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Plants for Arid Lands
. Ed(S): Wickens, G. E.; Goodin, J. R.; Field, D.V.; Etc.
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Description for Plants for Arid Lands
Paperback. Editor(s): Wickens, G. E.; Goodin, J. R.; Field, D.V.; etc. Num Pages: 496 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PST. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 718.
Economic plants have been defined by SEPASAT as those plants that are utilised either directly or indirectly for the benefit of Man. Indirect usage includes the needs of Man's livestock and the maintenance of the environment; the benefits may be domestic, commercial or aesthetic. Economic plants constitute a large and so far uncalculated percentage of the quarter of a million higher plants in the World today. However, it has been calculated that 10% (25 000) of these species are now on the verge of extinction and extinction means that a genetic resource that could be of benefit to Man will ... Read more
Economic plants have been defined by SEPASAT as those plants that are utilised either directly or indirectly for the benefit of Man. Indirect usage includes the needs of Man's livestock and the maintenance of the environment; the benefits may be domestic, commercial or aesthetic. Economic plants constitute a large and so far uncalculated percentage of the quarter of a million higher plants in the World today. However, it has been calculated that 10% (25 000) of these species are now on the verge of extinction and extinction means that a genetic resource that could be of benefit to Man will ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780044453307
SKU
V9780044453307
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Ref
99-15
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