Plant biology

Plants are sessile and prone to multiple stresses in the changing environmental conditions.

This book reports an approach developed to research and apply methods of assessing patterns of processes in the landscape, and suitability of different types of vegetation to mitigate soil erosion and sediment flux.

Nanotechnology can target specific agricultural problems related to plant pathology and provide new techniques for crop disease control.

The volume on oilseed crops is developed as a part of a series on "e;Handbook of Agrobiodiversity: Conservation and Use of Plant Genetic Resources"e;.

This book accompanies the landmark television series Kingdom of Plants 3D: With David Attenborough.

The book is presenting a comprehensive information on fundamental, and applied knowledge of Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin.

Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are a class of RNA molecules that do not encode proteins but play pivotal roles in regulating gene expression and cellular processes.

September 1987, the Faculty Biology of the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam commemorated the fact that Prof.

The past decade has witnessed an explosion of our knowledge on the structure, coding capacity and evolution of the genomes of the two DNA-containing cell organelles in plants: chloroplasts (plastids) and mitochondria.

"e;Photosynthesis: Plastid Biology, Energy Conversion and Carbon Assimilation"e; was conceived as a comprehensive treatment touching on most of the processes important for photosynthesis.

Plant pathology embraces all aspects of biological and scientific activity which are concerned with understanding the complex phenomena of diseases in plants.

This book is a product of years of research on saffron biology.

Agroecological footprints are a unique and popular concept for sustainable food system.

Most eucalypts grow naturally on soils low in fertility.

For the past decade, there has been success in using conventional map-based strategies in identification and cloning of quantitative trait loci (QTL) in model plant species including tomato and Arabidopsis.

Each plant-pathogen interaction involves a two-way molecular communication.

This book presents 19 selected contributions to the 20th Evolutionary Biology Meeting in Marseille, which took place in September 2016.

Plant neurobiology is a newly emerging field of plant sciences.

This volume includes treatments of systematics and related topics for both fungi and fungus-like organisms in four eukaryotic supergroups, as well as specialized chapters on nomenclature, techniques and evolution.

As well as examining successful biological control programmes this book analyses why the majority of attempts fail.

Sulfur is one of the four major essential elements necessary for the plant life cycle.

Plants play a key role in purifying the biosphere of the toxic effects of industrial activity.

Rhythmic behaviour is quintessential to life itself.

This book offers a detailed overview of both conventional and modern approaches to plant breeding.

This book includes 16 selected contributions presented at the 23rd Evolutionary Biology Meeting, which took place in Marseille in September 2019.

This book review and rearrange the research data of Triticeae published over hundreds of years, applying a modern scientific approach.

Genetic engineering is a powerful tool for crop improvement.

Plant classifications are based on morphological characters and it is difficult, particularly in small plants and grasses, to identify these below generic level on the basis of these characters using a dissecting microscope.

This book explains the translational aspects of ethnomedicinal plants of different geographical regions including India by explaining the medicinal properties against several diseases, genomic evolution in changing environments, metabolic profiling for biomarker discovery, the role of non-coding RNA in the synthesis of secondary metabolites, genome-wide transcriptome profiling, application of pluripotent stem cells for drug discovery, the importance of high-throughput omics, and genome-editing techniques.

Recent research has focused attention on the importance of intrinsic antiviral immunity, i.

This book covers the biotechnological advances being used for the understanding of plant diseases and the subsequent enhancement of disease resistance in crop plants.

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

A multiplicity of biotrophic micro-organisms interact with plants in nature, forming symbiotic relationships that range from mutualism to antagonism.

This book collates the latest information on Kappaphycus and Eucheuma seaweeds.

Plant-parasitic nematodes are among the most destructive plant pathogens, causing enormous losses to agronomic crops worldwide.

This book covers the fundamentals of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and higher plant symbiosis with potential implications in crop production.

The book contains aspects of production, genetics and breeding of Capsicum species with emphasis on fruit quality, yield and its nutritional characteristics among with some specific chapters focusing on breeding and physiological features of potted ornamental Chili and responses to abiotic stress and postharvest of fruits.

This book offers a wealth of essential information about stink bugs, including taxonomic updates of pest species, their geographic distribution, biology and behavior, and the latest research on sustainable management strategies.

The Kingdom fungi encompass a massive diversity of taxa with wide-ranging ecologies, life cycles, and morphologies ranging from unicellular aquatic chytrids to large mushrooms.

This book comprehensively introduces stripe rust disease, its development and its integral control.

This book explores two Rubus species from South America.

COMPARATIVE EMBRYOLOGY OF ANGIOSPERMS is a review of thedevelopmental processes leading to sexual reproduction inflowering plants.

In this study, an overview is presented of agricultural policies on manure and minerals, relating to the Nitrate Directive to remedy excessive surface- and groundwater contamination from intensive agricultural practices.

The 14th International Nitrogen Fixation Congress was held in Beijing, China from October 27th through November 1st, 2004.

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