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ISTE Ltd Blue Planet, Red and Green Photosynthesis:
Book SynopsisThis book describes the mechanisms that allow aquatic photosynthetic organisms to contribute about half of the global primary productivity; in order to mitigate climate change by sequestering carbon dioxide and producing oxygen, they transform the original anoxic atmosphere of the Earth over geological time. Aquatic photosynthesis is performed by a wide diversity of organisms, predominantly involving cyanobacteria, and algae derived from the “red-lineage”, unlike terrestrial primary productivity, which is restricted to “green-lineage” plants. Blue Planet, Red and Green Photosynthesis describes how, in order to maximize productivity, aquatic primary producers have evolved a series of structures and mechanisms that increase the limiting supply of carbon dioxide to the enzyme, Rubisco, which is responsible for carbon dioxide fixation. This book covers the molecular mechanisms involved in aquatic carbon uptake and the global consequences as humankind alters the blue planet.Table of ContentsPreface xiStephen Christopher MABERLY and Brigiette GONTERO Chapter 1. An Introduction to Productivity and Carbon Cycling in Aquatic Ecosystems 1Brigitte GONTERO, Timothy M. LENTON and Stephen Christopher MABERLY 1.1. Overview 1 1.2. Light and productivity on Earth 2 1.3. Converting light energy into chemical energy 4 1.3.1. Underwater light 4 1.3.2. The primary phase of photosynthesis 4 1.4. Carbon fixation 6 1.4.1. Inorganic carbon in air and water 6 1.4.2. Mechanisms of carbon fixation 10 1.5. The global carbon cycle 12 1.6. Perspectives 19 1.7. Acknowledgments 19 1.8. References 20 Chapter 2. Evolution of Aquatic Photoautotrophs 27John A. RAVEN 2.1. Background 27 2.2. Anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria 28 2.3. Cyanobacteria 30 2.4. Photosynthetic eukaryotes 32 2.5. References 36 Chapter 3. Biogeographical Patterns and Genomes of Aquatic Photoautotrophs 43Juan José PIERELLA KARLUSICH, Charlotte NEF, Chris BOWLER and Richard G. DORRELL 3.1. Introduction – the changing face of algal genomes 43 3.2. Diversity of algae and their chloroplasts 46 3.3. Genomic insights into algal evolution 49 3.4. Limitations of cultured algal sequencing projects 50 3.5. History of omics-based approaches applied to environmental plankton samples 54 3.6. Biogeographical insights of algae from Tara Oceans metabarcoding 55 3.7. Functional studies of algae from Tara Oceans metagenomic and metatranscriptomic data 59 3.8. Applying genome-resolved metagenomics to phototrophic eukaryotes 61 3.9. Perspectives 63 3.10. Acknowledgments 66 3.11. References 67 Chapter 4. Inorganic Carbon Acquisition by Aquatic Primary Producers 81Sebastian D. ROKITTA, Sven A. KRANZ and Björn ROST 4.1. Overview 81 4.2. Rubisco and the problem of its own success 82 4.3. Dissolved inorganic carbon and its behavior in water 84 4.4. Disequilibrium situations and implications of transport processes 88 4.5. CCM operation in cyanobacteria 93 4.6. CCM operation in green algae 96 4.7. CCM operation in diatoms 98 4.8. CCM operation in the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi 101 4.9. CCM operation in macroalgae, seagrasses and freshwater plants 105 4.10. CCM operation and its coupling with co-occurring processes 110 4.11. Future research foci 112 4.12. Acknowledgments 114 4.13. References 114 Chapter 5. Biochemical Carbon Dioxide Concentrating Mechanisms 133Brigitte GONTERO and Stephen C. MABERLY 5.1. Introduction 133 5.2. Carbon-fixation by Rubisco in the C3 pathway 134 5.3. The C4 CO2 concentrating mechanism 138 5.3.1. C4 in terrestrial plants 138 5.3.2. C4 in aquatic plants and algae 141 5.4. The CAM CO2 concentrating mechanism 150 5.4.1. Terrestrial CAM 150 5.4.2. Aquatic CAM 150 5.5. Conclusions and perspectives 153 5.6. Acknowledgments 154 5.7. References 155 Chapter 6. Carbonic Anhydrase 167Yusuke MATSUDA, Hermanus NAWALY, Kohei YONEDA 6.1. Overview 167 6.2. Introduction 168 6.3. Types of CA 169 6.3.1. Alpha CA 169 6.3.2. Beta CA 170 6.3.3. Gamma CA 172 6.3.4. Delta CA 173 6.3.5. Epsilon CA 174 6.3.6. Eta CA 174 6.3.7. Zeta CA 175 6.3.8. Theta CA 176 6.3.9. Iota CA 177 6.3.10. Subclasses and primary sequences 178 6.4. The functions of CAs in aquatic photoautotrophs 178 6.5. Regulation of CO2 efflux by CA at the chloroplast envelope 181 6.6. Summary: CAs in red and green photosynthesis 183 6.7. References 187 Chapter 7. Rubisco Microcompartments: The Function of Carboxysomes and Pyrenoids in Aquatic CO2-Concentrating Mechanisms 197Moritz T. MEYER 7.1. Introduction 197 7.2. The cyanobacterial CCM 199 7.2.1. Cyanobacteria accumulate bicarbonate through high- and low-affinity uptake systems 199 7.2.2. Carboxysomes belong to two distinct evolutionary lineages 201 7.2.3. Carboxysomes isolate Rubisco from the rest of the CBB cycle 203 7.2.4. Carboxysome shells are composed of thousands of self-assembling capsid proteins 204 7.2.5. Alpha and beta carboxysomes package the enzymatic cargo with different protein linkers 205 7.3. The algal CCM 207 7.3.1. The model alga Chlamydomonas has multiple acclimation states 207 7.3.2. Chlamydomonas has a cooperative CO2–HCO3 - uptake system 208 7.3.3. Chlamydomonas has a stromal vCA to capture CO2 209 7.3.4. Stromal HCO3 - is catalytically dehydrated to CO2 inside thylakoid lumen 210 7.3.5. The Chlamydomonas pyrenoid has a complex architecture 210 7.3.6. Rubisco and EPYC1 condense into a bimolecular complex 211 7.3.7. Rubisco is anchored to tubules and starch plates by proteins sharing a binding motif 211 7.4. Introducing an aquatic CCM into crops could increase biomass production 213 7.4.1. Proto-carboxysomes and proto-pyrenoids assemble in chloroplasts 213 7.4.2. Cyanobacterial and algal inorganic carbon transporters can be targeted to the chloroplast envelope 215 7.5. Conclusion 215 7.6. References 216 Chapter 8. Environmental Variability and Its Control of Productivity 225Alessandra NORICI, Caterina GEROTTO, John BEARDALL and John A. RAVEN 8.1. Introduction 225 8.2. Macro- and micronutrients in aquatic environments during Earth’s history and their biological functions 226 8.2.1. Nitrogen 227 8.2.2. Phosphorus 231 8.2.3. Sulfur 233 8.2.4. Silicon 235 8.2.5. Iron, copper, manganese, zinc, molybdenum, nickel 237 8.3. The ultimate element limiting productivity and cell stoichiometry 240 8.4. Light variability and effect on photosynthesis 243 8.4.1. Light-harvesting and photosynthetic electron transport 243 8.4.2. Photosynthesis versus irradiance (P vs. E) curves 246 8.4.3. Aquatic ecosystems: temporal and depth variations of light 247 8.4.4. Physiological processes associated with exposure to variable light intensities (acclimation and regulation of photosynthesis) 248 8.5. Photosynthesis and primary production in the water column 253 8.6. Glossary 256 8.7. Acknowledgments 257 8.8. References 257 Chapter 9. Future Responses of Marine Primary Producers to Environmental Changes 273Kunshan GAO, Wenyan ZHAO and John BEARDALL 9.1. Introduction 273 9.2. Contemporary and future environmental changes 274 9.2.1. Ocean acidification 274 9.2.2. Ocean warming 275 9.2.3. Ultraviolet radiation 276 9.2.4. Ocean deoxygenation 276 9.3. Effects of CO2 rise and ocean acidification 277 9.3.1. Effects of ocean warming and its combination with OA 280 9.3.2. Effects of UV radiation and its combination with OA and warming 282 9.4. Other interactions 287 9.5. Summary 288 9.6. Perspectives 289 9.7. Acknowledgments 290 9.8. References 290 List of Authors 305 Index 309
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ISTE Ltd Biocontrol of Plant Disease: Recent Advances and
