Botany and plant sciences

Across the world, the risks of wildfires are increasing and expanding.

This new 2-volume set aims to share and preserve ethnic and traditional knowledge of herbal medicine and treatments, while also emphasizing the link between biodiversity, human nutrition, and food security.

The notion of Endangerment stands at the heart of a network of concepts, values and practices dealing with objects and beings considered threatened by extinction, and with the procedures aimed at preserving them.

The Trees and Shrubs manual is a reference manual on diseases which attack trees, shrubs, and vines.

This book presents an inclusive approach to deal with plant stresses in light of recent technological advances.

The Handbook of Australasian Biogeography is the most comprehensive overview of the biogeography of Australasian plants, fungi and animal taxa in a single volume.

A simple solution to complicated statistical techniques and formulas!

This book introduces the nature, causes and impact of plant diseases.

The present treatise on the Plantation and agri-horticultural crops of Kerala, has been prepared on the invitation of the chairman, State Committee on the Science and Technology, Kerala (SCST) extended to the Director (Prof.

Seagrasses are becoming widely used as in situ indicators of the relative health and condition of subtropical and tropical estuarine ecosystems.

FORENSIC BOTANY A PRACTICAL GUIDE Forensic Botany: A Practical Guide is an accessible introduction to the way in which botanical evidence is identified, collected and analysed in criminal cases.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Ordnung Blattariae" verfügbar.

Fungi range from being microscopic, single-celled yeasts to multicellular and heterotrophic in nature.

Strigolactones, Alkamides and Karrikins in Plants: Recent Updates and Future Prospects provides comprehensive knowledge on the various aspects of plant growth, physiology, and communication associated with the three potential biomolecules.

PGPR have gained world wide importance and acceptance for agricultural benefits.

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.

This volume provides the origins and meanings of the names of genera and species of extant vascular plants, with the genera arranged alphabetically from R to Z.

Modelling Invasive Alien Plant Species: Fuzzy Based Uncertainty presents the application of different fuzzy set theory techniques in developing risk assessment models for invasive plant species- those whose introduction and spread outside their natural range threatens local biodiversity.

In It's Electric!

Developmental Regulation: Aspects of Cell Differentiation draws together some studies which are directed toward the orderly changes in cell phenotypes that are understood to be developmental in nature.

Plant Physiology, Volume III: Inorganic Nutrition of Plants deals with the inorganic nutrition and metabolism of plants.

"e;An indispensable source for researchers, teachers, and graduate and postgraduate students interested in mutation breeding and genetic engineering.

Written as a reference to be used within University, Departmental, Public, Institutional, Herbaria, and Arboreta libraries, this book provides the first starting point for better access to data on medicinal and poisonous plants.

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 183, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field.

Vistas in Botany, Volume 4: Recent Researchers in Plant Taxonomy covers some of the more important general aspects of plant taxonomy.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Grundlagen und allgemeine Probleme der Phytopathologie und des Pflanzenschutzes" verfügbar.

Our knowledge of the biochemistry and biophysics of dinitrogen fixa- tion has developed rapidly in the 15 years since the first N2-fixing enzyme system was successfully extracted from a bacterium.

so easy it seemed Once found, which yet unfound most would have thought Impossible.

Exploring the implementation of participatory, multistakeholder, and transdisciplinary ecosystem health research, Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems combines the latest theories in complexity and management with practical tools and approaches for sustainable rural development research.

Harnessing evolution for more sustainable agricultureAs human populations grow and resources are depleted, agriculture will need to use land, water, and other resources more efficiently and without sacrificing long-term sustainability.

This book presents recent research on natural fibers extracted from pineapple leaves.

This book addresses the relevance of tropical pastures and the challenges they face in terms of soil fertility, productivity, and sustainability.

Botany pertains to the study of plants, which have always been of great importance since the formation of the planet 'Earth'.

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.

Edited by Jean-Claude Kader and supported by an international Editorial Board, Advances in Botanical Research publishes in-depth and up-to-date reviews on a wide range of topics in plant sciences.

This edited book covers all aspects of omics approaches used for the varietal improvement of millets in changing climatic conditions.

Chromosome Painting is the most modern and novel technique for directly identifying several gene sequences simultaneously in the chromosome, with the aid of specific probes in molecular hybridization.

Information from many sources has been compiled here to present the most important uses of plants by early inhabitants of California, as well as methods of preparing the plants for use.

This book critically reviews advances in our understanding of the biology of vascular epiphytes since Andreas Schimper's 1888 seminal work.

This book comprehensively covers the topics of origin and distribution, evolution and types, regional and global importance, biodiversity conservation, plant-soil interfaces, ecosystem functions and services, social-ecological systems, climate change adaptations, land degradation and restoration, grazing management and pastoral production, and sustainable future of the grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP), which is a globally unique eco-region called the "e;Roof of the World"e; because of its high elevation, "e;Third Pole on Earth"e; because of its alpine environment and the "e;Water Tower in Asia"e; because of its headwater location.

The book addresses current public concern about the adverse effect of agrochemicals and their effect on the agro-ecosystem.

Curious readers will discover how screwdrivers tighten screws using different kinds of tips.

Leading international scientists bring current and developing topics in sterol research together in Biochemistry and Function of Sterols.

This comprehensive volume presents indispensable and up-to-date information on viroids and viroid diseases.

Redox Metabolism and Longevity Relationships in Animals and Plants focuses on the recent issues that have emerged in ageing research in both the animal and plant kingdoms.

Bramble Production provides growers with a basic understanding of how raspberry and blackberry plants grow and respond to changes in their environment.

The first single volume reference on the use of genetic engineering and molecular biology for plant food production, this book provides basic to in-depth approaches at the molecular level combining agricultural technology with food science and technology.

Somatic embryogenesis (SE) is a unique process by means of which a vegetative/somatic plant cell transforms into an embryo.