Plants to the rescue! the plants, trees, and fungi that are solving some of the world's biggest problems
"Discover all of the amazing ways plants, trees, and fungi are helping to solve some of the world's biggest problems in this book by plant scientist Dr. Vikram Baliga"--
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New York, NY :
Neon Squid,
2023.
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Table of Contents:
- Ready to dig into the world of plants?
- The challenges
- Beating the heat
- What is a plant?
- Filling our plates
- Super plant: banana
- Our friend, algae
- Super seeds
- Spinach emails
- Power plants
- Super plant: funky fungi
- The clean-up crew
- Glow in the dark
- Cactus bags
- Making new plants
- Super plant: aloe vera
- Save our soil!
- No soil, no problem
- Plants in space
- Make it rain
- Cleaning the air
- Beware the fertiliser
- Natural growing
- Super plant: beetroot
- Ancient farmers
- Save the prairies!
- In praise of wood
- Super plant: bamboo
- Living bridges
- Greener cities
- Pollinator highway
- Nature's power
- Get well soon
- Top of the crops
- What can you do?
- Looking to the future
- Glossary.
