Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Book reviews

  • Published:
Economic Botany Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Food and Beverage Mycology. Edited by Larry R. Beuchat. 527 pp. illus. AVI Publishing Company, Westport, Connecticut, 1978. $23.50.

    Google Scholar 

  • Man and the Water Hyacinth. Godofredo G. Monsod, Jr. 48 pp. Vantage Press, New York, 1979. $4.95.

    Google Scholar 

  • Current Aspects of Food Colorants. Edited by Thomas E. Furia. 93 pp. illus. CRC Press, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1977. $32.95; outside U.S.A., $37.95.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mushroom Poisoning: Diagnosis and Treatment. Edited by Barry H. Rumack and Emanuel Salzman. 263 pp. illus. CRC Press, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1978. $62.95; outside U.S.A., $72.95.

    Google Scholar 

  • The Tropical Tuber Crops: Yams, Cassava, Sweet Potato and Cocoyams. I. C. Onwueme. 234 pp. illus. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1978. $25.50.

    Google Scholar 

  • Handbook of Phycological Methods. Physiological and Biochemical Methods. Edited by J. A. Hellebust and J. S. Craigie. 512 pp. illus. Cambridge University Press, New York, 1978. $29.95.

    Google Scholar 

  • Harvest of the Palm. Ecological Change in Eastern Indonesia. James J. Fox. 290 pp. illus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1977. $15.00.

    Google Scholar 

  • Introduction to World Vegetation. A. S. Collinson. 201 pp. illus. George Allen and Unwin, Boston, 1978. $16.25 (hard cover); $8.75 (soft cover).

    Google Scholar 

  • Dictionary of Microbiology. Paul Singleton and Diana Sainsbury. 481 pp. illus. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1978. $45.00.

    Google Scholar 

  • Microbial Ecology. Edited by M. W. Loutit and J. A. R. Miles. 452 pp. illus. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1978. $35.80.

    Google Scholar 

  • Toxicity of Pure Foods. Eldon M. Boyd; edited by Carl E. Boyd. 260 pp. illus. CRC Press, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1977. $49.95; outside U.S.A., $57.95.

    Google Scholar 

  • The Biology and Chemistry of the Compositae. Edited by V. H. Heywood, J. B. Harborne, and B. L. Turner. 2 vols. 1189 pp. Academic Press, New York, 1977. $53.75 per volume.

    Google Scholar 

  • The Species Problem in Cannabis: Science and Semantics. Ernest Small. Vol. I. 218 pp. illus.; vol. 2. 156 pp. illus. Corpus, Toronto, 1978. Vol. 1, $10.95 (soft cover), $16.95 (hard cover); vol. 2, $14.95 (soft cover), $19.95 (hard cover).

    Google Scholar 

  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees: Timbers and Forests of the World. Herbert Edlin et al. 256 pp. illus. Harmony Books, New York, 1978. $15.95.

    Google Scholar 

  • Simon & Schuster's Guide to Trees. P. Lanzara and M. Pizzetti; English translation by Hugh Young. 55 pp. + 300 plates. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1977. $7.95 (soft cover).

    Google Scholar 

  • The Pollination of Flowers by Insects. Edited by A. J. Richards. 213 pp. illus. Academic Press, New York, 1978. $26.00.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rust Fungi on Legumes and Composites in North America. George B. Cummins. 424 pp. illus. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1978. $8.95 (paperback).

    Google Scholar 

  • Medicinal Plants of West Africa. dward S. Ayensu. 330 pp. illus. Reference Publications, Algonac, Michigan, 1978. $29.95.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lichen Ecology. Edited by Mark R. D. Seaward. 550 pp. illus. Academic Press, New York, 1977. $44.90.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

    B. Lowy

  2. The University of Alabama, University, Alabama

    Robert R. Haynes

  3. Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio

    Rex L. Lowe

  4. Botanical Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Michael J. Balick

  5. University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

    Jerry M. Baskin

  6. Eastern Oregon State College, La Grande, Oregon

    Dennis Swanger

  7. Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

    Loran C. Anderson

  8. Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

    Charles Heimsch

  9. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

    Bernard Lowy

  10. Botanical Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Wesley Wong

  11. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

    Jerry A. Snider

Authors
  1. B. Lowy
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Robert R. Haynes
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Rex L. Lowe
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Michael J. Balick
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Jerry M. Baskin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Dennis Swanger
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Loran C. Anderson
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. Charles Heimsch
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  9. Bernard Lowy
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  10. Wesley Wong
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  11. Jerry A. Snider
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Lowy, B., Haynes, R.R., Lowe, R.L. et al. Book reviews. Econ Bot 33, 347–360 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02858266

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02858266

Search

Navigation