Book SynopsisFaced with climate changes, pest pressure on plants is increasing and new pest complexes are appearing, for which plant protection solutions are not yet available. The reduction of anthropic pressure on agroecosystems requires a reduction in the use of chemical inputs and the promotion of biocontrol approaches. In this book, we present new advances on plant disease management that are emerging from research outputs. The ability of biocontrol products to directly (e.g. production of antimicrobial peptides or quorum quenching activities by microorganisms, use of plant or agro-industrial by-products as biopesticides, etc.) or indirectly (e.g. via the increase of plant defense or plant growth pathways) protect plants against pathogens and pests is also considered. We also address new strategies like the development of phage-based biocontrol products and those that consider the plant as a holobiont and plant microbiota as targets of biocontrol treatments. The important question of the current regulatory process needed to launch plant production products on the market is also addressed, such as methods to evaluate their environmental impact.Table of ContentsIntroduction xiBernard DUMAS and Claire PRIGENT-COMBARET Chapter 1 Regulatory Aspects of Biocontrol 1Diane ROBIN, Léa MERLET and Patrice MARCHAND 1.1 Regulatory definition of biocontrol 2 1.2 Current issues and limitations 3 1.3 A mixed evolution 5 1.4 Necessary evolutions 12 1.5 Conclusion 13 1.6 References 14 Chapter 2 Biological Controls in Horticulture 19Nicolas GUIBERT, Maïder SAINT JEAN, Claire PRIGENT-COMBARET, Jean-Marc DEOGRATIAS, Cécile CABASSON and Pierre PÉTRIACQ 2.1 Introduction 19 2.2 Biological controls in horticulture 24 2.3 Physiological trade-offs for growth and immunity 26 2.4 Eco-innovations and economic trade-offs 28 2.5 Challenges and perspectives 36 2.6 Concluding remarks 38 2.7 References 39 Chapter 3 Development of Omics Tools for the Assessments of the Environmental Fate and Impact of Biocontrol Agents 47Hikmat GHOSSON, Marie-Virginie SALVIA and Cédric BERTRAND 3.1 Introduction: emergence of biocontrol agents and their risks 48 3.2 Evaluation methodologies: an overview 49 3.3 Limitations of classic methodologies 50 3.4 Omics: potential tools for risks assessment? 52 3.5 Perspectives 62 3.6 List of abbreviations 63 3.7 Acknowledgments 64 3.8 References 65 Chapter 4 Plant Secondary Metabolites Mode of Action in the Control of Root-Knot Nematodes 75Nikoletta NTALLI and Pierluigi CABONI 4.1 Introduction 76 4.2 Recent research on the use of plant secondary metabolites to control Meloidogyne spp 77 4.3 Conclusion 83 4.4 References 83 Chapter 5 Agro-industrial By-products and Waste as Sources of Biopesticides 91Maria Fe ANDRES and Azucena GONZÁLEZ COLOMA 5.1 Introduction 91 5.2 Biopesticidal properties of pyrolysis products from agro-industrial waste 93 5.3 Biopesticidal properties of hydrolates: by-products of essential oil distillation 99 5.4 Biopesticidal properties of olive oil mill waste 103 5.5 Conclusion and future directives 105 5.6 Acknowledgments 107 5.7 References 107 Chapter 6 Antimicrobial and Defense Elicitor Peptides as Biopesticides for Plant Disease Control 121Emilio MONTESINOS, Esther BADOSA, Maria PLA, Laura MONTESINOS and Anna BONATERRA 6.1 Introduction 122 6.2 Peptides of microbial origin 124 6.3 Peptides from plants 130 6.4 Peptides from animals 134 6.5 Synthetic peptides 138 6.6 Biotechnological production of peptides 142 6.7 References 145 Chapter 7 Biocontrol of Plant Pathogens via Quorum Quenching 159Denis FAURE and Xavier LATOUR 7.1 Quorum quenching to counteract quorum sensing 159 7.2 Quorum sensing inhibitors 160 7.3 Quorum quenching enzymes 161 7.4 Quorum quenching biocontrol agents 162 7.5 Monitoring of quorum quenching biocontrol agents and activities 163 7.6 Biostimulation of quorum quenching 164 7.7 Management of quorum quenching treatments 165 7.8 Quorum quenching in biocontrol: perspectives 166 7.9 Acknowledgments 166 7.10 References 167 Chapter 8 Phage-mediated Biocontrol Against Plant Pathogenic Bacteria 173Fernando CLAVIJO-COPPENS, Clara TORRES-BARCELO, Mireille ANSALDI, Nicolas TAVEAU and Denis COSTECHAREYRE 8.1 Introduction 174 8.2 Bacteriophages for plant health 179 8.3 Phage-based biocontrol regulations 199 8.4 Conclusions and perspectives 201 8.5 Acknowledgments 203 8.6 References 203 Chapter 9 Microbiome-assisted Agriculture: Current Knowledge and Future Directions 217Ke YU, Hongwei LIU, Wei ZHONG and Ioannis A STRINGLIS 9.1 Introduction 217 9.2 Microbiome-mediated benefits for plants 221 9.3 Chemical cues derived from plants and microbes guide microbiome assembly 225 9.4 Plant and soil microbiome engineering 232 9.5 Concluding remarks and future perspectives 238 9.6 References 239 List of Authors 255 Index 259
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CABI Publishing Phytochemistry of Australia's Tropical
Book SynopsisRare, unique and irreplaceable - precious native rainforests occupy a precariously small part of Australia while retaining a remarkable level of both biological and chemical diversity unrivalled by any other ecosystem. Australia's ancient history and traditions are intimately intertwined with the rainforest plants that humans have utilised as both food and medicine. Phytochemistry of Australia's Tropical Rainforest is a record of this history and details how our understanding of these plants has led to the discovery of anaesthetics, analgesics, steroids, antimalarials and more. It provides an insight into the habitat, ecology and family associations of hundreds of species and explores their future therapeutic potential, alongside phytochemical studies of the ancient plant lineages. Toxicological evaluations of important poisonous plants are also included. Rainforests provide shelter for unique flora and fauna that are counted among the rarest species on Earth, many of which are illustrated in this book. This comprehensive work is an essential reference for phytochemists, ethnobotanists and those with an interest in rainforests and their medicinal and botanical potential.Table of Contents1: Tropical Rainforests: Tales of Plunder and Protection 2: Primeval Links to the Modern World 3: Timeless Treasures: Gondwana and the Rainforest Refuge 4: Ancient Gymnosperms 5: Pines and Podocarps: Environmental Refugees 6: Magnoliids: Survivors from Prehistory 7: Myristica: Nutmeg and Mace 8: Antipodean Phytochemicals 9: Phytochemistry of the Laurels 10: Rare and Toxic Rainforest Walnuts 11: Annonaceae: Poisons, Parasites and Pesticides 12: Spices of Ancient Origins 13: Birthworts and Butterflies
£130.14
CABI Publishing Illustrated Plant Glossary
Book SynopsisThe Illustrated Plant Glossary is a comprehensive glossary of over 4000 terms related to plant sciences, featuring superb colour illustrations to aid comprehension of many of the plant terms. The topics covered in this glossary include anatomy, angiosperms, bryophytes, chemistry, cytology, family specific terms, ferns and fern allies, flowers, fruit, genetics, gymnosperms, habit and growth, habitat and ecology, indumentum, inflorescence, leaves, reproduction, roots, seeds, systematics and more. The Illustrated Plant Glossary sets a new standard in glossaries and is a must-have reference for plant scientists, plant science teachers and students, libraries, horticulturalists, ecologists, gardeners and naturalists.
£38.19
CABI Publishing Algal Biotechnology
Book SynopsisAlgae are sunlight-driven cell factories, and can efficiently absorb CO2 and convert light energy to chemical energy such as lipid, starch and other carbohydrates and release O2. Algal feedstock is a promising resource for bioproduct production, given its high photosynthetic efficiency for producing biomass compared to conventional crops. Microalgae can be used for flue-gas and wastewater bioremediation. This book highlights recent breakthroughs in the multidisciplinary areas of algal biotechnology and the chapters feature recent developments from cyanobacteria to eukaryotic algae, from theoretical biology to applied biology. It also includes the latest advancements in algal-based synthetic biology, including metabolic engineering, artificial biological system construction and green chemicals production. With contributions by leading authorities in algal biotechnology research, it is a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers in the field, and those involved in the study of photosynthesis and green-cell factories.
