Seed to Seed: The Secret Life of Plants

311pp, drawings and diagrams by Polly Napper. In diary form, “Nicholas Harberd’s narrative of the changing seasons has as its focus one tiny thale-cress plant in an East Anglian churchyard. He describes both what can be seen with the naked eye and the hidden molecular mechanisms that underlie the visible events in the plant’s life”. The author directs a research team at the John Innes Centre. Hardback.
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