 |  Plants and Society, 4/e Dr. Estelle Levetin,
University of Tulsa
Karen McMahon,
University of Tulsa
Table of ContentsUNIT I
PLANTS AND SOCIETY: THE BOTANICAL CONNECTIONS TO OUR LIVES
Chapter 1 Plants in Our Lives 2 UNIT II
INTRODUCTION TO PLANT LIFE: BOTANICAL PRINCIPLES
Chapter 2 The Plant Cell 20
Chapter 3 The Plant Body 32
Chapter 4 Plant Physiology 50
Chapter 5 Plant Life Cycle: Flowers 73
Chapter 6 Plant Life Cycle: Fruits and Seeds 89
Chapter 7 Genetics 104
Chapter 8 Plant Systematics and Evolution 123
Chapter 9 Diversity of Plant Life 139 UNIT IIIPLANTS AS A SOURCE OF FOOD
Chapter 10 Human Nutrition 158
Chapter 11 Origins of Agriculture 181
Chapter 12 The Grasses 191
Chapter 13 Legumes 211
Chapter 14 Starchy Staples 225
Chapter 15 Feeding a Hungry World 241 UNIT IVCOMMERCIAL PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM PLANTS
Chapter 16 Stimulating Beverages 268
Chapter 17 Herbs and Spices 284
Chapter 18 Materials: Cloth, Paper, and Wood 303 UNIT VPLANTS AND HUMAN HEALTH
Chapter 19 Medicinal Plants 330
Chapter 20 Psychoactive Plants 350
Chapter 21 Poisonous and Allergy Plants 369 UNIT VI
ALGAE AND FUNGI: THE IMPACT OF ALGAE AND FUNGI ON HUMAN AFFAIRS
Chapter 22 The Algae 390
Chapter 23 Fungi in the Natural
Environment 408
Chapter 24 Beverages and Foods
from Fungi 434
Chapter 25 Fungi That Affect Human Health 454 UNIT VIIPLANTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Chapter 26 Plant Ecology 472 |
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