Tag: Plants

Free Download More Plants Less Waste: Plant-Based Recipes + Zero Waste Life Hacks with Purpose by Max La Manna
English | March 31, 2020 | ISBN: 1529396204 | 224 pages | MOBI | 11 Mb
Max La Manna, zero waste chef and sustainability advocate, bridges the gap between vegan food and waste-free cooking – inviting us to channel the More Plants Less Waste mindset and discover a stronger purpose in our daily routines.

Free Download Medicinal Plants of North America: A Field Guide, 3rd Edition by Jim Meuninck
English | April 2nd, 2024 | ISBN: 1493077864 | 240 pages | True EPUB | 12.40 MB
This exquisitely detailed, full-color field guide provides the identification details and practical information needed to find and properly use many of the medicinal plants and wild plant foods that provide chemicals necessary for optimum health and disease prevention.

Free Download Marjorie G. Schmidt, "Growing California Native Plants, Second Edition"
English | 2012 | pages: 295 | ISBN: 0520266692, 0520266684 | PDF | 42,9 mb
First published thirty years ago, the long-awaited second edition of Growing California Native Plants is the ideal hands-on native plant guide for both experienced and novice gardeners. In addition to the voluminous knowledge contributed by Marjorie G. Schmidt, now deceased, Katherine L. Greenberg has taken note of the vibrant state of today’s horticultural scene, adding plants and ideas that were little known when the book first appeared. Lavishly illustrated with 200 new color photographs, drawings, maps, and charts, this concise and easy-to-use reference covers trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, bulbs, grasses, and vines, and includes a plant selection guide for quick reference. The authors, whose combined experience spans six decades, take California’s summer-dry climate and restricted water supplies into account and provide helpful notes on companion plants and gardening with wildlife. Practical and informative, Growing California Native Plants is a valuable reference for gardeners everywhere in California and an enjoyable book simply to explore.

Free Download Gene Editing in Plants: CRISPR-Cas and Its Applications by Ashwani Kumar, Sudipti Arora, Shinjiro Ogita, Yuan-Yeu Yau, Krishnendu Mukherjee
English | PDF (True) | 2024 | 871 Pages | ISBN : 9819985285 | 26.3 MB
This book is a collection of information about applying CRISPR-Cas systems for genome editing in plants. The main focus of this book is to address the recent advances and future prospects of CRISPR-Cas technology in crops.

Free Download Foraging For Edible Wild Plants: The Natural Food Lover’s Guide to Identify and Cook the Abundant Free Food Around You Right Now by Greer Jackson
English | October 27, 2022 | ISBN: 8357764622 | 206 pages | EPUB | 16 Mb
The most important part of foraging is identifying the plants. That’s why you need high-quality color pictures to know you’re picking the right thing.

Free Download Ethnic Knowledge and Perspectives of Medicinal Plants by Münir Öztürk
English | October 20, 2023 | ISBN: 1774912279 | 634 pages | MOBI | 25 Mb
This new 2-volume set aims to share and preserve ethnic and traditional knowledge of herbal medicine and treatments, while also emphasizing the link between biodiversity, human nutrition, and food security. Ethnic Knowledge and Perspectives of Medicinal Plants is divided into two volumes, with volume 1 focusing on the traditional use of curative properties and treatment strategies of medicinal plants, and volume 2 addressing the varied nutritional and dietary benefits of medicinal plants and the practice of Ayurveda. Both volumes stress the importance of bioresources for human nutrition and nutraceuticals based on ethnic knowledge and the need for efforts to protect biodiversity in many regions rich with medicinal plants.

Free Download Charles Francis Saunders, "Edible and Useful Wild Plants of the United States and Canada"
English | 2012 | pages: 320 | ISBN: 048614299X, 0486233103 | EPUB | 12,4 mb
Use, eat, craft with plants Indians, pioneers used. Great modern expert identifies, explains. "Secure a copy of this very enlightening book. In fact, if you travel, it should be a constant companion."-St. Petersburg (FL) Independent.

Free Download Constitution of Organs of the Higher Plants: The multiple secondary axis theory by Chi Yen
English | EPUB | 2022 | 167 Pages | ISBN : 9811916845 | 127.8 MB
This book written by Professor Chi Yen of Sichuan Agricultural University in Chinese was published by China Agriculture Press (ISBN 978-7-109-22791-0). It describes a new theory on the constitution of organs of the higher plants based on experimental evidence, the multiple secondary axis theory.

Free Download Basic Illustrated Edible Wild Plants and Useful Herbs
by Jim Meuninck;
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1493068121 | 177 pages | True PDF | 6.46 MB

Free Download Ancient and Traditional Foods, Plants, Herbs and Spices used in Diabetes (Ancient and Traditional Foods, Herbs, and Spices in Human Health) by Rajkumar Rajendram, Victor Preedy, Vinood Patel
English | September 26, 2023 | ISBN: 1032108592 | 386 pages | MOBI | 6.39 Mb
The use of different foods, herbs, and spices to treat or prevent disease has been recorded for thousands of years. Egyptian papyrus, hieroglyphics and ancient texts from the Middle East have described the cultivation and preparations of herbs and botanicals to "cure the sick." There are even older records from China and India. Some ancient scripts describe the use of medicinal plants which have never been seen within European cultures. Indeed, all ancient civilizations have pictorial records of different foods, herbs, and spices being used for medical purposes. However, there are fundamental issues pertaining to the scientific evidence for the use of these agents or their extracts in modern medicine. These issues are explored in Ancient and Traditional Foods, Plants, Herbs and Spices Used in Diabetes.