Botany and plant sciences Books

Book SynopsisIn the context of growing global concerns about climate change, this book presents a regional and sub-continental synthesis of pastoralists'' responses to past environmental changes and reflects on the lessons for current and future environmental challenges. Drawing from rock art, archaeology, paleoecological data, trade, ancient hydrological technology, vegetation, social memory and historical documentation, this book creates detailed reconstructions of past climate change adaptations across Sahelian Africa. It evaluates the present and future challenges to climate change adaptation in the region in terms of social memory, rainfall variability, environmental change and armed conflicts and examines the ways in which governance and policy drivers may undermine pastoralists' adaptive strategies. The book's scope covers the Red Sea coast, Somaliland, Somalia, the Ogaden region of Ethiopia, and northern Kenya, part of the Ethiopian highlands and Eritrea, areas where past cTable of ContentsPreface 1. An historical ecological framework: Introduction 2. Rock art pastoralists: Historical ecology of adaptations 3. Pastoralism, space, time and knowledge: The social and ecological perspectives 4. Coastal commerce-interior caravan trade: Pastoralists participation ca. AD 600-1900 5. Origin of the ancient well technology: Historical hypotheses 6. Droughts, famine, locusts and epidemics: Centuries of adaptations 7. The nineteenth and twentieth century environmental changes: European Journal narratives 8. Adaptations to climate variability, grazing and water scarcities in the southern lowlands c. 1908-1962: A case study 9. Challenges to future climate change adaptations: Some propositions 10.Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book introduces readers to both seed treatment and seedling pretreatments, taking into account various factors such as plant age, growing conditions and climate. Reflecting recent advances in seed priming and pretreatment techniques, it demonstrates how these approaches can be used to improve stress tolerance and enhance crop productivity. Covering the basic phenomena involved, mechanisms and recent innovations, the book offers a comprehensive guide for students, researchers and scientists alike, particularly Plant Physiologists, Agronomists, Environmental Scientists, Biotechnologists, and Botanists, who will find essential information on physiology and stress tolerance. The book also provides a valuable source of information for professionals at seed companies, seed technologists, food scientists, policymakers, and agricultural development officers around the world.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Methods of Seed Priming.- Chapter 2: Advances in the Concept and Methods of Seed Priming.- Chapter 3: Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Aspects of Seed Priming.- Chapter 4: The Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Basis of Seed Priming.- Chapter 5: Seedling Pretreatment: Methods and Protocols.- Chapter 6: Effect of the Seed Priming on Seed Dormancy and Vigor.- Chapter 7: Alteration in Plant Secondary Metabolism by Seed Priming.- Chapter 8: Seed Priming-Induced Early Vigor in Crops: An Alternate Strategy for Abiotic Stress Tolerance.- Chapter 9: Seed Priming Alleviates Stress Tolerance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.).- Chapter 10: Seed Priming and Salt Stress Tolerance in Plants.- Chapter 11: Seed Priming-Mediated Improvement of Plant Morphophysiology Under Salt Stress.- Chapter 12: The Mechanisms of Seed Priming Proposed for Enhancing Plant Tolerance Under Salt Stress.- Chapter 13: Seed Priming and Pretreatment Induced Enhanced Tolerance To Drought and Salt Stress: Recent Advances.- Chapter 14: Seed Priming to Enhance Chilling Tolerance in Field Crops: An Overview.- Chapter 15: Seed Priming and Metal/metalloid Stress Tolerance in Plants.- Chapter 16: Advances in Heavy Metal Induced Stress Alleviation With Respect to Exogenous Amendments in Crop Plants.- Chapter 17: Seed Priming for Disease Tolerance in Plants.- Chapter 18: Seed Pretreatment for Pathogen Control.- Chapter 19: Hydropriming for Plant Growth and Stress Tolerance.- Chapter 20: Chemical Priming for Multiple Stress Tolerance.- Chapter 21: Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants by Priming and Pretreatment with Hydrogen peroxide.- Chapter 22: Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants Through Pre-Sowing Seed Treatments with Mineral Elements and Growth Regulators.- Chapter 23: Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants by Priming and Pretreatments with Phytohormones.- Chapter 24: Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants by Priming and Pretreatments with Ascorbic Acid.- Chapter 25: An Assessment of Efficiency of Zinc Priming on as Induced Phytotoxicity in Rice During Germination and Early Seedling Growth.- Chapter 26: Application of Endophytes through Seed Priming.- Chapter 27: Microbial Inoculation of Seeds for Better Plant Growth and Productivity.- Chapter 28: Role of Seed Priming and Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria in Modulating Crops’ Responses to Salinity Stress.- Chapter 29: Pretreatment of Seedlings with Exogenous Protectants for Abiotic Stress Tolerance.- Chapter 30: Improving Antioxidant Defense in Plants through Seed Priming and Seedling Pretreatment.

