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Outlook Verlag The Power of Movement in Plants
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Springer Verlag, Japan Plant Responses to Air Pollution and Global Change
Book SynopsisThis book reviews current topics on plant metabolism of air pollutants and elevated CO2, responses of whole plants and plant ecosystems, genetics and molecular biology for functioning improvement, experimental ecosystems and climate change research, global carbon-cycle monitoring in plant ecosystems, and other important issues. The authors, conducting research in Europe, the United States, Australia, and East Asia, present a wealth of information on their work in the field.Table of ContentsPreface by Kenji Omasa, Isamu Nouchi and Luit J. De Kok Contributors Plant Responses to Air Pollution: Metabolism of atmospheric sulfur gases in onion.- Impact of atmospheric NH3 deposition on plant growth and functioning – a case study with Brassica oleracea L..- How sensitive are forest trees to ozone? - New research on an old issue.- Northern conditions enhance the susceptibility of birch (Betula pendula Roth) to oxidative stress caused by ozone.- Physiological responses of trees to air pollutants at high elevation sites.- Complex assessment of forest condition under air pollution impacts.- Evaluation of the ozone-related risk for Austrian forests.- Causes of differences in response of plant species to nitrogen supply and the ecological consequences.- Plant Responses to Climate Change: Long-term effects of elevated CO2 on sour orange trees.- Plant responses to climate change: impacts and adaptation.- Effects of elevated carbon dioxide concentration on wood structure and formation in trees.- Plant Responses to Combination of Air Pollution and Climate Change: Carbon dioxide and ozone affect needle nitrogen and abscission in Pinus ponderosa.- Effects of air pollution and climate change on forests of the Tatra Mountains, Central Europe.- Genetics and Molecular Biology for Functioning Improvement: MAPK signalling and plant cell survival in response to oxidative environmental stress.- Expression of cyanobacterial ictB in higher plants enhanced photosynthesis and growth.- Improvement of photosynthesis in higher plants.- Modification of CO2 fixation of photosynthetic prokaryote.- Specificity of diatom Rubisco.- Regulation of CO2 fixation in non-sulfur purple photosynthetic bacteria.- Experimental Ecosystem and Climate Change Research: Experimental ecosystem and climate change research in controlled environments:lessons from the Biosphere 2 Laboratory 1996-2003.- Importance of air movementfor promoting gas and heat exchanges between plants and atmosphere under controlled environments.- Pros and cons of CO2 springs as experimental sites.- Global Carbon Cycles in Ecosystem and Assessment of Climate Change Impacts: Carbon dynamics in response to climate and disturbance: Recent progress from multi-scale measurements and modeling in AmeriFlux.- Synthetic analysis of the CO2 fluxes at various forests in East Asia 3-D remote sensing of woody canopy height and carbon stocks by helicopter-borne scanning lidar.- Assessments of climate change impacts on the terrestrial ecosystem in Japan using the Bio-Geographical and GeoChemical (BGGC) Model.- Air Pollution and Global Change in Asia: Establishing critical levels of air pollutants for protecting East Asian vegetation – A challenge.- Major activities of acid deposition monitoring network in East Asia (EANET) and related studies.- Land degradation and blown-sand disaster in China.- Impact of meteorological fields and surface conditions on Asian dust.- A case study on combating desertification at a small watershed in the hills-gully area of loess plateau, China.- A recipe for sustainable agriculture in drylands.- Index
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Novas Edicoes Academicas Granulometria, matéria seca e consumo de dieta
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Novas Edicoes Academicas Empreendimento aquícola de criação de tilápias em
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LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Hydrobiology of semi-intensive shrimp farming
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LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Use of the Ready-to-use Therapeutic Foods (RUTFs)
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Novas Edicoes Academicas Fertilizantes Foliares E Bioestimulantes
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Editions Universitaires Europeennes Systèmes agroforestiers à base de cacao en
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Noor Publishing Recent Advances in Ficus Research
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Our Knowledge Publishing Improving farming methods
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Springer, India, Private Ltd Regulation of Nutrient Uptake by Plants: A
Book SynopsisThis book describes the mechanisms of nutrient taken up by plants at the biochemical and molecular level. This is a new concept developed over the past 30 years, primarily due to use of modern technology developed in biotechnological research, instrumentation, modern computation facilities, bioinformatics, the large volumes of information generated by use of various ‘omics’ and of course the dedicated hard work of a large number of researchers.Recent research indicates that nutrient uptake, its transport and redistribution in plants are under genetic control. There are groups of genes for each nutrient that encode transporter proteins whose functions are to acquire the specific nutrient from the soil and transport it across the plasma membrane of the root hair cells for use in plant metabolism. Deficiency or sufficiency of a plant nutrient induces different groups of genes to produce m-RNA transcripts for translation of transporter proteins. A large number of metabolic enzymes are up or down regulated in response to deficiency of plant nutrients. Morphological and metabolic adaptations in order to better acquire nutrients and use them frugally when nutrients are scarce in the growth medium can be observed in plants. Heavy metals, which are toxic to plants, induce different sets of defence mechanisms.In 20 chapters, the book describes plants’ uptake mechanisms for all the major, secondary and micronutrients, beneficial elements and heavy metals. References to research work quoted in the text are updated up to 2014 and included at the end of each chapter. Biotechnological approaches to improving nutrient use efficiency are discussed wherever such information is available. The structure and functions of transporter proteins involved in the uptake of nutrients are discussed. Additional information on some of the specific topics is provided in text boxes or as separate sections within the chapters. Lastly, the terminology used has been explained as far as possible in the text, mostly within parentheses. Trade Review“I found this book to be useful in getting information about members of major transporter families not only for model plants such as Arabidopsis thaliana but also for other plant species. I also found it useful that the volume provides information about the concentration of different minerals in the soil and in plant tissues including grains … as well as provides tables with information about the sensitivity of various crops to mineral deficiencies.” (Olena Vatamaniuk, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 92 (3), September, 2017)Table of Contents1. Introduction and Uptake of Water and Nutrient Ions.- 2. Nitrogen (N) uptake.- 3. Phosphate (Pi) Uptake.- 4. Potassium (K) uptake.- 5. Calcium (Ca) uptake.- 6. Magnesium (Mg) Uptake.- 7. Sulphur (S) Uptake.- 8. Definition of Heavy metals, Essential and Beneficial Plant Nutrients.- 9. Uptake of Heavy Metals.- 10. Iron (Fe) uptake.- 11. Zinc (Zn) uptake.- 12. Manganese (Mn) uptake.- 13. Copper (Cu) uptake.- 14. Boron (B) Uptake.- 15. Molybdenum (Mo) uptake.- 16. Nickel (Ni) uptake.- 17. Chloride (Cl-) uptake.- 18. Sodium (Na) uptake.- 19. Silicon (Si) Uptake.- 20. Cobalt (Co), selenium (Se), Vanadium (V), Cadmium (Cd), Lead (Pb) and Titanium (Ti)
