Plant biology

This book collects techniques to continue exploring post-genomic land plant biology though the wisdom and skills accumulated from work on the founding molecular biology models that can now guide research into other species, including crop plants.

Development is a complex and highly dynamic process involving the cross talk among genes, maternal effects and environmental circumstances.

Advances in Rice Blast Research provides a complete overview of the research undertaken on the rice-blast pathosystem.

The protection of agricultural crops, forest, and man and his domestic animals from annoyance and damage by various kinds of pests remains a chronic problem.

This book sheds new light on the chickpea genome sequencing and resequencing of chickpea germplasm lines and provides insights into classical genetics, cytogenetics, and trait mapping.

Two experienced and well-known research scientists, each from a vastly different part of the world, have combined their respective expertises to provide the reader with perhaps a unique text which presents an in-depth treatment of the various stress manifestations and an overall discussion of stress in cultivated plants.

The book "e;Field Manual on Alien Flora of Kashmir Himalaya: Casual, Naturalised and Invasive Plants"e; has been prepared with two main goals in mind: (i) to promote awareness on the threats of invasive alien plants to biodiversity, ecology and environment, and (ii) to encourage research on, and management of, the alien plants.

This book updates taxonomy information of orchids in China.

Calcium plays pivotal role in regulating the physiological as well as developmental processes in plants.

The Sunday Times BestsellerA new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough's seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet.

Despite the historical signifigance of flavonoids and their pigments in establishing the basis for modern genetics, research in this large group of secondary metabolites continues to be more intense than ever.

This detailed volume provides a collection of protocols for the study of miRNA functions in plants.

This edited book brings out a comprehensive collection of information on the modern omics-based research.

This book presents a new account of Euphorbia in southern Africa.

Ferns are representative of genetic inheritance of great value as they include species of ancient vascular plants, which have direct connection with the evolution of plant life on Earth.

Insects, pests and weeds are responsible for substantial loss of crops and reduced food supplies, poorer quality of agricultural products, economic hardship for growers and processor.

Knowledge of downy mildew pathogens and diseases has increased significantly in taxonomy, phylogeny, genetics, molecular biology, host-parasite interactions, ecology, epidemiology and control.

Increasing agricultural productivity to meet the demands of growing population is a challenging task.

Africa is largely dependent on natural resources in its quest to achieve sustainable development goals, with its woodlands and forests known to be among the most exploited ecosystems.

Plant Production in Closed Ecosystems provides overviews of the current trends and concepts in plant production in closed or semi-closed environments.

Plants provide a source of survival for all life on this planet.

This book compiles the latest advancements in vegetable crop growth, development, and quality improvement with potential implications for sustainable crop production.

This book discusses the research progress on pathology, entomology, nematology, and resource management of wheat and barley crops.

This fully updated edition explores fundamental protocols for the study of photosynthesis in a manner accessible to a broad spectrum of researchers.

Microbial plant pathogens causing qualitative and quantitative losses in all corps are present not only in the infected plants, but also in the environmental comprising of soil, water and air.

From the acclaimed author of Honeybee Democracy, a classic account of the ecological factors that shape the social lives of honeybeesFor many years, research on honeybee social life dealt primarily with the physiological processes underlying the social system of the bee rather than the ecological factors that have shaped its societies.

Terrestrial plant systems are an integral part of Earth's land resources.

This book reveals the benefits of describing and modeling trees as the combined surface areas of their stems, and provides a concise overview of the fundamental grounds for adopting such an approach.

Every year between three and four hundred papers are published on the topic of insulin action.

Plant Cryopreservation: A Practical Guide  is a unique resource for plant scientists in many fields.

This eye-opening book focuses on the development of techniques to mass-produce reduviid predators and important generalist predators, an endeavor that won't prove sufficient if the cost of commercialization is prohibitive.

This Volume contains the papers presented by twenty-eight invited speakers at the symposium entitled, "e;Genetic Manipulation of Woody Plants,"e; held at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, from June 21-25, 1987.

The ability of plants to exchange RNA molecules and transcription factors between cells and tissues is a relatively recent discovery.

Poisonous mushrooms have fascinated scientists and laypersons alike for thousands of years.

There is now compelling evidence that the complexity of higher organisms correlates with the relative amount of non-coding RNA rather than the number of protein-coding genes.

Increased atmospheric nitrogen deposition and changes in the management of heathlands have caused a significant change in the species composition of the NW-European heathlands.

This textbook is second edition of popular textbook of plant physiology and metabolism.

Soil acidity is a major limitation to crop production in many parts of the world.

Dieses Buch erläutert die neusten Technologien im Bereich Genmanipulation, Gentherapie und Klonierungen, insbesondere auch beim Menschen, die in den kommenden Jahren zunehmend in der Praxis eingesetzt werden könnten.

The primary aim of the book entitled "e;Teaching biology - Photosynthetic Organisms"e; is to support practice-oriented teaching of biology, therefore it includes detailed descriptions of illustrated investigations and experiments alongside basic theoretical knowledge.

The coconut palm occupies a significant place in the world economy as an important subsistence crop in all the areas in which it is grown.

 This edited book covers various bioinoculants for sustainable crop production under the changing global climate.

Over the last few decades, various techniques have been developed to alter the properties of plants and animals.

Allelopathy is a fascinating and perplexing topic that concerns the chemical interactions of plants.

This book is a compilation of case studies from different countries and covers contemporary with future prospective for sustainable development of agriculture.

Under ongoing climate changes, natural and cultivated habitats of major crops are being continuously disturbed.

This book is a biography of a scientist who pioneered the development of plant pathology in Australia in the 19th and early 20th century, and was internationally acclaimed.