£109.25
CABI Publishing Biological Control Programmes in Canada 20132023
Book SynopsisBiological control is an important component of integrated and ecological pest management programmes. Its importance continues to increase as plant protection is challenged with climate change, invasive species, pesticide resistance, de-registration of pesticide active ingredients, and increasing consumer demands for sustainably produced food and fibre. Biological control is highly compatible with organic cropping systems and evolving pest management frameworks, including biovigilance. Canada continues to be a world leader in biological control research, development of biological control policy, and implementation of biological control programmes. This is the sixth volume of a series of books reporting on the status of biological control research and on biological control programmes employed in Canada. This volume features 58 case study chapters that describe the research and progress in implementation of biological control for pests including insects, mites, weeds, and plan
£148.50
Liverpool University Press Understories: Plants and Culture in the American
Book SynopsisUnderstories: Plants and Culture in the American Tropics establishes the central importance of plants to the histories and cultures of the extended tropical region stretching from the U.S. South to Argentina. Through close examination of a number of significant plants – cacao, mate, agave, the hevea brasilensis, kudzu, the breadfruit, soy, and the ceiba pentandra, among others – this volume shows that vegetal life has played a fundamental role in shaping societies and in formulating cultural and environmental imaginaries in and beyond the region. Drawing on a wide range of cultural traditions and forms across literature, popular music, art, and film, the essays included in this volume transcend regional and linguistic boundaries to bring together multiple plant-centred histories or ‘understories’ – narratives that until now have been marginalized or gone unnoticed. Attending not only to the significant influence of humans on plants, but also of plants on humans, this book offers new understandings of how colonization, globalization, and power were, and continue to be, imbricated with nature in the American tropics.Trade Review‘A timely exploration of plant studies in the hemispheric Americas, Understories showcases diverse methodologies for uncovering the imbrications of plant and human world-making across the two continents. Each chapter uniquely challenges the place of plants—from trees to succulents, breadfruit to transgenic soy—in the popular imaginary by charting dynamic histories of growth, transplantation, contamination, and adaptation in a variety of human-plant entanglements.’ Amanda M. Smith‘What impresses the reader of, specially, Latin American literature is the ways in which the fitting title of the collection – Understories also brings to mind plant stories/histories that have passed before our eyes unseen – among other production of its contributors, and in particular its editor, Lesley Wylie, has changed the ways in which we read canonical fictions about plants.’ Felipe Martinez-PinzonTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Figures Introduction. Green Power: Plants and Culture in the American Tropics Lesley Wylie The Dark Twin: Cacao from Mesoamerican Cosmology to the Contemporary Neotropics Bruce Dean Willis “A Good Thing Spring Up”: The Breadfruit Story in the Caribbean Elaine Savory Ceiba pentandra: Axis of the Mesoamerican World / Mirror of Climate Change in the Caribbean Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert The Politics of Yerba Mate Nina Gerassi-Navarro Transgenic Soy in Argentina: Arts of the Toxic Zone Sebastián Figueroa “A Home of Cactus and Maguey”: Dwelling and Cultural Representation of Succulents of the Americas Odile Cisneros From Tropical Pathology to Tropical Plantation: the Hevea brasiliensis, 1839 to 1945 Lesley Wylie The Vine at the End of the World: Reimagining Kudzu in the U.S. South Jessica Martell and Zackary Vernon Bibliography Contributors
£110.00
CABI Publishing Seeds: Biology, Development and Ecology
Book SynopsisSubstantial progress has been made in seed science during the past few years, emphasizing its important role in advancing plant biotechnology, agriculture, plant resource management, and conservation. Providing comprehensive coverage of the latest seed science research including germination, dormancy, development, and desiccation tolerance, this book also details the most advanced methods and practices in seed biology, ecology and technology.Table of Contents1: Desiccation Tolerance in the -omics Era: New Tools for an Old Enigma? 2: Recent Progress Towards the Understanding of Desiccation Tolerance 3: Gene-expression in Relation to Seed Development and Longevity 4: The Influence of Harvest Method on Seed Yield, Seed Size and Germination Capacity of Bulbine bulbosa (R. Br.) Haw. (Liliaceae) 5: Alterations in Gene Expression and DNA During Loss and Re-establishment of Desiccation Tolerance in Germinating and Germinated Medicago truncatula Seeds. 6: ASP53, a 53 kDa Cupin-containing Protein with a Dual Role: Storage Protein and Thermal Protectant 7: Possible Involvement of Programmed Cell Death Events During Accelerated Ageing of Glycine max Axes 8: Storage and Germination Response of Recalcitrant Seeds Subjected to Mild Dehydration 9: Immunocytochemical Localisation of β-1,3-Glucanase in Wet-stored Recalcitrant Seeds of Avicennia marina Infected by Fusarium moniliforme 10: Seed Development Transporting into the Post-genomic Era 11: Biogenesis of the Compound Seed Protein Storage Vacuole 12: Embryo Development and Time of Cutting in Cool Temperate Carrot Seed Crops 13: Seed Biotechnology: Translating Promise into Practice 14: Stress Inducible Gene Expression and its Impact on Seed and Plant Performance: a Microarray Approach 15: The Use of Proteome and Transcriptome Profiling in the Understanding of Seed Germination and Identification of Intrinsic Markers Determining Seed Quality, Germination Efficiency and Early Seedling Vigour 16: A ‘Seed-GUS-Expression’ Enhancer-Trap Library for Germination Research 17: Betaomics: a Combined Proteome and Transcriptome Profiling Approach to Characterize Seed Germination and Vigour in Sugarbeet Seeds 18: Cell Cycle Activity, Membrane Integrity and Germination of Matriconditioned Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) Seeds 19: Are Dormant Seeds Lazy and Germinating Seeds Not? 20: Emerging and Established Model Systems for Endosperm Weakening 21: Dormancy Classification and Potential Dormancy-Breaking Cues for Shrub Species from Fire-Prone South-Eastern Australia 22: QTLs, Epistasis, and Other Interactions Associated with Dormancy in Weedy Rice (Oryza sativa L.) 23: Differences in the Lolium rigidum Embryo Proteome of Seeds with a High (Light-insensitive) and Low (Light-sensitive) Level of Dormancy 24: Transcriptomic and Proteomic Profiling of FsPP2C1-overexpressing Arabidopsis Plants 25: Constitutive Expression of a Fagus ABA-Induced PP2C (FsPP2C2) in Arabidopsis Suggests Interactions Between ABA and GAs in Seed Dormancy 26: Nucleotide Triphosphate Synthesis and Energy Metabolism in Primary Dormant and Thermodormant Oat Seeds 27: Dormancy and Germination in Eucalyptus globulus Seeds 28: The Effect of Hydropriming on Germination Barriers in Triploid Watermelon Seeds 29: Molecular Mechanisms of Protein Degradation in Germinating Seeds 31: A Role for Reactive Oxygen Species in Endosperm Weakening 31: Characterization of a Dioxygenase Gene with a Potential Role in Steps Leading to Germination of the Root Parasite Orobanche aegyptiaca 32: Computer Imaging to Assess Seed Germination Performance 33: Development of a Sequential Digital Imaging System for Evaluating Seed Germination 34: Seed Quality and Germination 35: Effects of Bean Seed Production Conditions on Germination and Hypocotyl Elongation Responses to Temperature and Water Potential 36: A Model of Seed Dormancy in Wild Oats (Avena fatua) for Investigating Genotype ? Environment Interactions 37: Seed microRNA Research 38: Temporal Fulfilment of the Light Requirement for Seed Germination: An Example of its Use in Management of Rare Species 39: Assisted Natural Recovery Using a Forest Soil Propagule Bank in the Athabasca Oil Sands 40: The Effect of Light Intensity on Seed Production and Quality in a Number of Australian Wild Oat (Avena fatua L.) Lines 41: Seed Ecology of Apiaceae Weeds in Pyrethrum 42: Plant Dispersal Strategies, Seed Bank Distribution and Germination of Name Negev Type Desert Species 43: Seed Biology of Tropical Australian Plants
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CABI Publishing Biological Control: A Global Perspective
Book SynopsisBiological control, the management of pests by the use of living organisms, has a long history of application to agriculture around the world. However, the effective use of beneficial organisms is constrained by environmental, legal, and economic restrictions, forcing researchers to adopt increasingly multi-disciplinary techniques in order to deploy successful biological control programs. It is this complex process, including the mindset and the social environment of the researcher as well as the science being pursued, that this book seeks to capture. Chapters reveal the experiences of scientists from the initial search for suitable control agents, to their release into ecosystems and finally to the beneficial outcomes which demonstrate the great success of biological control across diverse agro-ecosystems. Drawing together historical perspectives and approaches used in the development of biological control as well as outlining current debates surrounding terminology and differential techniques, Biological Control: A Global Perspective will be a valuable resource.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Classical Biocontrol Programs 3: Using Macro-organisms 4: Using micro-organisms a: Bacteria b: Fungi c: Viruses 5: Conservation biocontrol programs 6: Networking in Biocontrol
