Plant biology

Addressing the pear genome, this book covers the current state of knowledge regarding genetic and genomic resources, breeding approaches and strategies, as well as cutting-edge content on how these tools and resources are being / soon will be utilized to pursue genetic improvement efforts that will combine fruit quality, high productivity, precocious fruit bearing, and long postharvest storage life, along with elevated levels of resistance to various major diseases and insect pests.

Global climate change is bound to create a number of abiotic and biotic stresses in the environment, which would affect the overall growth and productivity of plants.

This book is a comprehensive account of recent advances in the endophytic research.

The interactions between the plant, soil, and microbes are very complex in nature and may be antagonistic, mutualistic, or synergistic, depending upon the types of microorganisms and their association with the plant and soil.

This book serves the larger community of plant researchers working on the taxonomy, species delimitation, phylogeny, and biogeography of pseudo-cereals, with a special emphasis on amaranths.

This book discusses molecular approaches in plant as response to environmental factors, such as variations in temperature, water availability, salinity, and metal stress.

This book compiles the latest applications of the cutting-edge gene editing tool CRISPR/Cas in the area of crop improvement.

Combining an ecosystems approach with new insights at the molecular and biochemical level, this book presents the latest findings on how plants respond, physiologically, to sulfur in their environment.

For investigators engaged in the study of toxins generally, and host-specific toxins in particular, it is a rare treat to attend a meeting in which toxins involved in plant pathogenesis are emphasized.

The book is a comprehensive compilation of the most recent advances in the practical approach of the use of microbial probiotics for agriculture.

Identification of desirable genotypes with traits of interest is discernible for making genetic improvement of crop plants.

The plasma membrane is at once the window through which the cell senses the environment and the portal through which the environment influences the structure and activities of the cell.

Frontiers of Industrial Mycology describes the present efforts underway to create a broad range of large-scale applications using filamentous fungi.

Plant reproductive biology has undergone a revolution during the past five years, with the cloning, sequencing and localization of the genes important in reproduction.

The mangrove, seagrass and coral reef ecosystems are of paramount ecological importance but have already undergone great degradation, which is advancing at an alarming rate.

Currently one of the hottest topics in biochemistry, the concept of molecular chaperones has challenged the paradigm of protein self-assembly.

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

As a member of the working group (WG) on "e;Temperate Zone Fruit Trees in the Tropics and Subtropics"e; of the International Society for Horticulture, I was aware of the lack of readily available information needed in many warm-climate locations where temperate fruit crops are grown.

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.

There is now compelling evidence that the complexity of higher organisms correlates with the relative amount of non-coding RNA rather than the number of protein-coding genes.

There are many books on aspects of plant invasions, but none that focus on the key role of species interactions in mediating invasions.

With one volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences.

This book studies the production of indole alkaloids in the important medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus (L.

This book covers the current research on the plant-based tropane alkaloids (TA) and TA-bearing plants.

Arsenic is likely the most talked-about metalloid in the modern world because of its toxic effects on both animal and plants.

This book collects all the latest technologies with their implications on the global rice cultivation.

The importance of the plant growth regulator auxin for plant growth has long been recognized, even before the discovery of its chemical structures in the early 20th century.

This book describes the history of tobacco genomics, from its "e;discovery"e; by Europeans to next-generation omics approaches in plant science.

This volume is the final document of the 1st Balkan Botanical Congress and comprises after reviewing the full texts of the Congress Lectures submitted by their authors.

This volume focuses on the ethnobiology of southern Chile's Archipelago of Chiloe.

Surface bio-contamination has become a severe problem that contributes to outbreaks of community acquired and nosocomial infections through contiguous fomite transmission of diseases.

Powdery mildew disease is the fourth most widespread disease in cruciferous crops and a devastating effect, causing significant losses in terms of quality and quantity in rapeseed and mustard.

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

The secretory activity of plants is a manifestation of the fundamental property of all living organisms: the ability to exchange substances and energy with the environment.

This book focuses on the Permian time slice in the geological history of Gondwana, which includes Australia, India, South Africa, Antarctica and South America.

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

Plant Production on the Threshold of a New Century describes and compares problems and frontier developments in the different sectors of plant production, integrating developments in basic plant sciences, crop science and socioeconomic science, leading to sustainable plant production.

This book offers step-by-step instruction on DNA cloning, defined as moving genes around plasmids, mutating genes, or mining new genes.

There is now a considerable literature on chemical ecology, which had its beginnings in the study of insect pheromones.

This book examines the development of innovative modern methodologies towards augmenting conventional plant breeding for the production of new crop varieties, under the increasingly limiting environmental and cultivation factors, to achieve sustainable agricultural production and enhanced food security.

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.

This book provides a detailed overview of the microorganisms that form the initial growth on the exterior facades of buildings.

Seaweeds, also known as macroalgae, are among the most important primary producers and act as ecological engineers on rocky coasts of the world's oceans.

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.

This book documents timely and systematically marvelous fossils (plants and sporopollen) related to the biggest mass extinction of the Permian-Triassic transition.