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Book SynopsisHong Kong possesses an impressively diverse tree flora with 390 native species. This book celebrates the incredible diversity, beauty and biology of the territory''s tree species, highlighting over 100 important species that are individually illustrated in exquisitely detailed watercolour paintings by Sally Grace Bunker, an acclaimed botanical artist. The illustrations are accompanied by text that teases out a diversity of associated narratives for each species, ranging from the history of global exploration and scientific discoveries, the ecology and biology of each species, and the various ways in which they have been utilised and their cultural associations.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction to Lantana camara: Botanical, Ecological and Bioprospecting Perspectives.- Morphology and Taxonomy of Lantana camara: An Overview.- Dynamics of Disruption: Invasion Ecology of Lantana camara.- Phytochemistry and Extraction of Bioactive Compounds of Lantana camara.- Lantana Camara: A Blessing and a Curse for Agriculture.- Traditional Medicinal Uses and Scientific Validation of Lantana camara.- Lantana camara: A Paradoxical Pharmacopoeia.- Turning the Tide: Leveraging Lantana camara for Sustainable Environmental Applications.- The Hidden Potential Lantana camara for Value Added Products.- Toxicology & Safety: Understanding and Mitigating the Risks of Lantana camara.- Balancing Control and Management of Lantana camara: Integrative Approaches and Future Directions.

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Book SynopsisDieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen für die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfügung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden müssen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.Table of ContentsAllgemeines über biogene Amine.- I. Die Alkylamine.- II. Die Alkanolamine (Alkamine).- III. Die Neuringruppe.- IV. Die Diamine.- V. Die Guanidinoverbindungen.- VI. Die Imidazolverbindungen.- VII. Die Betaine und ?-Aminosäuren.- VIII. Phenylalkyl- und Phenylalkanolamine.- IX. Das Indoläthylamin.- Schlußbetrachtungen.

