Plants in our world: economic botany / Beryl Brintnall Simpson, Molly Conner Ogorzaly.
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TextPublication details: New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education, 2013Edition: 4th edDescription: xiii, 529ISBN: 9780073524245 (alk. paper)Other title: Economic botanySubject(s): Botany, Economic | Botany, Economic -- United StatesDDC classification: 581.6 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library, Sikkim University | 581.6 SIM/P (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 46484 |
Previously published as: Economic botany: plants in our world. Boston: McGraw-Hill, c2001.
Includes index.
Origins of an agricultural way of life -- Human manipulation of plants -- Fruits and nuts of temperate regions -- Fruits and nuts of warm regions -- Old world grains -- New world grains and forage grasses -- Legumes -- Foods from stems and leaves -- Foods from roots, tubers, and rhizomes -- Vegetable oils and waxes -- Hydrocolloids, elastic latexes, and resins -- Herbs, spices, and perfume -- Medicinal plants -- Psychoactive drugs and poisons from plants -- Stimulating beverages -- Alcoholic beverages -- Fibers, dyes, and tannins -- Wood, cork, and bamboo -- Ornamental plants -- Future trends.
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