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Springer, India, Private Ltd Plant signaling: Understanding the molecular crosstalk
Book SynopsisPlant signalling has emerged as an integrated field which has become indispensable in recent times to study any biological process. Over the last decade, an enormous amount of information has been generated in this field and the advances in information technology gave birth to bioinformatics which has helped greatly in managing the galaxy of information. It is now possible to view the different information’s in a systems biology approach which has unravelled the association/ new processes and thus helped us enormously in understanding of the biological processes. The present book is an attempt at understanding the plant signalling processes with different perspectives. Even though the plants are sessile but there exists a tremendous interconnected network of perception at morphological, physiological and molecular levels. The impact of the surrounding environment in terms of abiotic and biotic stresses is significant in terms of its survival, adaptation and productivity for the human welfare. The plants possess a wide array of processes at the organ, tissue and cellular levels which are governed by a plethora of molecules. The molecules govern individual processes and these exists a cross talk between them to form a complex network of processes. The book tries to envision how different processes are operating at different points in the life cycle of the plant.Table of Contents1. Plant signaling: response to reactive oxygen species.- 2. SNARE proteins as signalling elements.- 3. Plant Rab GTPases in membrane trafficking and signaling.- 4."PtdIns4P and PtdIns(4,5)P2 as signalling phosphoinositides involved in tip growth ".- 5. Sugar signaling in plant growth and development.- 6. Nitrogen regulation and signalling in plants.- 7. "Phosphorus deficiency in plants: responses, adaptive mechanisms and signaling".- 8. Reactive oxygen species-associated mechanism of acclamatory stress tolerance, signaling and redox-regulated gene expression in plants.- 9. Cyclic nucleotide gated channels-Essential signalling components in plants for fertilization and immunity responses.- 10. Signaling in response to cold stress.- 11. Cell Signaling during Drought and Salt Stress.- 12. Heat signaling and stress responses in photosynthesis.- 13. Senescence: Regulation and Signaling.- 14. Molecular builders of cell walls of Lignocellulosic feedstock: a source for biofuels.- 15. Recent Trends in Jasmonate Signaling Pathway.- 16. Salicylic acid signaling.- 17. Ethylene signaling in plants- introspection.- 18. Plant, Mycorrhizal fungi and bacterial network.- 19. Self-Incompatibility patterns and signal transduction.- 20. Plant Disease Resistance genes: From perception to signal transduction.
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Akademica Publishing Distribution Maps of Norwegian Vascular Plants:
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Springer Coffee Biotechnology and Quality: Proceedings of the 3rd International Seminar on Biotechnology in the Coffee Agro-Industry, Londrina, Brazil
Book SynopsisCoffee Biotechnology and Quality is a comprehensive volume containing 45 specialised chapters by internationally recognised experts. The book aims to provide a guide for those wishing to learn about recent advances in coffee cultivation and post-harvest technology. It provides a quantitative and rational approach to the major areas of coffee research, including breeding and cloning, tissue culture and genetics, pest control, post-harvest technology and bioconversion of coffee industry residues into commercially valuable products. The chapters review recent experimental work, allowing a conceptual framework for future research to be identified and developed. The book will be of interest to researchers and students involved in any area of coffee research. Consequently, plant breeders, microbiologists, biotechnologists and biochemical engineers will find the book to be a unique and invaluable guide.Table of ContentsPreface. List of Contributors. General. 1. Biotechnology and the future of coffee production; G. Viniegra-Gonzalez. 2. Coffee cultivation in India; C.S. Srinivasan, et al. Coffee breeding, tissue culture and genetics. 3. Breeding and biotechnology of coffee; L.C. Fazuoli, et al. 4. Biotechnology in the development of coffee cultivars in short time using IAPAR model of dense coffee; T. Sera. 5. Somatic embryogenesis of coffee; M. Berthouly, H. Etienne. 6. Biotechnology for genetic improvement of Indian coffee; L. Sreenath. 7. Molecular breeding in coffe (Coffea arabica L.); P. Lashermes, et al. 8. Study of combining ability and heterosis in coffee; J.R.M. Fontes, et al. 9. Microsatellites in Coffea arabica L.; P. Rovelli, et al. 10. Standardization of encapsulation technique for producing synthetic seeds in coffee; B. Muniswamy, H.L. Sreenath. 11. Field testing of arabica bioreactor-derived plants; M.R. Sondahl, et al. 12. Interspecific protoplast fusion in Coffea; A.T. Cordeiro, et al. 13. Biochemical and molecular studies of the main protein in the coffee endosperm; R. Acuña, et al. 14. In vitro embryo culture of Coffea arabica: The influence of NAA and BAP; M. Pasqual, et al. 15. DNA markers for coffee tree breeding; N.S. Sakiyama. 16. Genetic polymorphism in species and hybrids of Coffea revealed by RAPD; P.M. Ruas, et al. 17. Genetic fingerprinting of coffee leafrust differentials with RAPD markers; S. Ram, H.L. Sreenath. 18. Coffee (Coffea sp.) genetic transformation for insect resistance; M. Dufour, et al. 19. Development of coffee trees resistant to leaf miner; O. Guerreiro-Filho, et al. Pest control. 20. The role of biological control in an integrated coffee borer management in Columbia; A. Bustillo. 21. Correlation between edaphic factors and Coffea arabica fungal pathogens in South Pacific; F. Pellegrin, et al. 22. Physiological studies on mycorrhizal fungi production; A.A. De Araujo, et al. 23. Characterization of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae isolates for potential use against the coffee berry; P.E. Vélez, et al. 24. The nematophagous fungi helper bacteria (NHB): a new dimension for the biological control of root knot nematodes by trapping fungi; R. Duponnois, et al. 25. Use of solid state fermentation to produce spores of fungal biopesticides for insect control; S. Roussos, et al. 26. Amylase and protease inhibitors as alternative against insect herbivores; A. Valencia Jiménez. 27. Properties of amylases of coffee berries borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae); C.P. Martínez Díaz, et al. 28. New developments in the mass production of parasitoids Chephalonomia stephanoderis (Hymenoptera: Bethytlidae) on Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) reared using artificial diet; A. Villacorta, S.M. Torrecillas. Post-harvest technology. 29. Production cos
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Springer Salinity: Environment — Plants — Molecules
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Springer Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of Clonal Plants: Proceedings of Clone-2000. An International Workshop held in Obergurgl, Austria, 20–25 August 2000
