Plants are sessile organisms that are unable to move but face the challenge of ever-changing or adverse environments. The study of the development of environmental changes in tolerant plants is fundamental for the maintenance and streamlining of high crop yields and plant adaptation in natural environments. The identification of genes that lead to changes or stress tolerance is urgently needed … for the growth and development of plants in their natural environment.
The Secret of Plants in the ENVIRONMENT addresses environmental concerns such as the different types of stress situations and plant adaptation to changing environments, including the positive and negative effects of stress on the growth of crops, the beginning stages of plant life cycles, and plant output. This book seeks to discuss the impact of environmental changes or stress on plant life, environmental stress physiology, and adaptation mechanisms. It highlights the impact of environmental stresses on plants and crops under changing environments and gives a comprehensive overview of how plants respond to such environments.
In addition, it serves as a helpful guide to the students of BSc, MSc and to all professionals engaged in teaching and research on environmental-related subjects. It dwells on some important aspects of environmental change or stress as the main issue affecting the survival of plants at the early stages of their life cycle. Hence, the author hopes that both early-career scientists and research scholars interested in pursuing environmental science to an advanced stage would also benefit from the important information discussed in this book.
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A complete and detailed book about plants, which centers on the environment and how these are forced to adapt to the changing climatic conditions. The author discusses the impact of environmental changes in detail, highlighting adaptation mechanisms of various plants. Photographs add to the overall value of this non-fiction guide.
I found this book to be interesting and relatable to the context of climatic changes we are facing nowadays. The author discusses how the survival of plants, especially in their early life stages, is often affected by such changes, as well as stress. This guide is the result of teaching and researching for the department of botany at a college in India, and I liked the depth of detail the author offered.
Many of the topics you will find discussed in this book match the problems our world deals with on a daily basis. Deforestation, extreme temperatures, pollution… all of these contribute to lower plant yields, and in result to hunger. Plants are forced to endure severe drought, exposure to chemical agents and mechanical stress, constant floods and so on. Where is our world heading? Read the book and find out the author’s perspective on the matter.
This guide is well-organized, providing a wealth of information on the worlds of plants and the challenges these are facing. I liked the addition of photographs, and the various explanatory details associated to them. The book delivered the perfect blend between the history of plant biology and modern theories on climate change. I believe this would be a good choice for those who are looking to expand their knowledge on plants, students included.
If you are interested in finding out more about the fragile relationship between plants and the environment, I believe this is the perfect book. The book explores topics that are relevant to our context, including climate change, and it addresses the challenges plants face nowadays. On a more subtle note, I think the author wanted to show that not only plants are threatened, but our existence as a whole.
This is an enlightening and educational book that will help readers become environmentally conscious. This book is all about plants, caring for plants, observing how they grow, and planting more. I never knew that reading about plants would be so attention-grabbing and eye-opening until I got a hold of this book. The Secret of Plants in the Environment is the right book for you if you enjoy non-fiction books that can help build the community and much more. The content in the book is refreshing and beneficial to all plant lovers. Every chapter and text in the book is based on facts. The author provides statistics to support claims in the book and also writes about personal experiences.
The Secret of Plants in the Environment has 17 chapters. At first one may feel like the chapters are too many considering the author is talking about similar topics but once you start reading; you understand why Rishikesh divided the book into 17 chapters. You will love this book because of how direct the author is. The author does not add unnecessary text. Every topic in the book is well researched and thorough. Every topic in the book is relevant and every discussion is important and will change the reader’s perception of plants at the end of the reading.
I learned so much that I did not know through the chapters in the book. Some of the topics that I read more than once include the chapters on salts or salinity in plants, waterlogging and plant adaptations, mechanosensing in plants, heavy metal stress in plants, and the response of plants to chemical agents. These chapters made me realize that plants just like pets or human beings react differently to various elements. I enjoyed reading the other chapters too, especially since they were short and easy to complete.
The Secret of Plants in the Environment will expose you to a world of plants you were not aware of. The author uses scientific terms and plant jargon that are interesting to master but they are all explained in detail. This is an intellectually-invigorating book that brings fascinating depth to botany and explores the myriad of ways that plants are affected by environmental changes.
The Secrets of Plants in the Environment by Rishikesh Upadhyay is ideal for students studying the environment, the depletion of forests, the problem with water, and other topics that affects each of us. For myself, learned a lot about humans and other living beings, and how what we do in our lives makes a difference to the animals, the plants, and even the air we breathe. This book describes problems and also gives ways to make the world a better place. I do not understand it all, but I know a lot more than I did before reading this book. If you’re interested in our world surviving and how we can help take a look at this book. I did. Happy reading.