Botany and plant sciences

This volume is dedicated to Tsune Kosuge in recognition of his distinguished career as 8 plant biochemist and his many contributions to the field of phytochemistry.

Climate change is expected to have a drastic impact on agronomic conditions including temperature, precipitation, soil nutrients, and the incidence of disease pests, to name a few.

The flora is prepared at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in close collaboration with East African Herbarium and in liaison with the University of Dar es Salaam, the University of Nairobi and the Makerere University.

Plant-microbe interaction is a powerful and promising link to mitigate the various kinds of stresses like drought, salinity, heavy metals, and pathogenic effects.

The development of a plant is a multifaceted, dynamic phenomenon.

This book offers a comprehensive guide to the identification, detection, characterization, classification and management of plant pathogens and other beneficial microbes in agriculture.

What is life like on the International Space Station?

Learn About Genes And Heredity Through Clear Text, Photographs, And Graphics.

With advances in agro-technology, cucurbits are now being grown throughout the year.

This book includes the most essential contributions presented at the 17th Evolutionary Biology Meeting in Marseille, which took place in September 2013.

Edited by Jean-Claude Kader and Michel Delseny 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.

Technology has improved our use of movement to do work.

Photosynthesis in Action examines the molecular mechanisms, adaptations and improvements of photosynthesis.

What do you know about the sense of taste?

Ten articles provide an overview of the recently flowering research into the genetics and molecular biology of fungus species that are economically significant in industry.

GeneticsandGenomicsofSoybean,EditedbyProfessorGaryStacey,isaremarkable collection of articles by internationally-recognized experts in the ?

During the last hlO hundred years man has changed from living in equilibrium with the natural world which sustained him, to a new position in which he is now its undisputed ruler - and very often out of equilibrium - able in a matter of hours to reduce miles of forest to devastated, potential desert.

Bioactive Carbohydrate Polymers is probably the first book dealing with the latest in the field of polysaccharides and related products and their biological activities, especially the immunological effects.

Algae presents a viable biofuel alternative because the production of algae for fuel, unlike other agro-based biofuels, does not compete with food production.

Phytoremediation, Volume 83, the latest release in the Advances in Botanical Research series, covers a variety of new topics, including Metallophytes from calamine and serpentine soils (incl.

Together with other volumes in this series, Volume 58 presents thoughtful and forward-looking articles on developmental biology and developmental medicine.

A few members of the Gossypium (cotton) genus are cultivated for the production of elongated single-celled fibers valued worldwide at about $20 billion annually at the farm gate, and which sustain one of the world's largest industries (textiles) with an annual worldwide economic impact of about $500 billion.

This book caters to the need of researchers working in the ever-evolving field of agricultural biotechnology.

In 1944 Lady Park Wood (45 hectares of woodland in Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire, UK) was set aside indefinitely by the Forestry Commission so that ecologists could study how woodland develops naturally.

The Illustrated Plant Glossary is a comprehensive glossary of over 4000 terms related to plant sciences, featuring many superb colour illustrations to aid understanding.

Of all the groups of wild mushrooms, none have engendered more enthusiasm and affection than the boletes.

Plants are forced to adapt for a variety of reasons protection, reproductive viability, and environmental and climatic changes.

The United Nations has declared 2018-2028 as the International Decade for Action on Water for Sustainable Development.

Oxygen, Nitrogen and Sulfur Species in Post-harvest Physiology of Horticultural Crops, a volume in the Plant Gasotransmitter series, analyzes the latest advances in post-harvest physiology.

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

This book provides extensive and comprehensive knowledge to researchers and academics who work on strontium contaminated areas.

This fascinating book presents the experiences and pooled knowledge of two very different conservation scientists; Pei Shengji from Sichuan, China and Alan Hamilton from London, UK.

This volume is an indispensable addition to the multidisciplinary coverage of the science of the Mediterranean Sea.

Famed for their exotic beauty and richness in variety, orchids may be found in all continents of the world except Antarctica.

The Australian Capital Territory is a treasure trove for naturalists, despite being without a coastline, without rainforest or without deserts.

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This contributed volume discusses the impact of bioenergy on the environment and economy.

Genetic mapping and marker assisted selection (MAS) is considered as one of the major tools in genetic improvement of crop plants in this genomics era.

Did you know there's water on Mars?

This volume provides readers with biotechnological aspects of ergot alkaloid production and genetic and physiological data.

Abiotic stress cause changes in soil-plant-atmosphere continuum and is responsible for reduced yield in several major crops.

The negative impact of chemical pesticides on human wellbeing and the environment has encouraged the development of eco-friendly alternatives for the management of plant pathogens.

The effects of climate change on food safety and plant health represent a relatively new area of study.

Acting as titans in global control of the biosphere and colonizing virtually all corners of the earth, algae, extremely diverse and numerous oxygenic, photosynthetic organisms, can be major players in and drivers of environmental change.

Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine) is a widely studied biomolecule, and its function has been investigated in bacteria, mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish and plants.

The breadth and depth of knowledge concerning ethylene synthesis and action, coupled with the rapid pace of new progress makes a survey of the field a daunting task.