Book SynopsisSpontaneous self-cloning or clonality is a widespread phenomenon in the plant kingdom, and has a wide array of ecological and evolutionary implications. This volume is the outcome of an international workshop on clonal plant biology aimed at illustrating current progress and recent developments in the scientific study of clonality in plants. The first section of this book includes a collection of original research articles which demonstrate the wide variety of approaches and scientific challenges linked to clonality in plants. The topics covered in this section include ecological and evolutionary implications of sexual versus asexual propagation, including life-history evolution and sex-ratio dynamics, the importance of internal resource transport and remobilization of storage products for the invasiveness and competitiveness of clonal plants, a survey of clonal growth forms in grassland communities, and studies on the interactions between clonal plants and animals and fungi. The approaches used range from experimental studies on a broad variety of systems to mathematical modeling of clonal growth and its consequences. The second part features discussion and review papers on a diverse array of subjects, ranging from developmental considerations of clonality, principles of selection and evolution in clonal plants, a survey of clonality in algae, to potential implications of clonality for plant mating, and beyond. This part of the volume aims at presenting novel ideas and hypotheses, and at summarizing existing knowledge in previously under-researched areas, thereby providing directions for future research initiatives. This book captures ongoing cutting-edge research in the field of clonal plant ecology and evolution. It is directed to anyone from the undergraduate to specialist level who is interested in the biology of the intriguing phenomenon of asexual propagation in plants. Table of ContentsIntroduction. Local sex-ratio dynamics and sexual reproduction: a model for the dioecious liverwort Marchantia inflexa; D.N. McLetchie, et al. Relative contributions of sexual and asexual regeneration strategies in Populus nigra and Salix alba during the first years of establishment on a braided gravel bed river; N. Barsoum. The role of vegetative spread and seed dispersal for optimal life histories of clonal plants: a simulation study; E. Winkler, M. Fischer. Clonal integration enhances survival and performance of Potentilla anserina, suffering from partial sand burial on Ordos plateau, China; F. Yu, et al. Fragmentation of clones: how does it influence dispersal and competitive ability? B. Oborny, Á. Kun. Seasonal patterns of partitioning and remobilization of 14C in the invasive rhizomatous perennial Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica (Houtt.) Ronse Decraene); E.A.C. Price, et al. The effects of mowing and fertilization on carbohydrate reserves and regrowth of grasses: do they promote plant coexistence in species-rich meadows? L. Klimes, J. Klimesová. Classifying clonal growth forms based on vegetative mobility and ramet longevity: a whole community analysis; A. Tamm, et al. A simulation study of the effects of architectural constraints and resource translocation on population structure and competition in clonal plants; T. Herben, J.-I. Suzuki. The developmental ecology of mycorrhizal associations in mayapple, Podophyllum peltatum, Berberidaceae; M.A. Watson, et al. Age- and stage-based bud demography of Salix arctica under contrasting muskox grazing pressure in the High Arctic; A. Tolvanen, et al. The influence of position on genet growth: a simulation of a population of bracken (Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn) genets undergrazing; C.P.D. Birch. Developmental processes and the evolution of plant clonality; T. Sachs. The loss of sex in clonal plants; C.G. Eckert. Consequences of clonal growth for plant mating; A. Charpentier. Clonal architecture in marine macroalgae: ecological and evolutionary perspectives; L. Collado-Vides. Investigating the community consequences of competition among clonal plants; L. Gough, et al. On the evolution of clonal plant life histories; M. Fischer, M. van Kleunen. Fitness and evolution in clonal plants: the impact of clonal growth; J.J. Pan, J.S. Price.
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Springer Photoautotrophic (sugar-free medium) Micropropagation as a New Micropropagation and Transplant Production System
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Springer Plant Disease Epidemiology: Facing Challenges of the 21st Century: Under the aegis of an International Plant Disease Epidemiology Workshop held at Landernau, France, 10-15th April, 2005
Book SynopsisAs the global climate changes, plant disease epidemiology faces important questions: Will climate change render plant diseases more harmful to man-made ecosystems, or less? Can sustainable systems be developed in time to spare and enhance shrinking resources? How will changes in host plant diversity affect genetic disease resistance? This book provides an overview of current research in plant disease epidemiology from researchers at the cutting edge of this important discipline.Table of ContentsForeword; S. Savary and B.M. Cooke. 1. Patterns and Management of Crop Multiple Pathosystems; S. Savary et al. 2. Botanical Epidemiology: Some Key Advances and its Continuing Role in Disease Management; L.V. Madden. 3. Disease Assessment Concepts and the Advancements Made in Improving the Accuracy and Precision of Plant Disease Data; F.W. Nutter Jr. et al. 4. Relation between Soil Health, Wave-like Fluctuations in Microbial Populations, and Soil-borne Plant Disease Management; A.H.C. van Bruggen et al. 5. The Practical Considerations of Scale in Plant Pathology; W.W. Turechek. 6. Trends in Theoretical Plant Epidemiology; H. Scherm et al. 7. Establishing Priorities for Plant Science Research and Developing World Food Security; R.W. Herdt. 8. Ecological Genomics and Epidemiology; K.A. Garrett et al. 9. Framework Development in Plant Disease Risk Assessment and its Application; X.B. Yang.
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Springer Agricultural Research Management
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Springer Pseudomonas syringae Pathovars and Related Pathogens - Identification, Epidemiology and Genomics
Book SynopsisThe Conference on Pseudomonas syringae which started in 1973 as an informal meeting of a group of scientists working on these bacteria in Angers, France, has become more and more important with time. Many meetings have been held since then: 1984, 1987, 1991, 1995, and 2002 in Cape Sounion, Greece; Lisbon, Portugal; Florence, Italy; Berlin, Germany; and Maratea, Italy; respectively. This Conference is considered as the most important scientific forum in which recent advances in different research aspects on Pseudomonas syringae, a plant pathogenic bacterial species that includes a high number of pathogens (referred as pathovars) and Related Pathogens such as Acidovorax, Burkholderia, Ralstonia, affecting several economically important crops. The proceedings resulting from these meetings are considered as valuable sources of information related to this group of pathogens. The interest in organising this conference regularly is reflected by the attendance of more than 80 scientists from 20 countries worldwide, who participated at the 7th International Conference on Pseudomonas syringae pathovars and related pat- gens organized by the Institut Agronomique et Veterinaire Hassan II in Agadir, Morocco, from 13th to 16th November 2006.Table of ContentsPreface. Sponsors and Donors. Section 1. Identification and Detection. 1. Current technologies for Pseudomonas spp. and Ralstonia solanacearum detection and molecular typing: M.M. López et al. 2. Siderophore uses in Pseudomonas syringae identification: A. Bultreys, I. Gheysen. 3. Chlorophyll fluorescene imaging for detection of Bean response to Pseudomonas syringae in asymptomatic leaf areas: L. Rodrígues-Moreno et al. 4. Sensitive detection of Ralstonia solanacearum (race 3) using serological methods and Biolog automated system: A.E. Tawfik et al. Section 2. Epidemiology and Disease Management. 5. Epidemiological basis for an efficient control of Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi on olive trees: J.M. Quesada et al. 6. Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae on kiwifruit plants: its role and its control: A. Rossetti and G.M. Balestra. 7. Head rot of cauliflower caused by Pseudomonas fluerescens in southern Italy: P. Lo Cantore and N.S. Iacobellis. 