Botany and plant sciences Books
The University of Chicago Press Evolution Made to Order
Book SynopsisIn the mid-twentieth century, American plant breeders, frustrated by their dependence on natural variation in creating new crops and flowers, eagerly sought technologies that could extend human control over nature. Their search led them to celebrate a series of strange tools: an x-ray beam directed at dormant seeds; a drop of chromosome-altering colchicine on a flower bud; a piece of radioactive cobalt in a field of growing crops. According to scientific and popular reports of the time, these mutation-inducing methods would generate variation on demand, in turn allowing breeders to genetically engineer crops and flowers to order. Creating a new crop or flower would soon be as straightforward as innovating any other modern industrial product. In Evolution Made to Order, Helen Anne Curry traces the history of America's pursuit of tools that could speed up evolution. Focusing on three key technologies x-rays, colchicine, and radioisotopes it is an immersive journey through the scientific and social worlds of mid-century genetics and plant breeding and a compelling exploration of American cultures of innovation. As Curry reveals, the creation of genetic technologies was deeply entangled with other areas of technological innovation from electromechanical to chemical to nuclear. Providing vital historical context for current worldwide ethical and policy debates over genetic engineering, Evolution Made to Order is an important study of biological research and innovation in America that will interest modern biotechnologists, biologists, and breeders, as well as historians of science and technology.
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Induced Responses to Herbivory Interspecific
Book SynopsisPlants face a daunting array of creatures which eat them, bore into them and use virtually every plant part for food or shelter. However, plants are far from defenceless under attack, often actively altering their chemistry and physiology. This study offers research on responses to herbivory.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1: An Introduction to the Phenomena and Phenomenology of Induction 2: How a Plant Perceives Damage and Signals Other Ramets, and the Specificity of these Processes 3: Mechanisms of Induced Responses 4: Induced Resistance against Herbivores 5: Induced Defense and the Evolution of Induced Resistance 6: Using Induced Resistance in Agriculture References Index
£999.99
The University of Chicago Press Induced Responses to Herbivory
Book SynopsisPlants face a daunting array of creatures which eat them, bore into them and use virtually every plant part for food or shelter. However, plants are far from defenceless under attack, often actively altering their chemistry and physiology. This study offers research on responses to herbivory.
£30.40
The University of Chicago Press The Profit of the Earth
Book SynopsisWhile there is enormous public interest in biodiversity, food sourcing, and sustainable agriculture, romantic attachments to heirloom seeds and family farms have provoked misleading fantasies of an unrecoverable agrarian past. The reality, as Courtney Fullilove shows, is that seeds are inherently political objects transformed by the ways they are gathered, preserved, distributed, regenerated, and improved. In The Profit of the Earth, Fullilove unearths the history of American agricultural development, and of seeds as tools and talismans put in its service. Organized into three thematic parts, The Profit of the Earth is a narrative history of the collection, circulation, and preservation of seeds. Fullilove begins with the political economy of agricultural improvement, recovering the efforts of the US Patent Office and the nascent US Department of Agriculture to import seeds and cuttings for free distribution to American farmers. She then turns to immigrant agricultural knowledge, exploring how public and private institutions attempting to boost Midwestern wheat yields drew on the resources of willing and unwilling settlers. Last, she explores the impact of these cereal monocultures on biocultural diversity, chronicling a fin-de-siecle Ohio pharmacist's attempt to source Purple Coneflower from the diminishing prairie. Through these captivating narratives of improvisation, appropriation, and loss, Fullilove explores contradictions between ideologies of property rights and common use that persist in national and international development ultimately challenging readers to rethink fantasies of global agriculture's past and future.
£35.00
The University of Chicago Press Killer Algae The True Story of a Biologial
Book SynopsisThis text presents the biological and political horror story of the algae in the Mediterranean. This work - part detective story and part bureaucratic object lesson - presents a classic case of a devastating ecological invasion and how not to deal with it.Table of ContentsFrom the discovery of the alga in Monaco to its arrival in France; the alga grows - and the polemic begins; "Caulerpa Taxifolia", superstar; the stakeholders squabble - and the alga spreads; research progresses - and the polemic persists; Chiaroscuro - 1997-1998; the three lessons of "Caulerpa". Appendices: the biology of "Caulerpa taxifolia" as known in 1991; chronology of a heralded invasion. (Part contents).
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press Plant Families A Guide for Gardeners and
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£22.50
The University of Chicago Press Land Bridges
Book SynopsisLand bridges are the causeways of biodiversity. When they form, organisms are introduced into a new patchwork of species and habitats, forever altering the ecosystems into which they flow; and when land bridges disappear or fracture, organisms are separated into reproductively isolated populations that can evolve independently. More than this, land bridges play a role in determining global climates through changes to moisture and heat transport and are also essential factors in the development of biogeographic patterns across geographically remote regions. In this book, paleobotanist Alan Graham traces the formation and disruption of key New World land bridges and describes the biotic, climatic, and biogeographic ramifications of these land masses' changing formations over time. Looking at five land bridges, he explores their present geographic setting and climate, modern vegetation, indigenous peoples (with special attention to their impact on past and present vegetation), and geologic history. From the great Panamanian isthmus to the boreal connections across the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans that allowed exchange of organisms between North America, Europe, and Asia, Graham's sweeping, one-hundred-million-year history offers new insight into the forces that shaped the life and land of the New World.
£41.80
The University of Chicago Press Sex on the Kitchen Table
Book SynopsisA light-hearted, accessible walk through botany and evolution with sex as an organizing principle: how, why, and with what results plants do it—and what role humans play as matchmakers.Trade Review"In a funny way, Ellstrand's book could be called the 'secret sex life of crop plants, ' because relatively few people know the ins and outs of avocadoes, bananas, beets, corn, or squash. Sex on the Kitchen Table will help readers understand how crop plants reproduce and why that is so significant when it comes to solving problems in agriculture. I haven't read anything quite like this before. Edifying and entertaining."--Raoul W. Adamchak, Market Gardens/CSA Coordinator, Student Farm, University of California, Davis "coauthor of "Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food" " "If the title of this book calls to mind the film encounter between Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange in The Postman Always Rings Twice, you should know that the scene had many botanical predecessors. Daily you may grace your kitchen table with the products of plant sex: avocados, tomatoes, and squash betray this origin in the seeds they contain, but a cabbage has a sex life too. Ellstrand shines a spotlight on plant sex, revealing how weird it can be, how promiscuous it often is, and just how mobile plant genes are. All our food plants have wild ancestors, and where wild and crop relatives grow near each other, sex happens. It takes engineering to move genes between unrelated species but, Ellstrand argues, it's sex all the same. His message is wise-up and enjoy plant sex. I love it!"--Jonathan Silvertown, University of Edinburgh "author of "Dinner with Darwin: Food, Drink, and Evolution" "
£19.00
The University of Chicago Press Plant Biomechanics An Engineering Approach to
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsSubject classification:- Earth Sciences: Paleontology; Biological Sciences: Ecology; Biological Sciences: Botany; Biological Sciences: Physiology, Biomechanics, and Morpholog.
£47.50
The University of Chicago Press Remarkable Trees
£36.06
The University of Chicago Press Darwins Most Wonderful Plants A Tour of His Botanical Legacy
£27.00
The University of Chicago Press The Nature of the Future Agriculture Science and
Book SynopsisThe nostalgic mist surrounding farms can make it hard to write their history, encrusting them with stereotypical rural virtues and unrealistically separating them from markets, capitalism, and urban influences. The Nature of the Future aims to remake this staid vision. Emily Pawley examines a place and period of enormous agricultural vitalityantebellum New York Stateand follows thousands of improving agriculturists, part of the largest, most diverse, and most active scientific community in nineteenth-century America. Pawley shows that these improvers practiced a kind of science hard for contemporary readers to recognize, in which profit was not only a goal but also the underlying purpose of the natural world. Far from producing a more rational vision of nature, northern farmers practiced a form of science where conflicting visions of the future landscape appeared and evaporated in quick succession. Drawing from environmental history, US history and the history of science, and extensively mining a wealth of antebellum agricultural publications, The Nature of the Future uncovers the rich loam hiding beneath ostensibly infertile scholarly terrain, revealing a surprising area of agricultural experimentation that transformed American landscapes and American ideas of expertise, success, and exploitation.
£41.80
The University of Chicago Press The Food Web of a Tropical Rain Forest
Book SynopsisThis volume presents a comprehensive description and analysis of the animal community of the tropical rain forest at El Verde, Puerto Rico. The contributors weave the strands of information about the energy flow within the forest into a tool for understanding community dynamics known as a food web.
£57.00
The University of Chicago Press The Ecology and Evolution of AntPlant
Book SynopsisAnts are probably the most dominant insect group on Earth. This title brings together findings from the scientific literature on the coevolution of ants and plants to provide an understanding of the unparalleled success of these two remarkable groups, of interspecific interactions in general, and, ultimately, of terrestrial biological communities.
£30.40
The University of Chicago Press Serengeti II Dynamics Management Conservation
Book SynopsisThis analysis of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem in East Africa examines the ecosystem at every level. Drawing on data from long-term studies, it also discusses the processes that have produced the Serengeti's biological diversity, with its species-species and species-environment interactions.
£125.40
The University of Chicago Press Serengeti II Dynamics Management Conservation
Book SynopsisThis analysis of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem in East Africa examines the ecosystem at every level. Drawing on data from long-term studies, it also discusses the processes that have produced the Serengeti's biological diversity, with its species-species and species-environment interactions.
