   Please enable
   JavaScript if
   you wish to
   Contact Us.

BIOLOGY BOOKS

Below are descriptions of some of the North Carolina Biology books we publish.

FREE SHIPPING ON ORDERS $50 AND OVER!

Legume (Fabaceae) Fruits and Seeds
by
Joseph H. Kirkbride, Jr., Charles R. (Bob) Gunn,
Anna L. Weitzman, and Michael J. Dallwitz

Interactive CD-ROM, ISBN: 1-887905-25-1. $75.00. S/H U.S. $5.00, International $10.00.

This CD-ROM is a database of legume genera with fruit and seed characters stored in the DELTA format for interactive access. The data for fruits of 667 genera are included and each fruit is described in terms of 157 characters such as shape and color. Seed data for 653 genera are included, and each seed is described using 127 characters such as thickness and length. Seven distributional characters such as world cultivation and distribution in the New World were recorded for all genera. Thus the resulting DELTA matrix has 104,719 pieces of fruit data, 82,931 pieces of seed data, and 4,802 pieces of dis-tributional data. In addition, each genus was illustrated using: 1) photographs or drawings of the fruits, 2) seed photographs, 3) scanning electron microscope images of testa at 50 and 1,000 magnifications, and 4) drawings of the cotyledons and embryos. The illustrative materials were scanned in black and white, and there are 1,377 images illustrating the genera. Of the 291 characters used to describe the fruits, seeds, and distributions, images of 204 characters are included in this CD-ROM.

Protocols for an All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory of Fungi in a Costa Rican Conservation Area
by
A.Y. Rossman, R.E. Tulloss, T.E. O'Dell, and R.G. Thorn

208 pp., ISBN: 1-887905-05-7, Hardcover. $35.00.

This book is a how-to manual for conducting an all taxa biodiversity inventory of fungi with recommended procedures for sampling and isolating all groups of fungi. In addition, it lists literature useful for identification of fungal species and outlines the procedures for developing fungal culture collections and specimen reference herbaria.

Mycology in Sustainable Development:
Expanding Concepts and Vanishing Borders
Edited by
Ignacio H. Chapela and Mary E. Palm

© 1996, 150 pp., (est.), Bibliog., Index, ISBN: 1-887905-01-4, Hardcover. $40.00.

Mycology in Sustainable Development presents a number of articles from Canadian, Mexican, and U.S. scientists who are involved in establishing the biological bases for integrating fungi into sustainable development. Examples of topics covered include the management of the Pine mushroom "matsutake" (Tricholoma magnivelare), monitoring and inventorying biological diversity, and use of mycorrhizae in land restoration and fungi as biological control agents of weeds. The unique aspect of this book is the presentation of subjects from regional perspectives which differ economically, politically, and socially from each other. Ignacio Chapela is on the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley. Mary Palm is a mycologist with USDA and an adjunct faculty member at Pennsylvania State University.

Fungi on Rhododendron:
A World Reference
by
David F. Farr, H., Bartolome Esteban, and Mary E. Palm

© 1996, 192 pp., Bibliography, Index, ISBN: 1-887905-00-6, Hardcover. $45.00.

This reference guide provides an authoritative compilation of the fungi reported on Rhododendron worldwide. It provides information on the host, geographical range, and biology of each fungus. In addition, it clarifies the taxonomic and nomenclatural changes that have been made for many of the fungi since they were reported. The information in this reference is organized into a number of indices: The Host-Fungus List, The Host-Fungus List by Country, The Fungus-Host List, The Fungus Index, and the Literature Cited. Altogether, information on 518 fungal species on 219 species of Rhododendron is presented in this guide. The Literature Cited section lists 540 numbered references. David Farr is a Research Mycologist in the Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, USDA. Hilisa Bartolome Esteban is a Research Biologist and project leader for the Mycology Laboratory at American Cyanamid.

Biosystematic Monograph of the Genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae)
Botanical Identification of Cucumbers and Melons
by
Joseph H. Kirkbride, Jr.

159 pp., Appendixes, Indexes, Bibliography, Hardbound, 3 1/2" MS-DOS Diskette; ISBN: 0-9635752-0-1. $47.50.

This classic monograph provides the information necessary for the correct botanical identification of plants of the genus Cucumis, and for the evaluation of their botanical names. The taxonomic history and morphology are reviewed, as well as pertinent data on Cucumis' cucurbitacins, flavonoids, isozymes, DNA, cytology, and crossability. Breeders and taxonomists alike will find this monograph a valuable source of information. Accompanying the monograph is a 3 1/2" MS-DOS diskette containing two databases: one, in DELTA, of morphological, cytological, and macro-distributional data; and one, in ASCII, listing all the specimens critically examined to prepare the monograph. Joseph H. Kirkbride, Jr. is a Research Botanist at the US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory.

Reviews:
"We recommend this monograph to anyone even remotely involved with the taxonomy of Cucumis." American Society of Plant Taxonomists Newsletter, 7(4) (October 1993) 26-28. "[I]t contributes to the effective use of their [i.e., cucumbers and melons] germplasm in breeding and improvement programmes, and to the effective dissemination of the results of research." Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 40 (1993) 178".... useful reference for researchers, teachers, and extension specialists involved with breeding and producing cucumber and melon, studying their taxonomy and physiology, and maintaining germplasm." HortScience 28(9)(September 1993) 964.Other reviews: Journal of Essential Oil Research 6 (May/June 1994) 331; Taxon 42(3) (August 1993) 19; American Reference Books Annual, 1994, 672-673; SciTech Book News (June 1993) 17; The Cucurbit Network News 1(1) (Spring 1994) 4-5; The Quarterly Review of Biology 69(2) (June 1994) 275-276.

Parkway Publishers, Inc.
PO Box 3678
Boone, NC 28607
Phone & FAX: 828-265-3993
Orders: 800-821-9155
E-MAIL