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CABI Publishing Plant Names: A Guide to Botanical Nomenclature
Book SynopsisThe book is a plain English guide to the use of plant names and the conventions for writing them as governed by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants. It covers the naming of wild plants, plants modified by humans, why plant names change, their pronunciation and hints to help remember them. The final section provides a detailed guide to websites and published resources. Plant Names incorporates the latest information and research in the recently published Botanical and Cultivated Plant codes in an easy to read format, and offers a definitive guide to using the myriad names, including marketing names, on plant labels.Table of ContentsIntroduction: To the Codes of plant nomenclature Part 1: Wild Plants 1: Common names 2: Latin names, the binomial system and plant classification 3: The International Code of Botanical Nomenclature 4: The botanical hierarchy 5: Name changes Part 2: Cultivated Plants and Cultigens 6: The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants 7: Marketing names (trade designations) Part 3: Using Plant Names 8: Writing Plant Names 9: Pronunciation Part 4: Plant Name Resources 10: Books and websites to help with plant names 11: Accurate lists of botanical names 12: Families 13: Genera 14: Lists of validly published names, not necessarily current 15: Floras and checklists of currently accepted plant names 16: Trademarks 17: Appendix
£22.04
CABI Publishing Chemistry of Spices
Book SynopsisSpices are high value, export-oriented crops used extensively in food and beverage flavourings, medicines, cosmetics and perfumes. Interest is growing however in the theoretical and practical aspects of the biosynthetic mechanisms of active components in spices as well as the relationship between the biological activity and chemical structure of these secondary metabolites. A wide variety of phenolic substances and amides derived from spices have been found to possess potent chemopreventive, anti-mutagenic, anti-oxidant and anti-carcinogenic properties. Representing the first discussion of the chemical properties of a wide cross section of important spices, this book covers extensively the three broad categories of plant-derived natural products: the terpenoids, the alkaloids and the phenyl propanoids and allied phenolic compounds. Spice crops such as black pepper, ginger, turmeric and coriander are covered with information on botany, composition, uses, chemistry, international specifications and the properties of a broad range of common and uncommon spices.Table of Contents1: Spices covered include: 1.1: Black pepper 1.2: Cardamom 1.3: Ginger 1.4: Turmeric 1.5: Cinnamon 1.6: Vanilla 1.7: Coriander 1.8: Cumin 1.9: Fennel 1.10: Fenugreek 1.11: Celery 1.12: Ajowan 1.13: Star Anise 1.14: Aniseed 1.15: Parsley 1.16: Paprika 1.17: Clove 1.18: Nutmeg and Mace 1.19: Garcinia 1.20: Tamarind
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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
CABI Publishing Bananas and Plantains
Book SynopsisBananas and plantains are major fruit crops in the tropics and subtropics, making a vital contribution to the economies of many countries. In the last 15 years, substantial changes have occurred in banana production, among them the increased importance of fungal and viral diseases and their serious impact on Cavendish export cultivars, smallholder plantains and cooking bananas. Changes in production systems such as protected greenhouse cultivation, organic, fair-trade and integrated cultivation and their respective certification schemes have also become prominent. This book provides an accessible review of the scientific principles of banana production and how these relate to field practices. Revised and updated with expanded coverage of world trade statistics and policies, breeding of new cultivars in relation to disease resistance and markets, prospects for genetically-modified bananas and the increasing role of endophytes in controlling pests and diseases, this new edition is an essential resource for researchers and students in horticulture.Table of Contents1: Distribution and Importance 2: Taxonomic Classification, Cultivars and Breeding 3: Morphological Characteristics and Plant Development 4: Climatic Requirements and Problems 5: Phenological and Physiological Responses 6: Site Selection, Soil Requirements and Soil Preparation 7: Establishing a Plantation 8: Systems of Cultivating Bananas and Product Certifications 9: Nutritional Requirements 10: Water Requirements and Irrigation 11: Horticultural Management 12: Diseases 13: Pests 14: Harvesting and Fruit Handling 15: Ripening, Biochemistry and Uses
£48.31
Bodleian Library Roots to Seeds: 400 Years of Oxford Botany
Book SynopsisSince 1621, and the foundation of the Oxford Botanic Garden, Oxford has built up an outstanding collection of plant specimens, botanical illustrations and rare books on plant classification, collecting and plant biology. These archives, and the living plants in the Garden, are integral to the study of botany in the University. This book profiles the botanists and collections which have helped to transform our understanding of the biology of plants over the past four centuries, focusing on plant classification, experimental botany, building botanical collections, agriculture and forestry and botanical education. Highlights include a selection of Ferdinand Bauer’s renowned illustrations for Flora Graeca – an extraordinarily lavish and detailed eighteenth-century botanical publication of plants found in the Eastern Mediterranean – and rare plant specimens from the herbaria, such as Fairchild’s Mule (the first artificially created hybrid plant). Together with seventeenth-century herbals, elegant garden plans, plant models and fossil slides, these items from the archives all help to tell the story of botanical science in Oxford and the intrepid botanists who devoted themselves to the essential study of plants.Table of ContentsContents Foreword Preface 1 Root: The Origins of Botany 2 Stem: Botanical Collections 3 Leaf: Collectors and Collecting Methods 4 Bud: Naming and Classifying 5 Flower: Experimental Botany 6 Fruit: Applied Botany 7 Seed: Teaching Botany Notes Further Reading Timeline Picture Credits Index
£34.00
Permanent Publications Plants for a Future: Edible and Useful Plants for
Book SynopsisThe way we currently produce our food is damaging both to ourselves and our planet: we need to create gardens, woodlands and farms which are in harmony with nature. Though all natural ecosystems provide excellent examples to follow, Plants For a Future specifically focuses on edible species, suggesting a wide variety of easily grown perennials and self-seeding annuals which produce delicious and healthy food. Describing edible and other useful plants, both native to Britain and Europe, and from other temperate areas around the world, Plants For a Future includes those suitable for: the ornamental garden, the lawn, shady areas, ponds, walls, hedges, agroforestry and conservation. It offers alternative methods of growing these plants in ways that are in harmony with the local environment and can help to improve the overall health of the planet. In his thoroughly useful book, Ken Fern shares his experiments and successes in growing herbs, vegetables, flowers, shrubs and trees. Packed with information, personal anecdotes and detailed appendices and indexes, this pioneering book takes gardening, conservation and ecology into a new dimension.Trade ReviewKen Fern leads us through a garden of improbable delights - cold climate yams five feet long, edible fuschia fruits, trees laden with delicious berries all through the winter, leaves and flowers with the most subtle and astonishing flavours. It shows us how to use land more efficiently and sustainably than ever before, and it brings to our sadly limited cuisine a vast new range of remarkable foods, all around the year. It is, in short, the first shot in an impending horticultural revolution. The result of an insatiable curiosity and years of painstaking research, this book is comparable in stature only to the works of Evelyn and Culpeper. George Monbiot
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh William Roxburgh
Book SynopsisBorn in the mid 18th-century, William Roxburgh was brought up in the centre of the Edinburgh Enlightenment, with all the patronage and intellectual curiosity that this entailed. In 1793 he was appointed as the first paid Superintendent of the Calcutta Botanic Garden. Always, he looked for ways to improve the lot of native workers, to reduce the impact of frequent famines.
£23.75
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh The Benmore Fernery: Celebrating the world of
Book SynopsisDiscover the world of ferns with this illustrated guidebook from RBGE. The Fernery at Benmore is a unique building, constructed for James Duncan at his Benmore estate in the early 1870's at the height of the Victorian fern craze.
£7.14
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Flora of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam: Volume 36:
Book SynopsisA joint publication of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
£36.00
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Scottish Plant Names: An A to Z
Book SynopsisDr Gregory Kenicer brings us a concise but through exploration of plants and their names in the Scots language through the ages. Presented as a dictionary, and covering a vast variety of flower, funghi and mosses, this book seeks to present the rich history of these plants and how they rooted themselves firmly in the language of the people of Scotland.
