Jeannie T. Lee
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چکیده
highly bizarre forms they can take. Rob Kesseler is a professor at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. He has had a long career of working with plants as a source of inspiration for his work and, since 2001, he has been working at Kew with microscopic plant material. The inspiration for the new book comes from the role that fruits and seeds play in the survival of each species, which explains the many dispersal mechanisms that plants have developed during evolution. The strategies they take, whether they involve wind, water, humans and animals or the plant’s own explosive triggers, are reflected in the vast range of different colours, sizes and shapes — some edible, some inedible and others just bizarre. The authors have used a variety of approaches to produce the illustrations in the book. Scanning electron microscopy has been used to capture some of the forms while cross-sections reveal intricate interiors, berries and pods, nuts and other examples of botanical architecture and reproductive ingenuity. Black and white microscopic images have been coloured by Kesseler to highlight structure and function within the fruits that are almost too miniscule to be seen by the naked eye. Larger fruits, their flowers and some of their animal dispersers have been specially photographed for the book to produce a total of more than 250 colour illustrations. The formation, development and demise of the fruits are described by Stuppy, who explains their vital role in the preservation and biodiversity of the planet.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Current Biology
دوره 18 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008