Magills Encyclopedia of Science Plant Life: DNA Replication-Metabolites : Primary Vs. Secondary (Magills Encyclopedia of Science, Vol. 2)

this 379-entry Publication Incorporates Essays From Six Extant Magill's Publications, Updates And Revises Them, And Also Adds 200 New Articles. Aimed At Nonspecialists, High School And Above, Coverage Is Broad, But Does Not Treat Plants As Food Or Medicine. Entries Are Preceded By Definitions And Followed By Reading Suggestions. The Smallish Four-page Entry, Tropisms, For Example, Gives A One-sentence Definition, And Describes Tropisms Related To Gravity, Light, Touch, Water, And Sun; The Entry Ends With A Seven-book Annotated Bibliography Of Suggested Readings. The Longish, Seven-page Bacteria Is Preceded By A Two-sentence Definition, And Discusses Reproduction, Nutrition, Motility, And Several Other Characteristics. Volume Four's Appendices Include Concise Botanist Biographies, A Plant Classification Table, Common-scientific And Scientific-common Dictionaries, Chronology Of Botanical Discovery And Practice, Glossary, Subject Bibliography, Categorized Webography, And Categorized And Biographical Indices. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, Or library Journal aimed At High School And College Students, This Encyclopedia Provides A Broad Overview Of Botanical And Horticultural Information. Nearly 400 Topics Are Covered In The Course Of Nearly 1300 Pages, Written By A Rich Variety Of Educators And Scholars. Each Essay Is Signed And Includes Cross References And Bibliographies. While 196 New Articles Have Been Commissioned For This Resource, 183 Essays Previously Published In Six Other Magill References Were Updated And Revised For Inclusion Here. The Last Volume In The Set Includes Biographies Of Famous Botanists, Scientific-to-common And Common-to-scientific Plant Name Tables, A Time Line, A Glossary, A List Of Web Sites, A Bibliography, And Several Indexes. Given The Nature Of The Intended Audience, It Would Have Been Useful Had This Set Included Some Color Illustrations, For Botany Is Indeed A Colorful Science. Color Would Also Have Made The Text More Readable And Enjoyable, Because, Frankly, The Physical Layout Is Dull, Almost Retro, Akin To A Reference Work Published In The Late 1950s Or Early 1960s. The Absence Of Embedded Definitions In The Text Means A Lot Of Flipping Back And Forth Between The Glossary In Volume 4 And The Text Elsewhere. The Publisher Could Have Learned A Lot From The Competition, Even A Cursory Glance At Macmillan's Plant Sciences For Students, Published In Four Slightly Smaller But More Attractive Volumes In 2001. Macmillan Uses Color Enticingly Throughout That Set, Inviting Readers To Explore Each Volume, And Each Page Includes Wide Margins Where Definitions Lurk As Marginalia. Magill Needs To Rethink Its Packaging; A Better Understanding Of Its Target Audience Would Make This Work More Attractive Physically, And It Would Ultimately Find Readers. Until That Happens, Look At Macmillan's Offering As A Reasonable Use Of Limited Reference Dollars.