£57.28
The University of Chicago Press The Hidden Universe
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£19.80
University of Chicago Press Chasing Plants
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£24.75
The University of Chicago Press Meetings with Remarkable Mushrooms
Book SynopsisA whirlwind journey through fungus frontiers that underscores how appreciating fungi is key to understanding our planet's power and fragility. What can we learn from the lives of fungi? Splitting time between the northern and southern hemispheres, ecologist Alison Pouliot ensures that she experiences two autumns per year in the pursuit of fungifrom Australia's deserts to Iceland's glaciers to America's Cascade Mountains. In Meetings with Remarkable Mushrooms, we journey alongside Pouliot, magnifiers in hand, as she travels the world. With Pouliot as our guide, we smell fire-loving truffles that transform their scent after burning to lure mammals who eat them and, ultimately, spread their spores. We spot the eerie glow of the ghost fungus, a deceptive entity that looks like an edible oyster mushroom but will soon heave back outalong with everything else in your stomachif you take a bite. And we crawl alongside vegetable caterpillars, which are neither vegetable nor caterpillar but a fungus that devours insects from the inside out. Featuring stunning color photographs of these mycological miracles, Meetings with Remarkable Mushrooms shows that understanding fungi is fundamental for harmonizing with the natural world.Trade Review"In this captivating study, ecologist Pouliot expounds on mushrooms she’s encountered during her fieldwork....The result is an enjoyable tour of the fungal kingdom." * Publisher's Weekly *"As Pouliot wryly describes her companions and their forays into forests, the fungi that inhabit them emerge as her protagonists….Attending also to the prominent women (including Beatrix Potter) who helped found mycology as a science and fungi’s place in habitat conservation, Pouliot delivers a charming, informative presentation of a world beneath our feet." * Booklist *"[Pouliot makes a] convincing case . . . Fungi are essential to the world as we know it." * New York Review of Books *"In this book, [Pouliot] takes us with her all over the world as she brings fungi to life with lush descriptions, infectious enthusiasm, and gorgeous pictures. But she also shows the reader just how important fungi are to the natural world, as well as what they do for humans." * Book Riot *"Meetings with Remarkable Mushrooms is an information-packed, entertaining read that also has gorgeous color photos of fungi. Pouliot takes the reader on an adventure in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres...learning about these mysterious mycological wonders and the roles they play in our ecological systems." -- Jaime Herndon * American Scientist *"Conveying an impassioned message for conservation and awareness, Meetings with Remarkable Mushrooms is a compelling, enlightening look at lowly but remarkable fungi that are often hidden in the shadows." * Foreword Reviews *"So—do we really need another book about mushrooms? The answer is yes, but only if it’s this one. Alison Pouliot has written a lovely book that digs deep but wears its learning lightly, and manages to cover—in a series of relatively short, readable, enjoyable and accurate chapters—most of the important issues in popular mycology." * Fungi *“Pouliot is a mycologist whose knowledge of fungi is extraordinarily vast and intricate.” * The Saturday Paper *“I was entertained and enthralled reading this book and I promise I have never read a book from cover to cover on fungi before. I didn't think it was my jam, but [it turns out] it should be everyone's jam. Fungi is literally the glue that keeps us together.” * Readings *“Pouliot conveys the otherworldly charisma of mushrooms with love and skill.” * The Sydney Morning Herald * “Powerful stuff, which should be read by all those who continue to support the insane logging of our native forests.” -- Jonathan Watts, author and environmental activist"This subterranean journey introduces the quirks of behavior that allow fungi to spread through soils, support living plants, and recycle the debris of nature. Alison is an accomplished storyteller." -- Nicholas P. Money | Miami University"[Meetings with Remarkable Mushrooms] is a joy to read." -- Sophie Cunningham | author of "City of Trees""Sensual and scientific. Dazzling and boundary breaking. [Meetings with Remarkable Mushrooms] will make you see the world anew." -- Long Litt Woon | author of "The Way Through the Woods""The world of fungi is our world even if we don’t know it and can’t see most of it—strange, dazzling, spooky, unpredictable, friendly, deadly, sly. And Alison is the perfect guide. She surprises and informs, delights and warns; makes you wish you could walk with her and her passionate companions. That’s OK. In this book you do." -- Paul Kelly | songwriter"An evocative, accessible and important book about one of the most vital, yet hugely ignored, kingdoms on our planet—fungi. After reading this you cannot help but see the world in a different light—and should approach mushrooms and truffles with new relish." -- Charles Massy | author of "Call of the Reed Warbler""Anyone who has joined Alison in a forest, anywhere in the world, will know her incredible ability to magnify those microscopic organisms that hold our natural world together, to connect every element of human life—physical, emotional or social—to the function of our natural landscapes. [Meetings with Remarkable Mushrooms] is like a walk in the forest, pungent and complex, filled with curiosity and wonder, and leaving you with a sense that there is so much more to uncover." -- Millie Ross | ABCTV "Gardening Australia""The underground teaches us a different language—and Alison Pouliot is the perfect translator." -- Toby Kiers | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam"[Meetings with Remarkable Mushrooms] takes storytelling about fungi to a captivating new level. A well-researched page turner." -- Anders Dahlberg | Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesTable of ContentsA Note on Fungal Terminology 1 Stirrings in the Subterrain 2 Life in the Mycosphere 3 Into the Australian Bush 4 No Such Thing as a Bad Fungus 5 Fungi, Fire, and Ice 6 Fungal Renegades 7 The Mycophagists 8 Conserving the Bizarre and the Beautiful 9 Women as Keepers of Fungal Lore 10 Restoring Fungi Epilogue Acknowledgments Images Species Register Glossary Selected Sources Index
£19.00
The University of Chicago Press Figueiredo E Plant Collectors in Angola
Book SynopsisAn authoritative treatise on the history of botanical studies and exploration in Angola. For any region, cataloging, interpreting, and understanding the history of botanical exploration and plant collecting, and the preserved specimens that were amassed as a result, are critically important for research and conservation. In this book, published in cooperation with the International Association for Plant Taxonomy, Estrela Figueiredo and Gideon F. Smith, both botanists with expertise in the taxonomy of African plants, provide the first comprehensive, contextualized account of plant collecting in Angola, a large country in south-tropical Africa. An essential book for anyone concerned with the biodiversity and history of Africa, this authoritative work offers insights into the lives, times, and endeavors of 358 collectors. In addition, the authors present analyses of the records that accompanied the collectors' preserved specimens. Illustrated in color throughout, the book fills a larg
£34.20
University of Chicago Press Saving Orchids
£29.75
Columbia University Press The Philosophers Plant
Book SynopsisA secret history of philosophy grafting theory onto science, combining art and storytelling to bring Western thought back to its roots.Trade ReviewFrom the conversation of Socrates and Phaedrus in the shade of the plane tree to Irigaray's meditation on the water lily, The Philosopher's Plant takes us outside city walls, across gardens of letters and vegetables, grassy slopes and vineyards, to the dimly lit sources of philosophy's vitality. With distinctive depth and clarity, Marder reminds us that, far from walled in, the human community communes with nature and is itself inhabited by nature. -- Claudia Baracchi, Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca The Philosopher's Plant is an original contribution to a concept which for too long has been marginalized. As the only contemporary philosopher working on plants from a deconstructive and weak-thought perspective, Marder provides not only another contribution to the philosophical concept of plants in general, but also adds onto his own work. -- Santiago Zabala, ICREA/University of Barcelona The Philosopher's Plant is a genuine pleasure to read and one of the most innovative books I have encountered in some time. Marder's argument is that contemporary scientific research into how plants communicate, interact with, and possibly even perceive the environment should be enriched by an engagement with how the Western philosophical tradition has already thought and continues thinking the problem of plant life for human being-in-the-world. -- William Egginton, Johns Hopkins University The Philosopher's Plant is an alluring immersion in phytophilia, exploring the thought of philosophers from Plato to Irigaray by way of their intimate reflections on plant life. Not only do we learn much that is subtle and profound about plants but we come to see the work of these thinkers in refreshing new lights. Humor and wit alternate with penetrating philosophical insight in this bouquet of delights. -- Edward S. Casey, SUNY at Stony Brook, author of The World at a Glance and The World on Edge One must give Michael Marder credit for combining the deconstruction of our traditional metaphysics with a focus on the plant world. He invites us to perceive and consider again the presence and the potential of our living environment, the thoughtless use of which has damaged both our life and our culture. -- Luce Irigaray All who get a taste of this succulent study will find much food for thought. Library Journal (starred review) [The Philosopher's Plant] provides provocative insight into the significance of plant life in the evolution of philosophical thought... Recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Prologue: Herbarium Philosophicum Part I: Ancient Plant-Souls 1. Plato's Plane Tree 2. Aristotle's Wheat 3. Plotinus' Anonymous "Great Plant" Part II. Medieval Plant-Instruments 4. Augustine's Pears 5. Avicenna's Celery 6. Maimonides' Palm Tree Part III. Modern Plant-Images 7. Leibniz's Blades of Grass 8. Kant's Tulip 9. Hegel's Grapes Part IV: Postmodern Plant-Subjects 10. Heidegger's Apple Tree 11. Derrida's Sunflowers 12. Irigaray's Water Lily Notes Bibliography Index
£66.50
University of Texas Press Common Woody Plants and Cacti of South Texas
Book SynopsisWith seven new species, new photographs, and a quick plant identification key, here is a completely updated and expanded edition of A Field Guide to Common South Texas Shrubs, which has sold over 10,000 copies.Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Historical Perspectives Brush Management Habitat Appraisal Plant Quick Key Thorned Plants Straight Thorned Granjeno Texas ebony Texas palo verde Honey mesquite Huisache Blackbrush acacia Twisted acacia Allthorn Brasil Knifeleaf condalia Green condalia Lotebush Coma Amargosa Wolfberry Curved Thorned Fragrant mimosa Retama Guajillo Catclaw acacia Roemer acacia Lime pricklyash Thornless Plants Four-wing saltbush Littleleaf sumac Agarito Wild olive Anaqua Sugar hackberry Desert yaupon Texas persimmon Vine ephedra Southwest bernardia False mesquite Texas kidneywood Mountain laurel Live oak Pecan Shrubby blue sage Narrowleaf forestiera Hogplum Coyotillo Cenizo Cedar elm Whitebrush Lantana Guayacan Creosotebush Cacti, Succulents, and Yucca Spanish dagger Pricklypear Tasajillo Leatherstem Appendix I. Benefits of Plants to Various Classes of Wildlife Appendix II. Palatability Index of White-tailed Browse Plants in South Texas Appendix III. Nutritional Value of Plants Appendix IV. Common Scientific Names of Plants and Animals Mentioned in Text Illustrated Glossary Bibliography Index
£17.09
University of Texas Press Remarkable Plants of Texas
Book SynopsisGoing well beyond typical field guides, this extensively illustrated book presents the remarkable natural and cultural history of eighty of Texas's most fascinating native plants.Table of Contents Medical Disclaimer Acknowledgments Introduction Map: Native American Tribes in Texas, ca. 1700 to present Trees Acacia farnesiana (Huisache) Arbutus xalapensis (Texas Madrone) Carya illinoinensis (Pecan) Celtis spp. (Hackberry) Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood) Diospyros texana (Texas Persimmon) Diospyros virginiana (Common Persimmon) Juglans spp. (Black Walnut and Texas Black Walnut) Juniperus spp. (Eastern Red-Cedar and Ashe Juniper) Maclura pomifera (Osage Orange) Morus spp. (Red Mulberry and Little-leaf Mulberry) Pinus spp. (Loblolly Pine and Longleaf Pine) Populus deltoides (Cottonwood) Prosopis glandulosa (Mesquite) Prunus spp. (Wild Plum and Black Cherry) Quercus stellata (Post Oak) Quercus virginiana (Live Oak) Sabal mexicana (Sabal Palm) Salix nigra (Black Willow) Sapindus saponaria (Soapberry) Sassafras albidum (Sassafras) Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress) Shrubs Agave lechuguilla (Lechuguilla) Berberis trifoliolata (Agarita) Dasylirion spp. (Sotol) Ephedra antisyphilitica (Mormon Tea) Euphorbia antisyphilitica (Candelilla) Fouquieria splendens (Ocotillo) Ilex vomitoria (Yaupon) Larrea tridentata (Creosote Bush) Rhus aromatica (Fragrant Sumac) Rhus spp. (Sumac) Sophora secundiflora (Texas Mountain Laurel) Ungnadia speciosa (Mexican Buckeye) Yucca spp. (Yucca) Herbaceous Plants, Cacti, Grasses, Vines, and Aquatics Allium spp. (Wild Onion) Amaranthus spp. (Amaranth) Argemone spp. (White Prickly Poppy) Artemisia ludoviciana (White Sagebrush) Bouteloua spp. (Blue Grama and Sideoats Grama) Capsicum annuum (Chiltepín) Chenopodium spp. (Goosefoot) Coreopsis tinctoria (Plains Coreopsis) Cucurbita foetidissima (Buffalo Gourd) Datura spp. (Jimsonweed) Echinacea angustifolia (Purple Coneflower) Equisetum spp. (Horsetail) Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master) Gaillardia pulchella (Indian Blanket) Helianthus annuus (Sunflower) Hoffmannseggia glauca (Indian Rush-Pea) Lophophora williamsii (Peyote) Lupinus texensis (Texas Bluebonnet) Monarda spp. (Horsemint) Nelumbo lutea (Yellow Lotus) Opuntia spp. (Prickly Pear) Opuntia leptocaulis (Tasajillo) Phoradendron tomentosum (Mistletoe) Phytolacca americana (Pokeberry) Smilax spp. (Greenbrier) Solanum elaeagnifolium (Silverleaf Nightshade) Tillandsia spp. (Spanish Moss and Ball Moss) Typha spp. (Cattail) Verbesina virginica (Frostweed) Vitis spp. (Wild Grape) Glossary Bibliography Index
£22.79
University of Texas Press Trees Shrubs of the TransPecos and Adjacent
Book SynopsisThe only keyed guide to the more than 400 species of woody plants native to the Trans-Pecos region and adjacent areas.Table of Contents Preface to the Revised Edition Acknowledgments Introduction Key to the Classes and Subclasses Descriptive Flora Selected Glossary Literature Cited Index
£34.20
University of Washington Press Ordering the Myriad Things
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A useful glossary of names, places, and botanical terms in Chinese and English, along with the detailed index, make this work valuable for researchers but the story is accessible to general readers. This book will fascinate anyone interested in botany and the geopolitical dimensions of modern science." * Choice *"This is a well-researched and well-written study of an important part of the history of botany, and of the resourcefulness and determination of Chinese botanists. It belongs in botanical and horticultural libraries everywhere, and as a story, it is recommended to anyone with an interest in plants and how they are studied." * The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries *"An indispensable addition to our still rather limited knowledge of scientific development in late Imperial and Republican China. Books such as this one are instrumental in putting together the complicated and at times complexing puzzle of the emergence and development of modern scientific practice in China, a process, which has consequences up to the present day." * Social History of Medicine *"Ordering the Myriad Things sets out to show how two knowledge systems—one that preoccupied itself by trying to understand how processes of change generated and manifested themselves through things such grasses, trees, and grains and another that sought understanding by making encountered objects the object of study themselves—interacted and ultimately became intertwined." * Journal of Chinese History *"Menzies presents a process-focused chronicle of how one newly emergent scientific discipline—botany—was introduced to China and developed by successive generations of Chinese botanists...Excellent, engaging, and well-written." * H-Net Reviews *"In this scrupulously researched monograph, Nicholas K. Menzies narrates personal, institutional, and scientific stories in astonishing and vivid detail to create a sweeping narrative of the establishment of the modern science of botany in China." * Isis, a Journal of the History of Science Society *"A fascinating and well-researched inquiry into the development of modern Chinese botany." * Monumenta Serica *"[A] welcome presentation of the history of modern botany in China. . . . The thought-provoking questions raised by Menzies and his analytical approach are sure to make this book instructive reading for historians of natural history." * Archives of Natural History *
£110.48
University of Washington Press Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Washington
Book SynopsisOffers a window into the beauty and diversity of the rarest plants in WashingtonTrade Review"This book succeeds as a current reference for the plants across Washington State . . . every botanist in Washington State and the Northwest is likely to want a copy . . ." -- Ryder W. Miller * Electronic Green Journal *"This guide . . . will undoubtedly prove invaluable to botanists, advanced students, and amateurs in Washington and other states in the Pacific Northwest." -- Maren Williams * American Reference Books Annual *"This book is an authoritative guide to the rare wild plants of Washington, and destined to become a classic." -- Adele Kleine * Chicago Botanical Garden *"This important resource will primarily benefit individuals looking for or studying these species in the field, but would also be valuable to libraries in the region as a reference book for undergraduates or graduate students studying rare plants. Summing up: Highly recommended." * Choice *"A richly illustrated journey across our state's diverse floral habitats." * City Living *"The book is certainly an aid for serious botanists and photographers, as well as rare plant monitors and land managers, who regularly venture into Washington's wild places." * Bulletin of the Native Plant Society of Oregon *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Rare Species Nonvascular Species Ferns and Fern Allies Dicots Monocots Appendix A. Synonymy Appendix B. Rare Plant Sighting Form Glossary References Illustration Credits Index
£40.12
Yale University Press The Ambonese Herbal Volume 6 Species List and
Book SynopsisOver the course of five decades, the seventeenth-century naturalist Georgius Everhardus Rumphius assiduously gathered information on the native plants of Ambon Island and its archipelago. This book surveys the Indonesian economic and medicinal uses of the plants Rumphius described.
