Development Of Plants

(Size: 25x19cms.), The present book makes an elaborate experimental study on various mechanisms of carnivorous plants: structure, movement of tentacles, aggregation of protoplasm, effects of heat, nitrogenous and non-nitrogenous fluids, salts, acids, alkaloids and other poisons, and vapours, sensitiveness and transmission of motor impulse. Basing the presentation on the common sundew, the book also describes various species such as Dionaea Muscipula, Aldrovanda Vesiculosa, etc. The book also makes an interesting presentation on various species of Drosophyllum, Pinguicula and Utricularia. ISBN:9789380179292 viii+359 Yr. of Pub.2010 Hard Bound