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New India Publishing Agency Plant Breeding: Theory and Practice: 2nd
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New India Publishing Agency Cucurbits: Biotic and Abiotic Stresses
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New India Publishing Agency Basics of Horticulture: 3rd Revised and Enlarged
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New India Publishing Agency Abiotic and Biotic Stress Management in Plants,
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New India Publishing Agency Abiotic and Biotic Stress Management in Plants,
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New India Publishing Agency Integrated Pest Management of Vegetable Crops
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New India Publishing Agency Fruit Crops: Cultivation Practices and Economics
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New India Publishing Agency Advanced Techniques: Volume 06: Hi Tech
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New India Publishing Agency Medicinal and Nutraceutical Plants From The
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New India Publishing Agency Principles of Cytogenetics
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New India Publishing Agency Fruit Crops: Vol.03: Horticulture Science Series:
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New India Publishing Agency Fruit Production: Minor Fruits
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New India Publishing Agency Plant Breeding and Genetics
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New India Publishing Agency Competitive Seed Science Technology
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New India Publishing Agency Rainfed Agriculture: Principles and Practices
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New India Publishing Agency Maize Research in India
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New India Publishing Agency Postharvest Plant Pathology
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New India Publishing Agency Diseases of Fruit Crops and Their Integrated
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New India Publishing Agency Soil Resources Inventory Management
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New India Publishing Agency Phytochemical Techniques: 2nd Fully Revised and
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New India Publishing Agency Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrient Management
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New India Publishing Agency A Textbook of Fertilizers
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New India Publishing Agency Botany and Breeding of Spice Crops
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New India Publishing Agency Diseases of Vegetable Crops and Their Integrated
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New India Publishing Agency Flower Production and Gardening
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New India Publishing Agency Fundamentals of Soil Science
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New India Publishing Agency The Economic and Heritage Plants of Kashmir
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New India Publishing Agency Nanotechnology in Plant Pathology
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New India Publishing Agency Seed Production in Field and Horticulture Crops :
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New India Publishing Agency Physiological Disorders of Horticultural Crops:
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New India Publishing Agency Frost: Stress Mitigation in Subtropical Fruit
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New India Publishing Agency Genetics and Plant Breeding for Competitive
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New India Publishing Agency Diseases of Field & Horticultural Crops and
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New India Publishing Agency Principles of Analytical and Instrumental
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New India Publishing Agency Lesser Known Medicinal Plants: Cultivation &
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New India Publishing Agency Pests of Fruit Crops
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New India Publishing Agency Plant Propagation and Nursery Management For
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New India Publishing Agency Methods of Soil & Plant Analysis
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Springer Biotechnology of Lignocellulose: Theory and
Book SynopsisThis book presents and summarizes the new thoughts, new methods and new achievements that have emerged in the biotechnology of lignocellulose in recent years. It proposes new concepts including the primary refining, fractionation, multi-level utilization and selective structural separation of lignocellulose, etc. By approaching lignocellulose as a multi-level resource, biotechnology could have a significant effect on ecological agriculture, bio-energy, the chemical and paper making industries, etc., ultimately establishing distinctive eco-industrial parks for lignocellulose. Additionally, this book provides systematic research methods for the biotechnology of lignocellulose including investigation methods for the primary refining of lignocellulose, for microbial degradation and enzymatic hydrolysis, for cellulose fermentation and for lignocellulose conversion processes. It offers an excellent reference work and guide for scientists engaging in research on lignocellulose. Dr. Hongzhang Chen is a Professor at the Institute of Process Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.Table of ContentsBrief Introduction to the Biotechnology of Lignocellulose.- Chemical Composition and Structure of Natural Lignocellulose.- Biological Fundamentals for Biotechnology of Lignocellulose.- Pretreatment and Primary Refining of Lignocelluloses.- Applications of Lingocellulose Biotechnology in Ecological Agriculture.- Applications of Lingocellulose Biotechnology in Bioenergy.- Applications of Lingocellulose Biotechnology in Chemical Industry.- Applications of Lingocellulose Biotechnology in Chemical Industry.- Applications of Lingocellulose Biotechnology in Other Industries.- Ecological Industry Model for Biotechnology of Lignocellulose.- Research Methods for the Biotechnology of Lignocellulose.
