The strength of this book is that it is written by someone who has
spent a lifetime devoted to the science of economic botany. The
author has brought together his vast experience in the field in
Africa with his studies of arid land plants at the Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew. The result is an informative and reliable text that
covers a vast range of topics. It is also firmly based upon the
author's research and interest in plant taxonomy and therefore
fully acknowledges the importance of correct naming and
classification in the field of science of economic botany. The
coverage is of economic botany in its broadest sense. I was
delighted to find such topics as ecophysiology, plant breeding, the
environment and conservation are included in the text. This gives
the book a much more comprehensive coverage than most other texts
on the subject. I was also glad to see that the book covers the use
of various organisms that are no longer considered part of the
plant kingdom such as various species of fungi and algae. It is
indeed a broad ranging book that will be of use to many people
interested in the uses of plants and fungi. Economic botany is once
again being given more prominence as a discipline because of its
enormous relevance to both conservation and sustainable
development. Those people involved in those topics shOUld find this
a most useful resource.
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