Botany and plant sciences

The originality of this volume is to reveal to the reader the fascination of some unfamiliar sensory organs that are sometimes ignored and often misunderstood.

The volume in hand, presents research contributions and review articles, which include some of the important areas of plant diversity and conservation such as satellite remote sensing for forest management, strategies for restoration and conservation of threatened species, and ex-situ and in-situ conservation and management of diverse plant species.

Fascinated by the diversity of living organisms, humans have always been curious about its origin.

Plant innate immunity is a collective term to describe a complex of interconnected mechanisms that plants use to withstand potential pathogens and herbivores.

This book critically evaluates cryptic species - a growing trend in taxonomy - and their importance for evolutionary biology.

In boreal forests, which contain large amounts of the world's terrestrial organic carbon, fire is a natural and fundamental disturbance regime essential in controlling many ecosystem processes.

Signal Crosstalk in Plant Stress Responses focuses on current findings on signal crosstalk between abiotic and biotic stresses, including information on drought, cold, and salt stress and pathogen infection.

This volume provides conceptual strategies and methodological know-how over a wide range of stress situations that can be used as stepping stones to unravel the intricacies of abiotic stress signaling networks in plants.

Why do animals, plants, and people look like their parents?

Learn all about COVID-19, including its global spread, social distancing guidelines, and the search for a vaccine.

Intended for undergraduate and graduate courses in plant development, this book explains how the cells of a plant acquire and maintain their specific fates.

This book provides in-depth information on all key aspects of geminivirus biology, e.

This edited book volume aims to bringing out a comprehensive collection of latest information and developments on the management of biotic stresses by the use of rhizospheric microbes across the globe.

Biotechnology refers to the use or manipulation of an organism or parts of an organism.

The potential use of carbon-based nanomaterials in overall plant systems has not yet received much research, and the results that have been reported are typically descriptive and inconsistent with little knowledge of the underlying mechanisms of action.

This book enhances our understanding of biological control, integrating historical analysis, theoretical models and case studies in an ecological framework.

This book is about our quest over the centuries, from ancient Greece onwards, for pattern in the rich diversity of life.

Medicinal Plants of Bangladesh and West Bengal is a complete compendium.

Phloem: Molecular Cell Biology, Systemic Communication, Biotic Interactions is a timely collection of research on the cellular and molecular biology of this plant vascular tissue.

This edited book highlights the multifunctional role of the ubiquitous molecule, melatonin in crop plants.

Cottonwood and the River of Time looks at some of the approaches scientists have used to unravel the puzzles of the natural world.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go into outer space?

A comprehensive and mechanistic perspective on fruit ripening, emphasizing commonalities and differences between fruit groups and ripening processes.

The book provides currently available information on the changing climate and its impact on functional and adaptive features of plants.

It follows naturally from the widely accepted Darwinian dictum that failures of populations or of species to adapt and to evolve under changing environments will result in their extinction.

Up-to-date scientific information will engage readers as they learn about Venus.

Sustainability has a major part to play in the global challenge of continued development of regions, countries, and continents all around the World and biological nitrogen fixation has a key role in this process.

This book provides an up-to-date account of the most widespread methods used by specialists in the field of plant cytogenetics and the emerging field of cytogenomics that will likely soon be adapted by more labs.

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

Phytomedicine: A Treasure of Pharmacologically Active Products from Plants aims to present updated knowledge of plant-based medicines in terms of their research and development, production, and utilization, from the viewpoint of sustainability and by using the latest technologies.

Contents: Preface, Introduction- Scope of the present investigation, Materials and Methods- Materials, Methodology, Terminology for Pollen Characteristics, Descriptions- family- Linaceae, Malpighiaceae, Zygophyllaceae, Geraniaceae, Rutaceae, Simaroubaceae, Ochnaceae, Burseraceae, Meliaceae, Chailletiaceae, General Discussion- Pollen morphology of geraniales, pollen morphology and taxonomy, evolutionary considerations, References, Text figures.

A very early step in microbial colonization and pathogenesis is that involving recog- nition of the host by the microbe.

This book covers the morphological characteristics, ethnopharmacological properties, isolated and identified structurally diverse secondary metabolites, biological and pharmacological activities of medicinal plants.

Chromosomal change has been important in the evolution of flowering plants.

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

Genus Rheum (Polygonaceae): A Global Perspective provides an integrative overview of a genus of highly valued medicinal herbs.

During the last 100 years, the worldwide yields of cereal grains, such as wheat and rice, have increased dramatically.

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This textbook provides the first overview of plant-animal interactions for twenty years focused on the needs of students and professors.

A comprehensive overview of wood-inhabiting fungi, insects and vertebrates, discussing habitat requirements along with strategies for maintaining biodiversity.

This book is a compilation of writings focused on conventional and unconventional insect products.

The electromagnetic spectrum is a vital part of our environment.

This book presents up-to-date information on foxtail millet genomics, with a particular focus on its agronomic importance, genome architecture, marker development, evolutionary and diversity studies, comparative genomics and stress biology.

Advances in plant genomics, plant molecular biology and genome editing have revolutionized opportunities for more efficient plant breeding.

This book is the third of the 3-volume Innovative Approaches in Diagnosis and Management of Crop Diseases, which provides an abundance of new research and information on major diseases of various crops along with new techniques and technology for the detection of plant pathogens along with appropriate management strategies.

This edited book highlights the molecular basis of various enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants, defense mechanisms and adaptation strategies employed by plants to avoid the stressful conditions.