£116.99
Springer Extended Biocontrol
Book SynopsisThis book presents an exhaustive overview of the theoretical foundations and practical applications of biocontrol in agriculture. It encompasses all kinds of nature-based approaches for crop protection: introduction and conservation of natural enemies, release of sterile insects, enhancement of plant defenses, use of microorganisms, biopesticides, and semiochemicals. Cutting-edge knowledge in population biology, microbial ecology, epidemiology and chemical ecology is presented in accessible terms. The potential of field application is discussed with regard to practical aspects but also socioeconomic constraints. The 62 authors are researchers from a large panel of disciplines, from theoretical biology to social sciences. Table of ContentsForeword Introduction; Editor Christian Lannou Crops Need to be Protected – But Differently Extended Biocontrol: A Fresh Look at an Age-Old Approach The Biocontrol Arsenal Challenges to be Tackled Combining Extended Biocontrol with other Plant-Health Management Methods PART I – Biological Control: Theoretical Foundations and Applications; Editor Xavier Fauvergue Chapter 1 Integrative Systematics and Adaptations of Natural Enemies to Their Hosts; Nicolas Ris, Éric Pierre and Jean-Claude Streito 1.1 Introduction 1.2 General Remarks on the Diversity of Macroorganisms for Biological Control 1.3 The Underlying Challenges of Identifying Beneficial Macroorganisms 1.4 A Deeper Look at Three Cross-cutting Eco-Evolutionary Themes 1.5 Conclusion Chapter 2 The Biology of Introduced Populations; Xavier Fauvergue 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Ideas that Inspire 2.3 The Laws of Small Numbers 2.4 Lost Benefits at Small Numbers: The Allee Effect 2.5 Lower Genetic Diversity in Small Populations 2.6 Conclusion Chapter 3 Classical Biological Control; Nicolas Borowiec and René F. 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Sforza 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Definitions, History and Evolution 3.3 Foreign Exploration 3.4 Importing Exotic Material and Performing Laboratory Evaluations 3.5 Environmental Release of Biological Control Agents 3.6 Conclusion Chapter 4 Augmentative Biological Control Using Entomophagus Arthropods; Alexandre Bout, Nicolas Ris, Cécilia Multeau and Ludovic Mailleret 4.1 Background and Definitions 4.2 Current Challenges 4.3 Ways to Improve Augmentative Biological Control 5.4 Conclusion Chapter 5 Sterile Insect Technique: Principles, Deployment and Prospects; Clelia Oliva, Laurence Mouton, Hervé Colinet, Alan Debelle, Patricia Gibert and Simon Fellous 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Technical Basics 5.3 Conditions of Application 5.4 Strengths and Weaknesses of SIT 5.5 Future Research Avenue 5.6 Environmental and Sociological Implications 5.7 Insects and Society 5.8 Conclusion Part II Stimulating Natural Pest Control in Agricultural Landscapes: Theoretical and Operation Insights into Conservation Biological Control; Editor Adrien Rusch Chapter 6 Community Ecology, Food Webs and Natural Pest Control; Lucile Muneret, Elsa Canard and Adrien Rusch 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Types of interactions within communities 6.3 Correlations between the horizontal diversity of natural enemy communities and natural pest control 6.4 The effect of vertical diversity of communities on natural pest control 6.5 Metacommunities and landscape ecology 6.6 Conclusion Chapter 7 Agroecological management of insect pests from field to landscape; Adrien Rusch 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Principles of conservation biological control 7.3 Effects of farming practices at field level 7.4 Biological pest control