£16.14
Royal Botanic Garden Flora of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam: Volume 33:
Book SynopsisA joint publication of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and the Museum National d''Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
£31.50
Royal Botanic Garden Flora of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam: Volume 34:
Book SynopsisA joint publication of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and the Museum National d''Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
£14.25
Royal Botanic Garden Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam: Volume
Book SynopsisA joint publication of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and the Museum National d''Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
£18.00
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Vegetation der Erde: Grundlagen, Ökologie,
Book SynopsisGegenstand des vorliegenden Buchs ist die Pflanzendecke der Erde, wobei neben einer knapp gehaltenen Beschreibung der Vegetationstypen vor allem die kausalen Zusammenhänge zwischen dem Wuchsort charakteristischer (repräsentativer) Pflanzenarten und Pflanzengemeinschaften einerseits und entwicklungsgeschichtlich-historischen, zeitlichen bzw. räumlichen, ökophysiologischen sowie anthropogenen Bedingungen andererseits vermittelt werden. Zwar liegt der Schwerpunkt auf der vom Menschen nicht oder wenig beeinflussten „naturbetonten“ Pflanzendecke; berücksichtigt wird aber auch die „kulturbetonte“ Vegetation, die in klimatisch bzw. edaphisch begünstigten Regionen heute den größeren Flächenanteil einnimmt. Nach einem einführenden Kapitel, das die Grundlagen für die vegetationsökologische Gliederung der Erdoberfläche enthält, werden die Lebensbedingungen der zonalen, extrazonalen und azonalen Vegetation des Flachlands und der Gebirge von den äquatornahen immerfeuchten Tropen bis zu den Polargebieten dargestellt und mit vielen Tabellen, farbigen Graphiken und zahlreichen Fotos illustriert. Kastentexte bieten darüber hinaus ergänzende Informationen zu Spezialthemen. Ein umfangreiches Literaturverzeichnis erleichtert den Zugang zu vertiefenden Publikationen.Trade Review“... ein umfassendes Buch über die Vegetation der Erde ... eine sehr informative und gut lesbare Übersicht. ... Im Buch finden sich zahlreiche prachtvolle Fotografien, sehr gut und übersichtlich gestaltete Tabellen und Übersichtskarten. Die wichtigsten Stichworte des Textes sind durch Fettdruck hervorgehoben. Ein umfassendes Register macht das Buch auch zu einem vorzüglichen Nachschlagewerk.” (Hansjörg Küster, in: Biologie in unserer Zeit, Jg. 46, Heft 4, August 2016)“… Die vielfarbigen Abbildungen, die originalen Grafiken und Schaubilder sowie Detailkarten und Tabellen informieren auf sehr anschauliche Weise und geben exakte und verdichtete Information wieder, die sowohl als Unterrichtsmaterial genutzt werden kann, als auch Forschungsfragestellungen stimuliert. Ein nahezu 70-seitiges umfassendes Literaturverzeichnis, das sowohl die aktuellen Fachpublikationen als auch klassische Werke enthält, fördert den Einstieg in ein vertieftes Studium einzelner Vegetationstypen. ... Dieses Buch muss jeder haben (und lesen) der sich für die globale Vegetation und ihre Eigenschaften interessiert.” (Carl Beierkuhnlein, in: Die Erde, Jg. 47, Heft 2, 2016)“… Ein umfassendes Register macht das Buch auch zu einem vorzüglichen Nachschlagewerk.” (Hansjörg Küster, in: Biologie, Jg. 46, Heft 4, August 2016)“... die Lektüre des Buches im Zeitalter der Globalisierung für Studierende und vegetationskundlich interessierte Weltreisende zu einem „Muss“.” (J. Ewald, in: Bayerische Botanische Gesellschaft e. V., Heft 84, 2014)“... Den Autoren ist zu ihrem außerordentlich gut gelungenen, aktuellen, zeitgemäßen, fundierten und umfassenden Lehrbuch und Übersichtswerk zur Vegetation der Erde zu gratulieren. Das prächtige Buch ist Lehrern, Dozenten und Studierenden, besonders der Biologie, Ökologie, Geographie sowie der Forstwissenschaft und des Naturschutzes, aber auch naturkundlich interessierten Reisenden uneingeschränkt zu empfehlen ...” (Erwin Bergmeier, in: Willdenowia, Jg. 46, Heft 1, 2016)“The book excellently combines concise descriptions of the zonal vegetation formations with up-to date information on causal links that shape vegetation patterns in space and time. … This book is definitely worth reading. With its clear structure and informative as well as visually appealing style, it is the ideal lecture-accompanying textbook for students. But also for (applied) scientists and interested non-scientists ‘Vegetation der Erde’ with its wealth of interesting details and facts is rewarding and invites the reader to browse.” (Stefan Trogisch and Sylvia Haider, Basic and Applied Ecology, December, 2015)“... durch zahlreiche, ansprechend gestaltete und informative Tabellen und Abbildungen aufgelockert und durch Kästen zu bestimmten, meist kapitelübergreifenden Spezialthemen ergänzt ... breite und sinnvolle Auswahl der kaum noch zu erfassenden neueren Literatur wurde be-rücksichtigt ... Das eingehende Studium oder auch nur das abschnittweise Lesen dieses außergewöhnlichen, gut leserlichen und spannend formulierten Buches ... ist allen Studierenden mit vegetationsökologischer Ausrichtung wie auch allen vegetationskundlich interessierten Reisenden unbedingt zu empfehlen, und es sollte eine entscheidende Grundlage für die Ausarbeitung entsprechender Lehrveranstaltungen darstellen.” (Thilo Heinken, in: Tuexenia, Jg. 35, 2015)“... Viele der Schemata sind didaktisch gut durchgearbeitet, übersichtlich gestaltet und für den Unterricht hervorragend geeignet. Das Buch kann als ein wesentlicher, zusammenfassender Teil des Lebenswerkes zwei-er verdienstvoller und engagierter Botaniker bewertet werden, die sich auch durch ihre Originalarbeiten bereits große Verdienste erworben haben.” (Heinrich Dörfelt, in: Boletus,Jg. 36,Heft 2, 2015, S. 164)“... die vielen, attraktiven Farbfotos, welche, stets räumlich und taxonomisch referenziert, beeindruckende Landschaftsstrukturen, Bestandesbilder, morphologische Anpassungen, Böden oder prägende ökologische Prozesse zeigen. Auch die in den Tabellen zusammengestellten Daten sind sehr informativ. Die Attraktivität des Buchs wird durch die 50 grün hinterlegten „Kästen“ erheblich erhöht. ... die Lektüre des Buchs im Zeitalter der Globalisierung für Studierende und vegetationskundlich interessierte Weltreisende zu einem „Muss“.” (J. Ewald, in: Berichte der Bayerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft, Jg. 84, 2014) “ … Das Buch ist didaktisch gut aufbereitet, sorgfältig erstellt und hochwertig ausgestattet. Als Lehrbuch für Dozenten, Studierende der Biologie, Ökologie und verwandter Disziplinen und als Handbuch für alle, die an einer wissenschaftlichen, verständlich aufbereiteten Gesamtdarstellung der Pflanzendecke der Erde Interesse haben ...“ (Norbert Bartsch, in: Forstarchiv, Jg. 85, Heft 5, 2014, S.174)Table of ContentsVorwort.-Inhalt.- Verzeichnis der Kästen.- Grundlagen zum Verständnis der Pflanzendecke.- Einführung und Begriffe. Phytodiversität und Evolution. Ökologische Gliederung der Erdoberfläche.- Die immerfeuchte tropische Zone.- Zonale Vegetation: Tropische Tieflandregenwälder. Azonale Vegetation. Vegetation der Gebirge.- Die sommerfeuchte tropische Zone.- Überblick. Wälder. Savannen. Landnutzung und anthropogene Vegetation.- Die Zone der tropisch-subtropischen Trockengebiete.- Einführung. Strategien von Pflanzen in Trockengebieten. Vegetation. Landnutzung. Die Vegetation der trockentropischen Gebirge.- Die warm-gemäßigte (subtropische) Zone.- Einführung. Die immerfeuchte warm-gemäßigte Teilzone (immerfeuchte Subtropen). Die winterfeuchte warm-gemäßigte Teilzone (winterfeuchte Subtropen). Azonale Vegetation. Subtropische Hochgebirge.- Die kühl-gemäßigte (nemorale) Zone.- Einführung. Die feuchte kühl-gemäßigte (nemorale) Teilzone. Die trockene kühl-gemäßigte (nemorale) Teilzone. Azonale Vegetation. Nemorale Hochgebirge.- Die kalt-gemäßigte (boreale) Zone.- Einführung. Vegetation. Stoffhaushalt und Walddynamik. Landnutzung.- Die polare Zone.- Einführung. Flora und Vegetation der Antarktis. Flora und Vegetation der Arktis.-Literaturverzeichnis.- Verzeichnis der Gattungen.-Sachverzeichnis.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Mikroskopischer Farbatlas pflanzlicher Drogen
