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Deals with arid and semi-arid environments and their classification, the physiological restraints and adaptations of plants to the environment. It also discusses economic botany and the needs and methods of conserving economic plants.
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1 Economic Plants and Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of the World * 2 Arid and Semi-Arid Environments of the World * 3 Arid and Semi-Arid Regions and Ecosystems of the World * 4 Ecophysiology, Nitrogen-Fixation, and Plant Stress * 5 Water Stress * 6 Temperature Stress * 7 Salt Stress * 8 Photosynthesis * 9 Plant Metabolites * 10 Anatomical and Morphological Adaptations * 11 Selected Arid Land Plants: Their Ecophysiology and Uses * References * Taxonomic Indices * Subject Index
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