at the landscape scale 7.5 Conclusion Chapter 8 Biological control for weed management; Sandrine Petit and Stéphane Cordeau 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Weed control using sown plants 8.3 Control by seed-eating organisms 8.4 Conclusion Part III Microorganisms and biological control; Editor Matthieu Barret Chapter 9 Plant microbiota: diversity, transmission and function; Matthieu Barret, Marc Buée, Christophe Mougel and Corinne Vacher Introduction Microbial diversity according to habitats Microbiota assembly and transmission processes Impact of the plant microbiota on host fitness Leveraging the microbiota to improve plant growth and health Chapter 10 Agroecological protection to support plant health: where the microbiota fits in; Claudia Bartoli, Jean-Noël Aubertot, Isabelle Litrico and Christophe Mougel 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Agricultural production and pest management 10.3 New levers to explore: plant-microbiota interactions and their role in agricultural ecosystems 10.4 Connecting microbiota and agroecological practices Chapter 11 Microorganisms as biocontrol products; Marc Bardin and Philippe Nicot 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Biological control: an array of microorganisms described 11.3 Commercial products 11.4 Mode of action of microbial biocontrol agents 11.5 Factors affecting the efficacy of microbial biocontrol agents 11.6 Conclusion Chapter 12 The role of microbial metabolites in biological control; Valérie Leclère, Christophe Clément, Stéphan Dorey and Claire Prigent-Combaret 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Rhamnolipids: multi-faceted compounds 12.3 Lipopeptides: structural and activity biodiversity 12.4 Polyketides synthesized by biological control agents of the genus Pseudomonas 12.5 Conclusion Part IV Botanical biopesticides; Editor Marc Bardin Chapter 13 Botanical pesticides as biocontrol products; Myriam Siegwart and Anne-Violette Lavoir 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Botanical biopesticides and organic agriculture 13.3 Description of botanical biopesticides currently used as biocontrol products in France 13.4 Conclusion Chapter 14 Challenges in developing botanical biopesticides for pest control; Anne-Violette Lavoir, Thomas Michel, Jean-Luc Poëssel and Myriam Siegwart 14.1 Introduction 14.2 Applied research process for compounds based on plant-pest interactions 14.3 Technical obstacles to overcome 14.4 Side effects to be considered 14.5 Are botanical biopesticides safe for humans? Part V Semiochemicals and pest control: Editor Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly Chapter 15 Semiochemicals and communication in insects; Nicolas Montagné, Jérémy Gévar and Philippe Lucas 15.1 Introduction 15.2 Semiochemicals regulate many insect behaviours 15.2 An extraordinary diversity of semiochemicals 15.3 Methods for identifying chemical signals and analysing their perception 15.4 Conclusion Chapter 16 Anatomy and functioning of the insect chemosensory system; Philippe Lucas, Nicolas Montagné and Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly 16.1 Introduction 16.2 Neurophysiological organization of chemosensory systems 16.3 Neural coding of chemical signals 16.4 Chemosensory plasticity 16.5 Conclusion Chapter 17 Semiochemicals and insect control; Sylvia Anton and Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly 17.1 Introduction 17.2 Different uses of semiochemicals for insect control 17.3 Future prospects 17.4 Conclusion Part VI Conditions for successful biocontrol and its large-scale deployment; Editor Thibault Malausa Chapter 18 The challenge of biocontrol deployment; Cédric Bertrand, Thibaut Malausa and Philippe Nicot 18.1 Introduction 18.2 Field-scale biocontrol deployment: success factors 18.3 Area-wide deployment of biocontrol 18.4 Diffusing innovation across the value chain Chapter 19 Biocontrol in France: prospects for structuring a developing sector; Manuel Boutet and Aura Parmentier Cajaiba 19.1 Introduction 19.2 Talking about biocontrol: an analysis based on scientific, media and institutional discourse 19.3 The role of biocontrol in agricultural processing 19.4 Can biocontrol be reduced to a product format? 