£76.00
Yale University Press Managing the Wild Stories of People and Plants
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Engaging and memorable. . . . Throughout his rollicking tales, Peters expressly highlights rural people collecting, analyzing, and applying sophisticated forest inventory and growth data—producing homegrown scientific information to sustainably manage their resources."—J. Leighton Reid, Science"A very personal and fascinating account of the author’s research on a wide diversity of tropical forest crops from around the tropics. This is a major contribution to the promotion of the sustainable use of tropical ecosystems and their resources."—Ghillean T. Prance FRS, Former Director Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew"A brilliant distillation, full of perceptive insights by a master observer, about the ways that local people in the tropics manage the forests in which they live."—Sir Peter Crane, Oak Spring Garden Foundation, author of Ginkgo: The Tree That Time Forgot“Peters strikes a perfect balance between memoir of a tropical forester, description of unique research methods, and discussion of social dimensions—leavened at just the right moments with a little whimsy.”—Michael R. Dove, Yale University, author of The Banana Tree at the Gate: A History of Marginal Peoples and Global Markets in Borneo“This book is a wonderful blend of autobiography, anthropology, tropical forest ecology, and story-telling drawn from a remarkable career of field research with the rugged, resilient people who live in and from tropical forests. It delivers a poignant message that fine-grained, people-friendly, boots-on-the-ground approaches to tropical forest conservation are indispensable.”—Dan Nepstad, President and Executive Director of the Earth Innovation Institute“This book offers a rare glimpse into the life worlds of a highly mobile forest ecologist who had his own zoom lens trained in two intertwined directions. The stories in this volume thus tell tales not only of tropical environments but of an unusual field ecologist who focused as much—if not more—on the human-environment interactions as on the tropical environments that the humans and forest plants co-produced.”—Nancy Lee Peluso, University of California, Berkeley
£27.50
Yale University Press In Search of Meadowlarks
Book SynopsisAn ornithologist's personal look at farming practices that finds practical solutions for sustainable food production compatible with bird and wildlife conservationTrade ReviewChoice Outstanding Academic Titles, 2020“An eloquent, science-based perspective on how meadowlarks and cows, owls and vineyards, and other wildlife and agricultural practices can co-exist and provide abundant and healthy food. A must-read for everyone.”—Bernd Heinrich, author of The Snoring Bird“John Marzluff has followed meadowlarks to find inspiring stories of renewal and hope, and through them we can find our way forward.”—Curt Meine, author of Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work“John Marzluff’s book is well-written, thoughtful, and timely, especially when biodiversity is in drastic decline.”—Alexis Racelis, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley “John Marzluff’s In Search of Meadowlarks is an epic look at the deep connections between us, the birds we love best, and our food supply. It’s a rich tapestry of meadowlarks and farmers, crows and cows, science and story. If you love songbirds, enjoy a great read, or eat food, you really need to read this book.”—Sy Montgomery, author of Birdology, The Soul of an Octopus, and How to Be a Good Creature “John Marzluff takes us beyond abstract discussions of agriculture and shows how different approaches to farming directly affect families and local communities, as well as economic productivity and biological diversity.”—Robert A. Askins, author of Saving the World’s Deciduous Forests and Restoring North America’s Birds “In Search of Meadowlarks provides great insights into complex issues concerning sustainability and the environment.”—Temple Grandin, author of Animals Make Us Human “Ecological detective John Marzluff sifts through clues on farms from Nebraska to Costa Rica to find out why meadowlarks and numerous other bird species are vanishing. The resulting sad but optimistic tale will keep you riveted, and likely lead you to put down that hamburger.”—Virginia Morell, author of the best-selling Animal Wise: How We Know Animals Think and Feel “The way farming affects wildlife is one of the most urgent problems facing humanity. John Marzluff has produced a wise, readable and—above all—optimistic look at the issues.”—Tim Birkhead, University of Sheffield, author of The Wonderful Mr Willughby: The First True Ornithologist
£27.50
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Global Emergence of Constitutional
Book SynopsisOver the past 40 years, countries throughout the world have similarly adopted human rights related to environmental governance and protection in national constitutions. Interestingly, these countries vary widely in terms of geography, politics, history, resources, and wealth. This raises the question: why do some countries have constitutional environmental rights while others do not? Bringing together theory from law, political science, and sociology, a global statistical analysis, and a comparative study of constitutional design in South Asia, Gellers presents a comprehensive response to this important question. Moving beyond normative debates and anecdotal developments in case law, as well as efforts to describe and categorize such rights around the world, this book provides a systematic analysis of the expansion of environmental rights using social science methods and theory. The resulting theoretical framework and empirical evidence offer new insights into how domestic and interTrade ReviewIn his superbly-written new book, Professor Josh Gellers offers us an exciting, radically different and ground-breaking transdisciplinary perspective on the emergence of constitutional environmental rights through an innovative application of social science methods and empirical inquiries. As a leading political scientist and legal scholar, Professor Gellers is perfectly placed to pry open restrictive methodological approaches, providing as he does, fresh insights for lawyers to appreciate why countries actually adopt constitutional environmental rights.Professor Louis J. KotzéResearch Professor, North-West University, South AfricaIn this exciting comparative environmental travelogue, Gellers maintains with wealth of impressive empirical evidence that international environmental norms make and mould ‘state identities’ and shape the design of national constitutions. All those especially interested in green governance and Anthropocene justice should find this rich work very rewarding.Upendra BaxiEmeritus Professor of Law, University of Warwick and DelhiThe author’s novel interdisciplinary analytical device called "a world cultural framework of constitutional environmental rights" incorporating theories from international relations, sociology and law, seeks to improve our understanding of the emergence of environmental rights. He does so by skillfully drawing upon quantitative and qualitative analyses involving Nepal and Sri Lanka.Sumudu AtapattuDirector of Research Centers at University of Wisconsin Law SchoolIn his superbly-written new book, Professor Josh Gellers offers us an exciting, radically different and ground-breaking transdisciplinary perspective on the emergence of constitutional environmental rights through an innovative application of social science methods and empirical inquiries. As a leading political scientist and legal scholar, Professor Gellers is perfectly placed to pry open restrictive methodological approaches, providing as he does, fresh insights for lawyers to appreciate why countries actually adopt constitutional environmental rights.Professor Louis J. KotzéResearch Professor, North-West University, South AfricaIn this exciting comparative environmental travelogue, Gellers maintains with wealth of impressive empirical evidence that international environmental norms make and mould ‘state identities’ and shape the design of national constitutions. All those especially interested in green governance and Anthropocene justice should find this rich work very rewarding.Upendra BaxiEmeritus Professor of Law, University of Warwick and DelhiThe author’s novel interdisciplinary analytical device called "a world cultural framework of constitutional environmental rights" incorporating theories from international relations, sociology and law, seeks to improve our understanding of the emergence of environmental rights. He does so by skillfully drawing upon quantitative and qualitative analyses involving Nepal and Sri Lanka.Sumudu AtapattuDirector of Research Centers at University of Wisconsin Law SchoolOverall, this book is a significant contribution to the growing literature on constitutional environmental rights. Gellers’ empirical, mixed-methods approach sets the bar high for other scholars seeking to tackle the many remaining questions in this field.David Boyd, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the EnvironmentTable of ContentsTable of ContentsList of figures and tables Acknowledgements List of abbreviations 1 Constitutions, human rights, and the environment 2 National constitutions in world society 3 The global expansion of environmental rights 4 The experiences of Nepal and Sri Lanka 5 Constitutions for a greener future? Appendix: Technical discussion of qualitative research methodology Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Mycoagroecology
Book SynopsisDuring the 20th century, agriculture underwent many unsustainable changes for the sake of greater food production. Today, the effects of climate change are becoming ever more apparent and the global population continues to grow, placing additional pressures on agricultural systems. For this reason, it is vital to turn international agriculture towards a sustainable future capable of providing healthy, bountiful foods by using methods that preserve and reconstruct the balance of natural ecosystems.Fungi are an underappreciated, underutilized group of organisms with massive potential to aid in the production of healthy food and other products while also increasing the sustainability of agricultural systems. Mycoagroecology: Integrating Fungi into Agroecosystems lays the foundations for integrated fungal-agricultural understanding and management, the proposed practice of âœmycoagroecologyâ. Suitable for students and professionals of multiple disciplines, this text includes nine introductory chapters that create a firm foundation in ecosystem functioning, evolution and population dynamics, fungal biology, principles of crop breeding and pest management, basic economics of agriculture, and the history of agricultural development during the 20th century. The latter half of the text is application-oriented, integrating the knowledge from the introductory chapters to help readers understand more deeply the various roles of fungi in natural and agricultural systems:PARTNERS: This text explores known benefits of wild plant-fungal mutualisms, and how to foster and maintain these relationships in a productive agricultural setting.PESTS AND PEST CONTROL AGENTS: This text acknowledges the historical and continuing role of agriculturally significant fungal pathogens, surveying modern chemical, biotechnological, and cultural methods of controlling them and other pests. However, this book also emphasizes the strong potential of beneficial fungi to biologically control fungal, insect, and other pests.PRODUCTS: This text covers not just isolated production of mushrooms on specialized farms but also the potential for co-cropping mushrooms in existing plant-based farms, making farm systems more self-sustaining while adding valuable and nutritious new products. An extensive chapter is also devoted to the many historical and forward-facing uses of fungi in food preservation and processing.