Pollen: The Hidden Sexuality of Flowers.POLLEN: The Hidden Sexuality of Flowers ROB KESSELER AND MADELINE HARLEY This vividly imaged book unites science and art in a celebration of pollen. It reveals the essence of the grains necessary for plant propagation Plant propagation The deliberate, directed reproduction of plants using plant cells, tissues, or organs. Asexual propagation, also called vegetative propagation, is accomplished by taking cuttings, by grafting or budding, by layering, by division of plants, or . Their intricate features are often too small to be viewed by the naked eye. Harley, an expert in pollen and plant evolution, explains how pollen varies among plant species, where pollen is located in the reproductive organs Reproductive organs The group of organs (including the testes, ovaries, and uterus) whose purpose is to produce a new individual and continue the species. Mentioned in: Choriocarcinoma of flowers, and how pollen develops. She explores how pollen helps plants avoid self-fertilization and what the granules Granules Small packets of reactive chemicals stored within cells. Mentioned in: Allergic Rhinitis, Allergies can reveal about the evolution of plants. Next, she explains the roles that bees, other insects, birds, other small animals, wind, and water play in dispersing pollen to create new plants. The book also reveals the aesthetics inherent in botanical images. Indeed, the book contains 190 full-color, unexpectedly dramatic images of pollen and reproductive plant structures. Firefly firefly or lightning bug, small, luminescent, carnivorous beetle of the family Lampyridae. Fireflies are well represented in temperate regions, although the majority of species are tropical and subtropical. , 2006, 264 p., color images A (digital) color image is a digital image that includes color information for each pixel. For visually acceptable results, it is necessary (and almost sufficient) to provide three samples (color channels , hardcover, $60.00. |
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