Botany and plant sciences

This volume details the most up-to-date technologies used in plant transposable element studies and provides easy-to-follow protocols.

Cactaceae is a botanical family composed of arborescent, shrub, climbing, globose, discoid or epiphytic species, being almost all endemic to the Americas.

The 40 or so species of beach-loving plovers (genus Charadrius) comprise a diverse group of shorebirds found around the world.

This volume contains the Proceedings of the International Conference on Effects of Crop Rotation on Potato Production in the Temperate Zones.

Plant pathology has been playing a vilal role In accomplishing food security In view of declining natural resources like land, water and human resources coupled with climate changes, the science of plant pathology should play a dominant role to produce more with lessening resources.

The space is outdoors.

The domestication of grapes dates back five thousand years ago and has spread to nearly all continents.

The interactions between the plant, soil and microbes are complex in nature.

Over the last decade considerable progress has been made in white biotechnology research and further major scientific and technological breakthroughs are expected in the future.

Book Features:* 32 Pages, 7 inches x 9 inches* Ages 8-13, Grades 3-8 Leveled Readers, Lexile 520L* Simple, easy-to-read pages with vibrant images* Features exciting facts about birds to engage early readers* Includes glossary words, after-reading questions, an extension activity, and a memory gameThe Magic Of Reading: Introduce your child to the magic of reading and animals with Dangerous.

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Farmers' Rights are essential for maintaining crop genetic diversity, which is the basis of all food and agricultural production in the world.

Did you know that Neptune is the windiest planet in the solar system?

This book provides information on the applications of lignocellulosic wastes, aquatic weeds, algal biomass and microbes in biofuel production, climate change mitigation, eco-restoration, environment protection and development of roadmap for circular economy.

After lives filled with deep suffering, 74 billion animals are slaughtered worldwide every year on factory farms.

Reviews key challenges and advances in maize breeding methods; Discusses the development of varieties with enhanced nutritional and other properties such as improved protein content and abiotic stress resistance; Summarises key steps being taken to support smallholders growing maize in developing countries

Get the latest sustainable agriculture practices and keep an eye on the future Developing and Extending Sustainable Agriculture: A New Social Contract explores the challenges faced by today's farmers and ranchers to provide practical strategies to develop a twenty-first century system of sustainable agriculture that is economically sound, environmentally compatible, and socially acceptable.

Build your students' scientific thinking and practical skills with this Third Edition textbook, developed specifically for the 2017 GCSE specifications, from the No.

For over 2000 years, preparations of chamomile flowers have counted among the medicinal treasures of many cultural groups.

Linum usitatissimum is a widely distributed plant that has a long history of traditional use as both an industrial oil and fiber crop.

Bramble Production provides growers with a basic understanding of how raspberry and blackberry plants grow and respond to changes in their environment.

This timely volume brings together expert reviews of the recent significant advances in our knowledge and understanding of the organisation of the higher plant nucleus, and in particular in the relationship between nuclear organisation and the regulation of gene expression.

In this comprehensive book, plant biologists and environmental scientists present the latest information on different approaches to the remediation of inorganic pollutants.

The book reviews the literature on the ecological succession of plants on fallowed swiddens in tropical forests.

Landing spacecraft on Mars is difficult and risky.

This book focuses on the evolution of plant viruses, their molecular classification, epidemics and management, covering topics relating to evolutionary mechanisms, viral ecology and emergence, appropriate analysis methods, and the role of evolution in taxonomy.

Unique flora providing detailed accounts of 4000 native and established species of flowering plants and ferns in Britain and Ireland.

Growing consumer interest in organic and herbal-based products has led to great demand in the botanicals industry in the past few years.

Astronauts first reached Earth's moon over fifty years ago, bringing back moon dirt and rocks to study.

The mycoplasmas, a trivial name used to denote organisms included in the class Mollicutes, are a group of prokaryotic organisms comprising more than 120 species distinguished from ordinary bacteria by their small size and the total lack of cell walls.

Following its predecessors, Plant Roots: The Hidden Half, Fifth Edition is thoroughly updated and reports the major changes that have taken place in root research since the last edition published over 10 years ago.

This book was composed in honour of Dr.

This monograph will put the topic of Cryopreservation of Plant Cells and Organs in perspective.

Genetically modified plants are currently causing controversy worldwide; a great deal has been written about their supposed environmental effects.

The last 30 years has seen the development of increasingly sophisticated models that quantify canopy carbon exchange.

The Earth's climate is constantly changing.

Aphids Unveiled: The Saga of Nature's Most Irritating Insects explores the curious journey of these tiny insects from humble beginnings to becoming the most obnoxious pests for farmers and home gardeners alike.

Plant cell culture is an essential methodology in plant sciences, with numerous variant techniques depending on the cell type and organism.

Agriculture faces many challenges to fulfil the growing demand for sustainable food production and ensure high-quality nutrition for a rapidly growing population.

This new edited volume in the Springer Subcellular Biochemistry Series presents a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of the proteomics of peroxisomes derived from mammalian, Drosophila, fungal, and plant origin, and contains contributions from leading experts in the field.

Space-lovers who wonder what Mars rovers are, what they discover, and why they are important are in for a treat with this book all about the fascinating Mars exploration vehicles.

This reference work on the flora of Ceylon describes every plant family, including: araliaceae; caricacae; dilleniaceae; fabaceae; loganiaceae; oleaceae; plataginaceae; portulacaceae; rhamnaceae; theaceae; tiliaceae; and violoaceae.

This book describes the development of genetic resources in amaranths, with a major focus on genomics, reverse, and forward genetics tools and strategies that have been developed for crop improvement.

The Chesapeake Miocene will always be considered a paleontological treasure.

Includes our current knowledge of the invasion or encroachment and cause of population growth and spread of some dry land, arid zone woody legumes.

The global population is increasing rapidly, and feeding the ever-increasing population poses a serious challenge for agriculturalists around the world.

There has been growing academic interest in local food plants.

Sound and light travel through our world in waves.

The fight against global hunger demands a fresh perspective.