8. Internalization and survival of Pseudomonas corrugata from flowers to fruits and seeds of tomato plants: G. Cirvilleri et al. 9. Copper and streptomycin resistance in pseudomonas strains isolated from pipfruit and stone fruit orchards in New Zealand: J.L. Vanneste et al. 10. Basal defence in Arabidopsis agains Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola: Beyond FLS2?: A. Forsyth et al. 11. Agrobacterium suppresses P. syringae-elicited salicylate production in Nicotiana tabacum leaves: A. Rico and G.M. Preston. 12. Characterization of an inhibitory strain of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae withpotential as a biocontrol agent for bacterial blight on soybean: S.D. Braun and B. Völksch. 13. Characterization of the inhibitory strain Pantoea sp. 48b/90 with potential as a biocontrol agent for bacterial plant pathogens: B. Völksch and U. Sammer. 14. Pseudomonas syringae: Prospects for its use as a weed biocontrol agent: B.M. Thompson et al. 15. Analysis of Pseudomonas syringae populations and identification of strains as potential biocontrol agents against postharvest rot of different fruits: G. Cirvilleri et al. Section 3. Pathogenesis and Determinants of Pathogenicity. 16. The distribution of multiple exopolysaccharides in Pseudomonas syringae biofilms: H. Laue et al. 17. Impact of temperature on the regulation of coronatine biosyntesis in Pseudomonas syringae: Y. Braun et al. 18. Role of flagelling glycosylation in bacterial virulence: Y. Ichinose et al. 19. Genetic relatedness among the different genetic lineages of Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola: M.E. Führer et al. 20. WLIP and Analogues of Tolaasin I, Lipodepsipeptides from Pseudomonas reactans and Pseudomonas tolaasii: A Comparison of their Activity on Natural and Model Membranes: R. Paletti et al. 21. Competitive index in mixed infection: a sensitive and accurate method to quantify growth of pseudomonas syringae in different plants: A.P. Macho et al. Section 4. Genomics and Molecular Characterization. 22. Genomic analysis of Pseudomonas syringae pathovars: Identification of virulence genes and associated regulatory elements using pattern-based searches and genome comparison: W. Lindeberg et al. 23. Gene ontology (GO) for microbe-host interactions and its
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Alpha Edition A bibliography of the botany of British India and
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Alpha Edition Plant Names, Scientific And Popular, Including In
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Springer Microbial Plant Pathogens-Detection and Disease Diagnosis:: Fungal Pathogens, Vol.1
Book SynopsisMorphological, biological, biochemical and physiological characteristics have been used for the detection, identification and differentiation of fungal pathogens up to species level. Tests based on biological characteristics are less consistent. Immunoassays have been shown to be effective in detecting fungal pathogens present in plants and environmental samples. Development of monoclonal antibody technology has greatly enhanced the sensitivity and specificity of detection, identification and differentiation of fungal species and varieties/strains. Nucleic acid-based techniques involving hybridization with or amplification of unique DNA have provided results rapidly and reliably. Presentation of a large number of protocols is a unique feature of this volume.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“The first volume of the Microbial plant pathogens - Detection and disease diagnosis focuses on fungal pathogens. … All chapters are summarized in the abstract, well referenced and focused on providing concerns of techniques and improvements of research. Therefore, if you are interested in the methods for detection and diagnosis, this is certainly a book you must have. The book should be available to every mycologist and students studying any aspect of plant pathology. Every library in the world should also have this book.” (Dhanushka Udayanga and Dimuthu S. Manamgoda, Fungal Diversity, April, 2012)Table of ContentsVolume 1 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Microbial plant pathogens as a major limiting factor of crop production 1.2 Discovery of fungi as plant pathogens 1.3 Detection of fungal plant pathogens and disease diagnosis References Chapter 2 Detection of Fungal Pathogens in Plants 2.1 Detection of fungal pathogens in plant organs 2.1.1 Biological methods 2.1.2 Pathogenicity and host range 2.1.3 Biochemical methods 2.1.4 Immunoassays 2.1.5 Nucleic acid-based detection techniques 2.2 Detection of fungal pathogens in seeds and planting materials 2.2.1 Detection of fungal pathogens in seeds 2.2.2 Detection of fungal pathogens in propagative planting materials 2.2.3 Detection of fungal pathogens in postharvest produce Appendix References Chapter 3 Detection of Fungal Pathogens in the Environment 3.1 Detection of fungal pathogens in soil 3.1.1 Bioassays 3.1.2 Immunoassays 3.1.3 Nucleic acid-based techniques 3.2 Detection of fungal pathogens in water 3.2.1 Immunoassays 3.2.2 Nucleic acid-based techniques 3.3 Detection of fungal pathogens in air 3.4 Detection of fungal pathogens in alternative host plants Appendix References Chapter 4 Assessment of Variability in Fungal Plant Pathogens 4.1 Methods of assessment of variability in fungal pathogens 4.1.1 Assessment of variations in biological characteristics 4.1.2 Assessment of variations in biochemical characteristics 4.1.3 Assessment of variations in immunological characteristics 4.1.4 Assessment of variations in genomic characteristics 4.2 Assessment of variability in sensitivity to chemicals 4.2.1 Assessment of variations in biological characteristics 4.2.2 Assessment of variations in genetic characteristics Appendix References Chapter 5 Diagnosis of Fungal Diseases of Plants 5.1 Choice of diagnostic tests for fungal pathogens 5.1.1 Conventional methods 5.1.2 Molecular methods 5.2 Agencies involved in disease diagnosis 5.2.1 Disease diagnostic centers 5.2.2 Plant quarantines References
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Springer Biorational Control of Arthropod Pests: Application and Resistance Management
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Springer Diagnostics in Plant Breeding
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Springer Liver Growth and Repair
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Bioresource and Stress Management
Book SynopsisThis book is a compilation of recent global measures to conserve bio-resources and manage biotic and abiotic stresses. It highlights emerging issues related to agriculture, abiotic and biotic stress factors, ethnic knowledge, climate change and global warming, as well as natural resources and their sustainable management. It also focuses on the consolidated efforts of scientists and academics engaged in addressing a number of issues related to resource management and combating stresses in order to protect the Earth. Crop production and productivity have been significantly improved, however, there have been no corresponding practical advances in sustainable agriculture.This book offers a wide range of affordable approaches to managing bio-resources with a focus on sustainability. Lastly, it describes research highlights and future areas of research.Table of Contents1. Social Necessity of an Efficient Management and Conservation of Bio-resource and Stress Management (Ratikanta Maiti).- 2. Socioeconomy of Bio-resource and Stress Management (Samares Das).- 3. Climate Change: It’s Impact on Bio-resource and Sustainable Agriculture (Aruna Kumari).- 4. Natural Resource Management (Ratikanta Maiti).- 5. Agrotechnology and Crop Diversification (A.V. Ramajaneyulu).- 6. Physiological Basis of Crop Productivity (Ratikanta Maiti).- 7. Biotic Stress: Diseases (Susanta Banik).- 8. Biotic Stress: Insect Pests (Ratikanta Maiti).- 9. Research Trends in Abiotic Stress Resistance of Crops (Jorge Sarquis Ramirez).- 10. Essence of Plants or Crops for Adaptation: Learning Lessons for Sustainable Use (Ratikanta Maiti).- 11. Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology (Aruna Kumari).- 12. Post-Harvest Technology for Reducing Stress on Bio-resource: Recent Advances and Future Needs (Somesh Sharma).- 13. Recent Trends in Seed Science and Technology (Ashok K. Thakur).