19.5 Regulation: an unsuitable obstacle for biocontrol players, uncertainty for civil society 19.6 Biocontrol and placement on the market: moving towards pluralist business models 19.7 Conclusion Chapter 20 Integrating biocontrol into cropping system design; Muriel Valantin-Morison, Françoise Lasserre-Joulin, Vincent Martinet, Helmut Meiss, Antoine Messéan, Jean-Marc Meynard, Foteini Paschalidou, Benjamin Perrin and Abdelhak Rouabah 20.1 Introduction 20.2 Systemic agriculture concepts and methods 20.3 The importance of the systemic nature of biocontrol solutions: some examples 20.4 New issues, new methods and new regulations 20.5 Conclusion Chapter 21 New technologies for the deployment of extended biocontrol; Julia Buitink, Jean-Paul Douzals, Édouard Duliège, Frédéric Lebeau and Muriel Marchi 21.1 Introduction 21.2 Seeds: a target of treatment and a biocontrol application vector 21.3 The challenge of formulating biocontrol substances and organisms 21.4 Agricultural equipment, robotics and digital technology to optimize biocontrol 21.5 Conclusion Part VII Is biological control a sustainable crop protection method?; Editor Christian Lannou and Thibaut Malausa Chapter 22 Health and biodiversity risks linked to a major bioinsecticide: Bacillus thuringiensis Mathilde Bonis and Armel Gallet 22.1 Introduction 22.2 Bt biopesticides 22.3 Possible links to health risks associated with Bt products 22.4 Possible sources of Bt contamination 22.5 Persistence of Bt in the environment and the digestive tract 22.6 The environmental impacts of Bt 22.7 Conclusion Chapter 23 Can pests develop resistance to biocontrol products?; Marc Bardin and Myriam Siegwart 23.1 Many biocontrol agents on the market, variable efficacy in the field 23.2 Pest adaptation to plant protection methods 23.3 Proven cases of pest resistance to biocontrol agents 23.4 Risk of crop pests and diseases developing resistance to biocontrol agents 23.5 Conclusion List of acronyms Glossary Bibliographical references List of authors
£142.49
University of the West Indies Press A Guide to the Plants in the Blue Mountains of
Book SynopsisAn easy-to-use Jamaican nature guide, identifying over 400 species and containing over 160 colour photographs and 250 line drawings. The text is designed to give botanists and the more casual observer an opportunity to become familiar with the plants that grow in the Blue Mountain Range. This guide fosters a deeper understanding of the unique beauty and diversity of the mountain forest. More than fifty percent of the plants described in the book occur only in the Blue Mountain Forests of Jamaica and nowhere else in the world. The Blue Mountain Forests are currently threatened by agricultural activities, particularly on the southern slopes, and many of the unique species described in the book are threatened with extinction.
£45.75
Royal Botanic Garden Gingers of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
Book SynopsisSingapore Botanic Gardens, National Parks Board in association wtih Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh & Pha Tad Ke Botanical Garden. This is the first guide to showcase the beauty and diversity of this economically and ecologically important plant family in these countries.
