Summary: Divided into five targeted ten-minute segments, this engaging program uses microscopic imaging, time-lapse photography, cut-aways and dissections, laboratory experimentation and fieldwork, computer modeling, and graphing to shed light on the intricate lifecycles of anthophytes. Segments include "Photosynthesis and Respiration," "The Role of Flowers," "From Pollination to Fertilization,"...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: A staple for over half the world, rice is truly a precious commodity. This program looks at the ubiquitous grain from all angles, offering concise sections on its history, biology, primary production, processing, marketing, and the environmental impact of its farming. In addition, the program highlights the creation of miracle rice strains through breeding or genetic modification and summarizes...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006

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Summary: This program tours a greenhouse to describe the four main classifications of plants, and their structure and reproduction.

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008

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Summary: Using laboratory experiments and examples from a greenhouse, this program explains the structure and function of roots and stems.

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008

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Summary: In this program, two women with rewarding careers in agriculture describe their work: Deanna Johnson, a marketing representative who assists and makes purchases from grain producers; and Julie Couillard, a production coordinator who manages soil preparation, seeding, watering, and fertilization for an organic vegetable farm. Conversations with co-workers and supervisors add to the descriptions...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008

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Summary: From the sponge to the giraffe, from mosses to redwoods, this program examines the similarities and differences between the denizens of the animal and plant kingdoms. Distinctive characteristics of plants and animals, including physical structure, methods of reproduction, and life cycle, as well as where they find their food and how they interact with other organisms are discussed. Vivid images...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: Forests are not just collections of growing trees. A forest is a complex environment, home to thousands of intricately interconnected living species. This program explores three aspects of the forest: the amazing process of photosynthesis, by which plants collect solar energy and convert it into essential compounds; the role of forests in global weather and in maintaining the balance of the...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007

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Summary: Humboldt State University biologist Steve Sillett is obsessed with monster redwoods. But just when he thinks he's climbed and measured an unbeatably tall specimen, a new record-breaker turns up in a hidden West Coast valley. Through the story of the discovery of redwood Hyperion-379.1 feet, and still growing strong!-this program makes a study of the world's tallest living trees, from base to...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010

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Summary: This captivating program takes a close look at mosses, liverworts, and hornworts as they are found in natural and urban settings and how these hardy but sensitive plants are affected by environmental changes. Lichens, easily mistaken for bryophytes, are examined as well. Microscopic imaging combined with laboratory experimentation and fieldwork are used to illustrate the concepts and principles...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: What are these alien life forms living among us? They're.plants! This video investigates the major differences-and some striking similarities-between plants and animals in the areas of what they consume, how they breathe, and how they reproduce. Plant evolution, cell structure, the photosynthesis/respiration cycle, flowering and non-flowering plants, and sexual and asexual reproduction are...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: In this visually dazzling TEDTalk presentation, Jonathan Drori shows the extraordinary ways that flowering plants - over a quarter-million species - have evolved to attract insects to spread pollen. Some flowers grow landing strips to guide the bugs in, or build ingenious, elaborate traps, while others actually deceive by mimicking an insect in heat. Using gorgeous visuals including electron...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011

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Helmer, Jodi

Summary: We should thank a pollinator at every meal. These diminutive creatures fertilize a third of the crops we eat. Yet half of the 200,000 species of pollinators are threatened. Birds, bats, insects, and many other pollinators are disappearing, putting our entire food supply in jeopardy. In North America and Europe, bee populations have already plummeted by more than a third and the population of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2019

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