Plant biology

This fully revised 3rd edition provides a comprehensive overview of the biology of fungi associated with plants.

The book represents a multidisciplinary approach to understanding soil-landscape-vegetation relationships and, specifically, the ecophysiology of plant communities developing on sandy soils of very low fertility that are subject to seasonal flooding.

Terricolous lichens, a habitat specialist group of lichens play a vital role in maintenance and ecological stability of soil crusts with reference to their physical stability, hydrology and growth of soil microflora.

Mechanisms and Deployment of Resistance in Trees to Insects is a worldwide synthesis of tree resistance to insects.

This book emphasizes on cutting-edge next-generation smart plant breeding approaches for maximizing the use of genomic resources generated by high-throughput genomics in the post-genomic era.

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This edited volume provides a review of remediation approaches utilizing aquatic and wetland macrophytes in the Tropics.

The agricultural sector of medicinal (including plant stimulants) and aromatic plants is characterized by an enormous number and diversity of species.

This book presents recent developments involving the role of nanoparticles on plant physiology and growth.

This book describes the strategy used for sequencing, assembling and annotating the tomato genome and presents the main characteristics of this sequence with a special focus on repeated sequences and the ancestral polyploidy events.

The use of synthetic pesticides has undoubtedly resulted in the achievement of increased crop production.

This book provides an overview of the Ocimum genus from its genetic diversity to genome sequences, metabolites and their therapeutic utilities.

This work advocates the restoration of the North American tallgrass prairie, which is rapidly disappearing.

This book sheds new light on ways to alleviate biotic and abiotic stress in plants, using signaling molecules of plant growth promotory rhizobacteria.

This edited book is a compilation of the chapters on the recent advances made in the field of disease management in various field crops.

Toxigenic Fusarium species and ochratoxigenic fungi are responsible for various plant diseases which have important consequential effects on both human and animal health worldwide.

Phytoplasma-associated diseases are a major limiting factor to quality and productivity of many ornamentals, horticultural and other economically important agriculture crops worldwide.

Phenomorphology of flowering plants deals with starts growing, how long it grows and what happens the study of temporal changes in the morphology of to it when it stops growing.

This book is a systematized overview of wild edible plants eaten in the territory of present Estonia, with a focus on the systematic changes within the field.

Early anthropological evidence for plant use as medicine is 60,000 years old as reported from the Neanderthal grave in Iraq.

Selenium plays a significant role in preventing certain types of cancer and cardiovascular diseases.

This contributed volume explores how plant growth-promoting rhizobacterias (PGPR) provide a wide range of benefits to the plant.

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This uniquely interdisciplinary textbook explores the exciting and complex relationship between Earth's geological history and the biodiversity of life.

ACCOMPANIES THE LANDMARK SERIES NARRATED BY DAVID ATTENBOROUGHFind a world of wonder beyond the ice.

This book provides basic information on the botanical diversity in the Czech Republic and relates the patterns in flora and vegetation to environmental factors, biogeographical history and human impact.

Plant-animal interactions have become a focus of ecological research, with the processes of herbivory being of special interest.

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

The new edited volume on phytomelatonin and its diverse roles in plants under a challenging environment shall be an important reference book with updated information and future perspectives on the involvement of this biomolecule in stress resilience in plants.

Plant biotechnology has now become a key tool in improving crop productivity and enhancing commercial value of plant products.

Nanotechnology progresses its concerts and suitability by improving its effectiveness, security and also reducing the impact and risk.

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This new and significantly updated authored dictionary is a unique glossary of paleontological terms, taxa, localities, and concepts.

This book brings together specialized information on modern aspects of applied microbiology in pest management.

This book provides a comprehensive coverage of the advances in genetics and genomics research on rice.

This edited book provides a comprehensive overview of modern strategies in fruit crop breeding in the era of climate change and global warming.

Population and evolutionary genetics have been quickly developing ?

Plant-Microbe Interactions, Volume 1 Many plant-microbe interactions have agronomic importance because of either beneficial (e.

Food security and the medicinal needs of billions of people around the world are pressing global issues, and the biodiversity and sustainable utilization of plants is of great significance in this context.

Metal toxicity and deficiency are both common abiotic problems faced by plants.

This is the first comprehensive monograph dedicated to using Nicotiana species for tobacco genetic improvement.

The current growing interest of molecular biologists in plant hormone research is undoubtedly the most promising development of recent times.

Global climate change requires the development of programs that consider the active restoration of degraded forests and the use of native trees in afforestation to preserve the natural environment.

This comprehensive edited volume collects the most recent information with up-to-date citations, on the decrease in plant productivity under climatic changes and its link with global food security.

Phosphorus (P) is a finite resource which is essential for life.

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