Botany and plant sciences

Attempts to apply nanotechnology in agriculture began with the growing realization that conventional farming technologies would neither be able  to  increase productivity any further nor restore ecosystems damaged by existing technologies back to their pristine state; in particular because the long-term  effects of farming with “miracle seeds” in conjunction with irrigation, fertilizers, and pesticides, have been questioned both at the scientific and policy levels and must be gradually phased out.

The third in a trilogy of global overviews of conservation of diverse and ecologically important insect groups.

Pectins are one of the classes of complex structural plant cell wall polysaccharides.

Floricultural crops all over the world are challenged by a number of insect and mite pests.

"Dino" Don Lessem brings readers face-to-face with various dinosaur species, detailing their habitats, way of life and how they became extinct.

Elms occur, both naturally and cultivated, throughout much of the temperate world.

Get cutting-edge agroforestry research and dataDeforestation and the rampant use of fossil fuels are major contributors to increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide and are enormous influences on global warming.

This book offers an up-to-date account of important crops grown worldwide, focusing on their evolutionary aspects and health benefits.

A new edition of a key text on ecologically and economically vital intertidal tropical plant communities.

Hemp and cannabis, both belonging to Cannabis sativa, have emerged as some of the most valuable crops because of their multiple functionalities - industrial, medicinal, and recreational uses.

One January morning in 1734, cloth merchant Peter Collinson hurried down to the docks at London's Custom House to collect cargo just arrived from John Bartram in the American colonies.

Orchids are fascinating ornamental flowers with a huge market both as cut flowers and potted plants, but they are also used in the traditional medicine system as they can be rich in phytochemicals with exceptional medicinal properties.

Microbial Products: Applications and Translational Trends offers complete coverage of the production of microbial products, including biopolymers, biofuels, bioactive compounds, and their applications in fields such as bioremediation, agriculture, medicine, and other industrial settings.

The idea that nature provides services to people is one of the most powerful concepts to have emerged over the last two decades.

Part of a series on the flora of tropical East Africa, this work considers Proteaceae.

Natural Remedies for Pest, Disease and Weed Control presents alternative solutions in the form of eco-friendly, natural remedies.

Covering all the research areas regarding Ocimum such as botany, chemistry and pharmacology, this book will be of interest to everybody involved in medicinal and aromatic plant research or related fields.

I am pleased to include this book as Volume 6 of Developmental Biology: A Comprehensive Synthesis.

Social behavior occurs in some of the smallest animals as well as some the largest, and the transition from solitary life to sociality is an unsolved evolutionary mystery.

General Botany covers certain aspects of general botany, such as morphology, anatomy, and histology.

Biological Transmission of Disease Agents covers the proceedings of a 1960 symposium on Biological Transmission of Disease Agents, held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

The viruses of the family Rhabdoviridae have an exceedingly broad host range and are widely distributed throughout the animal and plant king- doms.

"Dino" Don Lessem brings readers face-to-face with various dinosaur species, detailing their habitats, way of life and how they became extinct.

Animal welfare has long been recognised as central to the role of the veterinary professional, but this is increasingly aligned with the welfare of humans and the broader environment in which we co-exist.

The Amazon region is the focus of intense conflict between conservationists concerned with deforestation and advocates of agro-industrial development.

Viruses are a huge threat to agriculture.

Maize is one of the world's highest value crops, with a multibillion dollar annual contribution to agriculture.

Let's get moving!

Plant biotechnology applies to three major areas of plants and their uses: (1) control of plant growth and development; (2) protection of plants against biotic and abiotic stresses; and (3) expansion of ways by which specialty foods, biochemicals, and pharmaceuticals are produced.

If I had to nominate an area of food production in which science has played a major role in addressing product quality to meet market needs I would not pass by the intimate rela- tionship of cereaI chemistry with cereaI plant breeding programs.

Both American Indians and the pioneers knew and used many different plant species-for food, fibers, medicine, tools, and other purposes.

Over 200 intriguing science questions - answered.

Offering up-to-date information on the uses and composition of the plant, Advances in Hemp Research provides growers, researchers, manufacturers, and suppliers with methods and data for the processing and cultivation of hemp for textile and paper products.

The 5th International Conference on Aspartic Proteinases was held on September 19 through 24, 1993, at Naito Museum of Pharmaceutical Science and Industry, Kawashima- cho, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, about 15 miles northwest of Nagoya City.

Human activities are affecting the global environment in myriad ways, with numerous direct and indirect effects on ecosystems.

Hormone Action in Plant Development - A Critical Appraisal documents the proceedings of the Tenth Long Ashton Symposium, September 1986.

The scientific world and modern society today is experiencing the dawning of an era of herbal medicine.

Knowledge of plant toxicity has always been important, but the information has not always been reliable.

The use of different foods, herbs, and spices to treat or prevent disease has been recorded for thousands of years.

Winner of the Wildlife Society Outstanding Edited Book Award for 2013!

Continuous discoveries in plant and crop physiology have resulted in an abundance of new information since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology.

'Informative, well-constructed, and readable.

Gene Regulatory Networks, Volume 139 in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors.

Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised by millions of poor people in the tropics.

This book reviews state-of-the-art research into trait-based effects and their importance in community and ecosystem ecology.

Guava (Psidium guajava L.

A wide range of crop genetic resources is vital for future food security.

Biogeography and Evolution in New Zealand provides the first in-depth treatment of the biogeography of New Zealand, a region that has been a place of long-enduring interest to ecologists, evolutionary scientists, geographers, geologists, and scientists in related disciplines.

Dig up a whole new culinary world with this New York Times best-selling field guide to foragingMost of us "e;forage"e; for food in the aisles of well-lit grocery stores.

Ethylene in Plant Biology, Second Edition provides a definitive survey of what is currently known about this structurally simplest of all plant growth regulators.