Botany and plant sciences

Woody plants belong to various taxonomic groups, which are heterogeneous in morphology, physiology, and geographic distribution.

Taxol, originally derived from the North American Yew tree in 1971, is well-known worldwide as a powerful anticancer agent.

This book serves the teachers, researchers and the students as a handy and concise reference as well as guidebook while designing and planning for use of the advanced technologies for crop improvement.

Vertebrate Endocrinology: Fundamentals and Biomedical Implications, Volume 4, Part A: Reproduction provides information pertinent to the structure and function of the vertebrate reproductive endocrinology.

Plants have always occupied a prominent position in the life of every living being.

This new book deals with recent advanced research on natural products and health-promoting foods that work to reduce the risk of diseases while enhancing overall well-being.

The papers assembled in this collection comprise a majority of the oral presentations as well as several poster presentations given at the 22nd Annual Symposium arranged by the Bastern Pennsylvania Branch of the American Society for MicrobioloS)'.

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Patterns, Function and Application of Seed Microbiome: Bacteria, Fungi and Viruses presents the current understanding of seed and microbiota associations, emphasizing recent findings that highlight the latest insights into these interactions, and how they may ultimately influence plant ecology, health and productivity in both natural and agricultural systems.

A study of the evolution of flowering plants, from their earliest phases in obscurity to their dominance in modern vegetation.

During recent decades, tremendous progress and innovations have been made in rice science with the goal of increasing production to meet the world's growing demands.

Be prepared for exam day with Barron's.

Today's accelerated pace of research, aided by new instruments and techniques that combine the approaches of genetics, biochemistry, and cell biology, has changed the character of mycology.

This book creates a multidisciplinary forum of discussion on Ficus carica with particular emphasis on its horticulture, post-harvest, marketability, phytochemistry, extraction protocols, biochemistry, nutritional value, functionality, health-promoting properties, ethnomedicinal applications, technology and processing.

Africa is largely dependent on natural resources in its quest to achieve sustainable development goals, with its woodlands and forests known to be among the most exploited ecosystems.

Enhance your teaching with expert advice and support for Key Stages 3 and 4 Biology from the Teaching Secondary series - the trusted teacher's guide for NQTs, non-specialists and experienced teachers.

Carbon stabilization involves to capturing carbon from the atmosphere and fix it in the forms soil organic carbon stock for a long period of time, it will be present to escape as a greenhouse gas in the form of carbon dioxide.

This volume provides comprehensive and detailed protocols that discuss proteomic techniques, plant endosomes, and isolation of organelles and subcellular fractions.

CRISPR-based genome editing has revolutionized the precise genetic improvement of agriculturally important crops, offering unprecedented precision and efficiency in crop improvement.

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.

Sequencing of the model plant genomes such as those of A.

Agronomic crops have provided food, beverages, fodder, fuel, medicine and industrial raw materials since the beginning of human civilization.

Come along with Ackerley the Acanthostega to visit the Triassic and Jurassic periods, 203-145 million years ago.

Get a close-up view of the life of a tomato.

The human body is an amazing thing.

Los héroes de ficción que viajan en el tiempo pueden cambiar el pasado o el futuro.

Exploding myths and offering research-backed advice, this book provides a shortcut to decades of gardening experience by explaining the science behind how a garden grows.

There has been recent rapid progress in the transformation of plants with foreign DNA, making use either of the natural routes of genetic invasion that viruses and bacteria have developed, or of chemical, mechanical and electrical tricks to make plant protoplast membranes permeable to nucleic acids.

Biological Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Their Applications gives insight into the synthesis of nanoparticles utilizing the natural routes.

Achievements today in plant biotechnology have already surpassed all previous expectations.

Wood-pastures are important elements of European cultural identity and have an exceptional ecological value, yet they are in decline all over Europe.

This book collects all the latest technologies with their implications on the global rice cultivation.

This book is a comprehensive account of recent advances in the endophytic research.

From July 31 to August 13 a NATO Advanced Study Institute on Photosynthesis was held at the Anargyrios and Korgialenios School on the Island of Spetsai.

Over the past 40 years, the SIP meetings have played a central role in the development of the field of insect-plant relationships, providing both a show-case for current research as well as a forum for the airing and development of influential new ideas.

A detailed Flora with full keys and descriptions of plants occurring in the wild in the British Isles.

Taxonomists specializing in different groups once based phylogenetic analysis only on morphological data; molecular data was used more rarely.

These are just a few examples that illustrate the chemical diversity and use of phenolic compounds, the topic of 'Phenolic Compound Biochemistry'.

The knowledge of plant systematics is useful in understanding flora at fundamental taxonomic, structural, functional and metabolic level since it gives a comprehensive and complete information based on biological classification of plants.

Programmed cell death (PCD) is a genetically encoded, active process which results in the death of individual cells, tissues, or whole organs.

Stored products of agriculture and animal origin are attacked by more than 600 species of beetles, 70 species of moths, and about 355 species of mites, causing huge quantitative and qualitative losses and insect contamination in food commodities.

This book covers broad areas in the conservation of microorganisms.

This book brings together a series of chapters that provides updated information on adaptation practices against climate change in agriculture and livestock.

This text arose from a study originally undertaken for the Department of Energy to characterize the principal safety features of light water reactors of western design.

This authoritative guide showcases the unmatched beauty and diversity of the native orchids of the southern Appalachian mountains.