Botany and plant sciences

The Air Spora is an illustrated guide to trapping, identifying and quantifying airborne biological particles such as fungus and plant spores and pollen.

This volume aims at providing a complete and updated overview of gene downregulation in plants performed through virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS).

During the next 30 years, farmers must produce 70% more rice than the 550 millions tons produced today to feed the increasing population.

This book comprehensively and systematically introduces the microstructure characteristics of plant fibers and the manufacturing process, interface characteristics, mechanical behaviors and physical properties of plant fiber reinforced composites, as well as their engineering demonstration applications.

Ornamental trees, shrubs and flowers have always been extremely popular and there is large demand-whether in gardens or parks-for alpines, bedding plants, cacti, cut flowers, house plants and pot plants, as well as herbaceous plants, ornamental grasses, shrubs and trees.

The book is divided into 27 chapters and 9 appendixes.

Micropropagation is a technology that has developed within the past 30 years.

First published in 1991, Traditional Plant Foods of Canadian Indigenous Peoples details the nutritional properties, botanical characteristics and ethnic uses of a wide variety of traditional plant foods used by the Indigenous Peoples of Canada.

South Africa boasts high biodiversity among its flora and this is associated with many undiscovered medicinal plants with therapeutic potential.

The Western Australian jarrah forest is unique, contammg some of the most beautiful flora in the world, more than 100 species of birds and some 50 mammals indigenous to this State.

Found in every plant species, the diversity of endophytic micro-organisms can be extremely high within different plant organs and tissue types.

Ecological research and the way that ecologists use statistics continues to change rapidly.

First discovered as fungal metabolites, the gibberellins were recognised as plant hormones over 50 years ago.

From July 28 to August 3, 1991, an International Meeting on the REGULATION OF CHLOROPLAST BIOGENESIS was held at the capsis Beach Hotel in Aghia Pelaghia, on the island of crete, Greece.

This book provides important insights into the operating principles of plants by highlighting the relationship between structure and function.

As the world population is exploding and alongside fluctuations in climate is also prevalent, there is an increasing stress on the food requirements of the population.

This book discusses the recent advancements in the role of various biomolecules in regulating root growth and development.

For centuries, research has been conducted on the therapeutics of Brassicaceae plants and their health-promoting effects.

This monograph provides a comprehensive review of many aspects of current interest and progress on mutation research on vegetatively propagated ornamentals.

With one volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences.

An extensive survey of hornworts, liverworts, and mosses for advanced students and researchers.

The Handbook of Plant Ecophysiology Techniques you have now in your hands is the result of several combined events and efforts.

Today's plant lovers, food producers and agricultural planners, voices together to protect the plants from insects and diseases.

Vascular Transport in Plants provides an up-to-date synthesis of new research on the biology of long distance transport processes in plants.

The Natura 2000 network of protected areas is the centrepiece of European Union nature policy, currently covering almost one-fifth of the EU's entire land territory plus large marine areas.

Aimed at graduate students, this book explores some of the core phenomena in non-equilibrium statistical physics.

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Almost half of all life on earth may exist in the world's forest canopies.

The Second International Congress on Photosynthesis Research took place in Stresa, Italy during June 24-29, 1971; two centuries after the discovery of Photosynthesis by Joseph Priestley in 1771.

The basic concept of this book is to examine the use of innovative methods augmenting traditional plant breeding towards the development of new crop varieties under different environmental conditions to achieve sustainable food production.

The book presents a machine-generated literature review on CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) from 114 selected papers published by Springer Nature in the last few years, which are then organized by the book editors with a human-written introduction to each chapter.

Informative text filled with STEM highlights teaches readers about Saturn, including recent discoveries made by the Cassini spacecraft and information about how scientists' ideas about the planet have changed over time.

The work of entomologists, the people who study insects is extremely diverse due to the high abundance, species richness, and ecological and behavioral characteristics of insects.

Following pioneering work by Harrison on amphibian limbs in the 1920s and by Saunders (1948) on the apical ridge in chick limbs, limb development became a classical model system for investigating such fundamental developmental issues as tissue interactions and induction, and the control of pattern formation.

Plant Tissue Culture: Techniques and Experiments, Fourth Edition, builds on the classroom tested, audience proven manual that has guided users through successful plant culturing for almost 30 years.

This book is a comprehensive review of the genera of Moraceae, a family of flowering plants, found in the tropical region of East Africa.

Exam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: BiologyFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016AQA ApprovedDevelop students' experimental, analytical and evaluation skills with contemporary and topical biology examples, practical assessment guidance and differentiated end of topic questions, with this AQA Year 1 student book (includes AS-level).

Pulses have played a major role in human diet and are considered a rich source of proteins.

From the Delaware River to the shores of Lake Erie, Pennsylvania's diverse watery habitats are home to more than 200 species of aquatic plants.

Heirs of the Blade is the seventh book in the critically acclaimed epic fantasy series Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

This volume highlights the plant life of Nepal, which accounts for 20% of the Himalayan biodiversity.

For many centuries, fenugreek has been one of the most popular spices and vegetables serving as an integral part of culinary practices across many cultures.

Among the roughly 30,000 species of fish, migratory species account for only 165 species, but most of them are very important fisheries resources.

Focusing on Venezuela and Mexico, this edited volume from the International Society of Halophyte Utilisation (ISHU) explores the environmental issues facing South and Central America's coastal ecosystems, and discusses the uses of mangrove species and other halophytes in addressing issues of both coastal pollution and upland soil salinisation.