Plant Roots - The Hidden Half (Hardcover, 3rd Revised edition)

Reflecting major advances and emerging technologies in the field, this reference presents the latest developments in the study of root origin, composition, formation, and behavior for the production of novel pharmaceutical and medicinal compounds, agrochemicals, dyes, flavors, and pesticides. Contains entirely new chapters detailing recent breakthroughs in genetics, molecular biology, growth substance physiology, biotechnology, and biomechanics Supplemented with nearly 7000 contemporary references, Plant Roots: The Hidden Half, Third Edition is an authoritative source for environmental, crop, and soil scientists and technologists; plant scientists, physiologists, nutritionists, breeders, geneticists, and pathologists; botanists; agronomists; agriculturists; foresters; microbiologists; nematologists; entomologists; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.