Botany and plant sciences

This book assembles a comprehensive collection of plant virus electron micrographs of good quality, offers a consistent treatment, and backs the visual data with a consistent and comprehensive text.

In 1971, the late Dr.

Bacterial diseases are generated by bacteria in the Plants.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Mangroves and seagrasses form extensive and highly productive ecosystems that are both biologically diverse and economically valuable.

Hallucinogens have been traditionally used to encourage spiritual growth, heighten perception, inspire personal development, or expand reality.

Published since 1959, Advances in Applied Microbiology continues to be one of the most widely read and authoritative review sources in microbiology.

Retinoids in Development and Disease, Volume 161 in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series focuses on the role of retinoids during development and disease.

Plant-parasitic nematodes are recognized as one of the greatest threats to crop production throughout the world.

This volume explores the South Brazilian grasslands, a unique complex of ecosystems in Brazil.

This book provides comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge relating to the morphological, structural, and functional characteristics of tuber starches, particularly in relation to their applications in food and industry.

This edited book is a compilation of tangible research findings and actual experiences on various salt tolerant rice breeding programmes, that have been successfully practiced and continuing to do so by research centres in South East Asia, with major emphasis in India, Bangladesh and Philippines.

Ready for Science series, Emergent Reader, non fiction narrative, strong picture support, Text features: Picture glossary, labels, Comprehension strategies: Identify main idea and details, ask and answer questions, and make text to self and text to world connections.

In this book, authors who are experts in their fields describe current advances on commercial crops and key enabling technologies that will underpin future advances in biotechnology.

 This edited volume provides insights into the current state of food and nutritional security, highlights the significance of micronutrients for human health, offers a historical perspective on biofortification, and covers current strategies and challenges.

Plant Physiology: A Treatise, Volume VIB: Physiology of Development: The Hormones focuses on the history and status of the hormone concept in plant physiology.

Plant Alkaloids: A Guide to Their Discovery and Distribution serves as a record of both the positive and negative results obtained in the screening of more than 20,000 plant species for alkaloids in a forty-year search for new medicinal agents and other pharmacological substances.

Book Features:* Ages 4-7, PreK-Grade 2, Guided Reading Level B, Lexile 50L* 16 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches* Vibrant, full-color photographs* Includes a photo glossary, high-frequency vocabulary list, and review activity* Reading/teaching tips includedReady For Science: In Make it Move, preschoolers through second graders are introduced to basic yet fascinating physics concepts of motion and force!

»Ein Meisterwerk der Wissenschaftsliteratur« Robin Wall Kimmerer, Autorin von Geflochtenes SüßgrasDie preisgekrönte Wissenschaftsjournalistin Zoë Schlanger erzählt in ihrer poetisch-philosophischen Erkundung, was wir von den geheimnisvollen Fähigkeiten der Pflanzen lernen können.

This book describes current understandings and recent progress into a varied group of natural products.

In biological literature, several definitions of quantitative autoradio- graphy are given.

These Proceedings contain the contributions of the partIcIpants of the Third International Symposium on Dendritic Cells that was held in Annecy, France, from June 19 to June 24, 1994.

This volume provides the first discussion of orchid protcorm and propagation, detailing genome editing research and offers orchid conservation and ecology.

This book aims to promote studies on the entire spectrum of phototropic phenomena in higher and lower plants and fungi.

This book describes the historical importance of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.

According to many textbooks, carbohydrates are the photosynthesis and mitochondrial respiration fluctuate in a circadian manner in almost every unique final products of plant photosynthesis.

South Africa's fynbos region has intrigued biologists for centuries.

Lichens are the predominant vegetation in the arctic environment, but the literature on them has remained scattered until now.

This textbook provides the first overview of plant-animal interactions for twenty years focused on the needs of students and professors.

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

The genus Thymus consists of about 350 species of perennial, aromatic herbs and subshrubs native to Europe and North Africa.

Excluding the biological polymers proteins, lipids and nucleic acids, modified tetrapyrroles are the biological molecules that have had the greatest impact on the evolution of life over the past 4 billion years.

With the appearance of methods for the sequencing of genomes and less expensive next generation sequencing methods, we face rapid advancements of the -omics technologies and plant biology studies: reverse and forward genetics, functional genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, the movement at distance of effectors and structural biology.

Feeding the world's growing human population is increasingly challenging, especially as more people adopt a western diet and lifestyle.

The sunflower has fascinated mankind for centuries.

Biosystematic studies on the Rubiaceae have a long tradition at the Institute of Botany in Vienna.

Elevates forest health from a fuzzy concept to an ecologically sound paradigm, providing instructions and exercises for forest sustainability assessments.

An introductory discussion of basic chromosome structure andfunction preceeds the main text on the application ofcytogenetic approaches to the analysis of the manipulationof both the genetic make-up and the genetic transmissionsystem of plant breeding material.

CRISPR genome-editing technology presents opportunities to engineer disease resistance traits in plants and improve crop quality.

Plant Microbiology provides a comprehensive source of information on DNA sequencing and mapping, the newest technology and procedures in areas such as radiation hybrid mapping, FISH and specialized sequencing techniques are covered.

A completely up-to-date introduction to the most common group of bees in Britain.

Sea urchins and other echinoderms, which have been studied intensively by developmental biologists for more than a century, are currently among the most prominent models for elucidating the genomic regulatory processes that control embryogenesis and the evolution of those processes.

More than 2600 species of tiger beetles are found all over the world.

Ecology of the Shortgrass Steppe: A Long-Term Perspective summarizes and synthesizes more than sixty years of research that has been conducted throughout the shortgrass region in North America.

It is estimated that roughly 1000 new ecological and environmental models join the ranks of the scientific literature each year.

Molecular biology, particularly molecular genetics, is among the newest and most powerful approach in modern photosynthesis research.

Stretch yourself to achieve the highest grades, with structured syllabus coverage, varied exam-style questions and annotated sample answers, to help you to build the essential skill set for exam success.