Plant biology

Plastids are the sites of conversion of solar energy into the chemical energy usable to sustain life.

The proposal for this series originated during a short term visit of Professor Mukerji to the Plant Protection Institute of CNR at Bari, Italy, in November 2005.

Seagrasses are unique plants; the only group of flowering plants to recolonise the sea.

Microbes are ubiquitous in nature.

Plant phenotyping is the thorough assessment of plant traits such as growth, development, adaptation, yield, quality, tolerance, resistance, architecture, and the basic measurement of individual quantitative parameters that form the basis for understanding of traits.

Dothistroma pini changed New Zealand commercial forestry dramatically.

Prevention and preparedness are the two basic approaches to maximize food security against any sort of tampering, whether natural, inadvertent or intentional.

Sequencing of the model plant genomes such as those of A.

Stalking the Wild Sweetgrass: Domestication and Horticulture of the Grass Used in African-American Coiled Basketry is concerned with the historical domestication of sweetgrass, the main construction/structural grass used in the three century old African-American tradition of coiled basketry in South Carolina.

Caddisflies constitute the insect order Trichoptera in which some 10,000 species are known in the world, including about 1400 in North America.

The only book to deal comprehensively with insect feeding was published by C.

Innovative Strategies for Teaching in the Plant Sciences focuses on innovative ways in which educators can enrich the plant science content being taught in universities and secondary schools.

The progress in photosynthesis research has been transduction and expression of photosynthetic genes quite dramatic during the last two decades.

This book provides essential information on Mexico's Holocene and Anthropocene climate and vegetation history.

This comprehensive guide to potato production systems management contains 20 chapters and more than 350 color photographs.

Plants as sessile organisms have evolved fascinating capacities to adapt to changes in their natural environment.

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.

Use of Microbes for the Alleviation of Soil Stresses, Volume 2: Alleviation of Soil Stress by PGPR and Mycorrhizal Fungi describes the most important details and advances related to the alleviation of soil stresses by PGPR and mycorrhizal fungi.

We have taught plant molecular biology and biotechnology at the undergraduate and graduate level for over 20 years.

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

The book contains detailed descriptions of the unique desert environment with particular emphasis on vegetation and survival strategies of plants.

This volume presents a compelling collection of state-of-the-art work in algorithmic computational biology, honoring the legacy of Professor Bernard M.

A number of excellent textbooks on general ecology are currently available but to date none have been dedicated to the study of soil ecology.

Volume One of the thoroughly revised and updated guide to the study of biodiversity in insects The second edition of Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society brings together in one comprehensive text contributions from leading scientific experts to assess the influence insects have on humankind and the earth s fragile ecosystems.

Development of superior crops that have consistent performance in quality and in quantity has not received the same emphasis in the field of genetics and breeding as merited.

Growth, reproduction, and geographical distribution of plants are profoundly influenced by their physiological ecology: the interaction with the surrounding physical, chemical, and biological environments.

This book explores the impact of climate change on agriculture and our future ability to produce the crops which are the foundation of the human diet.

Life has evolved as a unified system; no organism exists similar role also has been suggested for fatty acids from alone, but each is in intimate contact with other organisms cyanolipids.

Microbial Nanobionics: Volume 1, State of the Art, discusses a wide range of microbial systems and their utilization in biogenic synthesis of metallic nanoparticles.

The Voynich Codex is one the most fascinating and bizarre manuscripts in the world.

This book explores the role of nanofertilizers in sustainable and efficient agricultural practices of the 21st century.

This edited book is an in-depth compilation of recent tools and techniques, concepts and strategies used globally in plant molecular farming (PMF) for the cost-effective bulk production of recombinant proteins, secondary metabolites, and other biomolecules.

Nanotechnology is the application of science to control matter at the molecular level.

Madre de Dios Mother of God is a place where the Andean Cloud Forest intermingles with the steaming tropical jungle at the head of the Amazon river.

'Trees are wildlife just as deer or primroses are wildlife.

Rainforests are the lungs of our planet - regulators of the earth's temperature and weather.

'Ultimately as inspiring and devastating as the Amazon itself' The Guardian'Bold, pacy, bursting with optimism and filled with vivid descriptions, this is the work of an indomitable soul' - Guy Shrubsole'A defiant triumph of a book' - Gaia Vince'An important book which we should all read' - Andrea WulfAn urgent work of reportage which takes the reader deep inside the Amazon rainforest, and shows that even if you kill a journalist, you cannot silence a story.

Dieser praktische Insektenführer bietet einen umfassenden Einblick in die faszinierende Welt der Insekten.

Dieser praktische Leitfaden bietet eine fundierte Einführung in die Dendrologie und vermittelt wichtiges Fachwissen zur Bestimmung von Baumarten.

If you had a trillion dollars and a year to spend it for the good of the world and the advancement of science, what would you do?

A must-read for anyone with an adventurous spirit, a yen to whittle and chop, and a desire to get out into nature and play with sticks!

The emir of Bukhara used assassin bugs to eat away the flesh of his prisoners.

The emir of Bukhara used assassin bugs to eat away the flesh of his prisoners.

To date, more than a million insect species have been described, with probably at least another 5-8 million species waiting in the wings for a name.

To date, more than a million insect species have been described, with probably at least another 5-8 million species waiting in the wings for a name.

Nearing the end of a lifetime in the boreal forest, a retired forester writes a passionate plea for rational, science-based forest management.

The days of peace are over.

All must face the end of days .