-edward J. Valauskas, Lib. & Plant Information Office, Chicago Botanic Garden Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information. Cover Page......Page 1 Title Page Volume 2......Page 3 ISBN 1587650843......Page 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 5 PUBLISHER’S NOTE......Page 7 CONTRIBUTOR LIST......Page 9 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, CHARTS, AND TABLES......Page 13 Volume 1......Page 17 Go to Volume 4......Page 0 Volume 2......Page 18 Volume 3......Page 20 Volume 4......Page 21 DNA REPLICATION......Page 22 DORMANCY......Page 24 DROUGHT......Page 27 ECOLOGY: CONCEPT......Page 30 ECOLOGY: HISTORY......Page 32 ECOSYSTEMS: OVERVIEW......Page 34 ECOSYSTEMS: STUDIES......Page 37 ELECTROPHORESIS......Page 41 ENDANGERED SPECIES......Page 43 ENDOCYTOSIS AND EXOCYTOSIS......Page 48 ENDOMEMBRANE SYSTEM AND GOLGI COMPLEX......Page 51 ENDOPHYTES......Page 54 ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM......Page 56 ENERGY FLOW IN PLANT CELLS......Page 57 ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY......Page 60 EROSION AND EROSION CONTROL......Page 62 ESTROGENS FROM PLANTS......Page 64 ETHANOL......Page 67 EUDICOTS......Page 68 EUGLENOIDS......Page 71 EUKARYA......Page 73 EUKARYOTIC CELLS......Page 75 EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE......Page 78 EUROPEAN FLORA......Page 82 EUTROPHICATION......Page 86 EVOLUTION: CONVERGENT AND DIVERGENT......Page 89 EVOLUTION: GRADUALISM VS. PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM......Page 91 EVOLUTION: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE......Page 93 EVOLUTION OF CELLS......Page 97 EVOLUTION OF PLANTS......Page 102 EXERGONIC AND ENDERGONIC REACTIONS......Page 105 EXTRANUCLEAR INHERITANCE......Page 107 FARMLAND......Page 110 FERNS......Page 112 FERTILIZERS......Page 116 FLAGELLA AND CILIA......Page 119 FLOWER STRUCTURE......Page 121 FLOWER TYPES......Page 125 FLOWERING REGULATION......Page 128 FLUORESCENT STAINING OF CYTOSKELETAL ELEMENTS......Page 131 FOOD CHAIN......Page 133 FOREST AND RANGE POLICY......Page 136 FOREST FIRES......Page 140 FOREST MANAGEMENT......Page 143 FORESTS......Page 147 FOSSIL PLANTS......Page 151 FRUIT CROPS......Page 154 FRUIT: STRUCTURE AND TYPES......Page 157 FUNGI......Page 162 GARDEN PLANTS: FLOWERING......Page 167 GARDEN PLANTS: SHRUBS......Page 171 GAS EXCHANGE IN PLANTS......Page 174 GENE FLOW......Page 176 GENE REGULATION......Page 179 GENETIC CODE......Page 181 GENETIC DRIFT......Page 183 GENETIC EQUILIBRIUM: LINKAGE......Page 184 GENETICALLY MODIFIED BACTERIA......Page 187 GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS......Page 189 GENETICS: MENDELIAN......Page 192 GENETICS: MUTATIONS......Page 196 GENETICS: POST-MENDELIAN......Page 198 GERMINATION AND SEEDLING DEVELOPMENT......Page 202 GINKGOS......Page 205 GLYCOLYSIS AND FERMENTATION......Page 208 GNETOPHYTES......Page 210 GRAINS......Page 213 GRASSES AND BAMBOOS......Page 215 GRASSLANDS......Page 218 GRAZING AND OVERGRAZING......Page 220 GREEN ALGAE......Page 223 GREEN REVOLUTION......Page 225 GREENHOUSE EFFECT......Page 227 GROWTH AND GROWTH CONTROL......Page 230 GROWTH HABITS......Page 234 GYMNOSPERMS......Page 237 HALOPHYTES......Page 241 HAPTOPHYTES......Page 244 HARDY-WEINBERG THEOREM......Page 247 HELIOTROPISM......Page 250 HERBICIDES......Page 251 HERBS......Page 254 HETEROKONTS......Page 257 HIGH-YIELD CROPS......Page 259 HISTORY OF PLANT SCIENCE......Page 262 HORMONES......Page 268 HORNWORTS......Page 271 HORSETAILS......Page 274 HORTICULTURE......Page 276 HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH......Page 279 HYBRID ZONES......Page 282 HYBRIDIZATION......Page 284 HYDROLOGIC CYCLE......Page 286 HYDROPONICS......Page 290 INFLORESCENCES......Page 293 INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT......Page 295 INVASIVE PLANTS......Page 297 IRRIGATION......Page 300 KREBS CYCLE......Page 303 LEAF ABSCISSION......Page 306 LEAF ANATOMY......Page 309 LEAF ARRANGEMENTS......Page 312 LEAF LOBING AND DIVISION......Page 314 LEAF MARGINS, TIPS, AND BASES......Page 317 LEAF SHAPES......Page 320 LEGUMES......Page 322 LICHENS......Page 325 LIPIDS......Page 327 LIQUID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS......Page 329 LIVERWORTS......Page 333 LOGGING AND CLEAR-CUTTING......Page 336 LYCOPHYTES......Page 338 MARINE PLANTS......Page 342 MEDICINAL PLANTS......Page 345 MEDITERRANEAN SCRUB......Page 348 MEMBRANE STRUCTURE......Page 351 METABOLITES: PRIMARY VS. SECONDARY......Page 352 Cover Page 1 Title Page Volume 2 3 ISBN 1587650843 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS 5 PUBLISHER’S NOTE 7 CONTRIBUTOR LIST 9 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, CHARTS, AND TABLES 13 ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CONTENTS 17 Volume 1 17 Go to Volume 1 -1 Volume 2 18 Volume 3 20 Go to Volume 3 -1 Volume 4 21 Go to Volume 4 -1 D 22 DNA REPLICATION 22 DORMANCY 24 DROUGHT 27 E 30 ECOLOGY: CONCEPT 30 ECOLOGY: HISTORY 32 ECOSYSTEMS: OVERVIEW 34 ECOSYSTEMS: STUDIES 37 ELECTROPHORESIS 41 ENDANGERED SPECIES 43 ENDOCYTOSIS AND EXOCYTOSIS 48 ENDOMEMBRANE SYSTEM AND GOLGI COMPLEX 51 ENDOPHYTES 54 ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM 56 ENERGY FLOW IN PLANT CELLS 57 ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 60 EROSION AND EROSION CONTROL 62 ESTROGENS FROM PLANTS 64 ETHANOL 67 EUDICOTS 68 EUGLENOIDS 71 EUKARYA 73 EUKARYOTIC CELLS 75 EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE 78 EUROPEAN FLORA 82 EUTROPHICATION 86 EVOLUTION: CONVERGENT AND DIVERGENT 89 EVOLUTION: GRADUALISM VS. PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM 91 EVOLUTION: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 93 EVOLUTION OF CELLS 97 EVOLUTION OF PLANTS 102 EXERGONIC AND ENDERGONIC REACTIONS 105 EXTRANUCLEAR INHERITANCE 107 F 110 FARMLAND 110 FERNS 112 FERTILIZERS 116 FLAGELLA AND CILIA 119 FLOWER STRUCTURE 121 FLOWER TYPES 125 FLOWERING REGULATION 128 FLUORESCENT STAINING OF CYTOSKELETAL ELEMENTS 131 FOOD CHAIN 133 FOREST AND RANGE POLICY 136 FOREST FIRES 140 FOREST MANAGEMENT 143 FORESTS 147 FOSSIL PLANTS 151 FRUIT CROPS 154 FRUIT: STRUCTURE AND TYPES 157 FUNGI 162 G 167 GARDEN PLANTS: FLOWERING 167 GARDEN PLANTS: SHRUBS 171 GAS EXCHANGE IN PLANTS 174 GENE FLOW 176 GENE REGULATION 179 GENETIC CODE 181 GENETIC DRIFT 183 GENETIC EQUILIBRIUM: LINKAGE 184 GENETICALLY MODIFIED BACTERIA 187 GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS 189 GENETICS: MENDELIAN 192 GENETICS: MUTATIONS 196 GENETICS: POST-MENDELIAN 198 GERMINATION AND SEEDLING DEVELOPMENT 202 GINKGOS 205 GLYCOLYSIS AND FERMENTATION 208 GNETOPHYTES 210 GRAINS 213 GRASSES AND BAMBOOS 215 GRASSLANDS 218 GRAZING AND OVERGRAZING 220 GREEN ALGAE 223 GREEN REVOLUTION 225 GREENHOUSE EFFECT 227 GROWTH AND GROWTH CONTROL 230 GROWTH HABITS 234 GYMNOSPERMS 237 H 241 HALOPHYTES 241 HAPTOPHYTES 244 HARDY-WEINBERG THEOREM 