Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Desert Plants
Kishan Gopal . Ed(S): Ramawat
€ 243.53
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Desert Plants
Paperback. Desert plants have evolved unique survival strategies to cope with their environment. This book covers their seed biology, reproduction, mycorrhizae, stress physiology and metablosim. It also describes current biotechnological approaches to their cultivation. Editor(s): Ramawat, Kishan Gopal. Num Pages: 524 pages. BIC Classification: PST; RGBA; TVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 801.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
524
Condition
New
Number of Pages
503
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642426124
SKU
V9783642426124
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
Reviews for Desert Plants