£15.20
Springer Verlag, Singapore Carotenoids: Biosynthetic and Biofunctional
Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive overview of carotenoid biosynthesis by different organisms, including bacteria, archaea, fungi, arthropods, and plants. Carotenoids are thought to provide health benefits in areas such as cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, NAFLD, NASH, obesity, age-related functional decline, and as a result, they have received an increasing amount of attention.With contributions from leading experts in biology, biotechnology, and chemistry of carotenoid research, this volume discusses the biological functions of carotenoids such as astaxanthin, β-cryptoxanthin, and fucoxanthin, in addition to paprika carotenoids, capsanthin, and capsorubin. It also reveals the technologies behind the commercial production of some functional carotenoids.The book is targeted for academic and industrial readers in biology, biotechnology, nutrient physiology and related fields.Table of Contents
£126.45
Springer Verlag, Singapore Sandalwood: Silviculture, Conservation and
Book SynopsisThis book collects comprehensive information on taxonomy, morphology, distribution, wood anatomy, wood properties and uses. It also discusses silvicultural aspects, agroforestry, pests and diseases, biotechnology, molecular studies, biosynthesis of oil, conservation, trade and commerce of Sandal wood. Sandalwood (Santalum album L.) is considered as one of the world's most valuable commercial timber and is known globally for its heartwood and oil. The book brings together systematic representation of information with illustrations, thus an all-inclusive reference and field guide for foresters, botanists, researchers, farmers, traders and environmentalists.Table of Contents1 Sandalwood – Green Gold.- 2 History of Sandalwood.- 3 Botany of Sandalwood (Santalum album L.).- 4 Sandalwood Wood carving.- 5 Phytochemistry and Pharmacological properties of Santalum album L.- 6 Wood Property variation in Sandalwood.- 7 Silviculture, Growth and yield of Sandalwood.- 8 Cultivation of Sandalwood under Agro-forestry systems.- 9 Diseases and Insect pests of of Sandalwood .- 10 The Sandalwood Trade: An Overview.- 11 Sandal wood smuggling and illegal trading in India .- 12 Tissue Culture Studies Sandalwood (Santalum album L.).- 13 Sandalwood Biotechnology: Challenges, opportunities and outlook. 14 Sustainable Use, Threats and Conservation of Sandalwood.- 15 Success Stories of Sandalwood.
£170.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Antioxidants in Plant-Microbe Interaction
Book SynopsisThis edited book is focused on antioxidant compounds and their biosynthesis, up-regulation, mechanism of action for selective bioactivity, targeted role and the advancement of their bioactive potential during plant-microbe interaction and other stress conditions. This book also emphasizes on the role of antioxidants in recruiting beneficial microbes in plant surroundings. Antioxidants have multiple biological roles in plants especially in the signalling pathway. These compounds are secondary metabolites produced besides the primary biosynthetic pathway and are associated with growth and development. Besides they also have special role to play during oxidative stress produced via abiotic stimulants or pathogen attack. This understanding of the biosynthesis, signaling and function of antioxidant compounds in plants during stress condition is helpful in restoring plant ecosystem productivity and improve plant responses to a wide range of stress conditions. This book is a useful compilation for researchers and academicians in botany, plant physiology, plant biochemistry and stress physiology. Also the book serves as reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of environmental sciences, agricultural sciences and other plant science courses.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Antioxidants in Plant-Microbe Interaction.- Chapter 2. Plant microbe symbiosis led synthesis of bioactive compounds.- Chapter 3. Plant-Rhizobacteria communications with antioxidant system.- Chapter 4. Association of Non-Enzymatic Antioxidants in Plant Holobiont.- 5. Carotenoids and flavonoids in plant stress management.- Chapter 6. PGPR-the redeemer of rice from abiotic stress.- Chapter 7. Impact of PGPR on plant health and antioxidant enzymes under water stress conditions.- Chapter 8. Rhizospheric plant-microbe interactions releasing antioxidants and phytostimulating compounds in polluted agroecosystems.