Book SynopsisDer Drogenatlas bietet zu jeder Heilpflanze eine mikroskopische Farbtafel, ein makroskopisches Foto und eine botanisch exakte Beschreibung. Das Buch umfasst dabei Monographien der Drogen des Europäischen Arzneibuchs (Ph. Eur. 9.0), des Deutschen Arzneibuchs (DAB 2015) und des Deutschen Arzneimittel-Codex (DAC 2016).Die aussagekräftigen mikroskopischen Fotos der Farbtafeln charakterisieren die wichtigsten Drogenmerkmale im Zellverband. Besonders hilfreich sind Übersichtsabbildungen in den Farbtafeln, die den allgemeinen Aufbau pflanzlicher Organe am Drogenbeispiel demonstrieren. Die makroskopischen Fotos zeigen charakteristische Drogenbestandteile. Der Textteil enthält zusätzlich prägnante Angaben zu den Inhaltsstoffen und der Anwendung. Ein Glossar erklärt alle wichtigen Fachbegriffe. Außerdem finden Leser im Buch umfassende Informationen zur praktischen mikroskopischen Arbeit.Dieses Buch stellt eine sehr gute Basis für die mikroskopischen Grundpraktika in der Pharmazeutischen Biologie dar. Der Farbatlas hilft Studierenden der Pharmazie und pharmazeutisch-technischen AssistentInnen in der Ausbildung effektiver zu präparieren, das selbst Mikroskopierte anhand der klaren Abbildungen zu verstehen und in Zeichnungen umzusetzen. Aber auch Apotheker und PTAs in der Offizin und Industrie und andere Naturwissenschaftler werden dieses Buch sehr zu schätzen wissen.Die nun mehr 3. Auflage wurde auf mehr als 180 Monographien erweitert. Die Texte wurden gründlich überarbeitet und aktualisiert. Im Anhang wurde dem Präparieren und den histologischen Färbungen ein größerer Stellenwert durch Farbbilder und eine ausführliche Beschreibung eingeräumt. Im Bereich der Anwendungen wurden die neuesten HMPC-Monographien einbezogen.Die AutorinDr. Bettina Rahfeld, geb. 1963 in Karl-Marx-Stadt. 1981 bis 1986 Studium der Biologie an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (MLU). 1985 bis 1989 Forschungsstudium am Institut für Genetik der MLU. Promotion 1989, Institut für Genetik der MLU. 1989 bis 1992 wissenschaftliche Assistentin an der Klinik für Innere Medizin der MLU. Seit 1992 wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Pharmazie, Institutsbereich Pharmazeutische Biologie der MLU.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Zum Arbeiten mit dem Buch.- Blatt-Drogen.- Kraut-Drogen.- Blüten-Drogen.- Frucht-Drogen.- Samen-Drogen.- Wurzel-Drogen.- Rhizom-Drogen.- Rinden-Drogen.- Sonstige Drogen.- Basisfärbungen für die mikroskopischen Untersuchungen.- Glossar.- Quellenangaben.- Index.
£44.99
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Faszination Pflanzen
Book SynopsisDieses Buch weckt Begeisterung für die faszinierende Welt der Pflanzen. Pflanzen sind ganzheitliche Organismen. Sie verarbeiten Reize zu Information. Sie haben eine Uhr und ein Gedächtnis. Sie vollbringen unermessliche Dienstleistungen für unser Leben auf dieser Erde. Durch die Photosynthese liefern sie die Grundlage für die Ernährung allen Lebens. Sie gestalten unsere Umwelt und Lebensräume. Um das zu zeigen, befasst sich dieses Buch besonders mit den Höheren Pflanzen und ihrer Eroberung des Festlandes. Pflanzen bergen Schönheit und regen unser ästhetisches Empfingen an. Zielgruppe sind sowohl interessierte Laien wie auch ein Fachpublikum, da das Buch einerseits verständlich wie ein Sachbuch geschrieben ist, andererseits aber auch den Anspruch hat, eingehendes, fachliches Wissen zu vermitteln. Die Verknüpfung eines verständlichen Schreibstils mit wissenschaftlicher Tiefe hat auf dem Markt der angebotenen Bücher zur Botanik einen Alleinstellungswert.Trade Review “... das Buch ist wirklich Allen zu empfehlen, die neben ihrer Liebe zu Pflanzen auch ihr Wissen und Verständnis erweitern wollen ...” (Renate Koerble, Amazon.de, 3. Mai 2017)“... Es wendet sich an den interessierten Laien ebenso wie an den akademisch ausgebildeten Botaniker. ... So ist ein ungemein spannendes, zum Nachdenken anregendes Werk entstanden. ... Das Buch führt in das Leben der Pflanzen unter ungewöhnlichen, oftmals metaphysischen Aspekten ein, bleibt dabei aber doch weitgehend allgemein verständlich ...” ( Prof Dr. Andreas Bresinsky, in: Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau, Jg. 70, Heft 829, Juli 2017)“ ... nach jahrzehntelanger wissenschaftlicher Arbeit als Botaniker und Verfasser von Lehrbüchern, ein Lese- und Sachbuch für Liebhaber und interessierte Laien, aber auch für das Fachpublikum anzubieten. ... Begeisterung und Faszination für die Pflanzenwelt zu wecken und gleichzeitig fundierte Sachkenntnisse zu vermitteln.” (Christine Rapp, in: Forstarchiv, Jg.88, Heft 3, Mai-Juni 2017)Table of ContentsI Pflanzen kleiden die Erde in Grün.- 1 Pflanzen sind besondere Lebewesen.- 2 Startpunkt für die Eroberung des Planeten Erde durch das Leben: Photosynthese der einfachsten grünen Zellen.- 3 Die Eroberung des Festlandes.- II Herausforderungen bei der Anpassung an das Landleben.- 4 Stark wie eine Eiche - Standfestigkeit auf dem Land.- 5 Gefahr des Verdurstens an Land.- 6 Auf dem Trockenen sitzen: Welche Anpassungen der Baupläne sind nötig?.- 7 Auf dem Trockenen sitzen: Welche biochemischen Anpassungen helfen?.- 8 Die Sonnenstrahlung auf dem Land.- 9 Pflanzenernährung.- 10 Sesshaftigkeit und die Eroberung des Raumes.- III Modularität oder Emergenz?.- 11 Kontrast zweier Auffassungen: Pflanzen aus dem Baukasten versus Pflanzen als denkende Wesen.- 12 Skalierungen und die Hierarchie der Module.- 13 Emergenz oder Fulguration: Blitzartig entsteht Neues.- 14 Die Stufenleiter der Integration.- IV Mechanismen der Integration.- 15 Transport für die Integration.- 16 Reize und Signale: Information für die Integration.- 17 Bewegungen und die Eroberung des Raumes.- 18 Pflanzen haben eine Uhr.- 19 Pflanzen haben ein Gedächtnis.- V Pflanzen gestalten unsere Umwelt auf der Erdoberfläche.- 20 Auf-und Absteigen auf der Stufenleiter der Betrachtungsebenen.- 21 Bunte Vielfalt des von den Pflanzen lebendig gestalteten Raumes.- VI Probleme der Gaia und der Menschheit.- 22 Reparatur zerstörter Landschaft.- 23 Impulse von Pflanzen zum Schaffen der Ingenieure: Bionik.- 24 Biotechnologie und synthetische Biologie.- 25 Unser täglich Brot – Die Ernährung der Menschen.- 26 Gaia: Dynamisches Gleichgewicht der Biosphäre und Imperativ des Lebens auf der Erde.- VII Verständnis des Lebens.- 27 Eine Herausforderung.- 28 Schönheit.
£37.99
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Rothmaler - Exkursionsflora von Deutschland.
