Plant biology

This book presents the results of comprehensive research of an inadequately studied class of secondary plant metabolites: phytoecdysteroids, which are structural analogs of the hormones of molting and metamorphosis of arthropods.

The cell wall and its constituent polysaccharides and proteins control nearly all plant-based biological and biophysical processes.

Plant-Pathogen Interactions: Methods and Protocols, Second Edition expands upon the first edition with current, detailed protocols for the study of plant pathogen genome sequences.

In Chloroplast Biotechnology: Methods and Protocols, expert researchers in the field detail many of the methods which are now commonly used in chloroplast molecular biology.

The last 10 years have witnessed an explosion in our understanding of plant h- mones.

Having experienced unprecedented growth since the turn of the millennium, the dramatic expansion of resources and techniques in fungal genomics is poised to fundamentally redefine the study of fungal biology.

This volume discusses popular methods to achieve different types of mutagenesis and forward/reverse genetics in Medicago truncatula.

How do ant colonies get anything done, when no one is in charge?

This book highlights the advances in essential oil research, from the plant physiology perspective to large-scale production, including bioanalytical methods and industrial applications.

Microbial Nanobionics: Volume 2, Basic Research Applications continues the important discussion of microbial nanoparticle synthesis with a focus on the mechanistic approach of biosynthesis towards nanobionics.

Recently, magnetic nanostructures have gained a remarkable interest for basic research and applied studies.

White biotechnology is industrial biotechnology dealing with various biotech products through applications of microbes.

This book presents the state-of-the-art in plant ecophysiology.

Using an exceptionally clear writing style, minimal scientific jargon, and vivid photos and drawings, this book provides a comprehensive view of the fundamentals of entomology.

Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) is a crop of small land holding farmers in arid and semi-arid regions of the world.

This book reports on the current global status of mungbean and its economic importance.

This comprehensive book highlights the importance of Cyanidioschyzon merolae (C.

Plant Nanobionics, Volume 2 continues the important discussion of nanotechnology in plants, but focuses with a focus on biosynthesis and toxicity.

Phytoplasma III is the last of three books in the series covering all the aspects of phytoplasma-associated diseases.

This book is a review of the recent literature on the key scientific and technical subjects of fertilization management in vegetable crops.

Addressing the pear genome, this book covers the current state of knowledge regarding genetic and genomic resources, breeding approaches and strategies, as well as cutting-edge content on how these tools and resources are being / soon will be utilized to pursue genetic improvement efforts that will combine fruit quality, high productivity, precocious fruit bearing, and long postharvest storage life, along with elevated levels of resistance to various major diseases and insect pests.

Arsenic (As) is a widely distributed element in the environment having no known useful physiological function in plants or animals.

This volume looks at the latest technologies and methods used by researchers to study mechanisms that control the aspects of plant stem cell signaling events.

This new edition explores innovative approaches and keystone methodologies reflecting the recent advances in the field of plant cell division that have enabled us to study this fascinating process in a quantitative manner, at high resolution both in space and time using cell biology, biochemistry, and molecular biology.

This second edition volume expands on the previous edition with a look at the latest techniques in plant epigenetics and epigenomic research.

This title offers 62 chapters divided among three volumes covering the latest topics dealing with Doubled Haploid (DH) technology, as well as methods to produce DHs in different species through different in vivo and in vitro approaches.

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

This second edition provides a comprehensive review of various gene silencing methodologies and applications.

This third volume describes 226 species of 32 families of medicinal plants, which are commonly used in Chinese medicine.

This detailed volume explores the development of technologies and protocols that are currently being used to understand the nature and activities of the plant cytoskeleton.

This manual details the techniques involved in the study of plant microbe interactions (PMI).

This volume details the most up-to-date technologies used in plant transposable element studies and provides easy-to-follow protocols.

This detailed new edition combines a wide selection of experimental methods for plant cold acclimation, deacclimation, and cold memory, ranging from the whole plant level of ecology and breeding to molecular profiling and the detailed analysis of specific proteins, with many levels of investigated complexity in between.

This detailed volume collects protocols from scientists who are actively engaged in developing or using protoplast technology.

This second edition volume expands on the previous edition with a look at the latest techniques used to study plant hormone jasmonate (JA).

This volume provides protocols and methods on techniques to study plant gametogenesis.

This volume details protocols for the use of the biolistic DNA delivery method in different plant species.

This second edition volume is a companion volume to the previous edition and looks at new findings on novel bioactive chemicals and cognate targets, as well as the use of synthetic small molecules and a variety of tools to understand these processes.

This volume aims at providing a complete and updated overview of gene downregulation in plants performed through virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS).

This detailed volume explores techniques to study reactive oxygen species (ROS) in plants and to characterize their roles in development and stress responses.

This book provides detailed information on methodologies used in biological, serological and nucleic acid based assays for the detection, diagnosis and management of plant viruses.

This detailed volume presents a wide range of techniques for plant mitochondrial analysis, ranging from tried-and-tested work horse techniques to the latest innovations.

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This volume highlights molecular methods to study the phytopathogenic rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae.

This detailed collection explores genome-wide association studies (GWAS), which have revolutionized the investigation of complex traits over the past decade and have unveiled numerous useful genotype-phenotype associations in plants.

This volume looks at the latest techniques used by researchers to help them understand the biology of various cellular processes and agronomic traits, and come up with better strategies to improve legume crops.

This book provides detailed protocols for research in plant photomorphogenesis.

This updated and expanded edition explores key methodologies to study the fascinating phenomenon of how plants readjust their growth toward gravity.

This volume explores the latest methods used by researchers to study the detection, characterization, and various aspects of viroids.

In Flower Development: Methods and Protocols, researchers in the field detail protocols for experimental approaches that are currently used to study the formation of flowers, from genetic methods and phenotypic analyses, to genome-wide experiments, modeling, and system-wide approaches.