Green world

Presents an illustrated overview of plant genetics, covering such topics as meiosis, mitosis, polyploid plants, genetic processes, and gene functions, and also discusses plant genetics history and agricultural advances.

Presents an introduction to plant ecology, providing information on plants and the environment, describing life cycles and life history, plant communities and ecosystems, interactions among plants, plant biogeography, plant reproduction, and more.

Explores diversity in flora, describing the history of plant systematics, fungi and algae, and seedless, nonflowering, and flowering varieties. Includes a glossary and a list of resources.

Examines how plants progress from seeds to large and complex organisms describing the changes that take place in both form and function.

Describes the structure and functions of plants, including a look at plant anatomy, physiology, reproduction, how plant cells are studied.

Describes the history of plant biotechnology; its science, covering DNA, genes, and protein; purposes for which plants have been modified; and the controversy over genetically modified organisms, identifying myths and discussing risk management.

Presents an introduction to photosynthesis and respiration, tracing the flow of energy and carbon through the activities of green plants, explaning its impact on all organisms and the environment.

Describes food plants, where they grow, how they are cultivated, their importance for the survival of humans and animals, and the need for more crops to feed the world's growing population.