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  • Latin American Blackberries Biology, Vol. 3

    Rubus nubigenus Kunth and Rubus guyanensis Focke

    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Latin American Blackberries Biology Vol. 3 is the first comprehensive work dedicated to the highland blackberry species Rubus nubigenus Kunth and Rubus guyanensis Focke—underutilized plants from South America with significant potential for breeding programs, plant repositories, cultivation, and the production of health-related compounds such as antioxidants. These species also yield edible fruits ... Read more

    $166.99 CAD

  • Latin American Blackberries Biology

    Rubus bogotensis Kunth and Rubus acanthophyllos Focke Vol 2

    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book explores two Rubus species from South America. It will address the species Rubus bogotensis Kunth and Rubus acanthophyllos Focke. It addresses aspects, such as origin, phenology, propagation, floral and fruit morphology, arthropod visitors, pollination, breeding, morphological diversity, and genetic diversity. It includes new unpublished data and results about plant phenology, flowering, ... Read more

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  • StarWords

    The Celestial Roots of Modern Language

    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Unbeknownst to many, our modern language contains countless words that were inspired by human observations of the cosmos. We now use words like “zenith”, “Monday”, “disaster”, “dog days”, “starfish”, “lunatic”, flu, and so many others, without a second thought for their celestial roots.Famous French astrophysicist Daniel Kunth invites you on a linguistic and scientific journey through space and ... Read more

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