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION1 Nutrient Cycling and Trophic Lifestyles (Elizabeth Gall and Noureddine Benkeblia)1.1 Photosynthesis: Primary Calorie Production1.2 Primary and Secondary Metabolites1.3 The Carbon Cycle1.4 The Nitrogen Cycle1.5 Heterotroph Lifestyles1.5.1 Ingestive Heterotrophs1.5.2 Absorptive Heterotrophs1.6 Agroecological Applications2 Evolution and Symbiosis (Elizabeth Gall)2.1 Fitness and Genes2.2 Species2.3 Evolution and Evolutionary Pressures2.4 Coevolution and Symbiosis2.4.1 Mutualism2.4.2 Predators and Prey2.4.3 Competition2.4.4 Commensalism and Parasitism2.5 Context Dependence of Symbiosis2.6 Agroecological Applications3 Population Dynamics (Elizabeth Gall)3.1 Energy Flow in Ecosystems3.2 Growth Curves3.3 Carrying Capacity and Population Cycles3.4 Agroecological Applications4 The Kingdom Fungi (Steven Stephenson and Elizabeth Gall)4.1 Basic Structures of Fungi4.2 Basic Classification of Fungi and Fungus-Like Organisms4.2.1 Slime Molds4.3 Taxonomy of Macrofungi4.4 Taxonomy of Microfungi4.5 Sexual Reproduction4.5.1 Basidiomycetes4.5.2 Ascomycetes4.6 Asexual and Sexual Stages4.7 Fundamental Niches of Fungi4.7.1 Saprotrophic Fungi4.7.2 Fungi in Symbioses4.8 Secondary Metabolites of Interest4.8.1 Culinary Use4.8.2 Poisons or Toxins4.8.3 Medicinal Compounds5 Limiting Factors in Agriculture (Noureddine Benkeblia)5.1 Meteorological Limiting Factors5.1.1 Extreme Temperature as a Limiting Factor5.1.1.1 High Temperatures5.1.1.2 Low Temperatures5.1.1.3 Long-Term Effects of Extreme Temperatures5.1.2 CO2 Concentration as a Limiting Factor5.2 Where Meteorological and Land Factors Meet: Water as a Limiting Factor5.3 Limiting Land Factors: Nutrient Supply5.3.1 Nitrogen (N)5.3.2 Phosphorus (P)5.3.3 Potassium (K)6 Principles of Crop Breeding and Productivity (Elizabeth Gall)6.1 Artificial Evolutionary Pressure6.2 Metabolite Limits of Selective Breeding6.3 Photosynthetic Limits of Selective Breeding6.4 Evolved Alternatives to C3 Photosynthesis6.4.1 C4 Photosynthesis6.4.2 CAM Photosynthesis6.4.3 Evolutionary Limits6.5 Other Methods to Increase Yields and Efficiency6.5.1 Intercropping6.5.2 Crop Rotation6.5.3 Directed Genetic Modification6.6 Developing Cooperative Varieties of Plants and Fungi7 Pests and Pest Management Methods (Juan F. Barrera)7.1 Humans Versus Pests7.2 Pest Management Strategies and Tactics7.3 Economics and Ecology of Pests7.3.1 The Economic Approach7.3.2 The Ecological Approach7.3.2.1 r-Pests7.3.2.2 K-Pests7.3.2.3 Intermediate Pests7.4 The Future of Pest Management7.4.1 Biologically Intensive IPM7.4.2 Agroecologically Integrated Pest Management7.4.3 Ecologically Based Pest Management (EBPM)7.4.4 Total System Approach7.4.5 Integrated Management of Biodiversity (IMB)7.4.6 Integrated Crop Management (ICM)7.4.7 Integrated Production7.4.8 Integrated Agroecosystem Design and Management (IADM)7.4.9 Crop Health and Salutogenesis7.4.10 Holistic Pest Management (HPM)7.5 Conclusion8 Economic Factors in Agriculture (Elizabeth Gall and Barbara Laff)8.1 Supply and Demand8.1.1 Agricultural Supply: Balancing Inputs and Outputs with Costs and Income8.1.2 Agricultural Demand: Glut Price Cycles8.2 Farm Sizes and Types8.2.1 Farm Consolidation8.3 Market Distortions8.3.1 Government Interventions8.4 Other Factors8.4.1 Ecological Considerations8.4.2 Intellectual Property Law8.4.2.1 Plants as Intellectual Property8.4.2.2 Patents and Seed Re-Use8.5 Conclusion9 The Green Revolution: Agricultural Shifts of the 20th Century (Elizabeth Gall)9.1 The United States: From Dust Bowl to Green Revolution9.2 Mexico and The Initial Green Revolution9.3 The Philippines, China, and Southeast Asia: Global Attention and Wild Success9.4 Patterns of the Green Revolution9.5 Environmental Impacts of High-Input Systems9.5.1 Fertilizer9.5.2 Irrigation9.5.3 Monoculture9.6 Economic Impact9.7 Government Interventions9.8 ConclusionMYCOAGROECOLOGY10 The Second Green Revolution and the Role of Mycoagroecology (Elizabeth Gall)10.1 Mycology: Revealing the Fungal Roles of Partners, Pests, Pest-Control Agents, and Products10.2 Agroecology: Integrating Productivity and Sustainability10.2.1 Industrial Farms Value Production over Ecosystem Balance10.2.2 Buffering the Ecosystem from the Farm10.2.3 Closing the Loop: The Farm as an Island Ecosystem10.2.4 The Farm as a Productive Portion of the Ecosystem10.2.5 Incorporating Other Techniques10.3 Mycoagroecology10.3.1 Partners10.3.2 Pests and Pest-Control Agents10.3.3 Products10.4 Mycoagroecology is Compatible with the Goals of the Second Green Revolution10.4.1 Address “Orphan” Regions and Crops10.4.2 Return to Polyculture10.4.3 Reduce the Need for Synthetic Inputs10.4.4 Maintain Smallholder Competitiveness10.5 ConclusionFUNGI AS PARTNERS11 Plant-Fungal Mutualisms (Jason C. Slot)11.1 Plant-Fungal Mutualisms Vary According to Plant "Compartments"11.2 Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Colonize Diverse Plant Roots Worldwide11.3 Ectomycorrhizal Fungi Colonize Roots of Woody Plants in Northern and Temperate Forests11.4 Mycorrhizal Relationships are Structurally and Ecologically Diverse11.4.1 Plants in a Community Can Benefit from Shared Mycorrhizal Networks11.4.2 Mycoheterotrophs Exploit Plant-Fungal Mutualisms11.5 Endophytic Fungi are Common Residents of Plant Tissues11.6 Fungi can Provide Benefits to Other Plant Mutualisms11.7 Plant-Fungal Mutualisms Require an Adapted Fungal Community12 Incorporating Microbes into Agricultural Soils (Elizabeth Gall)12.1 Types of Soil Microbes12.1.1 Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) Fungi12.1.2 Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) Fungi12.1.3 Root Endophytes12.1.4 Other Soil Microbes12.2 Industrial Agricultural Practices Destroy Soil Microbial Communities12.2.1 Monoculture12.2.2 Other Microbiome-Damaging Practices12.3 Restoring Microbial Populations is Possible and Effective12.4 Methods for Reintroducing Microbes to Agricultural Soils12.4.1 Soil Inoculation12.4.2 Trap Plants12.4.3 Seed Coating12.4.4 Monospecies vs. Community Inoculation12.5 Management Practices for Soil Microbe Retention12.6 ConclusionFUNGI AS PESTS AND PEST-CONTROL AGENTS13 Fungal Diseases in Agriculture: Significance, Management, and Control (Noureddine Benkeblia)13.1 Significance of Fungal Diseases in Agriculture13.2 Management and Control of Fungal Diseases in Agriculture13.2.1 Chemical Control13.2.2 Cultural Methods and Integrated Pest Management (IPM)13.2.3 Biological Control Agents (BCA)14 Fungal Pathogens in Forested Ecosystems (Denita Hadziabdic, Aaron Onufrak, and Romina Gazis)14.1 Detection Tools and Surveillance Methods14.2 Fusarium Dieback – Invasive Shot Hole Borers14.2.1 Disease Biology and Impact14.2.2 Detection and Identification of the Pathogen and Vector14.3 Laurel Wilt14.3.1 Disease Biology and Impact14.3.2 Detection and Identification of the Pathogen and Vector14.4 Thousand Cankers Disease14.4.1 Disease Biology and Impact14.4.2 Detection and Identification of the Pathogen and Vector14.5 Management of Fungal Diseases in Forested Areas14.5.1 Cultural Practices14.5.1.1 Quarantine and Sanitation14.5.1.2 Resource Management14.5.1.3 Plant Breeding14.5.2 Chemical Management14.5.3 Biological Control15 Fungal Interactions with Other Pests (Guillermo Valero-David and Jason C. Slot)15.1 Insects15.1.1 Fungi are an Important Food Source for Insects and Their Relatives15.1.1.1 Attine Ants15.1.1.2 Macroterminiti Termites15.1.1.3 Ambrosia Beetles15.1.2 Insects are Important Vectors of Plant Pathogenic Fungi15.1.3 Fungi are Important Pathogens of Insects15.1.3.1 Entomopathogenic Fungi in Soils15.1.4 Fungal-Insect Interactions are Important Factors in Ecosystem Processes15.2 Nematodes15.2.1 Nematodes Consume Fungi, Resulting in Varied Impacts on Agroecosystems15.2.2 Diverse Fungi Attack and Consume Nematodes15.2.3 Nematodes and Plant Pathogenic Fungi Can Act Synergistically to Cause Plant Disease15.2.4 Coevolution of Fungi and Nematodes Has Resulted in Diverse AssociationsFUNGI AS PRODUCTS16 Principles of Modern Fungal Cultivation (Elizabeth Gall)16.1 Protein Value of Mushrooms16.2 Limiting Factors in Mushroom Cultivation16.2.1 Carbon Dioxide Concentrations16.2.2 Carbon and Nitrogen16.2.3 Other Macronutrients16.2.4 Water16.2.5 Light16.2.6 Micronutrients16.3 Modern Mushroom Cultivation16.3.1 Starting Substrate16.3.2 Mushroom Spawn16.4 Genetic Aspects of Mushroom Cultivation17 Integrating Fungi into Existing Farms (Elizabeth Gall)17.1 Mushroom Cultivation Recycles Agro-Industrial Waste17.2 Abundance of Lignocellulosic Waste17.3 Selecting Substrates and Fungal Strains17.4 Mushroom Cultivation Locations17.4.1 Mushroom Cultivation in Buildings17.4.2 Mushroom Cultivation in Woods17.4.3 Mushroom Cultivation in Fields17.4.4 Co-Cropping with Ectomycorrhizal Fungi17.5 Other Potential Uses of Mushrooms17.5.1 Mushroom Growing Kits17.5.2 Spent Mushroom Substrate17.5.3 Mycoremediation of Damaged Landscapes17.5.4 Bioprospecting: “Pests” with Agricultural Utility17.6 Conclusion18 Fungi in Food Processing (Noureddine Benkeblia)18.1 Fermented and Aged Food Products18.1.1 Fermented Foods are Diverse and Numerous18.1.2 Breads18.1.3 Fermented Meats18.1.4 Cheeses18.1.5 Yogurts and Other Fermented Dairy Products18.2 Fermented Beverages18.2.1 Alcoholic Fruit-Based Beverages (Wines)18.2.2 Alcoholic Grain-based Beverages (Beers)18.2.3 Other Alcoholic Beverages18.2.4 Non-Alcoholic Fermented Beverages18.3 Food Additives and Ingredients18.4 Bioprocessing and Novel Food Production by Fungi
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Citrus Production
Book SynopsisThe citrus industry is one of the world's most important fruit production industries, but global climate change, pests, diseases, and improper handling are affecting plant yields. Citrus Production: Technological Advancements and Adaptation to Changing Climate presents information on advancements in the citrus industry examining various aspects of citrus from its production to harvest. It looks at the challenges and approaches in stress tolerance improvements, increasing citrus crop productivity, and reducing postharvest losses. The book details taxonomy, genetic diversity, and metabolic and molecular responses in citrus crops, as well as abiotic and biotic stresses affecting citrus production. Featuring numerous full-color illustrations throughout, this book poses new harvesting techniques along with postharvest physiology of citrus fruits, devising strategies to prevent crop losses.Citrus Production: Technological Advancements and Adaptation to Changing Climate is an essential resource for researchers, academicians, and scientists looking to expand their knowledge of citrus, particularly horticulturists, food scientists, and botanists.Table of ContentsCitrus Taxonomy. Challenges to the Citrus Industry. Part I: Genetic Diversity in Citrus. Challenges and Advances in Citrus Breeding. Genetic Improvement in Citrus. Part II: Abiotic Stresses and Citrus: Physiology, Metabolic and Molecular Responses. Citrus Response and Tolerance against Salinity. Drought. Water Logging. Temperature Stress. Light Stress. Heavy Metals. Nutritional Imbalance. Part IV: Recent Biotic Stresses Faced by Citrus Production. Citrus Greening. Citrus Response to Diseases. Insects that Threaten Citrus Production. Part V: Harvest and Postharvest Challenges. Harvesting Factors that Influence Citrus Production. Preharvest Conditions that Influence Postharvest Losses. Post-harvest Physiology and Quality Maintenance of Citrus Fruit. The Supply Value Chain of Fresh Citrus Fruit. Citrus Nutritional Value and Human Health.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Biological Systematics
Book SynopsisThis volume reviews the historical roots and theoretical foundations of biological systematics in an approachable text. The author outlines the structure and main tasks of systematics. Conceptual history is characterized as a succession of scientific revolutions. The philosophical foundations of systematic research are briefly reviewed as well as the structure and content of taxonomic theories. Most important research programs in systematics are outlined. The book includes analysis of the principal problematic issues as scientific puzzles in systematics. This volume is intended for professional taxonomists, biologists of various specialties, students, as well as all those interested in the history and theory of biology and natural sciences. Key Features Considers the conceptual history of systematics as the framework of evolutionary epistemology Builds a hierarchically organized quasi-axiomatic system of taxonomic theory Table of ContentsTable of contents Preface Introduction Chapter 1. A brief outline of systematics 1.1. What is the Natural System 1.2. What is biological systematics 1.2.1. The structure of systematics 1.2.2. What does systematics study 1.2.3. How does systematics study 1.2.4. What does systematics study for Chapter 2. Conceptual history of systematics 2.1. Some preliminary considerations 2.1.1. How conceptual history can be written 2.1.2. History of systematics as an evolutionary process 2.1.3. Major steps in the history of systematics 2.2. Prehistory of systematics 2.2.1. An initial step: Folk systematics 2.2.2. Becoming aware of The Method 2.2.3. The Herbal Epoch 2.3. The beginning of systematics: Scholastic revolution 2.3.1. Major features 2.3.2. Major stages 2.4. Emergence of biological systematics: Anti-scholastic revolution 2.4.1. Major non-scholastic motives 2.4.2. The natural systematics 2.4.3. The origin of typology 2.4.4. The "taxonomic esotericism" 2.5. A step forward: Evolutionary revolution 2.5.1. First ideas 2.5.2. First debates 2.6. A step aside: Positivist revolution 2.7. Homage to metaphysics: Post-positivist revolution Chapter 3. Some philosophical considerations 3.1. Classical and non-classical science 3.2. Cognitive situation 3.2.1. Cognitive triangle 3.2.2. Conceptual space 3.2.3. Conceptual pyramid 3.3. Some cognitive regulators 3.3.1. Between Umgebung and Umwelts 3.3.2. Between holism and reductionism 3.3.3. Between realism and nominalism 3.3.4. Between monism and pluralism 3.4. Knowledge as an information model 3.5. The logical bases 3.6. Argumentation schemes 3.7. Methodologies and methods 3.7.1. Scientific status of methodologies and methods 3.7.2. Basic methods Chapter 4. An outline of taxonomic theory 4.1. Taxonomic theory as a quasi-axiomatics 4.1.1. General and particular taxonomic theories 4.1.2. Basic quasi-axioms and principles 4.2. Defining basic notions: Two study cases 4.2.1. Taxonomic reality 4.2.2. Classification system Chapter 5. Major research programs in systematics 5.1. The phenetic program 5.2. The rational systematics 5.2.1. The onto-rational program 5.2.2. The episto-rational program 5.3. The numerical program 5.3.1. Major features 5.3.2. Two basic versions 5.3.3. Basic controversies 5.4. The typological program 5.4.1. Major features 5.4.2. Contemporary developments 5.5. The biomorphic program 5.6. The biosystematic program 5.7. The phylogenetic program 5.7.1. Major features 5.7.2. Evolutionary taxonomy 5.7.3. Cladistic systematics 5.8. The evolutionary ontogenetic program? Chapter 6. Taxonomic puzzles 6.1. Between natural and artificial classifications 6.2. Between taxon and character 6.3. Hierarchies: To rank or not to rank? 6.4. Between similarity and kinship 6.5. What is the (arche)type? 6.6. Homology, an unresolved problem 6.7. An undiscoverable essence of species? References