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Book SynopsisThis contributed volume provides a comprehensive, in-depth and subject-based reviews on the current status of active ingredients, sustainable use, biodiversity and conservation of certain endangered medicinal plants. The book also explores conventional and non-conventional biotechnological interventions for their biodiversity conservation. Medicinal plants have been used in worldwide as a major source of raw material for the traditional herbal healthcare practices as well as for drug discovery and development in pharmaceutical industry. The cumulative consequences of various human activities and environmental factors cause decline in the biodiversity of medicinal plants at an unprecedented rate worldwide. Thus, the overall understanding of ecology, species and genetic diversity along with assessment of the status of different threats and their impact on medicinal plants is crucial to sustain existing biodiversity, its utilization and conservation. All the latest advancements in the biotechnological approaches for the conservation research of endangered medicinal plants and the future perspectives have been described. This book provides comprehensive reviews spreading over about 25 chapters divided in three sections. The chapters of this book are written by recognized scientists in their respective fields which are useful to students, academicians, researchers, botanists, biotechnologists, policy makers, conservationists and industries interested in biodiversity conservation and medicinal plant research for the production of secondary metabolites.Table of Contents1. The Current Status of Population Extinction and Biodiversity Crisis of Medicinal Plants.- 2. Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Phytochemical Diversity: A Fountainhead of Potential Drugs against Human Diseases.- 3. Threats and opportunities for sustainable use of medicinal plants in Brazilian Atlantic Forest based on the knowledge of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities.- 4. Climate Change Impact on Medicinal Plants: An Insight from the IUCN Red List Of Threatened Species.- 5. Securing Conservation Status of Paris Polyphylla, a Medicinally Important Plant of the Indian Himalayan Region.- 6. Endophytic Fungal Diversity in Solanaceous Medicinal Plants and Their Beneficial Impact.- 7. Genetic Studies on Threatened Medicinal Plants of Brazil: Mind the Gap.- 8. Medicinal Plants of North-east India: Biodiversity and Their Ethno-Medicinal Values.- 9. Strategies for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants.- 10. Scientific Databases for Conservation of Medicinal Plants.- 11. International Trade of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs).- 12. Inventorization of Ecology, Ethnobotany and Conservation Status of Dactylorhiza hatagirea: Problems Progress and Prospects.- 13. Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants.- 14. Traditional Practices of Ethnomedicinal Plants in North-East Region of India and Their Conservation for Sustainable Utilization.- 15. Occurrence and Diversity of Major Naphthoquinones in Higher Plants: Their Distribution and Conservation Strategies.- 16. Astragalus fridae genetic Source,Applications, and Conservation.- 17. Tinospora cordifolia as a Potential Candidate for Health Care Of Post-Menopausal Women.- 18. The Potential Role of Medicinal Plants, Traditional Herbal Medicines and Formulations to Overcome SARS-CoV-2 Induced Health Crisis.- 19. Bioactive Compounds from Medicinal Plants and Its Therapeutic Uses in the Traditional Health Care System.- 20. In-Vitro conservation and propagation of endangered Ethno-Medicinal Orchids from the Northeast Region of India.- 21. Artificial Seed Production and Cryopreservation Technology for Conservation of Plant Germplasm with Special Reference to Medicinal Plants.- 22. Biotechnological Studies on Nasturtium Officinale (Watercress) - An Endangered Species of Significant Relevance in Medicine, Cosmetic, and Food Industries.- 23. Isatis tinctoria L. (woad) – Cultivation, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, Biotechnology, and Utilization.- 24. Tissue Culture Techniques to Conserve Endangered Medicinal Plants with Antimicrobial and Antiviral Activities.- 25. Insights into the In Vitro Approaches for the Production of Secondary Metabolites Towards The Conservation of Medicinal Orchids.- 26. Biotechnological Approaches for Ex Situ Conservation of Medicinal Plants.- 27. Conservation of Medicinal Plants by Tissue Culture Techniques.- 28. Current Status of Metabolic Engineering of Medicinal Plants for Production of Plant-derived Secondary Metabolites.- 29. Stationary, Agitated and Bioreactor Cultures of Verbena officinalis L. (Common Vervain) - A Potential Rich Source of Bioactive Phenolic Compounds for Pharmacy, Health Food Industry and Cosmetology.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction to Fog as a Phenomenon.- Chapter 2. Atmospheric Processes and Mechanisms Involved in Fog Formation.- Chapter 3. Perspectives on Fog Chemistry: Characteristics, Variability and it’s Scavenging Efficiency.- Chapter 4. Characterization of chemical constituents in Acidic Fog.- Chapter 5. Urban Fog and Its Impact on Atmospheric Visibility Degradation.- Chapter 6. Fog Dynamics in Affecting Climate and Air Quality.- Chapter 7. Impact of Fog on Physiology and Growth of Plant Species.- Chapter 8. Impact of Fog on Human Health – Metabolism and Functioning.- Chapter 9. Governance of Side Effects - The Case of Impact of Fog on Economy.- Chapter 10. Role of Satellites and Sensors in Fog Predictability.- Chapter 11. Cost-Effective Measures of Fog Remediation and Control: Mitigation of Health Impacts and Safety Risks.-  Chapter 12. Policy Implications and Mitigation Strategies for Combating Fog Problem.

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Book SynopsisThis photographic guide to grasses gives all who have been frustrated trying to identify these difficult plants an easy-to-use, visually precise, and information-packed field guide to seventy-seven native and introduced species that grow in the Texas Hill Country and beyond. With a blade of grass in hand, open this book and find: handy thumb guides to seed head type, the most visible distinguishing characteristic to begin identification; color photographs of stands of grasses and detailed close-ups; concise information about economic uses, habitat, range, and flowering season; and quick-reference icons for native status, toxicity, growing season, and grazing response.