Book SynopsisMit der komplett überarbeiteten Neuauflage dieser seit Jahrzehnten bewährten und ständig aktualisierten Exkursionsflora können Gefäßpflanzen und nun erstmals auch Armleuchteralgen sicher bestimmt und Wissenswertes über ihre Verbreitung, Ökologie und Soziologie nachgeschlagen werden.Besondere Vorzüge des Werkes sind: Bestimmungshilfen auch für schwierige Gruppen Bestimmungsschlüssel für Armleuchteralgen aktuelle wissenschaftliche Nomenklatur mit Angabe der korrekten Betonung vollständig überarbeitete Angaben zur Verbreitung in Deutschland, differenzierte Informationen über Status und Häufigkeit aktualisierte Daten zu Standort und Soziologie Kurzdiagnosen zum Gesamtareal der Arten Angaben zu Wuchsform, Biologie und Chromosomenzahl in Deutschland Zusammen mit Atlasband und Kritischem Ergänzungsband bildet der vorliegende Grundband die umfassendste aktuelle Darstellung der deutschen Flora. Für die 22. Auflage wurden alle Angaben durchgesehen und aktualisiert, zahlreiche Arten wurden neu aufgenommen. Trade Review“... Gerade für Deutschland wohl unbestritten, unübertroffen und unverzichtbar. Aber auch außerhalb der deutschen Grenzen ist der Rothmaler ein wichtiger Ergänzungsschlüssel zu den regionalen Florenwerken. Das Buch wird von uns somit als Must-have eingestuft!” (Steffen Boch & Christophe Bornand, in: Kochia, Jg. 16, 2023) “… ein aktuelles und zuverlässiges Bestimmungswerk für die deutsche Flora.” (A. Fleischmann, in : Berichte der Bayerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft, Jg. 92, 2022)“... Der Grundband des ‚Rothmalers‘ ist auch in der aktuellen Auflage ein hervorragendes, kompaktes Bestimmungswerk und ermöglicht einen umfassenden Zugang zur Pflanzenwelt Deutschlands. ... Das Werk liegt auch nach dem Herausgeberwechsel in den Händen ausgezeichneter Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler, die mit den behandelten Arten und manchen Tücken der Bestimmung bestens vertraut sind und ist uneingeschränkt zur Nutzung zu empfehlen ...” (Peter Schütze, in: Mitteilungen zur floristischen Kartierung in Sachsen-Anhalt, Jg. 27, 2022) Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Ordnung und Benennung der Pflanzen.- Bau der Pflanzen.- Biologie der Pflanzen.- Verbreitung der Pflanzen.- Vergesellschaftung der Pflanzen.- Naturschutz.- Anleitung zum Bestimmen.- Tabellen zum Bestimmen.
£31.34
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Strasburger − Lehrbuch der Pflanzenwissenschaften
Book SynopsisSeit 120 Jahren liegt die Stärke des STRASBURGERs in der ausgewogenen Darstellung aller Teilgebiete der Pflanzenwissenschaften. In der vorliegenden 38. Auflage sind besonders die Teile Struktur und Entwicklung stark überarbeitet worden. • Der Teil Struktur beschreibt den pflanzlichen Aufbau ausgehend von der Ebene der Zelle über die Gewebe bis hin zur Ebene der Organe. Bei der Neufassung dieser Kapitel war es ein besonderes Anliegen, Struktur als Ausdruck von Funktion sichtbar zu machen. Neben einer Beschreibung der Formen wurde versucht, die Erklärung dieser Formen stärker zu gewichten. Der Teil Genetik wurde neustrukturiert und aktualisiert. • Der Teil Genetik wurde neustrukturiert und aktualisiert. Insbesondere die Bereiche Epigenetik und Gentechnik wurden erweitert. Hier spielen Weiterentwicklungen der Gentechnik zur gezielten Genomveränderung eine Rolle. Die methodischen Hintergründe werden im neuen Abschnitt Genomeditierung beschrieben.Der ebenfalls neu gestaltete Teil Entwicklung spiegelt die im Teil Strukturbehandelten Ebenen (Zelle, Gewebe, Organ, Organismus) wider, wobei das Werden dieser Ebenen im Mittelpunkt steht. Es werden zentrale Konzepte der Entwicklungsbiologie an Beispielen aus dem Pflanzenreich geschildert. In den anschließenden Kapiteln geht es dann um die Steuerung dieser Vorgänge durch Phytohormone und den Einfluss endogener und exogener regulatorischer Faktoren.• Im Teil Physiologie werden ausgehend von der Beschreibung grundlegender Transport- und Stoffwechselprozesse die Anpassung des pflanzlichen Stoffwechsels an entwicklungs- und umweltbedingte Veränderungen betrachtet. Die Abschnitte zum Primärstoffwechsel wurden ergänzt und überarbeitet und die übrigen Teile aktualisiert.• Der evolutionäre Prozess, die Phylogenie und Systematik der Pflanzen und anderer photoautotropher Eukaryoten sowie die Geschichte der Vegetation der Erde sind Inhalt des Teils Evolution und Systematik. • Im Ökologie-Teil wird die Pflanze in Beziehung zu den Lebensbedingungen am Wuchsort gesetzt. Pflanzliche Reaktionen auf Klima und Bodenfaktoren, Prozesse in Populationen und Artengemeinschaften sowie die großen Vegetationszonen der Erde werden erklärt. In dieser neu überarbeiteten Auflage wurden einige Abbildungen und Textstellen hinzugefügt sowie die Literatur aktualisiert.Der Tradition dieses einzigartigen Standardwerkes entsprechend soll es Studierenden als vierfarbig bebildertes Lehrbuch und Dozenten aller bio-, umwelt- und agrarwissenschaftlichen Fachrichtungen als verlässliches Nachschlage- und Referenzwerk dienen.Trade Review“… Insgesamt ist das Buch allen Studierenden in verschiedenen Modulen der grünen Biologie zu empfehlen, angefangen von der Allgemeinen Botanik über Pflanzenphysiologie, Zellbiologie oder Ökologie bis hin zur Systematik. Für die Lehrenden in der gymnasialen Oberstufe oder im biologischen Grundstudium ist der neue Strasburger eine sichere und umfassende Informationsquelle …” (Christian Wilhelm, in: BIOspektrum, Heft 1, 1. Februar 2022)Table of ContentsTeil I Struktur.- 1 Struktur und Funktion der Zelle.- 2 Die Gewebe der Gefäßpflanzen.- 3 Funktionelle Morphologie und Anatomie der Gefäßpflanzen.- Teil II Genetik.- 4 Die genetischen Systeme der Pflanzenzelle.- 5 Grundlagen der Genaktivität.- 6 Grundlagen der Biosynthese und des Abbaus von Proteinen.- 7 Grundlagen der Vererbung.- 8 Mutationen.- 9 Epigenetische Regulation.- 10 Gentechnik.- Teil III Entwicklung.- 11 Von der Zelle zum Organismus - Prinzipien der pflanzlichen Entwicklung.- 12 Kontrolle der Entwicklung durch Phytohormone.- 13 Kontrolle der Entwicklung durch Außenfaktoren.- Teil IV Physiologie.- 14 Stoffwechselphysiologie.- 15 Bewegungsphysiologie.- 16 Allelophysiologie.- Teil V Evolution und Systematik.- 17 Evolution.- 18 Methoden der Systematik.- 19 Stammesgeschichte und Systematik der Bakterien, Archaeen, "Pilze", Pflanzen und anderer photoautotropher Eukaryoten.- 20 Vegetationsgeschichte.- Teil VI Ökologie.- 21 Grundlagen der Pflanzenökologie.- 22 Pflanzen im Lebensraum.- 23 Populations- und Vegetationsökologie.- 24 Vegetation der Erde.
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Spektrum Akademischer Verlag Lerntafel: Genetik im Überblick
Book SynopsisGenexpression.- Nucleinsäuren. Replikation. Transkription. RNA-Prozessierung. Translation. Der genetische Code.- Regulation der Genexpression.- Chromatinstruktur. Transkriptionsregulation. mRNA-Stabilität (Eukaryoten). Translation. Proteinstabilität.- Mutationen und mobile DNA-Elemente.- Mutationen. Ursachen von Mutationen. DNA-Reparatur. Mobile DNA-Elemente.- Klassische Genetik.- Gregor Mendel (1822-1884). Mendelsche Regeln. Genkopplung. Definitionen.- Populationsgenetik.- Populationen. Hardy-Weinberg-Gleichgewicht. Evolutionsfaktoren.