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Chinese Cymbidium Orchid: A Gentleman Of Noble
Book SynopsisThe cultivation of Chinese cymbidiums has a long history in China dating back to more than a thousand years ago. Chinese cymbidiums are commonly known as 'Lan' (兰) or 'Guo Lan' (国兰) in China.Lan has a special appeal and meaning to the Chinese as it symbolizes integrity, modesty and nobility. Confucius praised Lan as the 'Gentleman of Noble Virtue' (君子之风) and 'King of Fragrance' (王者之香). The love and appreciation for Lan, also known as 'Lan Culture', has become an integral part of Chinese culture.The book starts with the history of Lan and its association with Chinese culture and traditional customs, literature and the arts. This is followed by a description of the biology of Lan and cultivation practices of past and present. Finally, the prospects and future of Lan are presented and discussed.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Biotechnological Advances in Bamboo: The “Green Gold” on the Earth
Book Synopsis“Green gold” or “Poor Man’s Timber” are commonly used terms for bamboo that is a valuable and renewable resource of the world, and has always been an elemental part of human beings in terms of social and economic value. Bamboo is considered a multipurpose plant and has a prolonged history as an adaptable and extensively used renewable resource in conventional and commercial applications. Therefore, the annual demands for bamboos have already out-crossed the annual yields across the world. And the current scenario has forced scientists to pay more attention to the utilization of biotechnological tools for better understanding and improving bamboos. The book provides an overview of the different biotechnological approaches to advance bamboo research and better utilization of bamboo resources for human beings. Various applications of biological techniques in relation to bamboo have been discussed in details, for example, plant tissue culture techniques, somatic embryogenesis, germplasm conservation techniques, use of the molecular markers, transcriptomics, polymorphism, and phylogenetic relations in bamboo. It also addresses the novel industrial applications of bamboo in structural, food, and pharmaceuticals along with traditional uses. The aggregated information in this book demonstrates the way for the improved and sustainable practice of bamboos to fulfill the future needs of the world. This book is intended for use in both the industry and academiaTable of ContentsBamboo: origin, habitat, distributions and global prospective.- Molecular markers in bamboos: understanding reproductive biology, genetic structure, interspecies diversity and clonal fidelity for conservation and breeding.- Standard protocols for in vitro propagation of bamboo with emphasis on axillary shoot proliferation.- Somatic embryogenesis in bamboos: advances and prospects.- Initiation and establishment of cell suspension culture in bamboo.- Micro-morpho-anatomical alterations in micropropagated plants of endrocalamus strictus.- Micropropagation of bamboos and clonal fidelity assessment using molecular markers.- Standardization of laboratory to land transfer strategies of micropropagated plantlets of bamboo.- Management of bamboo genetic resources and clonal production systems.- Polymorphism and phylogenetic relationships in bamboo.- Transgenics approaches in Bamboo.- Advances in Conservation of Bamboo Genetic Resources through Whole Seeds Cryopreservation.- Application of Biotechnological Tool in Bamboo Improvement.- Ethnobamboology: traditional uses of bamboos and opportunities to exploit genomic resources for better exploitation.- Bamboo flowering in South America: what the past tells about the future.- Molecular Markers in Bamboo Genotyping: Prospects for Conservation and Breeding.- Application of bamboo in the food and pharmaceutical industry.- Functional pasta: a comparative study of the use of bamboo shoot fiber and white fibers.- Bamboo fiber as a substitute for fat and/or sugar in cookies.- Practical application of bamboo as a building material: trends and challenges.
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Landmark Books Pte.Ltd ,Singapore My Father in His Suitcase
Book SynopsisJohn (Kay) Corner left home in 1960, aged 19. He would never see his father, E. J. H. Corner, again. Edred John Henry Corner was one of the most colourful and productive biologists and mycologists of the 20th century. His career began in 1929 as Assistant Director of the Straits Settlements Singapore Botanic Gardens, where he trained monkeys to collect specimens from the treetops of the rainforest, and published Wayside Trees of Malaya, a classic field guide interspersed with his delightful and idiosyncratic observations on plant life. He was key in the creation of Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, a 163- hectare plot that contains more tree species than the whole of North America. When war came, he considered it his responsibilty to safeguard the scientific and cultural collections of Singapore during the Japanese Occupation, but was branded by some as a collaborator. Post-war, after heading the ambitious UNESCO Hylean Amazon Project, he returned to Cambridge University and was appointed Professor of Tropical Botany in 1965. There he propounded his theory that the Durian represented an ancestral type of angiosperm tree. He was elected a Fellow of The Royal Society, where he promoted the conservation of tropical forests and led expeditions to the British Solomon Islands and Mount Kinabalu. For the latter, he proposed Kinabalu Park which led to its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. After 46 years, John Corner faces his estranged father in a suitcase marked: 'For Kay, wherever he might be.' The letters, pictures and other memorabilia that spill out led him to search for the father he hardly knew, resulting in an engaging and frank biography of an eminent scientist who put science above all, including his family.
£21.24
Elsevier Science Plant Cell Biology
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£71.96
McGill-Queen's University Press Floras Fieldworkers
Book SynopsisThis collection employs biography, botanical data, herbaria specimens, archival sources, letters, institutional records, book history, and artwork to reconstruct plant work by figures ranging from elite women involved in imperial botanical projects in British North America to settler-colonial women in mid- and late-century Ontario and Australia.Trade Review“Refreshingly interdisciplinary, Flora’s Fieldworkers is replete with new information and insights, even on known figures like Dalhousie and Traill. The volume offers innovative perspectives on women’s involvement in botany and plant culture, making strides in the historiography on science in Canada and the fields of women, gender, and science.” Donald L. Opitz, DePaul University“[Flora’s Fieldworkers] challenges the equation of ‘amateur’ with ‘unskilled’ and ‘insignificant’ and brings women botanists out of the shadows, giving their rigorous investigations the scientific credibility they deserve. This fascinating gathering of academic essays shows women collectors as astute observers and appreciators of plants in the wild.” Literary Review of Canada“Flora’s Fieldworkers is a richly stimulating collection of studies looking at specific 19th-century Canadian (and Australian) women from a wide variety of situations who were engaged with the plant world in a wide variety of ways, and often under- or even unappreciated. It provides welcome views into Canadian botanical, cultural, and social history.” Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries“Flora’s Fieldworkers is an ambitious collection of new scholarship on women’s botanical labor in nineteenth century Canada. Excitingly interdisciplinary and broadly accessible, this new volume is a significant contribution to the study of gender, identity, and class in early histories of women and science.” Isis
£49.30
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
£20.90
Boydell & Brewer Ltd Plant Names of Medieval England
Book Synopsis` Compiled with great care, cautious in its claims and rich with suggestions for further scholarship; will be of great value to lexicographers and all students of medieval medicine and botany.' PAULINE THOMPSON, NOTES AND QUERIES`...compiled with great care, cautious in its claims and rich with suggestions for further scholarship...' NOTES AND QUERIESThe first reference work on the botanical language of the English middle ages to appear inprint. Covering approximately 1800 names, applied to some six hundred species, and including over five hundred names not recorded in the OED, it is an indispensable reference work and a comprehensive guide to the bibliography of the subject. Lexicologistswill find a wealth of new material.Trade Review` Compiled with great care, cautious in its claims and rich with suggestions for further scholarship; will be of great value to lexicographers and all students of medieval medicine and botany. -- PAULINE THOMPSON, NOTES AND QUERIES
£99.00
Inner Traditions Bear and Company The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants