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Taylor & Francis The Constituents of Medicinal Plants An
Book SynopsisPengelly's user friendly text will encourage educators in medical science to consider using this material in the complementary medicine/nutraceuticals areas May I congratulate Andrew Pengelly for writing this text as it is going to be very popular with undergraduate students as well as more experienced readers.'D. Green, London Metropolitan University, UKThis unique book explains in simple terms the commonly occurring chemical constituents of medicinal plants. The major classes of plant constituents such as phenols, terpenes and polysaccharides, are described both in terms of their chemical structures and their pharmacological activities. Identifying specific chemical compounds provides insights into traditional and clinical use of these herbs, as well as potential for adverse reactions. Features include: * Over 100 diagrams of chemical structures* References to original research studies and clinical trials * References to plants commonly used throughout Europe, North America and Australasia.Written by an experienced herbal practitioner, The Constituents of Medicinal Plants seriously challenges any suggestion that herbal medicine remains untested and unproven, including as it does hundreds of references to original research studies and trials.Designed as an undergraduate text, the first edition of this book became an essential desktop reference for health practitioners, lecturers, researchers, producers and anyone with an interest in how medicinal herbs work. This edition has been extensively revised to incorporate up-to-date research and additional sections, including an expanded introduction to plant molecular structures, and is destined to become a classic in the literature of herbal medicine.Table of ContentsForewordPreface1. Introduction to Phytochemistry2. Phenols 3. Polyphenols - tannins and flavonoids4. Glycosides5. Terpenes6. Triterpenoids and saponins7. Essential oils and resins8. Fixed oils and alkamides9. Polysaccharides10. AlkaloidsIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Valuing Nature
Book SynopsisWhen a group of liberal arts students embark on a university assignment about the natural environment, no one could have quite prepared them for the bewildering array of questions and provocations to confront them in their task. What starts out as an earnest attempt to understand nature in the modern world, turns into a philosophical and practical tangle that only a good transdisciplinary education can provide. Can anyone save the day and actually start to value nature'? And if they can't, then what's stopping them?The idea of valuing nature' harmonises diverse areas of natural resource management and is an important dimension of scientific and practical work concerned with managing ecosystems and habitats for sustainability. This graphic book takes the reader on an exploration of the issues that arise from this growing interest and concern in the valuation of nature. Set around the premise of a motley' group of undergraduates endeavouring to complete a university assiTrade ReviewRob Fish has reinvented the textbook! This bright, illustrated and accessible volume is no less rigorous in what it teaches for having a graphic novel style, than a traditional text. I love it, and it will keep students engaged with material in a way that academic literature doesn’t always manage.-- - Dr Neil J. Gostling, Lecturer in the Ecology and Evolution Research Theme, School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, UKThis is a brilliant and refreshing piece of academic literature, presenting the key themes of human ecology in a fun and organic way that keeps you engaged throughout, a far cry from the usual dense academic text. I wish I had this available at the beginning of my degree! --Katie Hargrave-Smith, Environmental Social Sciences student, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, UKSo often now, as scientists, we are asked to frame nature in terms of 'resources' and 'value' it in terms of 'service' to human economies. In my humble opinion this only serves to entrench the fundamental schism we have generated between ourselves and our environment. Healing this separation wound, as this book helps to do, is not only profound at an individual level, but potentially holds the key to a truly sustainable future. Bring on the transformation!-- Dr Kerrie Farrar, FRSB, in 'The Dinosaur on your Window Sill' Facebook GroupRob Fish has reinvented the textbook! This bright, illustrated and accessible volume is no less rigorous in what it teaches for having a graphic novel style, than a traditional text. I love it, and it will keep students engaged with material in a way that academic literature doesn’t always manage.-- Dr Neil J. Gostling, Lecturer in the Ecology and Evolution Research Theme, School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, UKThis is a brilliant and refreshing piece of academic literature, presenting the key themes of human ecology in a fun and organic way that keeps you engaged throughout, a far cry from the usual dense academic text. I wish I had this available at the beginning of my degree!--Katie Hargrave-Smith, Environmental Social Sciences student, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, UKSo often now, as scientists, we are asked to frame nature in terms of 'resources' and 'value' it in terms of 'service' to human economies. In my humble opinion this only serves to entrench the fundamental schism we have generated between ourselves and our environment. Healing this separation wound, as this book helps to do, is not only profound at an individual level, but potentially holds the key to a truly sustainable future. Bring on the transformation!-- Dr Kerrie Farrar, FRSB, in 'The Dinosaur on your Window Sill' Facebook GroupTable of Contents1. ROOTS. 2. MEANINGS. 3. RELATIONS. 4. VALUES. 5. DECISIONS. 6. ACTIONS. 7. TRANSFORMATION. 8. CODA.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Valuing Nature
Book SynopsisWhen a group of liberal arts students embark on a university assignment about the natural environment, no one could have quite prepared them for the bewildering array of questions and provocations to confront them in their task. What starts out as an earnest attempt to understand nature in the modern world, turns into a philosophical and practical tangle that only a good transdisciplinary education can provide. Can anyone save the day and actually start to value nature'? And if they can't, then what's stopping them?The idea of valuing nature' harmonises diverse areas of natural resource management and is an important dimension of scientific and practical work concerned with managing ecosystems and habitats for sustainability. This graphic book takes the reader on an exploration of the issues that arise from this growing interest and concern in the valuation of nature. Set around the premise of a motley' group of undergraduates endeavouring to complete a university assiTrade ReviewRob Fish has reinvented the textbook! This bright, illustrated and accessible volume is no less rigorous in what it teaches for having a graphic novel style, than a traditional text. I love it, and it will keep students engaged with material in a way that academic literature doesn’t always manage.-- - Dr Neil J. Gostling, Lecturer in the Ecology and Evolution Research Theme, School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, UKThis is a brilliant and refreshing piece of academic literature, presenting the key themes of human ecology in a fun and organic way that keeps you engaged throughout, a far cry from the usual dense academic text. I wish I had this available at the beginning of my degree! --Katie Hargrave-Smith, Environmental Social Sciences student, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, UKSo often now, as scientists, we are asked to frame nature in terms of 'resources' and 'value' it in terms of 'service' to human economies. In my humble opinion this only serves to entrench the fundamental schism we have generated between ourselves and our environment. Healing this separation wound, as this book helps to do, is not only profound at an individual level, but potentially holds the key to a truly sustainable future. Bring on the transformation!-- Dr Kerrie Farrar, FRSB, in 'The Dinosaur on your Window Sill' Facebook GroupRob Fish has reinvented the textbook! This bright, illustrated and accessible volume is no less rigorous in what it teaches for having a graphic novel style, than a traditional text. I love it, and it will keep students engaged with material in a way that academic literature doesn’t always manage.-- Dr Neil J. Gostling, Lecturer in the Ecology and Evolution Research Theme, School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, UKThis is a brilliant and refreshing piece of academic literature, presenting the key themes of human ecology in a fun and organic way that keeps you engaged throughout, a far cry from the usual dense academic text. I wish I had this available at the beginning of my degree!--Katie Hargrave-Smith, Environmental Social Sciences student, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, UKSo often now, as scientists, we are asked to frame nature in terms of 'resources' and 'value' it in terms of 'service' to human economies. In my humble opinion this only serves to entrench the fundamental schism we have generated between ourselves and our environment. Healing this separation wound, as this book helps to do, is not only profound at an individual level, but potentially holds the key to a truly sustainable future. Bring on the transformation!-- Dr Kerrie Farrar, FRSB, in 'The Dinosaur on your Window Sill' Facebook GroupTable of Contents1. ROOTS. 2. MEANINGS. 3. RELATIONS. 4. VALUES. 5. DECISIONS. 6. ACTIONS. 7. TRANSFORMATION. 8. CODA.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Women in Field Biology
Book SynopsisWomen are contributing to disciplines once the sole domain of men. Field biology has been no different. The history of women field biologists, embedded in a history largely made and recorded by men, has never been written. Compilations of biographies have been assembled, but the narrativetheir storyhas never been told. In part, this is because many expressed their passion for nature as writers, artists, collectors, and educators during eras when women were excluded from the male-centric world of natural history and science. The history of women field biologists is intertwined with men's changing views of female intellect and with increasing educational opportunities available to women. Given the preponderance of today's professional female ecologists, animal behaviorists, systematists, conservation biologists, wildlife biologists, restoration ecologists, and natural historians, it is time to tell this storythe challenges and hardships they faced and still face, and the prominent rolTable of ContentsPreamble Section 1: Historical Perspective Chapter 1: Introduction Origins: Europe Origins: North America Chapter 2: Pre-1880 (Late Age of Discovery)EuropeNorth America Chapter 3: 1880 to 1916 (Gilded Age)Chapter 4: 1917 to 1945 (War and Interwar Years) The Chicago plant ecologists The Chicago animal ecologists The Nebraska/Minnesota plant ecologists The Wisconsin limnologists The Cornell legacy Elsewhere in the United States Chapter 5: 1945 to 1972 (Postwar Years)Chapter 6: 1972 to Present (Civil Rights Era)Section 2: Current Perspectives 8. Chapter 7: Backgrounds, Paths, and Careers 9. Chapter 8: Experiences and Perspectives Role models and mentors Tales from the field Joys and challenges of motherhood and field biology Advocacy for women: science outreach: service to the profession Are there advantages of being a woman in the field? Hardships and challenges Subtle or overt message that females are intellectuallyinferior to males Prevented from doing something because of being awoman Need to prove self Safety issues/Vulnerability as a woman Sexual harassment/Assault Bullying/Harassment/Jealousy/Stealing Appearance Other challenges Challenges associated with being a woman of colorin field biology Microaggressions (and some not so micro) Positive change Increasing diversity and inclusivity "Words of wisdom" for the next generationSection 3: Looking Toward the Future Chapter 9: Ongoing Challenges and Moving Forward Gender bias in science Prove-it-againThe tightrope The maternal wall Tug of war Isolation Additional challenges faced by women field biologists Ethnic and racial minorities in field biology Moving forward
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WW Norton & Co The Remarkable Baobab
Book SynopsisFrom the best-selling author of Remarkable Trees of the World, a celebration of the most extraordinary tree of them all.
