Plant biology

This edited volume provides state-of-the-art overview of abiotic stress responses and tolerance mechanisms of different legume crops viz.

The book is designed to provide a review on the methods and current status of conservation of the tropical plant species.

This work is a comprehensive collection of articles that cover aspects of cell wall research in the genomic era.

Despite the recent advances made in the improvement of crucifer crops using conventional breeding techniques, the yield levels and the oil and meal quality could not be improved as expected.

Die Evolutionsgeschichte der Pflanze, und was sie mit uns Menschen zu tun hatMensch und Pflanze – zwei vermeintlich konkurrierende Mega-Lebewesen.

This book is the 11th volume of the popular series "e;Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of the World"e;.

The aim of this book is to offer information about the Pharmacological Properties of Native Plants from Argentina to students, researchers and graduates interested in the fields of Ethnobotany, Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Pharmacy, and Medicine.

Rain Forest Biology and the Canopy System, Sarawak, 1992-2002 The rain forest takes an immense breath and then exhales, once every four or ?

Population genomics has revolutionized several disciplines of biology, genetic resource conservation and management, and breeding of crop plants by providing key and novel insights into population, evolutionary, ecological and conservation genetics, ecology, evolution and adaptation, and facilitating molecular breeding with an unprecedented power and accuracy.

This volume details the most up-to-date technologies used in plant transposable element studies and provides easy-to-follow protocols.

The genome is more than a linear code as depicted by its DNA sequences as several interacting factors play a crucial role in shaping its organization and function.

The emergence of nanotechnology and the development of new nano-devices and nanomaterials open up opportunities for novel applications in agriculture and biotechnology.

Changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and global climate conditions have altered photosynthesis and plant respiration across both geologic and contemporary time scales.

Conceived with the aim of sorting fact from fiction over genetically modified (GM) crops, this book brings together the knowledge of 30 specialists in the field of transgenic plants.

The search for new strategies of pest control with safer molecules is currently of great importance and interest.

This book looks at the interaction between plants and nanomaterials/nanocomposites, and their effects ecology, the food chain and human health.

This authored volume highlights the concern for food security of Asian nations traditionally focused on rice.

This Reference Work is devoted to plant secondary metabolites and their evolutionary adaptation to different hosts and pests.

This book compiles the relevant information related to genome editing tools and their roles in crop improvement.

This book explores the agricultural, commercial, and ecological future of plants in relation to mineral nutrition.

This book discusses many aspects of plant-nutrient-induced abiotic stress tolerance.

Grapevine is one of the most widely cultivated plant species worldwide.

This book covers the applications of fungi used in biorefinery technology.

This book presents research on volatiles produced by microbes and plants along with their biotechnological implications for sustainable agriculture.

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Terrestrial carbon balance is uncertain at the regional and global scale.

This book is a review of the recent literature on the key scientific and technical subjects of fertilization management in vegetable crops.

The Victorians: A Botanical Perspective, Volume 1 offers a unique re-evaluation of the Victorian Age and presents a new historiography based on plants.

Agronomic crops have been a source of foods, beverages, fodders, fuels, medicines and industrial raw materials since the dawn of human civilization.

The Encyclopedia of Plant Viruses and Viroids provides an up-to-date information on the viruses and viroids infecting all types of cultivated and weed plants at global level; and is unique among plant virology texts as it is organized alphabetically by the genus name of the host plant infected.

This Monograph explains the statistical theory behind the National Forest Inventory (NFI) data collection and compares different methods for modelling and inventory design.

Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) is a crop of small land holding farmers in arid and semi-arid regions of the world.

This book provides complete, comprehensive, and broad subject-based reviews for students, teachers, researchers, policymakers, conservationists, and NGOs interested in the biodiversity and conservation of woody plants.

This book provides a comprehensive, detailed, and coherent spatio-temporal account of Caribbean mangrove evolution from its evolutionary origins to the present that is not available for any mangrove region in the world.

This groundbreaking interdisciplinary collection interrogates the significance of Deleuze's work in the recent and dramatic nonhuman turn.

This book explains the advancements of plant biotechnology and advanced molecular biology and explores the details of influential tools that complement conventional breeding and accelerate the development of plants resilient to adverse agroclimatic conditions and biofortified plants.

While much attention has been given to animal life in amber, the remains of a variety of plants, including angiosperm flowers, also exist in fossilized resin.

An enticing illustrated look at pollination, one of the most astonishing marvels of the natural worldPollination is essential to the survival of most plants on Earth.

Plant improvement has shifted its focus from yield, quality and disease resistance to factors that will enhance commerical export, such as early maturity, shelf life and better processing quality.

This work was begun to provide keys to the aquatic insect species known from Brazil.

This book discusses and addresses the rapidly increasing world population demand for food, which is expected to double by 2050.

The borough of Newham in East London was largely built up from the 1800s onwards.

Begomoviruses are one of the most interesting plant viruses to study for basic and applied research as they cause huge economic losses to agriculture industries and farmers all over the world.