Botany and plant sciences

This volume provides the origins and meanings of the names of genera and species of extant vascular plants, with the genera arranged alphabetically from R to Z.

Harvest of Fish and Wildlife: New Paradigms for Sustainable Management unites experts in wildlife and fishery sciences for an interdisciplinary overview of harvest management.

Mathematical Models of Plant-Herbivore Interactions addresses mathematical models in the study of practical questions in ecology, particularly factors that affect herbivory, including plant defense, herbivore natural enemies, and adaptive herbivory, as well as the effects of these on plant community dynamics.

This book examines the development of innovative modern methodologies towards augmenting conventional plant breeding, in individual crops, for the production of new crop varieties under the increasingly limiting environmental and cultivation factors to achieve sustainable agricultural production, enhanced food security, in addition to providing raw materials for innovative industrial products and pharmaceuticals.

This monograph offers a comprehensive guide to good research practices and mindsets, covering a wide range of topics across 8  chapters.

Pseudomonas comprises three volumes covering the biology of pseudomonads in a wide context, including the niches they inhabit, the taxonomic relations among members of this group, the molecular biology of gene expression in different niches and under different environmental conditions, the analysis of virulence traits in plants, animals and human pathogens as well as the determinants that make some strains useful for biotechnological applications and promotion of plant growth.

Flowering plants dominate much of the Earth's surface and yet, as sessile organisms, they must constantly resist attack by numerous voracious herbivores.

Plant Cell Biology is a semester long course for undergraduates and graduate students which integrates mathematics and physics, two years of chemistry, genetics, biochemistry and evolution disciplines.

What do you know about clown fish?

A darkly alluring plant family and the arrival of modernityVictorian Nightshades tells the story of how one plant familynotorious for centuries in England because of its frequently psychoactive and poisonous propertiesrose to social and economic prevalence during the nineteenth century.

Plant growth regulators consist of organic molecules produced synthetically and used to modulate plant growth.

"e;Research Progress in Oligosaccharins"e; is a valuable tool for students and researchers who want to learn about this unique class of bioactive compounds.

Viral Vaccines Joseph L.

Organic Farming: Global Perspectives and Methods, Second Edition provides the core definition and concepts of organic farming, also addressing current challenges and goals.

Hedges and field margins are important wildlife habitats and deliver a range of ecosystem services, and their value is increasingly recognised by ecologists.

Organised as a dialogue between nature and design, this book explores design ideas, opportunities, visions and practices through relating and uncovering experience of the natural world.

Get to grips with the practical techniques and data analysis skills needed to succeed in AS/A2 Unit 3 Physics with an in-depth assessment-driven approach that builds and reinforces understanding.

This book discusses theoretical approaches to the taxonomy of biological systems and theory and mathematical approaches to the problem of plant diversity, cultivation, and the environment.

Chemical Mutagens: Environmental Effects on Biological Systems brings together relevant facts about synthetic and naturally occurring mutagenic chemicals.

"e;An indispensable source for researchers, teachers, and graduate and postgraduate students interested in mutation breeding and genetic engineering.

This book features Louis Agassiz's seminal lecture course in which the Swiss-American scientist, a self-styled "e;American Humboldt,"e; summarized the state of zoological knowledge in his time.

This book focuses on the effects of genotoxic agents causing oxidative stress in plants.

Examines how ecosystems can collapse as a result of human activity, and the ecological processes underlying their subsequent recovery.

This volume covers theorders Boraginales, Garryales and Solanales (except Convolvulaceae) of theLamiids (Asterids I) as well as three unplaced families of that clade, i.

Mouse Models of Development and Disease, Volume 148 in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this volume presenting chapters describing Mouse models of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Mouse models in palate and craniofacial development, Uterine morphogenesis, Improving the translatability of mouse models of Alzheimer's disease, Mouse models for the study of clustered protocadherins, Mechanisms of organ regeneration in the spiny mouse, Comparative studies of organ vascularization, Modeling human urinary tract development and hereditary malformations, Innervation in organogenesis, Between embryo and adult: somatic growth of the kidney, and Mouse models in the study of Notch signaling.

This new two-volume book categorically provides detailed information on highly demanded and medicinally important plants and their natural habits and habitats, taxonomy, cultivation practices, essential oils, active ingredients, biomolecules, modes of action, drug development, and value additions for marketing purpose.

Research in recent years has increasingly shifted away from purely academic research, and into applied aspects of the discipline, including climate change research, conservation, and sustainable development.

Ethnobotany of India, Volume 5: The Indo-Gangetic Region and Central India is the fifth of a five-volume set on the ethnobotany of India.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of our current understanding of mutualism origin, plant-pollinator specificity, mutualism stability, and reciprocal diversification.

Gene expression in cells follows a prescribed pathway that conforms to the Central Dogma; where the genetic information stored in DNA is transcribed into RNA and then expressed into proteins, which influences most plant traits.

There has been an explosion of research activity related to angiogenesis in recent years, and hundreds of laboratories worldwide are actively involved in many aspects of angiogenesiS.

Diabetes is a chronic condition associated with metabolic disorder.

Longlisted for the 2024 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science BooksLonglisted for the 2024 Green Earth Book AwardGet the facts you'll really want to know when you really need to go.

This volume covers a wide range of methods to measure cellular respiration and internal oxygen in various tissues under different conditions.

Originally published in 1990 Tropical Resources presents in-depth coverage of the extremely diverse tropical environments, the resources to be found within the region and their production, and ecological management.

Summarizing landmark research, Volume 2 of this essential series furnishes information on the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding cereal crop varieties.

The Caribbean is a global biodiversity hotspot; half its resident bird species are found nowhere else, yet, a quarter are threatened with extinction.

Cell Surface Proteases provides a comprehensive overview of these important enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of a protein as it degrades to a simpler substance.

The volumes of this classic series, now referred to simply as "e;Zechmeister"e; after its founder, L.

Names are important elements to handle the diversity of items in daily life - persons, objects, animals, plants, etc.

The first single, comprehensive source for locating North American public prairies, grasslands, and savannas, Prairie Directory of North America is a guide unlike any other.

Amphibians of Ecuador, Volume IV is the final installment in a four-volume series that provides comprehensive, well-illustrated, and authoritative insights into the amphibian species of Ecuador, making it an invaluable resource for biologists, conservationists, and others.

Plant-parasitic nematodes are a major threat to crop production in all countries, and identification of nematodes and knowledge of their biology is of paramount importance.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of forest management options to guide natural resource management in the face of future climate change.

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