Annals of Botany 91: 749, 2003
© 2003 Annals of Botany Company
Wickens, G.E. Economic botany: principles and practices
Economic botany: principles and practices.
Wickens GE. 2001.
Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
£140 (hardback). 535 pp.
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This book is a compendium of information on plants (and some micro-organisms) that are, or could be, useful to humans. Some idea of its vast scope can be gained from the list of chapter headings: Plant collecting, taxonomy and nomenclature; Environmental considerations; Plant conservation; Ecophysiology and allied disciplines; Plant breeding and propagation;