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WW Norton & Co Orchid Muse
Book SynopsisFifteen stories of obsession starring these dazzling flowers, enhanced by radiant four-colour artTrade Review"[Orchid Muse] combines cultural advice with historical information… The easy style makes it a pleasure to read with the added benefit of gaining new knowledge.”" -- Clare Hermans - RHS Orchid Review"An entertaining romp through the history of human adventures with orchids." -- Dominique Browning - The Wall Street Journal"If flowers are how plants have sex, orchids are the sexiest “harlot-nymphs” of them all, as Erica Hannickel reveals in this delightful and exquisitely explicit ode to orchidelirium." -- Adam Leith Gollner, author of "The Fruit Hunters""A fascinating survey of one of the world’s most intriguing (and provocative!) blooms, complete with lush illustrations. This book is an enchanting read for any gardener, house plant enthusiast, or history lover." -- Jessica Roux, author of "Floriography""A fun fascinating romp through the history of the world’s favorite flower." -- Bruce Rogers, author of "The Orchid Whisperer""[A] beautifully produced book... Orchid Muse is a learned and interestingly hybrid text: part essay collection and part handbook... the tightly written and well-digested histories expand its utility beyond the how-to-guide." -- Cal Flyn - Prospect
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Houghton Mifflin Field Guide to Eastern Forests
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Evolutionary Biology
Book SynopsisAn integrative view of the evolution of genetics and the natural world Even in this advanced age of genomics, the evolutionary process of unicellular and multicellular organisms is continually in debate. Evolutionary Biology, CellCell Communication, and Complex Disease challenges current wisdom by using physiology to present an integrative view of the nature, origins, and evolution of fundamental biological systems. Providing a deeper understanding of the way genes relate to the traits of living organisms, this book offers useful information applying evolutionary biology, functional genomics, and cell communication studies to complex disease. Examining the 4.5 billion-year evolution process from environment adaptations to cell-cell communication to communication of genetic information for reproduction, Evolutionary Biology hones in on the why and how of evolution by uniquely focusing on the cell as the smallest unit of biologic structure and function. Based on empiricTrade Review"…the book offers the biology-savvy reader with interesting insights into the contribution of cell-cell interactions to the development and evolution of phenotypes. Given the technical nature of the subject, this book will have particular appeal among researchers and students of cellular and molecular biology and among evolutionary biologists interested in the pathways linking genes to phenotypes. In keeping with the complexity of the topic, there is much to digest here, and readers knowledgeable in these fields will find interesting food for thought.” (Quarterly Reviews in Biology, 1 July 2013) Table of ContentsPreface xi About the Authors xiii 1 THE CELLULAR ORIGIN OF VERTEBRATES 1 The Origins of Unicellular Life on Earth 1 Prokaryotes versus Eukaryotes 4 Coevolution of traits 5 Cholesterol Facilitates Lipid Rafts for Cell–Cell Communication 7 The Endomembrane System 9 The Cellular Mechanism of Evolution 10 Why Evolve? 11 Cell–Cell Communication and Aging 12 2 REDUCING LUNG PHYSIOLOGY TO ITS MOLECULAR PHENOTYPES 17 Hormonal Acceleration of Lung Development 17 Neutral Lipid Traffi cking and Lung Evolution 19 Other Examples of Cellular Cooperativity 23 Summary 24 3 A CELL–MOLECULAR STRATEGY FOR SOLVING THE EVOLUTIONARY PUZZLE 25 Rationale for Cell–Molecular Evolution 25 Mechanism of Mammalian Lung Development 28 Avian Lung Structure–Function Relationship: The Exception that Proves the Rule 32 Does Ontogeny Recapitulate Phylogeny? The Role of PTHrP in Lung Development 32 Interrelationship between PTHrP, Development, Physiology, and Repair: Is Repair a Recapitulation of Ontogeny and Phylogeny? 33 4 THE EVOLUTION OF CELL–CELL COMMUNICATION 35 Cell–Cell Communication as the Mechanistic Basis for Evolutionary Biology 36 The Darwinian Biologic Spacetime Continuum and Einstein’s Vision of the Universe 37 Reverse Engineering of Physiologic Traits as a Portal for Viewing Evolution 38 Cell–Cell Communication as the Basis for the Evolution of Metazoans 41 Understanding Lung Evolution from the Middle Out 42 The Cell–Cell Communication Model of Lung Evolution Traces Contemporary Phenotypes Back to Ancestral Phenotypes 43 Predictive Value of the Lung Cell–Cell Communication Model for Understanding the Evolution of Physiologic Systems 44 Sexual Dimorphism of Lung Development: A Case Study in Cell–Cell Communication and Evolutionary Plasticity 46 Androgen Affects the Expression of Growth Factors Involved in Lung Development 48 Evidence for an Association between Steroid-Resistant/Responsive Phenotypes and Human Lymphocyte Antigen (HLA) Haplotypes 49 5 HOW TO INTEGRATE CELL-MOLECULAR DEVELOPMENT, HOMEOSTASIS, ECOLOGY, AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY: THE MISSING LINKS 53 Neutral Theory versus Intelligent Design 54 Internal Selection Theory 54 The Counterintuitive Nature of Physiology and Solution to the Dead Sea Scrolls Puzzle 57 The Continuum from Microevolution to Macroevolution 58 cis Regulation and Adaptive Evolution 69 Evolution of cis Regulatory Mechanisms 70 6 FROM CELL–CELL COMMUNICATION TO THE EVOLUTION OF INTEGRATED PHYSIOLOGY 75 Cell–cell Signaling and Alveolar Development: A Reductionist Approach to the Evolution of Physiologic Traits 77 An Integrated, Empiric, Middle–Out Approach to Physiology 79 A Molecular Evolutionary Link between the Lung and the Kidney? 82 The Berner Hypothesis and Emergence of the Adipocyte: The Evolutionary Origins of the Lipofi broblast 83 Lung Biology as a Cipher for Evolution 85 Do Stretch Effects on PTHrP Expression Reflect Its Role in Adapting to Gravity? 85 Wolff’s Law Works for Both Bone and Lung 88 Functional Relationship between the External and Internal Environments 89 An Evolutionary Vertical Integration of the Phylogeny and Ontogeny of the Thyroid 91 7 EXPLOITING CELL–CELL COMMUNICATION ACROSS SPACETIME TO DECONSTRUCT EVOLUTION 95 Somewhere between the Gene and the Phenotype Lies the Process of Evolution 98 A Functional Genomic Approach to Evolution as an Example of Terminal Addition 100 Seeking Deep Homologies in Lung Evolution 102 Systems Biology Based on Cell–Cell Communication 105 Vertical Integration of Leptin Signaling, Human Evolution, and the Trojan Horse Effect 108 Leptin and Human Evolution: Food for Thought 109 8 THE PERIODIC TABLE OF BIOLOGY 115 The Prospect of a Periodic Table of Biology 115 Cellular Cooperation Is Key 116 Elemental Biology 118 PTHrP as an Archetype 118 Evolution as the Solution 119 Ramping Up a Mathematical Model of Evolution 121 The Anthropic Principle Results from the Evolution of Cell–Cell Interactions 124 9 VALUE ADDED BY THINKING IN TERMS OF THE CELL–CELL COMMUNICATION MODEL FOR EVOLUTION 125 This is Not a Just-So Story 126 Beyond Genomics 128 From Fat Cells to Integrated Physiology 128 Molecular Homologies Distinguish between the Evolutionary Forest and Trees 129 The Oxygen–Cholesterol–Surfactant–Membrane Connection 130 Cholesterol Metabolism as the Data Operating System for Vertebrate Biology? 131 Translation of Genomics into the Periodic Table for Biology 132 Deep Homologies 134 Selection Pressure for Cell–Cell Communication: The Key to Understanding Evolution 135 10 CELL–CELL COMMUNICATION AS THE BASIS FOR PRACTICING CLINICAL MEDICINE 139 Cell–Cell Communication Maintenance and Breakdown Represent Heath and Disease, Respectively 140 Cell–Cell Communications as a Framework for Human Evolution 140 Canalization, Decanalization, and the Holistic Approach to the Practice of Medicine 141 Exploiting Lung Evolution to Prevent and Treat Chronic Lung Disease 141 Lung Evolution Explains the Magic of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure 142 The Paradox of Infecting the Lung in Order to Treat Lung Disease Caused by Infection 143 Exploiting Lung Evolution to Prevent and Treat Smoking-Related Lung Damage 144 The Trojan Horse Effect of Canalization 145 Impetus for Evolutionary Science as an Integral Part of the Clinical Curriculum 146 Application of Evolutionary Science to Bioethics 147 Evolutionary Science, a Biologic Periodic Table, and a Unifi ed Theory of Biology 148 Summary 149 Name Index 151 Subject Index 153
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Weed Anatomy
Book SynopsisEssential for all weed scientists, this book provides fully comprehensive coverage, including the world's fifty commercially most important species, with detailed, full color photographs throughout.Trade Review“The authors are to be complimented on a most worthy endeavour and an assuredly worthwhile enterprise (allaying the authors’ concerns on p. 4…): Thank you!.” (Aob Blog, 24 September 2015) “Despite its limitations, the book could complement more basic and fundamental treatises on plant anatomy. Summing Up: Recommended. With reservations. Only comprehensive botany collections, lower-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty.” (Choice, 1 December 2013) Table of ContentsSection I Cells and Tissues 1 Introduction 3 Chapter 1 Tissues 5 Chapter 2 Parenchyma 8 Chapter 3 Collenchyma 10 Chapter 4 Sclerenchyma, a Typical Contributor to Weediness 12 Section II Meristematic, Secretory, Storage and Boundary Structures 17 Chapter 5 Meristems 19 Chapter 6 Secretory Structures 24 Chapter 7 External Secretory Structures 26 Chapter 8 Internal Secretory Structures 30 Chapter 9 Stored Compounds 35 Chapter 10 Epidermis 37 Chapter 11 Stomata 40 Chapter 12 Non-glandular Trichomes and Papillae 42 Section III Vascular Elements and Pith 47 Chapter 13 Vascular Bundles 49 Chapter 14 Xylem 52 Chapter 15 Pits 58 Chapter 16 Phloem 60 Chapter 17 Pith 64 Section IV Stem, Root and Growth 67 Chapter 18 Stem 69 Chapter 19 Dicot Stem – Cortex 71 Chapter 20 Dicot Stem – Patterns of Vascular Tissues 74 Chapter 21 Vascular Bundles and Leaf Traces in Dicots 78 Chapter 22 Monocot Stem 82 Chapter 23 Horsetail and Bracken Stem 88 Chapter 24 Root Morphology 92 Chapter 25 Root Histology 97 Chapter 26 Root Tip 99 Chapter 27 Xylem Patterns 102 Chapter 28 Endodermis and Pericycle 109 Chapter 29 Rhizodermis, Exodermis and Cortex 114 Chapter 30 Root Genetics 116 Chapter 31 Primary and Secondary Growth 117 Chapter 32 Anomalous Secondary Growth 126 Section V Complex Tissues and Organs 129 Chapter 33 Leaf 131 Chapter 34 Flower 142 Chapter 35 Androecium 154 Chapter 36 Gynoecium 159 Chapter 37 Genetics of Flower Formation 169 Chapter 38 Fruit 170 Chapter 39 Carpels, Pericarp and Various Fruit Forms 173 Chapter 40 Genetics of Fruit Development 184 Chapter 41 Seed 185 Chapter 42 Genetics of Seed Development 190 Chapter 43 Secondary Reproduction Characteristics 191 Chapter 44 Flower Modifications in Weeds 192 Chapter 45 Seedling and Embryo 196 Section VI Vegetative Propagation 203 Chapter 46 Vegetative Weed Reproduction 205 Chapter 47 Rhizomes 206 Chapter 48 Tubers and Corms 211 Chapter 49 Stolons and Runners 217 Chapter 50 Roots with Adventitious Buds 219 Chapter 51 Bulbs 222 Section VII Weediness 225 Chapter 52 Indicators of Weediness 227 Section VIII Short Monographs 233 Chapter 53 Introduction to Monographs 235 Chapter 54 Weed Anatomy Monographs 237 Monograph 1: Abutilon theophrasti Medicus 237 Monograph 2: Alopecurus myosuroides Huds. and Alopecurus japonicus Steudel 241 Monograph 3: Amaranthus retrofl exus L. and Amarantus palmeri S. Wats. 248 Monograph 4: Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. 259 Monograph 5: Apera spica-venti (L.) P. Beauv. 266 Monograph 6: Avena fatua L. and Avena sterilis L. 268 Monograph 7: Bidens pilosa L. and Bidens tripartita L. 272 Monograph 8: Bromus secalinus L., Bromus sterilis L. and Bromus tectorum L. 276 Monograph 9: Calystegia sepium (L.) R. Br. and Convolvulus arvensis L. 279 Monograph 10: Chenopodium album L. 282 Monograph 11: Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. 293 Monograph 12: Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronq. and Conyza bonariensis (L.) Cronq. 298 Monograph 13: Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. 304 Monograph 14: Cyperus esculentus L., Cyperus iria L., Cyperus rotundus L. and Cyperus serotinus Rottb. 311 Monograph 15: Digitaria sanguinalis L. 325 Monograph 16: Echinochloa colonum (L.) Link and Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) Beauv. 333 Monograph 17: Eleusine indica (L.) Link 342 Monograph 18: Elytrigia repens (L.) Nevski 348 Monograph 19: Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Löve, Fallopia japonica (Houtt.) Ronse Decraene, Fallopia sachalinensis (F. Schmidt) Ronse Decraene and Fallopia baldschuanica (Regel) Holub 357 Monograph 20: Galium aparine L. 370 Monograph 21: Impatiens glandulifera Royle 375 Monograph 22: Lolium multifl orum Lam., Lolium perenne L. and Lolium rigidum Gaudin 386 Monograph 23: Myosotis arvensis (L.) Hill and Myosotis palustris (L.) Nath. 394 Monograph 24: Paspalum dilatatum Poir. 400 Monograph 25: Phalaris minor Retz. and Phalaris paradoxa L. 410 Monograph 26: Poa annua L. 416 Monograph 27: Polygonum amphibium L., Polygonum aviculare L. and Polygonum lapathifolium L. 422 Monograph 28: Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) W. Clayton 429 Monograph 29: Setaria faberi Herrm., Setaria glauca (L.) Beauv. and Setaria viridis (L.) Beauv. 434 Monograph 30: Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. 441 Monograph 31: Urochloa platyphylla (Munroe ex C. Wright) R. D. Webster 450 Monograph 32: Xanthium strumarium L. and Xanthium spinosum L. 454 Section IX Methods for the Preparation of Sections 463 Chapter 55 Tissue Preparation and Staining Procedures 465 References 472 Index 482
