Botany and plant sciences

Medicinal plants are globally valuable sources of herbal products.

Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this book focuses on recent milestones in basic and applied mycology, focusing on many and diverse applications in the agricultural, food, and biofuel sectors.

This book provides a comprehensive, detailed, and coherent spatio-temporal account of Caribbean mangrove evolution from its evolutionary origins to the present that is not available for any mangrove region in the world.

The Fifth International Meeting on Cholinesterases convened in Madras, India, in September of 1994.

The application of new molecular technology has greatly increased our understanding of the role of chromosomal change in plant evolution.

This 33-chapter volume presents a critical examination of the importance of stable isotopes in understanding key plant metabolic processes.

Plant growth and development is controlled by various environmental cues that are sensed by the plant via various signal transduction pathways coupled to specific response.

This book covers all aspects related to climate change and agriculture.

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The Psychobiology of Attachment and Separation provides an understanding of certain theoretical issues involved in social attachment and separation.

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

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.

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Intercellular communication in multicellular organisms enables cells to respond to environmental changes.

In this book, the information encompasses various researchable biotechnology aspects of sugarcane, its genomic structure, diversity, comparative and structural genomics, data mining, etc.

Nutrient Cycling in Terrestrial Ecosystems presents a comprehensive overview of nutrient cycling processes and their importance for plant growth and ecosystem sustainability.

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.

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

While many terms relate to One Health, the idea remains the same: to think outside a chosen area of specialty and work collaboratively as part of a team to improve health status around the world.

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.

Insect-Plant Interactions is a series devoted to reviews across the breadth of the topic from cellular mechanisms to ecology and evolution.

A Cultural History of Plants in Antiquity covers the period from 10,000 BCE to 500 CE.

This book covers nearly all the aspects of duck rearing system with various duck genetic resources of India, their nutritional requirements, care management, diseases and prevention, slaughter, grading, packaging of meat, nutritional importance of meat & egg and integrated farming.

What justifies the size of this compendium of reviews on the paramyxoviruses?

This ninth volume describes 285 species of medicinal plants of 30 families, which are commonly used in Chinese medicine.

This edited book covers all aspects of grain legumes including negative impact of abiotic and biotic stresses under the changing global climate.

A number of interdisciplinary fields related to Plant Cell Biotechnology are discussed.

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

This book clearly describes the many applications of graph theory to ecological questions, providing instruction and encouragement to researchers.

Originally published in 1972, Homo Sapiens examines how humans emerged from among the millions of other species and achieved our unique position within the animal kingdom.

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

This edited book presents the latest research on the role of plant phenolics in stress management in plants.

Tropical Forage Plants: Development and Use covers the research and resulting pasture development in the tropics and subtropics, which has undergone dramatic changes in the past few decades.

Ecology of the Northern Lowland Bogs and Conifer Forests is a book on the ecology of bogs and conifer swamps and, to some extent, the marshlands.

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Presenting the latest research on cross-cultural people-plant relationships, this volume conveys the psychological, physiological, and social responses to plants and the significant role these responses play in improved physical and mental health.

Sequencing projects have revealed the presence of at least several hundred receptor kinases in a typical plant genome.

For thousands of years, forest biomass or wood has been among the main energy sources of humans around the world.

This second edition provides new and updated protocols to investigate clock-controlled parameters including period estimations and entrainment measurements and modelling.

Jatropha curcas, or physic nut, is a small tree that, in tropical climates, produces fruits with seeds containing ~38% oil.

As the medicinal plant industry blooms into a billion dollar business, it reaches beyond collection, propagation, harvesting and sale of crude vegetal drugs into product formulation, packaging and dispensing of sophisticated phyto-pharmaceuticals and herbal preparations.

Microorganisms comprise the greatest genetic diversity in the natural ecosystem, and characterization of these microbes is an essential step towards discovering novel products or understanding complex biological mechanisms.

With one volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences.

This book provides a multifaceted look into the world of stem cells and explains the similarities and differences between plant and human stem cells.

The alkaline calcareous nature, high pH, salinity, heavy metals pollution, and low organic matter content of soils in many parts of the world have diminished the soil fertility and made essential nutrients unavailable to crops.

Ethanol as an alternative fuel is receiving a lot of attention because it addresses concerns related to dwindling oil supplies, energy independence, and climate change.

This book fills the gap between textbooks of quantitative genetic theory, and software manuals that provide details on analytical methods but little context or perspective on which methods may be most appropriate for a particular application.

Based on principles of the conservation and optimization of biodiversity and of equity and sustainability, this book focuses on the ecology of the coffee agroecosystem as a model for a sustainable agricultural ecosystem.