Book SynopsisIn the traditions of every culture, plants have been highly valued for their nourishing, healing, and transformative properties. The most powerful plants--those known to transport the human mind into other dimensions of consciousness--have traditionally been regarded as sacred. In The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive PlantsChristian Rätsch details the botany, history, distribution, cultivation, and preparation and dosage of more than 400 psychoactive plants. He discusses their ritual and medicinal usage, cultural artifacts made from these plants, and works of art that either represent or have been inspired by them. The author begins with 168 of the most well-known psychoactives--such as cannabis, datura, and papaver--then presents 133 lesser known substances as well as additional plants known as “legal highs,” plants known only from mythological contexts and literature, and plant products that include substances such as ayahuasca, incense, and soma. The text is lavishly illustrated with 797 color photographs--many of which are from the author’s extensive fieldwork around the world--showing the people, ceremonies, and art related to the ritual use of the world’s sacred psychoactives.Trade Review“. . . this superb academic reference is the first comprehensive work devoted to psychoactive plants. Ratsch, an anthropologist, ethnopharmacologist, . . . includes more than 400 traditional and modern substances that ‘affect the mind or alter the state of consciousness’. . . .Each major monograph contains the plant’s scientific and common names, chemical structure, history, distribution, cultivation, appearance, preparation and dosage, ritual and medicinal uses, commercial forms and regulations, and effects, as well as research literature references. . . .This book offers something for everyone. . . . Highly recommended.” * Andy Wickens, Library Journal, August 2005 *“Rätsch’s Encyclopedia is massive in scope, exhaustively researched, heavily referenced, user-friendly, authoritative, and beautifully illustrated. It belongs on the bookshelf of everyone with an interest in psychoactive plants--from those with only a casual interest to veteran researchers.” * Rick Strassman, M.D., University of New Mexico School of Medicine, and author of DMT: The Spirit Mol *“It is a truism in anthropology that virtually all cultures utilize plants and mushrooms for their psychoactive effects. The impulse to achieve altered states of consciousness is universal. Several previous books on psychoactive plants have become classics on this subject. While valuable historic additions to the library, they must now move over. This encyclopedia is truly destined to be the most authoritative reference on natural psychoactive substances for years to come.” * Mark Blumenthal, founder and executive director of the American Botanical Council, and editor of Her *“In the realm of psychoactive plants, Christian Rätsch is the world’s most knowledgeable person. Here is his magnum opus--a veritable treasure trove of information about the most fascinating members of the plant kingdom. As the “teachers” and the gatekeepers to the spirit world, psychoactives help us cleanse the lenses of perception. No one interested in natural ways to expand consciousness should be without this magnificent volume.” * Ralph Metzner, PH.D., psychologist, author of Green Psychology, and coauthor of The Psychedelic Expe *“Christian Rätsch’s remarkable Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants is an essential and comprehensive work that explores not only the expanse of plants that affect human consciousness but the genetic necessity for humanity to experience wide-ranging flexibility in consciousness. The plant world is basic to us, the foundation of our food, clothing, and shelter. But Christian’s book reminds us that human/plant interactions reach much deeper than these three needs; plant intelligence reaches deep within us and teaches us to see, hear, and understand the deep meanings in the world, meanings that we need, and are meant, to encounter in order to remain human.” * Stephen Harrod Buhner, author of The Secret Teachings of Plants and The Lost Language of Plants *". . . the granddaddy of all drug books." * Charles Hayes, High Times, Nov 2005 *"A premier work, and important to have and refer to if you have any relationship to the world of psychoactive plants." * Mark Stavish, Institute for Hermetic Studies, April 2006 *"This encyclopedia is a large and somewhat intimidating book, but the format is friendly and embellished by many beautiful photographs and drawings. . . . this is a major work that will be an essential reference to those interested in cultural and historical aspects of psychedelics." * Herbalgram, No. 79, Aug - Oct 2008 *“This book covers pretty much every psychedelic/psychoactive plant out there, including several that people may not realize have psychoactive properties...For anyone interested in learning more about psychoactive plants this book will likely answer all your questions and more. It's a great complement to other books on the subject as well as a stand-alone book for your education on this expansive and important topic.” * Entheoradio, August 2013 *Table of ContentsForewordPrefaceIntroductionWhat Are Psychoactive Plants?The Use of Psychoactive PlantsPsychoactive Plants and Shamanic ConsciousnessThe Fear of Psychoactive PlantsThe Study of Psychoactive PlantsPsychoactive Plants as Factors in the Development of CultureTHE PSYCHOACTIVE PLANTSOn the Structure of the Major MonographsThe Most Important Genera and Species from A to ZMajor MonographsLittle-Studied Psychoactive PlantsMinor MonographsReputed Psychoactive Plants“Legal Highs”Psychoactive Plants That Have Not Yet Been IdentifiedPSYCHOACTIVE FUNGIThe Archaeology of Entheogenic Mushroom CultsCultivating MushroomsThe Genera and Species from A to ZPurported Psychoactive FungiGeneral Literature on Psychoactive FungiPSYCHOACTIVE PRODUCTSACTIVE CONSTITUENTS OF PLANTSActive Plant Constituents and NeurotransmittersThe Active Plant Constituents from A to ZBotanical Taxonomy of Psychoactive Plants and FungiGeneral BibliographyBibliographiesPeriodicalsBooks and ArticlesAcknowledgmentsIndex
£91.80
HarperCollins Publishers Living Planet
Book SynopsisThe Sunday Times BestsellerA new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough's seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet.Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt to make the most of ice cap and tundra, forest and plain, desert, ocean and volcano. These adaptations can be truly extraordinary: fish that walk or lay eggs on leaves in mid-air; snakes that fly; flightless birds that graze like deer; and bears that grow hair on the soles of their feet.In The Living Planet, David Attenborough's searching eye, unfailing curiosity and infectious enthusiasm explain and illuminate the intricate lives of the these colonies, from the lonely heights of the Himalayas to the wild creatures that have established themselves in the most recent of environments, the city. By the end of this book it is difficult to say which is the more astonishing the ingenuity with which individual species contrive a living, or the complexity of their interdependence on each other and on the habitations provided by our planet.In this new edition, the author, with the help of zoologist Matthew Cobb, has added all the most up-to-date discoveries of ecology and biology, as well as a full-colour 64-page photography section. He also addresses the urgent issues facing our living planet: climate change, pollution and mass extinction of species.Trade ReviewPraise for the New Edition of Life on Earth: ‘It does not disappoint. The new Life on Earth is as glorious as the first’ Guardian ‘A beautiful and wide ranging work. The breadth of natural history covered is extraordinary and mesmerising. Life on Earth is still breathtakingly rich, and we would know far less about it were it not for Attenborough’s wonderful skills of communication over the years: our cultural and scientific lives would be poorer without him’ New Scientist ‘This natural history masterpiece offers a spectacular snapshot of a once-wild planet’ New Scientist Praise for David Attenborough: ‘A marvellous book … unputdownable … utterly engaging’ Telegraph ‘An elegant and gently funny writer’ The Times ‘His writing is as impressive and as enjoyable as his TV programmes and there can be no higher praise’ Daily Express ‘A great educator as well as a great naturalist’ Barack Obama ‘Sir David is a wizard of television, and, like Gandalf or Dumbledore, he has a near-magical gift for combining warmth and gravitas . . . the man who, for me, exemplifies the best in British broadcasting’ Louis Theroux ‘When I was a young boy I used to love turning on the television and watching David's programmes and really feeling like I was either back out in Africa or I was learning about something magical and almost out of this planet’ HRH Prince William
£10.44
MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida The Classic Cattleyas
Book SynopsisIn 1818, William Cattley succeeded in flowering one of the first species of the genus that would bear his name. These first cattleyas are the classic cattleyas, whose form defined the essence of tropical orchids for generations to come. In this helpful and informative book, each classic Cattleya species is described in fascinating detail.
