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We hope it will inform and inspire students, researchers, and teachers to continue to employ plant cytogenetics to address fundamental questions about the cytology of plant chromosomes and genomes for years to come.Hank W. Bass is a Professor in the Department of Biological Science at Florida State University.James A. Birchler is a Professor in the Division of Biological Sciences at the University of Missouri.  Free Download Plant Breeding for Water-Limited Environments By Abraham Blum (auth.) 2011 | 255 Pages | ISBN: 1441974903 | PDF | 7 MB "In general, the book will cater to the needs of plant breeders, researchers/scientists, under-graduate, and graduate students in the field of agriculture. It is a valuable contribution to the current knowledge on breeding for drought tolerance and provides historical background, successes, and potential for the future. 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The production of a geobotanical map represents the last stage in a cognitive process that begins with observations in the field and continues with the collection of sample data, interpretation of the phenomena observed, and their appropriate cartographic representation; geobotanical cartography is closely tied to the concepts and scope of geobotany in general  Free Download Plant Acclimation to Environmental Stress By Panagiota Filippou, Georgia Tanou (auth.), Narendra Tuteja, Sarvajeet Singh Gill (eds.) 2013 | 494 Pages | ISBN: 1461450004 | PDF | 5 MB The mechanisms underlying endurance and adaptation to environmental stress factors in plants have long been the focus of intense research. 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