Seed to Seed: The Secret Life of Plants
Nicholas Harberd, . . Bloomsbury, $24.95 (312pp) ISBN 978-1-58234-413-3
Even the most hardcore city dweller will be moved by British plant biologist Harberd's look at the life cycle of the thale cress plant, as he records not only the stages of a single species through one year but also provides an outline of "the unseen molecular forces that drive plants from stage to stage." Harberd engagingly shows how this common but ignored garden plant, with its short life span and small genome, is perfect for the plant geneticist, "our own
Reviewed on: 03/13/2006
Genre: Nonfiction
Hardcover - 312 pages - 978-0-7475-7039-4
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