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Forensic Botany
Book SynopsisForensic Botany: A Practical Guide is an accessible introduction to the way in which botanical evidence is identified, collected and analysed in criminal cases. Increasingly this form of evidence is becoming more important in forensic investigation and yet there are few trained botanists able to assist in such cases.Trade Review“This book entitled Forensic Botany: A Practical Guide is an excellent guide and teaching tool for biological evidence training, a resource for scientists, law enforcement and attorneys alike, and review material before trial. Forensic guidelines for plant material are limited and training is specialized; therefore, this truly is an excellent, readable scientific guide for the forensic community.” (Journal of Forensic Sciences, 1 July 2013) Table of ContentsList of contributors ix Series Foreword xi Prologue: the begining xiii 1 Introduction to forensic botany 1 David W. Hall, Ph.D. Botanical evidence in legal investigations 1 Legal plant definition 2 Botanical evidence in legal investigations 3 Alibis 5 Timing 5 Gravesite growth 9 Stomach contents 11 Summary 11 2 Plants as evidence 12 David W. Hall, Ph.D. Types of plants 12 Nonplant groups traditionally studied by botanists 22 Plant habitats and associations 25 Plant characteristics/plant morphology 26 Basic plant characteristics for the forensic investigator 28 Habit 28 Plant dispersal 41 3 Evidence collection and analysis 45 David W. Hall, Ph.D. and Jason H. Byrd, Ph.D. Initial crime scene notation 55 Where to search for evidence 56 Storage 61 Documentation of botanical evidence 61 How to have botanical evidence analysed 62 Where to find a botanist 63 Types of cases 63 Evidence analysis 63 Laboratory report 65 Transportation of botanical evidence 66 Evidence retention and disposition 66 Step-wise method for the collection of botanical evidence 68 Appendix 3.1 70 Crime scene data 70 Habitat documentation 70 Scene location 70 Collection information needed for each botanical sample 70 Appendix 3.2 72 Botany field data sheet 72 Appendix 3.3 76 Botany laboratory examination data format 76 Appendix 3.4 78 Evidence log 78 4 Expert evidence 79 Bernard A. Raum JD, MFS The common law 79 The United States experience 80 The decision in Frye v. United States 81 The codified federal rules of evidence 82 The decision in Daubert v. Merrill Dow25 85 The scientific method 86 The “pure opinion” rule 87 The United Kingdom experience 88 The criminal procedure rules 2010, s.33 90 The law commission consultation paper no. 190 92 5 Use and guidelines for plant DNA analyses in forensics 93 Matthew A. Gitzendanner, Ph.D. Introduction 93 Types of samples and collection for DNA analyses 94 Uses of genetic data 95 Genotyping methods 98 Finding a laboratory for analysis 102 Case studies 102 Conclusions 104 References 104 6 A primer on forensic microscopy 107 Christopher R. Hardy, Ph.D. Microscopes and microscopic botanical structures relevant to forensic botany 107 The importance of reference collections in microscopic analysis 115 Preparation and documentation of specimen evidence for microscopic examination 116 References 118 7 Plant anatomy 119 David W. Hall, Ph.D. and William Stern, Ph.D. The lindbergh case 121 Further reading 126 8 Palynology, pollen, and spores, partners in crime: what, why, and how 127 Anna Sandiford, Ph.D. Terminology 127 What are pollen and spores? 127 Where are they found and how do they travel? 129 What does pollen look like? 130 The use of pollen for non-forensic work 132 The use of pollen in the forensic setting 132 When should pollen samples be collected? 134 How to collect and store pollen samples 134 How many samples to collect? 138 Who can collect pollen samples and where can an analyst be found? 139 Costs and turnaround times 140 Case examples 140 Summary 142 References 143 9 Algae in forensic investigations 145 Christopher R. Hardy, Ph.D. and John R. Wallace, Ph.D. Finding an algal botanist and identifying algae 145 Algal diversity 146 Application of algal evidence in forensic investigations 154 Collection and processing of algal evidence in forensic investigations 165 Acknowledgements 172 References 172 10 Case Studies in forensic botany 174 David W. Hall, Ph.D. Placing people or objects at scenes 174 Determining time of death 181 Index 189
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Annual Plant Reviews InsectPlant Interactions
Book SynopsisPart of Wiley-Blackwell's highly successful Annual Plant Reviews, Annual Plant Reviews: Insect-Plant Interactions provides scientists with cutting edge, up-to-date information on biochemical and molecular aspects of a wide array of often commercially important and fascinating interactions between plants and insects.Table of ContentsList of Contributors xv Preface xxi Section 1 Biochemistry of Insect-Plant Interactions 1 Plants Recognize Herbivorous Insects by Complex Signalling Networks 1 Gustavo Bonaventure 1.1 Introduction 1 1.1.1 The feeding behaviour of insects is an important determinant of the plant’s defence response 1 1.1.2 Insect-associated elicitors are specific elicitors of plant responses to insect feeding or egg deposition 2 1.2 Resistance (R) genes in the perception of piercing-sucking insects 6 1.3 Modification of elicitors by plant enzymes 8 1.4 Changes in Vm, Ca2+influx and reactive oxygen intermediate generation are early cellular events induced in plants by insect feeding 9 1.5 Shared signal transduction components in microbe and insect elicitor perception 12 1.6 Regulation of phytohormone accumulation and signaling during insect feeding 14 1.6.1 Jasmonic acid 17 1.6.2 Ethylene 20 1.6.3 Salicylic acid 21 1.7 Interconnection of the phytohormone system in plants 22 1.8 Conclusions and perspectives 23 Acknowledgements 24 References 24 2 Herbivore Oral Secretions are the First Line of Protection Against Plant-Induced Defences 37 Gary W. Felton, Seung Ho Chung, Maria Gloria Estrada Hernandez, Joe Louis, Michelle Peiffer and Donglan Tian 2.1 Introduction 38 2.2 Origin of herbivore secretions and initiation of contact with the host plant 40 2.2.1 Piercing-sucking herbivores 41 2.2.2 Chewing herbivores 42 2.3 How do herbivores deliver effectors to the host plant? 45 2.4 Examples of HAMPs and effectors 46 2.4.1 Piercing-sucking herbivores 46 2.4.2 Chewing herbivores 49 2.5 Effectors and host targets 54 2.6 Effectors and the host plant diet 56 2.7 Metagenomes: The interkingdom crossroads of the host plant, herbivore, and microbiome 56 Acknowledgements 62 References 62 3 Insect Detoxification and Sequestration Strategies 77 David G. Heckel 3.1 Introduction 77 3.2 Diverse roles of insect cytochromes P450 78 3.2.1 Furanocoumarin detoxification by Papilio spp. and others 79 3.2.2 Monoterpene detoxification and pheromone biosynthesis in pine bark beetles 84 3.2.3 Gossypol and CYP6AE14 in Helicoverpa armigera 85 3.2.4 Cactophilic Drosophila and alkaloid detoxification 85 3.3 Cyanogenic glucosides 86 3.4 Glucosinolates 89 3.5 Oglucosides and leaf beetles 93 3.6 Pyrrolizidine alkaloids 97 3.7 Glycosylation of host plant compounds 99 3.8 Non-protein amino acids 101 3.9 Iridoid glucosides 102 3.10 Cardenolides 103 3.11 Conclusions 106 Acknowledgements 107 References 107 4 Plant Semiochemicals – Perception and Behavioural Responses by Insects 115 Andreas Reinecke and Monika Hilker 4.1 Introduction 115 4.2 A semiochemical’s route to the neuron 118 4.2.1 Surfing the surface – A matter of chemo-physical interaction 120 4.2.2 Odorant binding proteins, chemosensory proteins 122 4.2.3 Eliciting signals – Odorant receptors and sensory neuron responses to odorants 123 4.2.4 The clean-up company – Odorant-degrading enzymes 128 4.2.5 Odour perception – Summary 128 4.3 Behavioural responses of insects to plant volatiles 129 4.3.1 Biotic habitat factors influencing plant odour dispersal and insect orientation 130 4.3.2 Biotic factors affecting plant odour emission 131 4.3.3 ‘Wise’ responses to plant odours? The impact of odour experience on insect behaviour 132 4.3.4 Sick insects and their responses to plant odour 134 4.3.5 Age-dependency of insect responses to plant odour 134 4.3.6 Adjusting the responses to plant odour according to the needs 135 4.4 Conclusions 136 References 137 Section 2 Genetics and Genomics of Insect-Plant Interactions 5 Plant Transcriptomic Responses to Herbivory 155 Hanna M. Heidel-Fischer, Richard O. Musser and Heiko Vogel 5.1 Introduction 155 5.2 Mechanical wounding, feeding mode and HAMPs 157 5.3 Wounding rates and salivary gland applications 158 5.4 Responses to insects from different feeding guilds 165 5.4.1 Chewing herbivores 167 5.4.2 Piercing-sucking herbivores 168 5.4.3 The pitfalls of the generalist-specialist paradigm 171 5.5 A meta-analysis of microarray studies on transcriptomic responses to herbivory 172 5.6 Simultaneous attack or multiple feeding 176 5.7 Transcriptomics responses to herbivory – An outlook 179 5.7.1 Open questions 179 5.7.2 New tools and approaches 181 Acknowledgements 182 References 182 6 Transcriptome Responses in Herbivorous Insects Towards Host Plant and Toxin Feeding 197 Heiko Vogel, Richard O. Musser and Maria de la Paz Celorio-Mancera 6.1 Introduction 198 6.2 Challenges for insect herbivores and inducible responses 200 6.2.1 Phytohormones 202 6.2.2 Plant defensive chemicals – Toxins and deterrents 205 6.2.3 Proteinaceous effectors 210 6.2.4 Plant nutrients 212 6.2.5 Whole plant, tissue and organ feeding 214 6.2.6 Common expression signatures and specific differences 215 6.3 Genomic responses to plant and toxin feeding – An outlook 218 6.3.1 Open questions 218 6.3.2 New tools and approaches 221 Acknowledgements 223 References 223 7 Quantitative Genetics and Genomics of Plant Resistance to Insects 235 Daniel J. Kliebenstein 7.1 Introduction 235 7.2 Metabolites 238 7.2.1 Glucosinolates 238 7.2.2 Maysin 245 7.2.3 Tomato trichome chemistry 245 7.2.4 Saponins 246 7.3 Physical defences 246 7.4 Signal transduction variation 248 7.5 Physiology 249 7.6 Why have genetic variation in defence? 249 7.7 Summary 250 References 252 Section 3 Ecology and Evolution of Insect-Plant Interactions 8 Costs of Resistance in Plants: From Theory to Evidence 263 Don Cipollini, Dale Walters and Claudia Voelckel 8.1 The cost-benefit paradigm 263 8.1.1 Hypotheses of plant defence 265 8.1.2 Why do plants have induced defences? 272 8.2 Measuring fitness costs and benefits of plant defence traits 276 8.2.1 Generating trait variation 276 8.2.2 The empirical evidence for costs of resistance 284 8.3 Ecologically relevant settings 289 8.3.1 Competition 290 8.3.2 Nutrient availability 293 8.3.3 Multiple enemies 294 8.3.4 Enemies vs. mutualists 295 8.4 Conclusions 297 References 297 9 Plant-mediated Interactions Among Insects within a Community Ecological Perspective 309 Erik H. Poelman and Marcel Dicke 9.1 Introduction to plant-mediated species interactions 309 9.1.1 Plant-based insect community structure 309 9.1.2 Plant-mediated species interactions 311 9.2 Plant-mediated species interactions among herbivores 313 9.2.1 Specificity of plant responses to herbivores 313 9.2.2 Asymmetric plant-mediated effects on herbivore performance 314 9.2.3 Plant-mediated effects on herbivore oviposition 315 9.3 Three trophic level interactions 316 9.3.1 Attraction of natural enemies 316 9.3.2 Herbivore diversity affects plant-mediated interactions with natural enemies 318 9.4 Aboveground-belowground interactions 319 9.5 Herbivore-pollinator interactions 320 9.6 Plant-mediated species interactions in a community 322 9.6.1 Plant-mediated interactions involving multiple herbivores 322 9.6.2 Carnivores affecting plant-mediated interactions in communities 325 9.6.3 Plant-mediated interactions beyond individual plants 326 9.7 Synthesis in the context of plant fitness and future directions 327 References 329 10 The Altitudinal Niche-Breadth Hypothesis in Insect-Plant Interactions 339 Sergio Rasmann, Nadir Alvarez and Löıc Pellissier 10.1 Introduction – Variation of niche-breadth along ecological gradients 340 10.2 Herbivorous insects, from specialists to generalists 343 10.3 Evidence for an altitudinal gradient in niche-breadth and climatic variability 344 10.3.1 Does environmental variability increase with increasing altitude? 345 10.3.2 Does variability in host-plant population size increase with increasing altitude? 346 10.4 The altitudinal niche-breadth paradigm 348 10.4.1 Pollinators 348 10.4.2 Herbivores, plant quality and plant defences 349 10.4.3 Predator effects on herbivores 350 10.5 Outlook – Other factors influencing altitudinal niche breadth evolution studies 351 10.5.1 Phylogenetic constraints and correlated life-history traits 351 10.5.2 Phylogeography 352 10.5.3 Phytophagous insect abundance 352 10.5.4 Range size 353 10.5.5 Non-linear relationship along the altitudinal clines 353 10.6 Conclusion 354 Acknowledgements 354 References 354 11 Revisiting Plant-Herbivore Co-Evolution in the Molecular Biology Era 361 Georg Jander 11.1 Introduction 361 11.2 Glucosinolates in the Brassicaceae 363 11.3 Benzoxazinoids in the Poaceae 365 11.4 Evolution from primary metabolism 367 11.5 Convergent evolution of defence pathways 368 11.6 Rapid adaptation through modular biosynthetic pathways 370 11.7 Specialist herbivores have evolved to detoxify secondary metabolites 371 11.8 Costs of plant resistance 372 11.9 Molecular phylogenetic evidence for co-evolution 374 11.10 The benefits of metabolic pathway co-regulation 374 11.11 Modification of secondary metabolites as a form of defensive priming 375 11.12 Use of secondary metabolites as defensive signals 377 11.13 Conclusion and future prospects 378 References 379 Index 385
