Botany and plant sciences

This second edition details new and updated protocols for experimental approaches that are currently used to study the formation of flowers.

There is much specialist material written about different elements of managing risks of hazardous industries, such as hazard identification, risk analysis, and risk management.

The influence of the past, and of the future on current-time tradeoffs in the forest arena are particularly relevant given the long-term successions in forest landscapes and the hundred years' rotations in forestry.

Changes in Eukaryotic Gene Expression in Response to Environmental Stress focuses on various aspects of eukaryotic cell's response to heat stress (shock) and other stress stimuli.

The work describes the general ecological aspects of Iran as well as West and Central Asia in the introduction.

Ponds and small lakes support an extremely rich biodiversity of fascinating organisms.

This volume provided methods and protocols on recombinant protein production in different plant systems, downstream processing, and strategies to optimize protein expression.

Sustainable landscaping involves a set of practices implemented by landscape practitioners to help solve environmental concerns.

When first published in 2009, Nature's Matrix set out a radical new approach to the conservation of biodiversity.

Nature, by dint of its constitution, harbors many unassuming mysteries broadly manifested by its constituent cohorts.

This volume reviews the historical roots and theoretical foundations of biological systematics in an approachable text.

Emerging contaminants (ECs) are predominantly unregulated anthropogenic chemicals that occur in air, soil, water, food, and plant/animal tissues in trace concentrations.

Approaching the contributions of a world-wide sector of scientific institutions to addressing the extinction crisis, Botanical Gardens and Their Role in Plant Conservation brings together a diversity of perspectives.

This book outlines the transitions between cultured and natural land cover/vegetation types and their implications in the search for alternatives to reverse the trend of anthropogenic environmental degradation.

This book addresses Synthetic Biology (SynBio), a new and promising biotechnology that has attracted much interest from both a scientific and a policy perspective.

First published in 1988: This easy-to-read handbook provides a comprehensive review of the current knowledge on lichens.

This book examines the current literature and knowledge on the evolution and ecology of all the birds named as eagles, with particular emphasis on the larger species.

In Calabria, Italy, where bergamot has been successfully cultivated since the eighteenth century, it is commonly defined as "e;the prince of the Citrus genus.

This book presents a detailed overview and critical evaluation of recent advances and remaining challenges in improving nutritional quality and/or avoiding the accumulation of undesirable substances in plants using a variety of strategies based on modern biological tools and techniques.

Defense-related Proteins in Plants presents detailed information on the identification, characterization, mechanism of action, and application in crop improvement programs of these mechanisms in a single, cohesive volume.

The 3Y2-inch floppy disk which accompanies this booklet is a standard DSIHD 1.

This book is the fifth volume of the "e;Marine Algal Flora of China-Rhodophyta.

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.

The UNESCO World Heritage Convention has become one of the most successful UN instruments for promoting cultural diplomacy and dialogue on conservation of cultural and natural heritage.

This book provides a comprehensive summary of the recent advances in the biofortification of plants under climate change and how it affects food security globally.

Crop improvement using classically induced mutagenesis is now well standardized.

Swathes of the human world are covered in ornamental grass lawns; they are the single most commonly encountered horticultural feature on the planet.

This book provides extensive and comprehensive information to researchers and academicians who are interested in radionuclide contamination, its sources and environmental impact.

This treatise is focused on early aspects of fungal pathogenesis in plant and animal hosts.

The book deals with the present state and problems of integrated pest management (IPM) as relating to stakeholder acceptance of IPM and how IPM can become a sustainable practice.

The 21st century has seen the beginnings of a great restoration effort towards the world's forests, accompanied by the emergence of an increasing literature on reforestation, regeneration and regrowth of forest cover.

The future of agriculture strongly depends on our ability to enhance productivity without sacrificing long-term production potential.

The types of plants and animals that live on seashores in temperate regions are similar around the globe, but many of the individual species in south-eastern Australia are found only in this region.

Ferns, collectively, represent an ancient species of vascular plant which has a direct connection to the beginning of life on Earth.

Although blood capillaries were first observed through a flea-lens microscope by Malpighi in 1661,200 more years elapsed before the cellular nature of the vessel wall was conclusively demonstrated.

Plant Macronutrient Use Efficiency presents an up-to-date overview of the latest research on the molecular and genetic basis of macro-nutrient use efficiency (NUE) in plants, and strategies that can be used to improve NUE and nutrient-associated stress tolerance in crop plants.

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Fruit ripening is an important aspect of fruit production.

Tribes in India, who constitute 15 per cent of the geographical area and nearly 8 per cent of the population, are truly disadvantaged and marginalized population of our country.

Anthropogenic activity has clearly altered the N cycle contributing (among other factors) to climate change.

In the past decade, the global efforts in the control of HIV disease were basically concentrated on the search for anti-retroviral agents.

Harmal: The Genus Peganum is an in-depth treatment of one of the most commanding plants in the botanical kingdom.

Plant Hormones: Biosynthesis and Mechanisms of Action is based on research funded by the Chinese government's National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).

Plants are the basis of life on earth.

Bacterial diseases are generated by bacteria in the Plants.

Seeds provide an efficient means in disseminating plant virus and viroid diseases.

This volume summarizes recent technological advances in the design and engineering of Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae crops.