Drawing from a lifetime of teaching botany, Dr. Nels Lersten
presents the study of the structures and processes involved in the
reproduction of plants in his text "Flowering Plant Embryology."
This richly illustrated reference text, with more than 350 figures
and illustrations, presents general angiosperm embryology as it
applies to economically important plants. The unique focus on
economically important species increases the relevance of this book
to today's students and researchers in the plant sciences.
Lersten emphasizes the plant species that affect human
livelihood, including weeds and other cultivated plants that are
used for commercial products. Selected from the thousands of
economically important plants, the examples chosen for illustration
and discussion are familiar, especially to students from North
America, Northern Europe, and Japan. Although the emphasis of this
book is economically important plants, the information within
applies to almost all flowering plants.
Extremely readable and well-written, this book is neither dense
nor academic in tone. Lersten treats topics with a uniformity of
style and organization that enhances comprehension. Terms are
well-defined and the derivation of each is explained to further
facilitate student learning. The book presents research results,
hypotheses, and speculations about why things are as they are, with
supporting facts and specific examples that provide a firm
foundation for students' understanding of embryological diversity
among economic plants.
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