Plant biology

Under ongoing climate changes, natural and cultivated habitats of major crops are being continuously disturbed.

This edited book presents recent developments in the field of plant biotechnology involving highly efficient micropropagation for the commercial exploitation of nanomaterials (such as silver, cobalt, copper, zinc, magnesium, silicon, iron, nickel, manganese, and selenium nanoparticles, etc.

This book collects comprehensive information on taxonomy, morphology, distribution, wood anatomy, wood properties and uses.

This book covers the state-of-the-art of microalgae physiology and biochemistry (and the several -omics).

The Bosco della Mesola represents one of the few remnants of coastal woodlands in Italy.

This book provides detailed and comprehensive information on oxidative damage caused by stresses in plants with especial reference to the metabolism of reactive oxygen species (ROS).

This volume illustrates the complex root system, including the various essential roles of roots as well as their interaction with diverse microorganisms localized in or near the root system.

Soils into which crop plants root and from which they obtain essential minerals and water contain huge arrays of microbes.

This book presents the genetics and genomics of Jatropha, which is used for biofuel, and shows how plant genomics can be used to improve plant breeding.

While studies of forest vegetation may differ in their underlying objective, be it physiology, ecology or biodiversity, common to all these is the fact that all require taxonomic knowledge.

Riparian forests along streams and rivers are diverse in species, structure, and regeneration processes, and have important ecological functions in maintaining landscape and biodiversity.

Under ongoing climate change, natural and cultivated habitats of major food crops are being continuously disturbed.

Plants have been a source of medicines and have played crucial role for human health.

Sugarcane, an important source of sugar, plays a substantial role in world economy.

Genome Exploitation: Data Mining the Genome is developed from the 23rd Stadler Genetic Symposium.

In vitro Embryogenesis in Plants is the first book devoted exclusively to this topic.

The Arctic is a special world.

Commercial development of cultured-derived food ingredients has attracted interna- tional interest.

Malformation disease of mango (Mangifera indica) initially noted in patches in India has now turned into a global menace wherever mango is grown.

This book offers a thorough examination of how drought stress impacts various facets of a plant's physiology, ecology, and agricultural systems.

Bananas and plantains are among the most important food and cash crops in the world.

This book reviews the current status of P.

This edited book deals with plant genetic resources and their status, availability, and ecological niche in natural habitat.

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

"e;Atlas of Woody Plants in China: Distribution and Climate"e; documents the spatially-explicit county-level distribution of all 11,405 woody plants in China, together with life form information for most species.

Many aspects of phytogeography have gained loped numerical techniques which allow the com- greatly from the recent development of analytical bination of quantitative floristic and vegetational and numerical methods.

This book offers an overview of salt stress, which has a devastating effect on the yields of various agricultural crops around the globe.

Research in recent years has increasingly shifted away from purely academic research, and into applied aspects of the discipline, including climate change research, conservation, and sustainable development.

The Saccharinae clade of the Poaceae (grass) family of flowering plants includes several important crops with a rich history of contributions to humanity and the promise of still-greater contributions, as a result of some of the highest biomass productivity levels known, resilience to drought and other environmental challenges that are likely to increase, amenability to production systems that may mitigate or even reverse losses of ecological capital such as topsoil erosion, and the recent blossoming of sorghum as a botanical and genomic model for the clade.

This book was compiled by researchers of Chinese Academy of Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Southwest Forestry University, and Kunming University of Science and Technology.

Aspects of Brazilian Floristic Diversity: From Botany to Traditional Communities offers a unique approach in floristic diversity of the Neotropical region, specifically encompassing the Brazilian flora.

This book offers a series of interviews with Canadian ranchers that highlight the innovative and effective ways that they manage vast swaths of grassland for two complementary goals: commercial viability and sustainable habitats.

Palms are monocots, Angiosperms, belonging to the family Palmae (Arecaceae), perennials having woody stems.

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

It is appropriate at this time to reflect on two decades of research in biological control of weeds with fungal plant pathogens.

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

Terrestrial plant systems are an integral part of Earth's land resources.

This laboratory manual gives a thorough introduction to basic techniques in Molecular Biology, which can find application in many different fields.

This book describes how genomics has revolutionized our understanding of agriculturally important plant-associated fungi.

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

The study of plant development in recent years has often been concerned with the effects of the environment and the possible involvement of growth substances.

This edited book is focused on SDG 15.

A presentation of over 700 popular orchid species in 104 genera carefully detailed with beautiful photographs and concise descriptions of plants, their distribution and habitats by a well-known author and photographer.

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In 1992 a Concerted Action Programme (CAP) was initiated by Peter Sijmons with the purpose of intensifying collaborations between 16 European laboratories working on plant-parasitic nematodes.

Development of superior crops that have consistent performance in quality and in quantity has not received the same emphasis in the field of genetics and breeding as merited.

This book is the first comprehensive compilation describing the importance of sandalwood in national and international markets, genetic resources, molecular markers, whole genome sequencing, and pathway genes involved in oil biosynthesis, aroma and fragrance.