Plant biology

Pop Science zum Thema Ernährung - ein wissenschaftlicher Streifzug durch das GemüsefachDer Pflanzen-Biologe und Science Slammer David Spencer lädt uns mit seinem Sachbuch dazu ein, gemeinsam die wunderbare Welt der Pflanzen zu entdecken und die faszinierenden und vielfältigen Seiten von unserem alltäglichen Obst und Gemüse kennenzulernen.

This book takes the place of "e;Biology of Seagrasses: A Treatise on the Biology of Seagrasses with Special Reference to the Australian Region"e;, co-edited by A.

Plant hormones have pivotal roles in the regulation of plant growth, development, and reproduction.

We have sought in this book to present a series of portraits of the plant cell wall as it participates in various different aspects of the life of the plant cell.

This book presents advanced knowledge and techniques to improve food quality, such as organic farming, fertilization using waste, reducing arsenic in food, soil restoration, forage production in arid regions and weed control.

As a collection of papers that includes material presented at the 2008 International Congress for Plant Pathology, this text features research right at the leading edge of the field.

Abiotic and biotic stress factors, including drought, salinity, waterlog, temperature extremes, mineral nutrients, heavy metals, plant diseases, nematodes, viruses, and diseases, adversely affect growth as well as yield of crop plants worldwide.

This atlas presents macroscopic descriptions, macro cross section pictures, general characteristics and identification keys of 335 wood species currently introduced in the European timber market from all over the world.

This book provides an up-to-date account of the current understanding of climate change and global warming related to environment, climate, plant and vegetation growth.

This book introduces the Chinese boletes, including the history, ecological and economic values, as well as the geographical distribution patterns with a highlight on the Tylopilus species.

This book focus on creating popularity and interest in modeling, derivation of equations for plant disease forecasting or construction and use of Web-based Expert Systems among plant pathologists.

This edited work presents a multi-faceted view on the causes and consequences of disturbance in ecosystems.

Photosynthesis: Photobiochemistry and Photobiophysics is the first single-authored book in the Advances in Photosynthesis Series.

In this age of population explosion and depleting natural resources, this book offers new techniques to produce more from agricultural crops at a lower cost.

In the dynamic realm of digital agriculture, the integration of big data acquisition platforms has sparked both curiosity and enthusiasm among researchers and agricultural practitioners.

This book, now in its second edition, provides researchers and operators a complete description of all aspects regarding the wild ancestor of sugar beet.

The cadmium (Cd) contamination has raised increasingly global concern on food safety.

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

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

In the two decades since the last comprehensive work on plant peroxisomes appeared, the scientific approaches employed in the study of plant biology have changed beyond all recognition.

Insects are great classroom study organisms.

This edited book highlights the plant and cell/organ culture systems, and environmental and genetic transformation-based modulation of biochemical pathways.

Over the past decade, advances in molecular biology have provided the impetus for a resurgence of interest in plant metabolism.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of medicinal plants and their interaction with abiotic stress in terms of morphological, physiological, biochemical, and molecular variations, and explains the adaptation and tolerance mechanisms involved.

Wheat breeders have achieved significant results over the last fifty years in research on mankind's one of the most important crops.

In this volume, the Amazon and its adjacent rainforest are presented in all their important facets: First, there is the vast river system itself, with its network of white, black, and clear water rivers.

This book describes the exciting biology and chemistry of strigolactones.

Increasing agro productivity to feed a growing global population under the present climate scenario requires optimizing the use of resources and adopting sustainable agricultural production.

"e;Read this book and you will learn how photosynthesis was discovered, how it works, and how we can produce more food to feed the world.

In the context of increasing international concern for food and environmental quality, use of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) for reducing chemical inputs in agriculture is a potentially important issue.

Many terms often used to describe old-growth forests imply that these forests are less vigorous, less productive and less stable than younger forests.

This comprehensive volume covers recent studies into agricultural problems caused by soil and water contamination.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

This book discusses the importance of plants in terms of their natural bioactive products and medicinal, nutraceutical and health benefits.

This book offers an up-to-date review of the regulatory role of nitric oxide (NO) changes in the morphological, physio-biochemical as well as molecular characteristics of plants under abiotic stress.

This book brings together the latest information on almond genomics and transcriptomics, with a particular focus on cutting-edge findings, tools, and strategies employed in genome sequencing and analysis with regard to the most important agronomic traits.

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

Raspberry is a globally-significant soft fruit crop, with increasing interest to consumers due to its versatility and health-related constituents.

This book applies a gendered lens to evaluate the dynamic linkages between climate change and livelihoods in developing countries.

Intensive and extensive cultivation of grapes (Vitis vinifera L.

To cope with the increasing problems created by agrochemicals such as plant fertilizers, pesticides and other plant protection agents, biological alternatives have been developed over the past years.

This book highlights the implications of nanotechnology in plant sciences, particularly its potential to improve food and agricultural systems, through innovative, eco-friendly approaches, and as a result to increase plant productivity.

This book presents the state-of-the-art knowledge on bamboo.

"e;Green gold"e; or "e;Poor Man's Timber"e; are commonly used terms for bamboo that is a valuable and renewable resource of the world, and has always been an elemental part of human beings in terms of social and economic value.

The goal of this book is to provide essential information on the use of different medicinal plants and their secondary metabolites for the treatment of various fungal diseases affecting human beings, animals and plants.

Population genomics has revolutionized various disciplines of biology including population, evolutionary, ecological and conservation genetics, plant and animal breeding, human health, medicine and pharmacology by allowing to address novel and long-standing questions with unprecedented power and accuracy.

Plant breeders continue to make significant advances in developing high yield- ing, adaptable, disease-free crops.