- Chapter 9. Role of Antioxidant in plant and microbes based remediation of metal stress.- Chapter 10. Amelioration of drought stress through PGPR mediated regulation of Antioxidant defensive machinery.- Chapter 11. Potential of plant growth promoting microbes in disease reduction by influencing the antioxidant enzymes of medicinal and spice plants.- Chapter 12. Antioxidants in spices: a review of the antioxidant components and properties of some common african spices and their role in human nutrition and plant-microbe interactions.- Chapter 13. Impact of plant growth promoting microbes (PGPM) in plant disease management by inducing non-enzymatic antioxidant.- Chapter 14. Antioxidants as modulators of plant defense against soil-borne fungal pathogens upon microbial interaction.- Chapter 15. A Promising Approach of Managing Seed Borne Pathogens through Plant Growth Promoting Microbes.- Chapter 16. Antioxidant Potential of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) in Agricultural Crops Infected with Root Knot Nematodes.- Chapter 17. Disease management and the role of antioxidants in combating plant pathogens upon PGPR inoculation with special reference to legumes.- Chapter 18. Rhizobacters as remedy of stress tolerance in potato plant.- Chapter 19. Secondary metabolites, boon for plants; their role in defence mechanism and antioxidant activity of Anthocephalus cadamba.- Chapter 20. Role of PGPR in conferring drought stress tolerance in Rice.- Chapter 21. Fenugreek-rhizobium symbiosis and Flavonoids under stress condition.- Chapter 22. Datura stramonium: An overview of its antioxidant system for plant benefits.- Chapter 23. PGPR mediated regulation of antioxidants: Prospects for abiotic stress management in plants.- Chapter 24. Prospects of PGPRs mediated antioxidants and S and P metabolism in plants under drought stress.- Chapter 25. Prominence of Antioxidant Potential of Plants and its induction by interaction with microorganisms.- Chapter 26. Bio-molecular painstaking utilization and assimilation of phosphorus under indigent stage in agricultural crops.- Chapter 27. Plant Antioxidant System Regulates Communication Under Abiotic Stress For Enhanced Plant Productivity.- Chapter 28. Nematophagous fungi in antioxidant mediated defence against plant parasitic nematodes.- Chapter 29. Biopriming and Nanopriming: Green Revolution Wings to Increase Plant Yield, Growth and Development under Stress Condition and Forward Dimensions.
£208.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Molecular Mechanism of Crucifer’s Host-Resistance
Book SynopsisThe book is a comprehensive compilation of applied knowledge for developing resistant varieties to all the major biotrophs, hemibiotrophs and necrotrophs pathogens of crucifers through the use of latest biotechnological approaches. The book includes, multi-component resistance, incorporation of non-host resistance gene, function of particular gene in resistance, expression of age related resistance, enhanced gene resistance, sources of alternative gene which enhance disease resistance, through the use of latest biotechnical approaches like proteomics, omics, transcriptomics and metabolomics. The book also explores the molecular basis of disease resistance, its biometabolomics activities in response to infection and interaction by the various biotrophs, hemibiotrophs and necrotrophs pathogens. The identification of R genes and its incorporation into agronomically superior varieties through use of molecular mechanisms is also explained. This compilation is immensely useful to the researchers especially Brassica breeders, teachers, extension specialists, students, industrialists, farmers, and all others who are interested to grow healthy, and profitable cruciferous crops all over the world.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Molecular Mechanisms of Disease Resistance.- Chapter 2. Molecular Mechanisms of Host Resistance to Biotrophs.- Chapter 3. Molecular Mechanisms of Host Resistance to Hemi-biotrophs and Necrotrophs.- Chapter 4. Biometabolomics of Disease Resistance to Biotrophs.- Chapter 5. Biometabolomics of Host Resistance to Hemi-biotrophs and Necrotrophs.- Chapter 6. Glimpses of Host Resistance Genomics.- Chapter 7. Molecular Mechanisms of Host Resistance at a Glance.- Chapter 8. Techniques for Molecular Mechanism of Host Resistance.- Chapter 9. Future Research Priorities.
