engaged in conservation biology, forestry, horticulture, plant ecology, agroforestry and desertification control programmes.
Author : Richard Stephen Felger
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816534756
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)
Download or read book People of the Desert and Sea written by Richard Stephen Felger and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "People of the Desert and Sea is one of those books that should not have to wait a generation or two to be considered a classic. A feast for the eye as well as the mind, this ethnobotany of the Seri Indians of Sonora represents the most detailed exploration of plant use by a hunting-and-gathering people to date. . . . Scholarship in the best sense of the term—precise without being pedantic, exhaustive without exhausting its readers."—Journal of Arizona History "To read and gaze through this elegantly illustrated book is to be exposed, as if through a work of science fiction, to an astonishing and unknown cultural world."—North Dakota Quarterly
Author : Mohammad Pessarakli
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1466553286
Total Pages : 1034 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (665 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology, Third Edition written by Mohammad Pessarakli and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-03-21 with total page 1034 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continuous discoveries in plant and crop physiology have resulted in an abundance of new information since the publication of the second edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology, necessitating a new edition to cover the latest advances in the field. Like its predecessors, the Third Edition offers a unique, complete collection of topics in plant and crop physiology, serving as an up-to-date resource in the field. This edition contains more than 90 percent new material, and the remaining 10 percent has been updated and substantially revised. Divided into nine parts to make the information more accessible, this handbook covers the physiology of plant and crop growth and development, cellular and molecular aspects, and production processes. It addresses the physiological responses of plants and crops to environmental stresses, heavy metals, and agrichemicals; presents findings on small RNAs in response to temperature stress; and discusses the use of bioinformatics in plant/crop physiology. The book deals with the impacts of rising CO2 levels and climate change on plant/crop growth, development, and production. It also offers guidance on plants and crops that can be successfully cultivated under more stressful conditions, presented in six chapters that examine alleviation of future food security issues. With contributions from 105 scientists from 17 countries, this book provides a comprehensive resource for research and for university courses, covering plant physiological processes ranging from the cellular level to whole plants. The content provided can be used to plan, implement, and evaluate strategies for dealing with plant and crop physiology problems. This edition includes numerous tables, figures, and illustrations to facilitate comprehension of the material as well as thousands of index words to further increase accessibility to the desired information.
Author : Marcello Pennacchio
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199708479
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)
Download or read book Uses and Abuses of Plant-Derived Smoke written by Marcello Pennacchio and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-07-23 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plants provide the food, shelter, medicines, and biomass that underlie sustainable life. One of the earliest and often overlooked uses of plants is the production of smoke, dating to the time of early hominid species. Plant-derived smoke has had an enormous socio-economic impact throughout human history, being burned for medicinal and recreational purposes, magico-religious ceremonies, pest control, food preservation, and flavoring, perfumes, and incense. This illustrated global compendium documents and describes approximately 2,000 global uses for over 1,400 plant species. The Uses and Abuses of Plant-Derived Smoke is accessibly written and provides a wealth of information on human uses for smoke. Divided into nine main categories of use, the compendium lists plant-derived smoke's medicinal, historical, ceremonial, ritual and recreational uses. Plant use in the production of incense and to preserve and flavor foods and beverages is also included. Each entry includes full binomial names and family, an identification of the person who named the plant, as well as numerous references to other scholarly texts. Of particular interest will be plants such as Tobacco (Nicotiana tabaccum), Boswellia spp (frankincense), and Datura stramonium (smoked as a treatment for asthma all over the world), all of which are described in great detail.
Author : Stephen Fisher
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 054418095X
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (441 download)
Download or read book CliffsNotes CSET: Multiple Subjects with CD-ROM, 3rd Edition written by Stephen Fisher and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of one of the bestselling CSET products on the market Reflects the latest changes in the California CSET Multiple Subjects teacher-certification test, which is now computer-based only The book includes diagnostic tests for every domain included in the test, detailed subject review chapters, and 2 full-length practice tests with in-depth answer explanations The CD contains all of the book's subject review chapters in searchable PDF format, the book's 2 practice tests, plus a third full-length practice test
Author : Lanny Kaufer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493058037
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Medicinal Herbs of California written by Lanny Kaufer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-12-30 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicinal Herbs of California is the first statewide field guide to more than 70 common medicinal plants of California. This vital addition to the California naturalist’s shelf will introduce readers to the principles of herbal remedies, history and roots in native cultures, scientific information, and how to find and incorporate medicinal plants into daily life. Inside you’ll find: Photos and descriptions to help with positive identification Common and scientific names and the plant families Conservation status Modern and traditional uses The science behind natural phytochemicals that have earned these plants a place in Native American medicine for thousands of years.
