Plant biology

Genomic Selection for Crop Improvement serves as handbook for users by providing basic as well as advanced understandings of genomic selection.

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

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.

In The Doors Unhinged, New York Times bestselling author and legendary Doors drummer John Densmore offers a powerful exploration of the 'greed gene' - that part of the human psyche that propels us toward the accumulation of more and more wealth, even at the expense of our principles, friendships and the well-being of society.

This book offers a comprehensive guide to discovering, assessing, and utilizing consortia of beneficial microbes for crop protection and enhanced crop production in the context of climate change.

This book focuses on the plant cytoskeleton and its various cross-talks with other cellular components leading to its role in plant growth and development.

The book deals with dual role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) which is beneficial and harmful at below and above threshold limits, respectively.

This second edition volume expands on the previous edition with many new and updated chapters discussing the latest techniques used to investigate cell wall biochemistry, biomechanical properties, chemistry, and biology.

In the last decade, enormous progress has been made on the physiology of plant roots, including on a wide range of molecular aspects.

This book covers correlation and combined disciplinary aspects implying the use of secondary metabolites (SMs) of different plant species for control and monitoring of environment states.

The Sunday Times BestsellerA new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough's seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet.

Phytoremediation is an emerging technology that employs higher plants for the clean-up of contaminated environments.

Microbes are ubiquitous in nature.

This book is a practical guide for biologists who use multiple sequence alignments (MSAs) for their data analysis and are looking for a comprehensive overview of the many different programs.

The second-longest European river after the Volga, the Danube is one of the world's most important rivers in terms of its geographical and historical significance.

Seaweeds (macroalgae) represent the most striking living components in the Antarctic's near-shore ecosystems, especially across the West Antarctic Peninsula and adjacent islands.

Mycology has an integral role to play in the development of the biotechnology and biomedical sectors.

Fungi are an important link in the food webs of all ecosystems.

The book illustrates the use of putative microbial agents which provide good protection to the plant from biotic pathogens attack.

Potato virus Y (PVY) infects a wide host range mainly within the Solanaceae and is distributed worldwide.

A small informal symposium on "e;Molecular Genetics"e; was organized by us on behalf of the "e;Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Arzte"e; and took place in Berlin in October 1967.

This book gives an overview of the diverse marine fauna and flora of Japan and includes practical guides for investigating the biology and ecology of marine organisms.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are obligate root symbionts that impact plant growth, productivity and competitiveness.

This book contains fuller versions of the papers and posters presented in the Knowledge and Technology Transfer and Teaching Plant Pathology sessions at the 9th International Congress of Plant Pathology held in Turin, Italy in 2008.

A presentation of 491 popular orchid species with 13 varieties and 3 natural hybrids in 51 genera with names beginning with A to E carefully detailed with beautiful photographs and concise descriptions of the plants, their distribution and habitats by a well-known author and photographer.

Simply put, allelopathy refers to an ecological phenomenon of plant-plant interference through release of organic chemicals (allelochemicals) in the environment.

This volume covers the orders Apiales (Asterids I) and Gentianales (except Rubiaceae; Asterids II).

The book focuses on the principles and practices of tropical maize improvement with special emphasis on early and extra-early maize to feed the increasing population in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Let the experts at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew e-guide you around the beautiful and mysterious world that is the plant kingdom.

With almost 90% of terrestrial plant material entering the detrital pool, the processing of this significant carbon source is a critical ecosystem function to understand.

This book deals with the most emerging aspects of algal research with special reference to microalgae viz; diversity, mutations, genomics and metagenomics study, eco-physiology, culturing, microalgae for food and feed, biofuel production, harvesting of microalgae, separation, and purification of biochemicals, techno-economical assessment, microalgal biotechnology, algal-bacterial systems for wastewater treatment.

Phenology refers to recurring plant and animal life cycle stages, such as leafing and flowering, maturation of agricultural plants, emergence of insects, and migration of birds.

This book explores various nanotechnology applications and their effect on the food industry, innovation and environmental issues.

Over the last ten years the introduction of computer intensive statistical methods has opened new horizons concerning the probability models that can be fitted to genetic data, the scale of the problems that can be tackled and the nature of the questions that can be posed.

Many organisms have evolved the ability to enter into and revive from a dormant state.

The physiology and pathology of membrane (contact or surface) digestion of the three main components of the food of animals and man is a rapidly developing field, and there is little doubt that newer ob- servations will become available as time progresses.

This book explores the crucial transition from conventional to regenerative agriculture practices, focusing on the key drivers and indicators of soil health management.

This book provides the first diverse and multifaceted textual and cartographic overview of natural curative resources of mineral waters and peloids in Russia.

This book focuses on the fundamentals of plant physiology for undergraduate and graduate students.

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

This book sheds new light on the chickpea genome sequencing and resequencing of chickpea germplasm lines and provides insights into classical genetics, cytogenetics, and trait mapping.

This edited book elucidates the evolution of plant virus, genomic structure, diversity, plant-virus interaction, subcellular movement etc.

The first and so far only Plant Geography of Chile was written about 100 years ago, since when many things have changed: plants have been renamed and reclassified; taxonomy and systematics have experienced deep changes as have biology, geography, and biogeography.

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.

Plant-based medicines play an important role in all cultures, and have been indispensable in maintaining health and combating diseases.

Along the undisturbed shores, especially of the Mediterranean Sea and the European North Atlantic Ocean, is a quite widespread plant called Beta maritima by botanists, or more commonly sea beet.

Innovative Strategies for Teaching in the Plant Sciences focuses on innovative ways in which educators can enrich the plant science content being taught in universities and secondary schools.