Plant biology

In the present volume taxonomic treatments including descriptions of and keys to the families and genera for the orders Santalales and Balanophorales are offered, the former group here comprising 12 families with 162 genera and about 2100 species, and the latter with the single family Balanophoraceae composed of 16 genera and about 42 species.

This proceeding covers all the collected research data and presentations from the 8th International Symposium on the Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf.

The use of microbial plant protection products is growing and their importance will strongly increase due to political and public pressure.

This book provides an up-to-date analysis of the Portuguese forests and forestry sector, including its history, its total economic value, current threats and opportunities and future challenges, namely the need to incorporate more planning and technology in forest management practices.

The beetle genus Agrilus has over 3000 species which makes it the most numerous in the Animal Kingdom.

Calcium plays pivotal role in regulating the physiological as well as developmental processes in plants.

Over the past decades, chromatin remodelling has emerged as an important regulator of gene expression and plant defense.

This collection of papers includes some of the presentation given at the International congress of Plant Pathology held in Beijing in 2013 in the session of Recent Development in Postharvest Pathology.

This book focuses on the mechanistic (microscopic) understanding of radionuclide uptake by plants in contaminated soils and potential use of phytoremediation.

This book includes the most essential contributions presented at the 17th Evolutionary Biology Meeting in Marseille, which took place in September 2013.

The unique responses of plants to combined stresses have been observed at physiological, biochemical, and molecular levels.

Written in easy to follow language, the book presents cutting-edge agriculturally relevant plant biotechnologies and applications in a manner that is accessible to all.

This book covers the key features of nitric oxide (NO) in plants.

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 is devoted to the fascinating superfamily of plant ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters and their variety of transported substrates.

Wheat Diseases and Their Management addresses biotic and abiotic constrains to wheat production.

The earth's biodiversity is a degree of ecosystem health which is vital to ecology and environmental sustainability.

This book focuses on morphological and anatomical strategies developed by halophytes during evolution that allow them to survive in high-salt environments.

Genetically uniform cultivars in many self-pollinated cereal crops dominate commercial production in high-input environments especially due to their high grain yields and wide geographical adaptation.

This volume presents detailed descriptions and analyses of the underlying features, issues and suppositions associated with seed and seedling laboratory bioassays presented in a previous volume.

The 44th volume of RAP contains articles based on work presented at the 51st annual meeting of the Phytochemical Society of North America.

Warm-temperate deciduous forests are "e;southern"e;, mainly oak-dominated deciduous forests, as found over the warmer southern parts of the temperate deciduous forest regions of East Asia, Europe and eastern North America.

Deals with the historical perspectives and the current status of doubled haploid production along with its practical implications in basic and applied research.

This 43rd volume of RAP includes a total of seven articles based on talks presented at the 50th Anniversary meeting of the PSNA, which was held at the Fairmont Orchid, in Waikoloa, Hawai'i, USA.

The extended continental South American turtle record (Norian to Lujanian) allows us to follow the evolution of this reptile clade from its origins.

This work presents up-to-date information on chemical, pharmacological, clinical studies and historical uses of common dietary Chinese herbs.

Palynology is important in basic as well as in manifold applied sciences, as e.

This book provides a comprehensive update on the recent developments concerning the role of plant neurotransmitters in signaling and communication.

Nanotechnology has shown great potential in all spheres of life.

This book discusses the controversial and conflicting hypotheses on the origin of angiosperms, which was generally assumed to be restricted to the Cretaceous and later ages.

Marking the change in focus of tree genomics from single species to comparative approaches, this book covers biological, genomic, and evolutionary aspects of angiosperm trees that provide information and perspectives to support researchers broadening the focus of their research.

This book studies the application of green roofs in ecoregions of the western United States and Canada.

This book presents a collection of cross-disciplinary research, with contributions addressing all key features of the plant/microbe/ENP nexus in agro-ecosystems.

Soil salinity is a key abiotic-stress and poses serious threats to crop yields and quality of produce.

In nature, radiata pine is very localised and an obscure tree species despite the romantic character of much of its natural habitat.

Glutathione (y-glutamyl-cysteinyl-glycine) is a ubiquitously distributed sulfurcontaining antioxidant molecule that plays key roles in the regulation of plant growth, development, and abiotic and biotic stress tolerance.

This book provides an overview of antioxidants and antioxidant enzymes and their role in the mechanisms of signaling and cellular tolerance under stress in plant systems.

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 edited volume focuses on the characterization, reclamation, bioremediation, and phytoremediation of salt affected soils and waterlogged sodic soils.

This book provides an overview of the innovations in crop phenotyping using emerging technologies, i.

Advances in Trichoderma Biology for Agricultural Applications covers the beneficial properties of Trichoderma in enhancing global agricultural productivity.

Dramatic advances in computing power enable simulation of DNA sequences generated by complex microevolutionary scenarios that include mutation, population structure, natural selection, meiotic recombination, demographic change, and explicit spatial geographies.

To address the environmental, socioeconomic, and geopolitical issues associated with increasing global human energy consumption, technologies for utilizing renewable carbon-free or carbon-neutral energy sources must be identified and developed.

This book addresses all the major mechanisms by which endophytes are thought to impact plant growth and health.

Unraveling the Voynich Codex reviews the historical, botanical, zoological, and iconographic evidence related to the Voynich Codex, one of the most enigmatic historic texts of all time.

The Bahia Blanca Estuary is one of the largest coastal systems in Atlantic South America.

Forests cover thirty-one percent of the world's land surface, provide habitats for animals, livelihoods for humans, and generate household income in rural areas of developing countries.

This book provides case studies on cultivating alternative crops and presents new cropping systems in many regions of the world.

World population is growing at an alarming rate and may exceed 9.

This book describes the historical importance of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.