Plant biology

Microbial Nanobionics: Volume 1, State of the Art, discusses a wide range of microbial systems and their utilization in biogenic synthesis of metallic nanoparticles.

Electrical Manipulation of Cells provides an authoritative and up-to-date review of the field, covering all the major techniques in a single source.

In the modern world, to meet increasing energy demands we need to develop new technologies allowing us to use eco-friendly carbon-neutral energy sources.

Molecular approaches have opened new windows on a host of ecological and evolutionary disciplines, ranging from population genetics and behavioral ecology to conservation biology and systematics.

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

The ecology of potamoplankton has received less attention than lake plankton.

An increasing population has put tremendous pressure on agricultural productivity to fulfill the demands of human consumption.

This book delivers current state-of-the-science knowledge of tree ecophysiology, with particular emphasis on adaptation to a novel future physical and chemical environment.

This book summarizes the taxonomic details of selected fossil angiosperm pollen genera and species along with their affinity and occurrences in space and time.

Roots represent half of the plant body - and arguably the more interesting half.

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

Poisonous mushrooms have fascinated scientists and laypersons alike for thousands of years.

This book brings out a comprehensive collection of information on small millets.

This book presents the current state of the art in peanut genomics, focusing particularly on the latest genomic findings, tools and strategies employed in genome sequencing, transcriptomes and analysis, availability of public and private genomic resources, and ways to maximize the use of this information in peanut breeding programs.

This book discusses the influence of Friedrich Ratzel's ideas in more contemporary geopolitical analytical systems and the geodeterminism commonly attributed to him.

This book presents a new account of Euphorbia in southern Africa.

This book systematically presents 40 pests, 7 natural pest enemies, and 20 diseases and weeds commonly encountered in sugarcane production, combining clear colour photos with detailed scientific descriptions.

"e;Double Fertilization"e; provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of this central event in the reproduction and development of flowering plants.

This book will shed light on the effect of salt stress on plants development,proteomics, genomics, genetic engineering, and plant adaptations, amongother topics.

Volumes I and 2 of this Plant Biotechnology series reviewed fundamental aspects of plant molecular biology and discussed production and analysis of the first generation of transgenic plants of potential use in agriculture and horticulture.

The Air Spora is an illustrated guide to trapping, identifying and quantifying airborne biological particles such as fungus and plant spores and pollen.

Usually authors write introductions for their books, although they know that not many readers will read it.

This book uncovers the basic principles of microbial photosynthesis and the latest technological interventions of this crucial phenomenon.

Nanobiotechnology Applications in Plant Protection: Volume 2 continues the important and timely discussion of nanotechnology applications in plant protection and pathology, filling a gap in the literature for nano applications in crop protection.

This book presents biotechnological advances and approaches to improving the nutritional value of agri-foods.

This volume provides readers with a collection of the latest protocols used to study plant genome editing and trait engineering.

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

The earliest land-plants evolved around 450 million years ago from aquatic plants devoid of vascular systems.

This book collects techniques to continue exploring post-genomic land plant biology though the wisdom and skills accumulated from work on the founding molecular biology models that can now guide research into other species, including crop plants.

This book offers a unique and comprehensive overview of key RNA-based technologies, as well as their development and applications for the functional genomics of plant coding and non-coding genes.

Environmental and specific diversity in the Chihuahuan desert in general, and in the Cuatro Cienegas Basin in particular, has long been recognized as outstanding.

This book presents a new account of Euphorbia in southern Africa.

Sixty years ago at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute, G.

Having been the fourth largest lake on the globe roughly 50 years ago, today the Aral Sea no longer exists.

In this book, leading researchers from this field systematically explain the latest research results on anaerobic responses in plants.

This book introduces plant metabolomics, an experimental approach that is important in both functional genomics and systems biology.

This book focuses on the significance and implications of Calcium (Ca2+) transport machinery in the plant cell in generating alternating Ca2+ levels and impacting the cell's physiological, biochemical and developmental processes.

Unlike the situation in the major cereals, the yields of Vicia faba have not been markedly increased during the last half century.

Hubris is something we've all seen in action and experienced all too often.

Recent Advances on Mycorrhizal Fungi integrates work done by pre-eminent scientists, academics, and researchers dedicated to the study of mycorrhizas in laboratories around the world.

The explosive increase in the world's human population, with conse- quent need to feed an ever-increasing number of hungry mouths, and the largely resultant disturbances and pollution of the environment in which man must live and produce the things he needs, are forcing him to search for means of solving the first problem without intensifying the latter.

It is now more than twenty years since the first edition of this work appeared and nearly fifteen since the second.

This title offers 62 chapters divided among three volumes covering the latest topics dealing with Doubled Haploid (DH) technology, as well as methods to produce DHs in different species through different in vivo and in vitro approaches.

This book describes how the latest genomic resources techniques can be efficiently used in plant breeding programmes to achieve food security in the future.

This specialist handbook is intended as a quick and easy reference guide for individuals and organisations that are involved with the production of food, from both agriculture and horticulture.

This book gathers together a wide range of contributions addressing diverse aspects of front-line human involvement in biodiversity exploitation and conservation.