£39.38
CABI Publishing Medicinal Plants of the World
Book SynopsisMedicinal plants and plant-derived medicine are widely used in traditional cultures all over the world and they are becoming increasingly popular in modern society as natural alternatives to synthetic chemicals. As more and more natural remedies are being commercialised, there is a need for a user-friendly reference guide to the plants and their products. The book gives the reader a bird's eye view of more than 350 of the best known medicinal plants of the world and their uses, in a compact, colourful and scientifically accurate reference text. It provides quick answers to the most obvious questions: Where does this plant originate? What does it look like? In which culture is it traditionally used? What is it used for? Which chemical compounds does it contain? How safe is it? What is known about its pharmacological activity? What evidence is there that it is effective? The authors also provide short overviews of the various health conditions for which medicinal plants are used and the active compounds (secondary metabolites) found in the plants and their modes of actions. This new edition has an additional 30 plant species, many new and improved photographs and the text has been fully updated to reflect the latest regulatory status of each plant.Table of Contents1: Preface 2: Introduction 3: Medicine Systems of the World 4: Plant Parts Used 5: Dosage Forms 6: Use of Medicinal Plant Products 7: Active Ingredients 8: Quality Control and Safety 9: Efficacy of Medicinal Plant Products 10: Regulation of Herbal Remedies and Phytomedicines 11: The Plants in Alphabetical Order 12: Health Disorders and Medicinal Plants 13: Overview of Secondary Metabolites and Their Effects 14: Quick Guide to Commercialised Medicinal Plants 15: Glossary
£46.98
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Robert Wight and the Botanical Drawings of
Book SynopsisThis 3-volume work forms the second in a series of monographs by Henry Noltie documenting the more important collections of Indian botanical drawings in the Library of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Book 1, The Life and Work of Robert Wight, provides the definitive biography of Wight. Book 2, Botanical Drawings by Rungia & Govindoo: the Wight Collection. Book 3, Journeys in Search of Robert Wight, describes the author's travels as he carried out the research that underpins his work.
£45.60
Spring Lake Publishing Plant Identification Terminology
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£999.99
Yale University Press Grasses Sedges Rushes
Book SynopsisAn engaging and expertly illustrated field guide to over one hundred grasses, sedges, and rushesTrade ReviewWinner of 2020 Library Journal Best Reference Pick of the Year in the Science & Technology category“No one will be able to claim that the identification of grasses, sedges, and rushes, which are of fundamental importance both environmentally and economically, are simply ‘too difficult’ after they have learned to use this excellent guide.”—Peter Raven, President Emeritus, Missouri Botanical Garden“Brown’s homey and friendly illustrations, in combination with clear diagnostic photos, make for an important book that can be an entryway into the world of grasses.”—Bryan Connolly, Framingham State University“A significant aid and resource for those of us seeking to deepen our understanding of the tremendous diversity of plant life on this miraculous planet.”—Ted Watt, Hitchcock Center for the Environment, Amherst MA "Lauren Brown's Grasses: An Identification Guide is a trusted resource I've known for decades. It is wonderful to see a natural history masterpiece updated so beautifully. Grasses, Sedges, Rushes: An Identification Guide will take an honored place among my core reference books."—Patrick Lynch, author of A Field Guide to Cape Cod“The classic practical guide to some of most ubiquitous – but most overlooked – of all the plants around us.”—Peter Crane, author of Ginkgo: The Tree that Time Forgot
£18.04
CABI Publishing Turfgrass Physiology and Ecology: Advanced
Book SynopsisIn order to face new challenges and unique situations in turfgrass management, students need to understand why specific management practices work and how to adjust them based on plants' requirements. Explaining the physiological needs of turfgrass plants, this advanced textbook outlines the management techniques that help supply those needs. Chapters discuss a range of practices and methods to cope with stress under both normal and less than optimum conditions, providing the decision making tools for improvement based on changing environmental conditions. This book presents a unique perspective of both science and practical management principles that will be applicable to all turfgrass sectors.Table of Contents1: Diagnosing Plant Need 2: Managing Plant stress 3: Encouraging photosynthesis 4: Carbohydrate Assimilation 5: Why C3 and C4 grasses require different management 6: Management practices and plant physiology 7: The importance of light and managing shade 8: Adjusting nutrition to the environment 9: Managing water and water stress 10: Adjusting for temperature stress 11: Soil and sand 12: The ecology of turfgrass management 13: Managing competition among plant species 14: Managing competition among turf and its pests 15: Making the right decisions
£40.47
NewSouth Publishing Botanical Revelation: European encounters with
Book SynopsisOne of Gardens Illustrated's Best Books of 2020Acclaimed author David Mabberley provides a ground-breaking analysis of early European understanding of Australia’s lora. Combining science, horticulture, art and economics, this lavishly illustrated book – with many never before-published images – reveals the motives and complex networks that led to the international spread of knowledge and cultivation of hundreds of Australian plants in Europe in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.Based on the superb Peter Crossing Collection, Botanical Revelation documents a revolutionary phase in the understanding of Australia’s flora and science more generally.Features: David Mabberley is one of the world’s foremost botanical scholarsof early colonial Australia The detailed story of early European encounters with Australianplants is told here for the first time A beautifully designed and produced book packed with stunningillustrations, many never before published Uses a comprehensive private library - the Peter Crossing Collection-devoted to the early encountering, documenting and illustratingof Australian plants by Europeans before Darwin came here in1836 - to tell a fascinating story Trade Review"A hugely impressive endeavour [...] all efforts to delve into this book will be more than amply repaid." - Gardens Illustrated
£49.50
Cambridge University Press The Biology of Reproduction
Book SynopsisReproduction is a fundamental feature of life, it is the way life persists across the ages. This book offers new, wider vistas on this fundamental biological phenomenon, exploring how it works through the whole tree of life. It explores facets such as asexual reproduction, parthenogenesis, sex determination and reproductive investment, with a taxonomic coverage extended over all the main groups - animals, plants including ''algae'', fungi, protists and bacteria. It collates into one volume perspectives from varied disciplines - including zoology, botany, microbiology, genetics, cell biology, developmental biology, evolutionary biology, animal and plant physiology, and ethology - integrating information into a common language. Crucially, the book aims to identify the commonalties among reproductive phenomena, while demonstrating the diversity even amongst closely related taxa. Its integrated approach makes this a valuable reference book for students and researchers, as well as an effectTrade Review'Fusco's and Minelli's The Biology of Reproduction is impressive in scope. Rather than adopting a more restricted perspective on reproduction - be it on reproduction in mammals, animals, or plants - this book provides a comprehensive overview of the various similarities and variations of this central biological phenomenon across the