Learn how plants store food during the winter and carry water up to the leaves through roots and stems.

When Margaret and Casey see their father become weedy while working on his botany experiments, they worry that his plant-testing may not be entirely harmless.

Explains what roots look like and how they function in plants.

"An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American whose previous book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders,...

Stems may not be one of the flashiest plant parts, but theyre certainly one of the most important. This text introduces readers to plant stems and uses age-appropriate language to explain what they look like, how they grow, and what role they play in a plants life. Readers will walk away understanding plant parts work together for the plants survival. Written to support key life science concepts, this text makes it fun to learn about plant parts.

"In an era of cell phone addiction and ever-expanding cities, many of us fear we've lost our connection to nature--but Peter Wohlleben is convinced that age-old ties linking humans to the forest remain alive and intact. Whether we observe it or not, our blood pressure stabilizes near trees, the color green calms us, and the forest sharpens our senses. Drawing on new scientific discoveries, The Heartbeat of Trees reveals the profound interactions humans...

Describes the different kinds of stems that flowers may have and their importance in helping flowers to grow.

"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to botanists. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--

This illustrated manual describes and discusses the unusually rich and varied flora of the Carolinas, from the semi-tropical coast of South Carolina to the northern forests of the high North Carolina mountains. The manual treats in detail and in a concise format more than 3, 200 species of trees, shrubs, vines, herbs and ferns that grow without cultivation in this two-state area. Special features include diagnostic illustrations, keys for identification,...

The information on insect pests, diseases and nematode pests on plantation and spice crops is very much scattered. There is no book at present, which comprehensively and exclusively deals with the above aspects on these crops. The present book deals with integrated pest and disease management in plantation and spice crops in detail using regulatory, physical, cultural, chemical, biological, host plant resistance and integrated methods. The Book is...