Author : I.C. Gupta
Publisher : Scientific Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9387991385
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (879 download)
Download or read book Use of Saline Water in Agriculture, 3rd Revised Ed. written by I.C. Gupta and published by Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2002-03-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scarcity of good quality irrigation water is a serious problem in arid and semiarid zones of the world which comprise one third of the earth. Fresh water resources which are very scarce, forming only 3% of the total water reserves are overexploited and consequently have been tending to cause salinisation. Remaining 97% water in sea is excessively saline and generally not suitable for large scale exploitation in agriculture. More than half of the world's ground water supplies are also saline. Although, to cope with the increasing requirements of the accelerating population, irrigated area in the world in last two centuries has increased from 8 mha (1800) to 220 mha (1990), but development of salinity on about half the irrigated land, caused due to indiscriminate use of waters, has been a serious constraint for optimum crop production. In this context, the rational use of irrigation waters, without development of salinity, is the most important challenging task and herein lies the value of scientific knowledge on the use of saline water in agriculture. The first edition of this monograph was published in 1979 and second revised edition was published in 1990. The purpose of the present third revised edition was to update the relevant information so that the latest synthesised knowledge becomes easily accessible to research workers, teachers, postgraduate students, extension people, and planners, who can utilise it profitably in the diagnosis and improvement of saline water irrigated agriculture. Although, the book contains most of the research work pertaining to India, but the principles and practices of the utilisation of saline waters can be extended safely to many countries of the world, confronted with the similar problems.
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Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Desert Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Deborah M Pearsall
Publisher : Left Coast Press
ISBN 13 : 1611322995
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Paleoethnobotany, Third Edition written by Deborah M Pearsall and published by Left Coast Press. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of the definitive work on doing paleoethnobotany brings the book up to date by incorporating new methods and examples of research, while preserving the overall organization and approach of the book to facilitate its use as a textbook. In addition to updates on the comprehensive discussions of macroremains, pollen, and phytoliths, this edition includes a chapter on starch analysis, the newest tool in the paleoethnobotanist's research kit. Other highlights include updated case studies; expanded discussions of deposition and preservation of archaeobotanical remains; updated historical overviews; new and updated techniques and approaches, including insights from experimental and ethnoarchaeological studies; and a current listing of electronic resources. Extensively illustrated, this will be the standard work on paleoethnobotany for a generation.
Author : Ernest Small
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1466585943
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (665 download)
Download or read book North American Cornucopia written by Ernest Small and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-09-23 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many North American plants have characteristics that are especially promising as candidates for expanding our food supply and generating new economically competitive crops. This book is an informative analysis of the top 100 indigenous food plants of North America, focusing on those species that have achieved commercial success or have substantial market potential. The book's user-friendly format provides concise information on each plant. It examines the geography and ecology, history, economic and social importance, food and industrial uses, and the economic future of each crop.
Author : Let's Go Inc.
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312319984
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)
Download or read book Let's Go Southwest USA Adventure, 3rd Edition written by Let's Go Inc. and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-12 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Resource for the Independent Traveler For over forty years Let's Go Travel Guides have brought budget-savvy travelers closer to the world and its diverse cultures by providing the most up-to-date information. Includes: · Entries at all price levels for lodging, food, attractions, and more · Advice for adrenaline sports, including rock climbing and mountain biking · Essential advice for getting around and maintaining a car in the desert · In-depth coverage of Native American culture and life in the region · Opportunities to make a difference through study, work, and volunteering · Detailed maps of cities, towns, and the outdoors Unique Adventures for Adrenaline-Seekers: · Shred the world-famous mountain bike trails of Moab's Slickrock · Climb the dunes of White Sands National Monument by moonlight · Push 70 mph down the Olympic bobsled course near Park City, Utah · Camp under green waterfalls on the floor of the Grand Canyon · Preserve native artifacts on a New Mexico archaeological dig Get advice, read up, and book tickets at www.letsgo.com
Author : Rajesh Arora
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 1845936787
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (459 download)
Download or read book Medicinal Plant Biotechnology written by Rajesh Arora and published by CABI. This book was released on 2010 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the latest advances in the use of plants to produce medicinal drugs and vaccines, examines topics including plant tissue culture, secondary metabolite production, metabolomics and metabolic engineering, bioinformatics, molecular farming and future biotechnological directions.
Author : Daniel F. Austin
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816549087
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)
Download or read book Baboquivari Mountain Plants written by Daniel F. Austin and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Baboquivari Mountains, long considered to be a sacred space by the Tohono O’odham people who are native to the area, are the westernmost of the so-called Sky Islands. The mountains form the border between the floristic regions of Chihuahua and Sonora. This encyclopedic work describes the flora of this unique area in detail. It includes descriptions, identifications, ecology, and extensive etymologies of plant names in European and indigenous languages. Daniel Austin also describes pollination biology and seed dispersal and explains how plants in the area have been used by humans, beginning with Native Americans. The term “sky island” was first used by Weldon Heald in 1967 to describe mountain ranges that are separated from each other by valleys of grassland or desert. The valleys create barriers to the spread of plant species in a way that is similar to the separation of islands in an ocean. The 70,000-square-mile Sky Islands region of southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northwestern Mexico is of particular interest to botanists because of its striking diversity of plant species and habitats. With more than 3,000 species of plants, the region offers a surprising range of tropical and temperate zones. Although others have written about the region, this is the first book to focus exclusively on the plant life of the Baboquivari Mountains. The book offers an introduction to the history of the region, along with a discussion of human influences, and includes a useful appendix that lists all of the plants known to be growing in the Baboquivari Mountain chain.