whole tree of life. In an easily accessible style and exemplified through a wide range of illustrations, it offers the reader a great stepping stone to more in-depth comparative studies. Its greatest strengths are twofold. First, through its impressive taxonomic coverage it directly counteracts longstanding biases in our understanding of reproduction imposed through the selective use of a few model organisms. Second, the authors nicely link empirical findings with conceptual discussions on biological individuality and the boundaries between reproduction and development. Thus, this book is of use not only for biology students and professors but also for philosophers of biology. Highly recommended.' Jan Baedke, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany 'Crucially, The Biology of Reproduction successfully identifies the commonalties among reproductive phenomena, while demonstrating the diversity even amongst closely related taxa. Its integrated approach makes The Biology of Reproduction a valuable reference book for students and researchers, as well as an effective entry point for deeper study on specific topics.' James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review'[Giuseppe Fusco and Alessandro Minelli] have created an excellent new resource on a subject that is almost impossible to define, bringing together diagrams, photographs, and illustrations from many sources. This is truly a reference work, yet it prominently features accessibility … Readers will no doubt find the coverage of this interplay interesting.' F. W. Yow, Choice'Overall, The Biology of Reproduction offers readers a very comprehensive review of reproductive biology that cuts across all clades. This will be especially valuable for biologists who do most of their work within a relatively small subset of organisms, and for whom many novel reproductive strategies may be unknown … the book will be valuable to anyone seeking a detailed reference for comparative reproductive biology, where it makes sense to prioritize breadth ahead of depth. Moreover, it would also be a suitable choice as a textbook for a course on reproductive biology or the evolution of reproductive systems (at either the undergraduate or postgraduate level), since the text is organized well and easy to read.' P. William Hughes, Evolution'… places reproduction at the forefront and beautifully summarizes the vast array of reproductive strategies from a diverse range of organisms, including bacteria, plants and animals. This book is unparalleled in scope and in addition to covering the natural history of reproduction and highlighting fascinating life-history strategies … covers the fundamental aspects of reproduction including key definitions, genetics and cytogenetics, and sex determination … well-written and organized with excellent taxonomic and subject indexes … this book is beautifully illustrated with informative and well-thought-out diagrams. The Biology of Reproduction is, therefore, suitable as an introductory or a more advanced text … is also a valuable primer for students and researchers interested in comparative and evolutionary reproductive biology … provides a comprehensive introduction to the diverse range of reproductive strategies found in nature and in doing so clarifies key terminology and concepts in a text which will be equally valuable to the student and expert alike.' Elizabeth J. Duncan, Invertebrate Reproduction & Development'Fusco and Minelli's The Biology of Reproduction is a much-needed and welcome addition. It allows readers to place whatever model system and aspect of reproductive biology they seek into a broader context, across levels of biological organization but also in relation to the breathtaking diversity that exists among living systems in when, where, and by what means the continuity of life is made possible.' Armin P. Moczek, The Quarterly Review of BiologyTable of ContentsPreface; Figure credits; Introduction; 1. Introductory concepts; 2. Reproduction and life cycle; 3. The natural history of reproduction; 4. Parental investment; 5. Genetics and cytogenetics of reproduction; 6. Determination of sex and mating type; 7. Reproduction – a taxonomic survey; Coda; Appendix – a classification of living organisms; References; Index to taxa; Subject index.
£40.84
Legare Street Press Cistinae. The Natural Order of Cistus or Rockrose Illustrated by Coloured Figures Descriptions of all the Distinct Species and the Most Prominent Varieties That Could be at Present Procured in the Gardens of Great Britain With the Best Dir
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£29.40
Pelagic Publishing A Field Guide to Urban Plants: The Flora of
Book SynopsisHave you ever wondered exactly what those ‘weeds’ are growing along the kerb or between the cracks in the pavement? Not the pampered plants of parks, front gardens and herbaceous borders, but simply those that exist everywhere and nowhere in particular: the true survivors, the botanical opportunists. In this handy guide, we introduce the most commonplace flowers, shrubs, grasses, mosses and ferns that are to be found on the street, and show the main characteristics by which you can recognise them. Soon you’ll be more alert than ever to the rebellious species of tarmac, wall and gutter as they defy weedkiller, climate change and dog wee. So you can identify the plants you discover in your town as readily as possible, the species are arranged according to their growth form. The book starts with the largest group – herbaceous plants – followed by a few woody plants, grasses, mosses and ferns. The first group is divided again according to flower colour: white, yellow, red/pink, blue/purple and green or brown. Within each colour, you will first find the flowers with a maximum of four petals, then those with five, then those with more than five and finally those with bilaterally symmetrical flowers. So you know quickly which group you are in, there are corresponding symbols in the profile at the bottom of each page. This ingenious little book is sure to enliven even the most mundane walk on the dreariest of days.
£16.19
Princeton University Press Computing Skills for Biologists
Book SynopsisA concise introduction to key computing skills for biologistsWhile biological data continues to grow exponentially in size and quality, many of today's biologists are not trained adequately in the computing skills necessary for leveraging this information deluge. In Computing Skills for Biologists, Stefano Allesina and Madlen Wilmes present a valuable toolbox for the effective analysis of biological data. Based on the authors' experiences teaching scientific computing at the University of Chicago, this textbook emphasizes the automation of repetitive tasks and the construction of pipelines for data organization, analysis, visualization, and publication. Stressing practice rather than theory, the book's examples and exercises are drawn from actual biological data and solve cogent problems spanning the entire breadth of biological disciplines, including ecology, genetics, microbiology, and molecular biology. Beginners will benefit from the many examples explained step-by-step, while moTrade Review"Pitched perfectly for the beginning student and . . . a useful reference for the rest of us. . . . An excellent starting point for anyone about to step off into the world of computational biology."---Dr David Martin & Laura Pugh, The Biologist"The book’s raison d’etre is to provide an appetizer for efficient work at the computer. To do so. the authors cometently and engagingly outline the key advantage of each language for a specific task, introduce its working in a tutorial-like style, before illustrating the efficiency with a specific, yet typical task."---Carsten F. Dormann, Basic and Applied Ecology
£40.50
The University of Chicago Press Weeds of North America
Book SynopsisWhat is a weed, opined Emerson, but a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered? While that may be a worthy notion in theory, these plants of undiscovered virtue cause endless hours of toil for backyard gardeners. Encyclopedic in scope, this book intends to cover North American weeds at every stage of growth.
£31.00