247 HELIOTROPISM 250 HERBICIDES 251 HERBS 254 HETEROKONTS 257 HIGH-YIELD CROPS 259 HISTORY OF PLANT SCIENCE 262 HORMONES 268 HORNWORTS 271 HORSETAILS 274 HORTICULTURE 276 HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH 279 HYBRID ZONES 282 HYBRIDIZATION 284 HYDROLOGIC CYCLE 286 HYDROPONICS 290 I 293 INFLORESCENCES 293 INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT 295 INVASIVE PLANTS 297 IRRIGATION 300 K 303 KREBS CYCLE 303 L 306 LEAF ABSCISSION 306 LEAF ANATOMY 309 LEAF ARRANGEMENTS 312 LEAF LOBING AND DIVISION 314 LEAF MARGINS, TIPS, AND BASES 317 LEAF SHAPES 320 LEGUMES 322 LICHENS 325 LIPIDS 327 LIQUID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS 329 LIVERWORTS 333 LOGGING AND CLEAR-CUTTING 336 LYCOPHYTES 338 M 342 MARINE PLANTS 342 MEDICINAL PLANTS 345 MEDITERRANEAN SCRUB 348 MEMBRANE STRUCTURE 351 METABOLITES: PRIMARY VS. SECONDARY 352 Magill's Encyclopedia of Plant Life is designed to meet the needs of college and high school students as well as nonspecialists seeking general information about botany and related sciences. The encyclopedia incorporates more than 200 essays newly acquired for this publication and 185 heavily updated and revised essays from the following Salem Magill's Survey of Life Science (1991), Magill's Survey of Life Science, Supplement (1998), Natural Resources (1998), Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues (2000), World Geography (2001), and Earth Science(2001). In addition to updating the text, new bibliographies are provided at the end of every article. Every article is signed by the botanist, biologist, or other expert who wrote it; where essays have been revised or updated, the name of the updater appears as well. Articles offer a broad overview of topics in the, botany sciences, ecology, and other biological sciences. A number of practical and issue-oriented topics are covered as well, from agricultural, economic, medicinal, and cultural uses of plants to biomes, plant-related environmental issues, and the flora of major regions of the world. Technical language in the discussions is kept to a minimum or defined throughout in an easy-to-understand context. New appendices, providing essential research tools for students, have been acquired as "Biographical List of Botanists" with brief descriptions of the contributions of approximately 100 famous naturalists, botanists, and other plant scientists; "Time Line" chronicling the history of plant science; Plant Classification Table; Glossary of more than 900 terms; Bibliography, organized by category of research; Web Sites, annotated for readers online research needs; Plant Common-to-Scientific; Plant Scientific-to-Common. Written by subject authorities, this encyclopedia provides approximately 380 articles on botany and related sciences. Examples of topics covered include acid precipitation, carbon cycle, deforestation, estrogens from plants, fruit crops, ginkgos, medicinal plants, rubber, soil, stems, taiga, and zygomycetes v. 1. Acid precipitation-DNA: recombinant technology v. 2. DNA replication-metabolites: primary vs. secondary v. 3. Microbial nutrition and metabolism v. 4. Sustainable forestry-zygomycetes. Surveys over 400 topics pertaining to the plant kingdom while providing a broad overview of the botany sciences, ecology, and other biological sciences