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Plant Transposons and Genome Dynamics in
Book SynopsisThe transposable genetic elements, or transposons, as they are now known, have had a tumultuous history. Discovered in the mid-20th century by Barbara McClintock, they were initially received with puzzlement. When their genomic abundance began to be apparent, they were categorized as junk DNA and acquired the label of parasites.Trade Review“I do love books where the text points toward the future as well as distilling the past and present. This volume does both.” (The Quarterly Review of Biology, 1 December 2014) Table of ContentsContributors ix Foreword xiDavid Botstein Introduction xiiiNina V. Fedoroff Chapter 1 The Discovery of Transposition 3Nina V. Fedoroff Introduction 3 Studies on Variegation 3 Mutable Genes 5 McClintock’s Studies on Chromosome Breakage 6 Recognition that Ds Transposes 8 Explaining Mutable Genes 9 Molecular Endnote 12 References 12 Chapter 2 A Field Guide to Transposable Elements 15Alan H. Schulman and Thomas Wicker The C-value Paradox 15 The Quantity of Transposable Elements Determines Genome Size 16 General Classification Scheme for Transposable Elements 17 Class II Elements 19 Class I: The Non-LTR and LTR Retrotransposons 20 Evolutionary Origins of Transposable Elements 25 Non-autonomous Transposable Elements 28 Transposable Element Demography and Genome Ecology 30 Conclusions: Rehabilitation of Transposable Elements 32 Acknowledgments 34 References 34 Chapter 3 The Mechanism of Ac/Ds Transposition 41Thomas Peterson and Jianbo Zhang Transposition of Ac/Ds Elements 41 The Enigmatic Ac Dosage Effect 42 cis and trans Effects on Ac/Ds Transposition 43 Molecular Characterization of Transposable Elements 44 The Excision and Insertion Reactions 45 Formation of Ds from Ac 48 Standard versus Alternative Transposition 48 Sister Chromatid Transposition 48 Reversed-ends Transposition 51 How Does Ds Break Chromosomes? 53 Alternative Transposition, DNA Methylation, and the Sequence of Transposition Reactions 54 Potential Applications of Alternative Transposition 55 Perspective 56 References 56 Chapter 4 McClintock and Epigenetics 61Nina V. Fedoroff Introduction 61 Spm-suppressible Alleles 61 Spm-dependent Alleles 64 Cryptic Spm 66 Presetting 66 Molecular Machinery of Epigenetic Regulation 67 Summary 68 References 69 Chapter 5 Molecular Mechanisms of Transposon Epigenetic Regulation 71Robert A. Martienssen and Vicki L. Chandler Introduction 71 Chromatin Remodeling, DNA and Histone Modification 73 RNA Interference (RNAi) and RNA-Directed DNA Methylation (RdDM) 75 Heterochromatin Reprogramming and Germ Cell Fate 79 Transgenerational Inheritance of Transposon Silencing 82 Paramutation 83 Conclusions 85 References 85 Chapter 6 Transposons in Plant Gene Regulation 93Damon R. Lisch Introduction 93 New Regulatory Functions 94 TE-Induced Down-Regulation 97 Deletions and Rearrangements 98 Suppressible Alleles 100 TEs and Plant Domestication 103 The Dynamic Genome 108 References 110 Chapter 7 Imprinted Gene Expression and the Contribution of Transposable Elements 117Mary A. Gehring Why are Genes Imprinted? 118 The Developmental Origin of Endosperm 118 Selection for Imprinted Expression 121 Principles Derived from the First Imprinted Gene 122 Gene Imprinting and Parent-of-Origin Effects on Seed Development 124 What Genes are Imprinted? 124 Epigenome Dynamics during Seed Development 127 Epigenetic Landscape in Vegetative Tissues 127 Cytological Observations of Chromatin in Seeds 129 Epigenomic Profiling in Seeds 130 Mechanisms of Gene Imprinting and the Relation to TEs 132 TEs and Allele-Specific Imprinting 136 Insights from Whole Genome Studies 137 Outstanding Questions 138 References 138 Chapter 8 Transposons and Gene Creation 143Hugo K. Dooner and Clifford F. Weil Introduction 143 Capture of Gene Fragments by TEs and Formation of Chimeric Genes 144 Co-Option of a TE Gene by the Host 148 Fusion of TE and Host Genes 150 Alterations of Host Gene Sequences by TE Excisions 151 Alterations of Host Coding Sequences by TE Insertions 152 Acquisition by Host Genes of New Regulatory Sequences from TEs 153 Interaction of TEs with Target Gene mRNA Splicing and Structure 155 Reshuffling of Host Sequences by Alternative Transpositions 156 Conclusion 158 References 158 Chapter 9 Transposons in Plant Speciation 165Avraham A. Levy Introduction 165 Genetic Models of Speciation 165 Speciation – a Gradual or a Rapid Process? 166 Speciation Through Accumulation of Mutations 166 DNA Cut-and-Paste TEs and Speciation 167 Copy-and-Paste TEs and Speciation 168 TE-Mediated Speciation – a Likely Scenario? 169 Plant Speciation Through Hybridization and Allopolyploidization 169 Induction of Transposition upon Hybridization and Polyploidization 170 Epigenetic Alteration of TEs upon Hybridization and Polyploidization 170 Transcriptional Activation of TEs upon Hybridization and Polyploidization 171 Alterations in Small RNAs upon Hybridization and Polyploidization 171 A Mechanistic Model for Responses to Genome Shock 172 Dysregulation of Gene Expression by Novel Interactions Between Regulatory Factors 173 Altered Protein Complexes 174 Why TEs Become Activated when Cellular Processes are Dysregulated 174 Conclusions 175 Acknowledgments 176 References 176 Chapter 10 Transposons, Genomic Shock, and Genome Evolution 181Nina V. Fedoroff and Jeffrey L. Bennetzen How Transposons Came to be Called “Selfish” DNA 181 The “Selfish DNA” Label Stuck to Transposons 182 Transposons Coevolved with Eukarotic Genomes 182 Sequence Duplication: The Real Innovation 183 The Facilitator: Epigenetic Control of Homologous Recombination 183 Epigenetic Mechanisms, Duplication and Genome Evolution 185 Plant Genome Organization: Gene Islands in a Sea of Repetitive DNA 186 Transposon Neighborhoods and Insertion Site Selection 187 Genome Evolution: Colinearity and Its Erosion 189 Genome Contraction and Divergence of Intergenic Sequences 191 Transposases Sculpt Genomes 192 Small Regulatory RNAs from Transposons 193 Genome Shocks 194 Genome Evolvability 195 References 196 Index 203
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Polyploid and Hybrid Genomics
Book SynopsisPolyploidy plays an important role in biological diversity, trait improvement, and plant species survival. Understanding the evolutionary phenomenon of polyploidy is a key challenge for plant and crop scientists.Table of ContentsContributors xi Preface xvii Section I Genomics of Hybrids 1 1 Yeast Hybrids and Polyploids as Models in Evolutionary Studies 3 Avraham A. Levy, Itay Tirosh, Sharon Reikhav, Yasmin Bloch, and Naama Barkai 2 Transcriptome Profiling of Drosophila Interspecific Hybrids: Insights into Mechanisms of Regulatory Divergence and Hybrid Dysfunction 15 Jos´e M. Ranz, Shu-Dan Yeh, Kevin G. Nyberg, and Carlos A. Machado 3 cis- and trans-Regulation in Drosophila Interspecific Hybrids 37 Joseph D. Coolon and Patricia J. Wittkopp 4 Gene Expression and Heterosis in Maize Hybrids 59 Mei Guo and J. Antoni Rafalski 5 Integrating “Omics” Data and Expression QTL to Understand Maize Heterosis 85 Camille Rustenholz and Patrick S. Schnable 6 Genomics and Heterosis in Hexaploid Wheat 105 Zhongfu Ni, Yingyin Yao, Huiru Peng, Zhaorong Hu, and Qixin Sun 7 Progress of Genomics and Heterosis Studies in Hybrid Rice 117 Lei Zhang, Yonggang Peng, Yang Dong, Hongtao Li, Wen Wang, and Zhen Zhu 8 Heterosis: The Case for Single-Gene Overdominance 137 Katie L. Liberatore, Ke Jiang, Dani Zamir, and Zachary B. Lippman Section II Genomics of Polyploids 153 9 Genomics and Transcriptomics of Photosynthesis in Polyploids 155 Jeremy E. Coate and Jeff J. Doyle 10 Chromosomal and Gene Expression Changes in Brassica Allopolyploids 171 Eric Jenczewski, A.M. Ch`evre, and K. Alix 11 Dynamics of Duplicated Gene Expression in Polyploid Cotton 187 Keith L. Adams and Jonathan F. Wendel 12 Reprogramming of Gene Expression in the Genetically Stable Bread Allohexaploid Wheat 195 Dominique Arnaud, Houda Chelaifa, Joseph Jahier, and Boulos Chalhoub 13 Nucleocytoplasmic Interaction Hypothesis of Genome Evolution and Speciation in Polyploid Plants Revisited: Polyploid Species-Specific Chromosomal Polymorphisms inWheat 213 Bikram S. Gill and B. Friebe Section III Mechanisms for Novelty in Hybrids and Polyploids 223 14 Genes Causing Postzygotic Hybrid Incompatibility in Plants: A Window into Co-Evolution 225 Kirsten Bomblies 15 Meiosis in Polyploids 241 Graham Moore 16 Genomic Imprinting: Parental Control of Gene Expression in Higher Plants 257 Peter C. McKeown, Antoine Fort, and Charles Spillane 17 Seed Development in Interploidy Hybrids 271 Roderick J. Scott, Julia L. Tratt, and Ahmed Bolbol 18 Chromatin and Small RNA Regulation of Nucleolar Dominance 291 Pedro Costa-Nunes and Olga Pontes 19 Genetic Rules of Heterosis in Plants 313 James A. Birchler 20 Chromatin and Gene Expression Mechanisms in Hybrids 323 Guangming He and Xing-Wang Deng 21 Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms for Polyploidy and Hybridity 335 Z. Jeffrey Chen and Helen H. Yu Index 355 A color plate is located between pages 174 and 175.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Translational Genomics for Crop Breeding Volume 1
Book SynopsisGenomic Applications for Crop Breeding: Biotic Stress is the first of two volumes looking at the latest advances in genomic applications to crop breeding. This volume focuses on genomic-assisted advances for improving economically important crops against biotic stressors, such as viruses, fungi, nematodes, and bacteria. Looking at key advances in crops such as rice, barley, wheat, and potato amongst others, Genomic Applications for Crop Breeding: Biotic Stresswill be an essentialreference for crop scientists, geneticists, breeders, industry personnel and advanced students in the field.Table of ContentsForeword vii Preface ix Chapter 1 Translational Genomics in Crop Breeding for Biotic Stress Resistance: An Introduction 1Rajeev K. Varshney and Roberto Tuberosa Chapter 2 Bacterial Blight Resistance in Rice 11Yanjun Kou and Shiping Wang Chapter 3 The Genetic Basis of Disease Resistance in Maize 31Tiffany Jamann, Rebecca Nelson, and Peter Balint-Kurti Chapter 4 Genomics-Assisted Breeding for Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Wheat 45Hermann Buerstmayr, Maria Buerstmayr, Wolfgang Schweiger, and Barbara Steiner Chapter 5 Virus Resistance in Barley 63Frank Ordon and Dragan Perovic Chapter 6 Molecular Breeding for Striga Resistance in Sorghum 77Santosh P. Deshpande, Abdalla Mohamed, and Charles Thomas Hash, Jr. Chapter 7 Nematode Resistance in Soybean 95Tri D. Vuong, Yongqing Jiao, J. Grover Shannon, and Henry T. Nguyen Chapter 8 Marker-Assisted Selection for Biotic Stress Resistance in Peanut 125Mark D. Burow, Soraya C. M. Leal-Bertioli, Charles E. Simpson, Peggy Ozias-Akins, Ye Chu, Nicholas N. Denwar, Jennifer Chagoya, James L. Starr, M´arcio C. Moretzsohn, Manish K. Pandey, Rajeev K.Varshney, C. Corley Holbrook, and David J. Bertioli Chapter 9 Organization of Genes Conferring Resistance to Anthracnose in Common Bean 151Juan Jos´e Ferreira, Ana Campa, and James D. Kelly Chapter 10 Enabling Tools for Modern Breeding of Cowpea for Biotic Stress Resistance 183Bao-Lam Huynh, Jeffrey D. Ehlers, Timothy J. Close, Ndiaga Ciss´e, Issa Drabo, Ousmane Boukar, Mitchell R. Lucas, Steve Wanamaker, Marti Pottorff, and Philip A. Roberts Chapter 11 Disease Resistance in Chickpea 201Teresa Mill´an, Eva Madrid, Muhammad Imtiaz, Mohamed Kharrat, and Weidong Chen Chapter 12 Resistance to Late Blight in Potato 221Jadwiga ´ Sliwka and Ewa Zimnoch-Guzowska Chapter 13 Late Blight of Tomato 241Marcin Nowicki, El˙zbieta U. Kozik, and Majid R. Foolad Chapter 14 Marker-Assisted Selection for Disease Resistance in Lettuce 267I. Simko Chapter 15 Marker-Assisted Breeding for Cassava Mosaic Disease Resistance 291E. Okogbenin, I. Moreno, J. Tomkins, C.M. Fauquet, G. Mkamilo, and M. Fregene Chapter 16 Genetics and Gene Mapping of Disease Resistance in Brassica 327Genyi Li and Peter B.E. McVetty Appendix I – Contributors 345 Appendix II – Reviewers 351 Index 353
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