Botany and plant sciences

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Neptune, the farthest planet from our Sun, is a dark and windy planet.

Shelving Guide; Environmental ScienceThis is a groundbreaking and innovative book now in its fourth edition.

This book highlights modern strategies and methods to improve oilseed crops in the era of climate change, presenting the latest advances in plant molecular breeding and genomics-driven breeding.

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This book provides a sampler of developments in separation and purification technology, focusing on the application of membrane-based separations in biotechnology, commercial applications of emulsion liquid membranes, and economic evaluation of membrane technology.

The Kakadu reg10n of northern Australia is swarming over the landscape with their meters steeped in cultural history and natural grandeur.

This book addresses quantitative assessment of forest governance and how local-level institutions work in governing efficient ways of forest resource management so that sustainable development of forest is ensured.

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This volume represents a series of papers presented at the Second International Workshop on HPV Immunology held at the University of Cambridge July 5-7 1993.

Our intention with this book was to present the reader with the most accurate, significant, and up-to-date background and knowledge in the areas of ethnomedicinal and nutraceutical vegetation for the Lesser Himalayas in a comprehensive text.

This book represents the first comprehensive compilation of information on all aspects of the medicinal plant Panax ginseng, ranging from its botany to applied aspects in medicine and molecular breeding.

Biotechnology and Crop ImprovementThe green revolution led to the development of improved varieties of crops, especially cereals, and since then, classical or molecular breeding has resulted in the creation of economically valuable species.

Principles and Standards for Measuring Net Primary Production in Long-Term Ecological Studies is the first book to establish a standardized method for measuring net primary productivity (NPP) in ecological research.

This brief explores several adaptive agricultural practices from around the world to fulfill current and future agricultural demands for food security due to the challenges posed by climate change and growing global population.

The aim of this book is to provide a general overview of the field in most effective and positive manner.

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

This much-needed book is the first definitive volume on Euglena in twenty-fire years, offering information on its atypical biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, and potential biotechnology applications.

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 163, continues to be recognized as a leading reference and first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy.

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Agronomic crops have been used to provide foods, beverages, fodders, fuels, medicines and industrial raw materials since the dawn of human civilization.

Cell Signaling Pathways in Development, Volume 149 in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of topics, including Ephrin signaling, Cell signaling to the extracellular matrix, Signaling by TGF-b superfamily members, Hedgehog signaling, Parallels in signaling during development and regeneration, Hippo signaling, Wnt/PCP signaling, Signaling oscillations in presomitic mesoderm, FGFs/RTKs subcellular signaling compartments, and Signaling dynamics.

This book focuses on drylands such as arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas where they form the main part of ecosystems, e.

This volume highlights natural products, molecular methods for identifying, and current trends in designing non-natural natural products.

Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives is an award-winning and groundbreaking exploration of the fundamental elements of the taxonomy, systematics, physiology, and ecology of sharks, skates, rays, and chimera.

This monograph provides an overview of beneficial plant-bacterial interactions in a straightforward and easy-to-understand format, and includes a wealth of unique illustrations elaborating every major point.

Abiotic stresses such as drought, high salt, cold, heat, UV radiation, heavy metal pollution, etc.

Contamination of the different components of environment through industrial and anthropogenic activities have guided new eras of research.

The Caucasus MRW (online and print) Volume will cover this European Macroregion.

This book is a compilation of case studies from different countries and covers contemporary with future prospective for sustainable development of agriculture.

This volume contains a collection of all the papers presented at the founding conference of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology, held from 26th February to 2nd March 1990 at Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Increased interest in the basic biology of plants and microorganisms stems from the fact that crop productivity is directly affected by plant-microbe interactions.

Following in the footsteps of the successful first edition, Functional Plant Ecology, Second Edition remains the most authoritative resource in this multidisciplinary field.

This book offers an overview of salt stress, which has a devastating effect on the yields of various agricultural crops around the globe.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of plants and plant-derived phytochemicals in the management of cardiovascular diseases.

Environmental Stress Conditions in Soybean Production: Soybean Production, Volume Two, examines the impact of conditions on final crop yield and identifies core issues and methods to address concerns.

The cadmium (Cd) contamination has raised increasingly global concern on food safety.

There is no gravity in space.

The emergence of nanotechnology and the development of new nano-devices and nanomaterials open up opportunities for novel applications in agriculture and biotechnology.

The term "e;soil health"e; refers to the functionality of a soil as a living ecosystem capable of sustaining plants, animals, and humans while also improving the environment.

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in human beings.

Trees are one of the dominant features of our existence on earth and play a fundamental role in the environment.

This work provides information on the detection, identification, and differentiation of all microbial plant pathogens - presenting modern protocols for rapid diagnosis of diseases based on biological, physical, chemical and molecular properties.

Over the past three decades there has been a dramatic increase in theoretical and practical studies on insect natural enemies.

The second-longest European river after the Volga, the Danube is one of the world's most important rivers in terms of its geographical and historical significance.

This book compiles various methodologies used in understanding interactions within the rhizosphere.

This book provides an updated list of the vascular flora of the National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise, incorporating the latest nomenclatural and floristic findings.