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Book SynopsisWie reagieren Pflanzen auf Umwelteinflüsse? Wie sind Pflanzengemeinschaften in Mitteleuropa und global verbreitet? Wie "funktionieren" Ökosysteme auf der Basis pflanzlicher Biomasseproduktion? Gestützt auf den aktuellen Stand der Wissenschaft, gibt dieses Buch prägnante Erklärungen zu diesen Fragen, die anhand zahlreicher Beispiele und Fallstudien erläutert werden. Ausgehend von kurz gefassten botanisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Grundlagen vor dem Hintergrund der pflanzlichen Evolution, werden der Stoffhaushalt und seine Anpassungen an Umweltbedingungen von der Einzelpflanze bis zur Ökosystemebene vorgestellt. Exemplarisch werden wichtige Pflanzengesellschaften Mitteleuropas sowie die wesentlichen Vegetationszonen der Erde präsentiert. Mit der Darstellung bedeutsamer anthropogener Einflüsse schließt das Buch ab. Es wendet sich an Studierende in biologisch-umweltwissenschaftlichen Bachelor-Studiengängen sowie als Einführungs- und Übersichtswerk an alle in diesen Bereichen lehrend oder praktisch Tätigen.Table of ContentsGrundlagen pflanzenökologischer Arbeitsmethoden.- Anpassung und Angepasstheit an die Umwelt – Evolution und Struktur der Höheren Pflanzen.- Ökophysiologische Leistungen der Höheren Pflanzen.- Ökologische Interaktionen.- Populationsökologie der Pflanzen.- Pflanzen in Ökosystemen.- Verbreitung von Pflanzen und Pflanzengemeinschaften.- Vergangene und aktuelle ökologische Veränderungen.- Nutzung von Ressourcen, Nachhaltigkeit und Umweltschutz.

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Book Synopsis.- Chapter 1: Recent Advances in Techniques and Tools of Meta-omics for Crop Improvement .- Chapter 2: Metagenomics as a tool to decipher rhizosphere microbial community shift due to climate change .- Chapter 3: Metagenomics in era of genome editing .- Chapter 4: Tools and Techniques of Meta-transcriptomic studies and its applications in crop improvement.- Chapter 5: Metaproteomics : Recent advances and applications     .- Chapter 6: Exploring Plant Disease Ecology through Meta-Omics: Current Insights and Future Perspectives .- Chapter 7: Deciphering metagenomics approach for the detection of plant pathogens: Challenges and future prospects .- Chapter 8: Integrating Proteo-Metabolomics Systems Biology Approach for Molecular Insights Driving Sustainable Crop Improvements   .- Chapter 9: The Core Plant Microbiome: Roles, Functions, and Importance in Plant Health.- Chapter 10:Microbiomes: Exploring Their Potentials and Developing Strategies for Sustainable Legume Production .- Chapter 11:Deciphering nodule microbiome for improving symbiotic efficiency and plant health .- Chapter 12:Multi-omics approaches for deciphering plant-microbe dynamics in sustainable rice cultivation.- Chapter 13:Meta-omics in tobacco: Spearheading for trait tailoring    .- Chapter 14:Bioinformatics Approaches for Meta-Omics in Crop Improvement.- Chapter 15:Meta-omics approaches and crop improvement: analyzing the paradigm shift from scientometrics perspective.

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Book SynopsisApple Diseases and their Management.- Diagnosis and Management of Virus and Virus like Diseases of Citrus.- Fungal Diseases of Fruit and Foliage of Citrus Trees.- Citrus Huanglongbing: Review, Present status and Future Strategies.- Diagnosis and Management of Certain Important Fungal Diseases of Citrus.- Certification Programs for Citrus.- People, Arthropods, Weather and Citrus Diseases.- Diagnosis and Management of Pre and Post-harvest Diseases of Citrus fruit.- Preimmunization: Applications and Perspectives in Virus Disease control.- Carrot Diseases and their Management.- Celery Diseases and their Management.- Diseases of Cucurbits and their Management.- Diseases and Disorders of Mango and their Management.- Epidemiology of Powdery Mildew, Downy Mildew and Anthracnose Diseases of Grapevine.- Virus Diseases of Pineapple.Table of ContentsApple Diseases and their Management.- Diagnosis and Management of Virus and Virus like Diseases of Citrus.- Fungal Diseases of Fruit and Foliage of Citrus Trees.- Citrus Huanglongbing: Review, Present status and Future Strategies.- Diagnosis and Management of Certain Important Fungal Diseases of Citrus.- Certification Programs for Citrus.- People, Arthropods, Weather and Citrus Diseases.- Diagnosis and Management of Pre and Post-harvest Diseases of Citrus fruit.- Preimmunization: Applications and Perspectives in Virus Disease control.- Carrot Diseases and their Management.- Celery Diseases and their Management.- Diseases of Cucurbits and their Management.- Diseases and Disorders of Mango and their Management.- Epidemiology of Powdery Mildew, Downy Mildew and Anthracnose Diseases of Grapevine.- Virus Diseases of Pineapple.

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