£134.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Clubroot Disease of Crucifers: Biology, Ecology
Book SynopsisThe book is presenting a comprehensive information on fundamental, and applied knowledge of Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin. infecting cruciferous crops, and weeds. Clubroot of crucifers has spread over more than 88 countries of the world with average annual loss of cruciferous crops from 10-15 per cent at global level. It is considered as a disease of cultivation since once introduced in a field, its inoculum piles up year by year in the form of resilient resting spores of P. brassicae which spreads in the field through field operations. This disease is very unique since the pathogen can survive in the soil in the rhizosphere of non-host plants in addition to its main host cruciferous species, cultivated or wild. This book complies inclusive information about the disease, its geographical distribution, symptoms, host range, yield losses, and disease assessment scales. The book also explores host-parasite interactions in the form of seed infection, disease cycle, process of infection, pathogenesis, epidemiology and forecasting. Chapters discuss the genetic and molecular mechanisms of host-parasite relationships, management practices including cultural, chemical, biological control practices, and other integrated approaches. The book is immensely useful to researchers, teachers, extension specialists, farmers, and all others who are interested to grow healthy and profitable cruciferous crops all over the world. Also the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture and especially plant pathology. National and international agricultural scientists, policy makers will also find this to be a useful read.Table of ContentsChapter 1.Clubroot perspective.- Chapter 2. The disease- clubroot.- Chapter 3. The pathogen: Plasmodiophora brassicae.- Chapter 4. Electron microscopy and ultra-structures.- Chapter 5. Pathogenic variability.- Chapter 6. Perpetuation and survival of the pathogen.- Chapter 7. Infection and pathogenesis.- Chapter 8. Disease cycle.- Chapter 9. Epidemiology and disease forecasting. Chapter 10. Biochemistry of host-pathogen interaction.- Chapter 11. Host resistance.- Chapter 12. Genomics of clubroot pathogen and pathogenesis.- Chapter 13. Disease management.- Chapter 14. Techniques.- Chapter 15. Clubroot of crucifers-an introspection epilogue.- Chapter 16. Future priority areas of clubroot research for better management.
£142.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore Mangroves: Ecology, Biodiversity and Management
Book SynopsisMangroves are one of the most productive and biologically important blue-carbon ecosystems across the coastal intertidal zone of earth. In the current scenario of serious environmental changes like global warming, climate change, extreme natural disasters, mangrove forests play a vital role in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and maintaining ecosystem balance. Mangroves are unique ecosystems with rich biological diversity of different taxonomic groups exhibiting great ecological and commercial importance. The book consolidates existing and emerging information on ecology of mangroves, with a special reference to their biodiversity and management. It emphasizes on the role of mangroves in providing various ecological services. The book is a comprehensive compilation covering all aspects of mangrove ecology. It is useful for students and researchers in ecology, plants sciences and environmental sciences. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Mangroves: Types and Importance.- Chapter 2. Biogeography of the Mangrove Ecosystem: Floristics, population structure and conservation strategies.- Chapter 3. Mangroves as feeding and breeding grounds.- Chapter 4. Factors influencing mangrove ecosystems.- Chapter 5. Energy Flux in Mangrove Ecosystems.- Chapter 6. Nitrogen and Phosphorus budget in mangrove ecosystem.- Chapter 7. Mangroves as a Carbon Sink/Stocks.- Chapter 8. Estimation of Blue Carbon stock of mangrove ecosystem and its dynamics in relation to hydrogeomorphic settings and land use-landcover.- Chapter 9. Responses of Mangrove Ecosystems to Climate Change in the Anthropocene.- Chapter 10. Roles of mangroves in combating the climate change.- Chapter 11. Role of mangroves in pollution abatement.- Chapter 12. Measurement and modeling of above-ground root systems as attributes of flow and wave attenuation function of mangroves.- Chapter 13. Mangrove as Natural Barrier to Environmental Risks and Coastal Protection.- Chapter 14. Diversity and community structure of polychaetes in mangroves of Indian coast.- Chapter 15. Structure and Diversity of Plants in Mangrove Ecosystems.- Chapter 16. Livelihood of Forest Dependent Dwellers in relation to the Exploitation of Resources at the fringe of Indian Sundarban.- Chapter 17. The Roles of Mangroves in Sustainable Tourism Development.- Chapter 18. Aquaculture in Mangroves.- Chapter 19. Ecological Valuation and Ecosystem Services of Mangroves.- Chapter 20. Management Action Plans for Development of Mangrove Forest Reserves.- Chapter 21. Geo-spatial tools for Mapping and Monitoring Coastal Mangroves.
£151.99
