Orchid Biology: Reviews and Perspectives, VIII /

This is the eighth volume in a 25 year old series which has become the cornerstone review publication of orchid science. It presents authoritative reviews on different areas of orchid science and historical accounts by major orchid authorities. It includes biographies of two pioneering seventeenth c...

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Main Author: Kull, Tiiu
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Arditti, Joseph
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
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Summary:This is the eighth volume in a 25 year old series which has become the cornerstone review publication of orchid science. It presents authoritative reviews on different areas of orchid science and historical accounts by major orchid authorities. It includes biographies of two pioneering seventeenth century orchid scientists one in Europe and the other one in Indonesia, a review of orchid flower ontogeny, a discussion of orchid population dynamics, a survey of orchid seed and seedling development, an account of temperate orchid species, a description of mature orchid embryos, an history of studies of orchid seed germination and an enumeration of viruses which attack orchids. The volume is intended to provide information for botanists in general as well as orchid scientists and growers.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 584 pages)
ISBN:9789401725002 (electronic bk.)
9401725004 (electronic bk.)