Plant Biology (with InfoTrac ) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Thomas L. Rost, Michael G. Barbour, C. Ralph Stocking, Terence M. Murphy
Publisher: Brooks Cole
Category: Book
List Price: $169.95
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 171434
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 624
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.6
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 9.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0534380611
Dewey Decimal Number: 580
EAN: 9780534380618
ASIN: 0534380611
Publication Date: March 15, 2005
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Product Description
Master the science of plants with PLANT BIOLOGY with InfoTrac! Providing a comprehensive overview of the biology of plants, this biology text combines the most current, real-world examples with information on plant biodiversity and ecology, including topics like biotechnology, economic botany, and plant/human interactions. Study aids found on the book-specific website such as quizzes, flashcards, and chapter objectives enhance your understanding of the material. Boxed applications found throughout show you the relevance of plant biology to real life and include topics ranging from bee pollination and forensic botany to the making of oak wine barrels.
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 Very helpful December 11, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was extremely useful in my plant science class. The prof. taught from it and the images inside are great. Everything is well laid out and I like the chapter summaries and information. This book was expensive, but for me it was worth it!
ignore that bitter student April 28, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I too used this book for my introductory botany class and actually worked for Tom Rost several years later (as my both interest and understanding of the subject grew, neither were affected in anyway but a posistive one from the use of this text). I used an older version which included a rudimentary section on fungi (I'm not sure if this edition does) as the book was written to mirror the original content of course taught a UCD but other than that it has just what you'd want to know to get you feet wet in botany. I have this book in paper back - the binding is cracking and I have officallly had pages fall out but I still pull this book out occasionally for use.
This book is a great visual help to botany October 25, 2004
I bought this book as a additional resource to a basic plant science course that I was taking. It has great pictures, and explanations on the basic proceses in plants. This is not a book that a begining self taught person could learn from easily. This is a textbook, not a home gardener's type book. The only drawback is the binding. All the books that I have seen have been falling apart. I would recommend the spiral bound edition or just live with the binding
 This book is junk April 4, 2002
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
I'm a UC Davis student who took the plant biology course that uses this book. The professor doesn't even follow the book because it's so bad. It's unorganized, confusing, and useless for my class. Even some of the illustrations in the book are wrong. Don't buy this book if you just plan to learn plant biology. If you have to buy this book because course requirement, good luck
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