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The Chemistry of Plant Life

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The Chemistry of Plant Life

Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher

335 pages~6 hr 41 min read201 chapters$4.99
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Every green leaf is a working laboratory, and Roscoe Thatcher opens its doors. He explains the chemistry that lets plants build sugars, store starch, and turn soil, air, and sunlight into living growth. Clear and rigorous, it bridges the farm field and the test tube. Understand the hidden chemistry that feeds the green world and, through it, us.

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201 chapters

  1. 1THE CHEMISTRY OF PLANT LIFE
  2. 2THE CHEMISTRY OF PLANT LIFE
  3. 3ROSCOE W. THATCHER, M.A., D.Agr. Dean of the Department of Agriculture and Director of the Agricultural Experiment Stations. University of Minnesota (formerly Professor of Plant Chemistry. University of Minnesota)
  4. 4McGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, Inc. NEW YORK: 370 SEVENTH AVENUE LONDON: 6 8 BOUVERIE ST., E. C. 4 1921
  5. 5Preface
  6. 6CONTENTS
  7. 7INTRODUCTION
  8. 8CHEMISTRY OF PLANT LIFE
  9. 9CHAPTER I
  10. 10PLANT NUTRIENTS
  11. 11PLANT FOOD ELEMENTS
  12. 12AVAILABLE AND UNAVAILABLE FORMS
  13. 13THE VALUE OF THE SOIL ELEMENTS AS PLANT FOOD
  14. 14RÔLE OF PLANT FOOD ELEMENTS IN PLANT GROWTH
  15. 15INORGANIC PLANT TOXINS AND STIMULANTS
  16. 16References
  17. 17CHAPTER II
  18. 18THE ORGANIC COMPONENTS OF PLANTS

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