Plant biology

Deforestation and forest degradation have continued over a long period of time, and the deterioration of forest environment management services is becoming one of the biggest concerns in the world.

Salinity and water stress limit crop productivity worldwide and generate substantial economic losses each year, yet innovative research on crop and natural resource management can reveal cost-effective ways in which farmers can increase both their productivity and their income.

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This book provides all aspects of the physiology, stress responses and tolerance to abiotic stresses of the Brassicaceae plants.

Chaetomium genus was established by Gustav Kunze in 1817.

This famous book on botany was published for the first time in 1894 by Eduard Strasburger and his co-workers.

In the pursuit of technological advancement in the field of biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries to counteract health issues, bacterial infections remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality.

An understanding of the mechanisms by which plants perceive environmental cues, both physical and chemical, and transduce the signals that influence specific expression of genes, is an area of intensive scientific research.

Due to their sessile lifestyle, plants need to efficiently adapt to changing environmental conditions during their life cycle.

Plant development and productivity are negatively regulated by various environmental stresses.

Fruit and Nut Crops: A Treasure Trove of Diversity and ResilienceDive into the fascinating world of fruit and nut crops in this comprehensive volume.

This is the last volume of the IPMD series.

This detailed collection explores thermomorphogenesis, a discipline that unravels the intricacies of warm temperature responses in plants.

Plants have to manage a series of environmental stresses throughout their entire lifespan.

The intent of the NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) entitled "e;Novel Biotechnologies for Biocontrol Agent Enhancement and Management"e; was to permit the meeting of the major exponents in the scienti?

Respiration in plants, as in all living organisms, is essential to provide metabolic energy and carbon skeletons for growth and maintenance.

The ever-rising increase in the consumption of medicinal herbs and its products and its exposure in the human population have generated concerns about the potential neurotoxicity of several new and existing botanicals.

This book introduces readers to nearly 600 common weeds.

This volume provides a comprehensive collection of methods for plant breeders and researchers working in functional genomics of cereal crops.

The chapters in this volume are based on a opportumtles for studying the links between symposium, "e;California grasslands: structure abiotic and biotic components.

Molecular Methods of Plant Analysis Concept of the Series The powerful recombinant DNA technology and related developments have had an enormous impact on molecular biology.

During late 1985, the Research Management Committee (RMC) of the National Crop Loss Assessment Network (NCLAN) decided the most ap- propriate way to bring the NCLAN program to a successful conclusion was to hold an international conference.

Plant secondary metabolites are plant-based natural products that display a variety of pharmacological effects.

This edited book focuses on plant growth regulator synthesis, potential applications, stress tolerance mechanisms and preservations.

Potassium (K+) is an essential mineral macronutrient abundantly present in the cytosol which, unlike other macronutrients, is not metabolized and does not integrate into macromolecules.

This work presents up-to-date information on chemical, pharmacological, clinical studies and historical uses of common dietary Chinese herbs.

This book focuses on early germination, one of maize germplasm most important strategies for adapting to drought-induced stress.

This book reviews the current status of P.

Pine wilt disease (PWD) is unquestionably a major threat to forest ecosystems worldwide.

Advanced biotechnologies enable breeders to produce a whole generation of new crops for specialist needs ("e;designer crops"e;), including raw materials for the energy, chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

This book presents recent research work on Biosaline Agriculture presented during First International Forum on Biosaline Agriculture in Laayoune, Morocco from May 3rd to May 4th 2019.

As the world population is exploding and alongside fluctuations in climate is also prevalent, there is an increasing stress on the food requirements of the population.

This book provides methods and clear protocols for the various technologies available to detect, characterize, and study Citrus tristeza virus (CTV), a member of the genus Closterovirus, family Closteroviridae.

Phosphorus (P) is an essential macronutrient for plant growth.

This book examines the development of innovative modern methodologies towards augmenting conventional plant breeding, in individual crops, for the production of new crop varieties under the increasingly limiting environmental and cultivation factors to achieve sustainable agricultural production, enhanced food security, in addition to providing raw materials for innovative industrial products and pharmaceuticals.

Flowering plants dominate much of the Earth's surface and yet, as sessile organisms, they must constantly resist attack by numerous voracious herbivores.

"e;Research Progress in Oligosaccharins"e; is a valuable tool for students and researchers who want to learn about this unique class of bioactive compounds.

This book focuses on the effects of genotoxic agents causing oxidative stress in plants.

This volume covers theorders Boraginales, Garryales and Solanales (except Convolvulaceae) of theLamiids (Asterids I) as well as three unplaced families of that clade, i.

Research in recent years has increasingly shifted away from purely academic research, and into applied aspects of the discipline, including climate change research, conservation, and sustainable development.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of our current understanding of mutualism origin, plant-pollinator specificity, mutualism stability, and reciprocal diversification.

Names are important elements to handle the diversity of items in daily life - persons, objects, animals, plants, etc.

Plant-parasitic nematodes are a major threat to crop production in all countries, and identification of nematodes and knowledge of their biology is of paramount importance.

The natural environment for plants is composed of a complex set of abiotic and biotic stresses; plant responses to these stresses are equally complex.

This book explores applications of endophytic fungi in agriculture and plant protection.

The offered volume intends to review the biological control theme of phytonematodes from several prospects: ecological; applicative as well as commercial state of the art; understanding the mode-of-action of various biocontrol systems; interaction between the plant host, nematodes' surface and microorganism's; candidates for biocontrol; extrapolation of the wide knowledge existed in another systems for understanding biocontrol processes: C.

When two of us (Jifi Kolbek, Miroslav Sriltek) were working in North Korea on the Czech- Slovak field expeditions of the early 1990s, we did not think initially of comparing our results with the vegetation of surrounding areas or of writing a book.

The inspiration for this book came from our ten years of journeys and wanderings through the varied landscapes of Arabia, and in particular through those of its hospitable southeastern corner, Oman.

Aspects of Brazilian Floristic Diversity: From Botany to Traditional Communities offers a unique approach in floristic diversity of the Neotropical region, specifically encompassing the Brazilian flora.