£8.56
New India Publishing Agency Principles of Analytical and Instrumental
Book Synopsis
£209.90
University of Georgia Press Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife
Book SynopsisThis guide to common and unique plants found in forests of the Southeast of North America covers 330 species of forbs (herbaceous plants), grasses, vines, and shrubs, with a special emphasis on the plants' role in wildlife sustenance. It is packed with colour photographs.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Legumes under Environmental Stress
Book SynopsisLegumes under Environmental Stress Legumes under Environmental Stress Yield, Improvement and Adaptations Leguminous crops have been found to contribute almost 27% of the world's primary crop production. However, due to environmental fluctuations, legumes are often exposed to different environmental stresses, leading to problems with growth and development, and ultimately, decreased yield. This timely review explains the transcriptomics, proteomics, genomics, metabolomics, transgenomics, functional genomics and phenomics of a wide range of different leguminous crops under biotic and abiotic stresses, and their genetic and molecular responses. Amongst others the text describes the effect of nutrient deficiency, pesticides, salt and temperature stress on legumes. Importantly, the book explores the physiobiochemical, molecular and omics approaches that are used to overcome biotic and abiotic constraints in legumes. It looks at the exogenous application of phTable of ContentsList of contributors vii Preface xi About the editors xiii 1 Legumes and breeding under abiotic stress: An overview 1Arafat Abdel Hamed Abdel Latef and Parvaiz Ahmad 2 Salt stress and leguminous crops: present status and prospects 21P.S. Sha Valli Khan and P. Osman Basha 3 Nutrient deficiencies under stress in legumes: an overview 53Fakiha Afzal Tahira Khan Ammarah Khan Saifullah Khan Hammad Raza Ayesha Ihsan Mohammad Abass Ahanger and Alvina Gul Kazi 4 Chickpea: Role and responses under abiotic and biotic stress 67Saiema Rasool Arafat Abdel Hamed Abdel Latef and Parvaiz Ahmad 5 Chickpea and temperature stress: an overview 81Viola Devasirvatham Daniel K.Y. Tan Pooran M. Gaur and Richard M. Trethowan 6 Effect of pesticides on leguminous plants: an overview 91Harpreet Kaur Renu Bhardwaj Vinod Kumar Anket Sharma Ravinder Singh and Ashwani Kumar Thukral 7 Oxidative stress and antioxidant defence systems in response to pesticide stress 103Fozia Bashir and Sumira Jan 8 Legume-rhizobia symbiotic performance under abiotic stresses: factors influencing tolerance behaviour 125Haythem Mhadhbi Photini V. Mylona and Alexios N. Polidoros 9 Microbial strategies for the improvement of legume production in hostile environments 133Dilfuza Egamberdieva Vyacheslav Shurigin Subramaniam Gopalakrishnan and Ram Sharma 10 Role of abscisic acid in legumes under abiotic stress 145Analia Llanes Genoveva Devinar and Virginia Luna 11 Exogenous application of phytoprotectants in legumes against environmental stress 161Mirza Hasanuzzaman Kamrun Nahar Md. Mahabub Alam Shakeel Ahmad and Masayuki Fujita 12 Genetic and molecular responses of legumes in a changing environment 199Mustafeez Mujtaba Babar Najam-us-Sahar Sadaf Zaidi Mohamed Mahgoub Azooz and Alvina Gul Kazi 13 Omics approaches and abiotic stress tolerance in legumes 215Syeda Fatma Hasan Bukhari Sadia Arshad Mohamed Mahgoub Azooz and Alvina Gul Kazi 14 MicroRNA-mediated regulatory functions under abiotic stresses in legumes 231Syed Sarfraz Hussain Mohammad Ali and Bujun Shi 15 Biotechnology approaches to overcome biotic and abiotic stress constraints in legumes 247Mustafeez Mujtaba Babar Najam-us-Sahar Sadaf Zaidi Mohamed Mahgoub Azooz and Alvina Gul Kazi 16 Gene pyramiding and omics approaches for stress tolerance in leguminous plants 265Neha Handa Renu Bhardwaj Ashwani Kumar Thukral Saroj Arora Sukhmeen Kaur Kohli Vandana Gautam and Tajinder Kaur 17 Combating phosphorus deficiency on alkaline calcareous soils by adsorption isotherm technique for legume crops in arid environments 285Muhammad Waqas Abdul Hannan and Abdul Gaffar Sagoo Index 301
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Johns Hopkins University Press Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard
Book SynopsisWeaving together the stories of the Old World apple in America and the life and myth of John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard casts new light on both.Trade ReviewThis coverage provides a satisfying blend of frontier history, agricultural and business insights, and American history and is a powerful pick for a range of holdings, from those strong in agricultural or American history to home and garden collections. Midwest Book Review This book takes away the dross of mythology, but replaces it with the realistic humanity of a most fascinating unique American... Highly recommended. Choice This slim volume does many things well... In just one paragraph, the author spans five centuries of agricultural change from competing 17th century European and Native American conceptions of land ownership to the recent introduction of cleverly marketed boutique apples from South America. This breadth of argument and free interplay between topic and period are a refreshing change from the microscopic studies that have become the bread-and-butter of specialized historical journals. -- Dave Grettler Northwest Ohio History A succinct, meticulous, and fascinating triple biography of the man, the myth and the American apple-a fine contribution to cultural and horticultural history. -- Michael Kammen New England Quarterly John Chapman's life, which Kerrigan argues may have been a rejection of the growing materialism of market capitalism, tells us much about the early republic. Kerrigan's dogged research and clear, lively writing strip away the mythology to reveal an impractical and unusual, though fascinating, individual. Academics and general readers will want to add this title to their bookshelves. -- Jeff Bremer Indiana Magazine of History Clearly, Kerrigan deserves credit for carefully and skillfully piecing together a biography of John Chapman - one that departs from the caricatures of the past. Arguably, the book's true value lies elsewhere... Perhaps even more important, he exposes the political and cultural forces that transformed a humble collector and planter of apple seeds into an American icon. In so doing, he causes us to experience and appreciate places like Appleseed Park in Athens, Ohio, in altogether new and different ways. -- Geoffrey L Buckley The AAG Review of Books Readers who are seeking new insights into America's cultural history through the lens of the American orchard, or just hoping for a refreshing look at Johnny Appleseed, will find that this book is replete with new information culled from over fifteen years of meticulous research in country courthouses, historical societies, and Swedenborgian archives. They will also be delighted to discover that the tastelessness of an overproduced, overgrown, chemically dependent apple is absent; instead, they will find the invigorating crispness and freshness of a sun-ripened, pioneer apple, eaten at leisure with one's back against a sturdy tree. -- Ray Silverman The HistorianTable of ContentsList of Maps and FiguresPrefaceIntroduction1. Seeds2. Becoming Johnny Appleseed3. Suckers4. Walking Barefoot to Jerusalem5. To Serve God or Mammon6. Yankee Saint and the Red DeliciousNotesEssay on SourcesIndex
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CABI Publishing Seed Biology and Yield of Grain Crops
Book SynopsisThis new edition of an established title examines the determination of grain crop yield from a unique perspective, by concentrating on the influence of the seed itself. As the food supply for an expanding world population is based on grain crops harvested for their seeds, understanding the process of seed growth and its regulation is crucial to our efforts to increase production and meet the needs of that population. Yield of grain crops is determined by their assimilatory processes such as photosynthesis and the biosynthetic processes in the seed, which are partly regulated within the seed itself. Providing a timely update in this field and highlighting the impact of the seed on grain crop yields, this book: · Describes all aspects of seed growth and development, including environmental and genetic effects on growth rate and length of the filling period. · Discusses the role of the seed in determining the two main yield components: individual seed weight and number of seeds per unit area. · Uses the concepts and models that have been developed to understand crop management and yield improvement. Substantially updated with new research and further developments of the practical applications of the concepts explored, this book is essential reading for those concerned with seed science and crop yield, including agronomists, crop physiologists, plant breeders, and extension workers. It is also a valuable source of information for lecturers and graduate students of agronomy and plant physiology.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Seed Growth and Development Chapter 3: Seed Growth Rate and Seed-Fill Duration: Variation and Regulation. Chapter 4: Yield Components-Regulation by the Seed Chapter 5: The Seed, Crop Management, and Yield Chapter 6: The Way Forward
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CABI Publishing Ecology and Management of Giant Hogweed
Book SynopsisThe Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum is a pernicious invasive species, with significant impact on human health due to its phytoxic sap. From its native area, the Caucasus, it has spread across Europe creating serious environmental and health problems. This book, the output of a three-year EU project involving 40 European experts, is an authoritative compendium of current knowledge on this amazing invasive plant and will facilitate improved management. It is an invaluable resource for both practitioner and student, and covers topics including taxonomy, genetics, reproduction, population ecology, and invasion dynamics. It also reviews the possibilities of mechanical, chemical and biological control.Table of Contents1: Taxonomy, Identification, Genetic Relationships and Distribution of Large Heracleum Species in Europe 2: Heracleum mantegazzianum in its Primary Distribution Range of the Western Greater Caucasus 3: Historical Dynamics of Heracleum mantegazzianum Invasion at Regional and Local Scales 4: Reproductive Ecology of Heracleum mantegazzianum 5: Seed Germination, Dispersal and Seed Bank in Heracleum mantegazzianum 6: Population Dynamics of Heracleum mantegazzianum 7: Regeneration Ability of Heracleum mantegazzianum and Implications for Control 8: Ecological Needs, Habitat Preferences and Plant Communities Invaded by Heracleum mantegazzianum 9: Impact of Heracleum mantegazzianum on Invaded Vegetation and Human Activities 10: Seed Ecology of Heracleum mantegazzianum and H. sosnowskyi, Two Invasive Species with Different Distributions in Europe 11: Herbivorous Arthropods on Heracleum mantegazzianum in its Native and Invaded Distribution Range 12: Fungal Pathogens Associated with Heracleum mantegazzianum in its Native and Invaded Distribution Range 13: Defence Systems of Heracleum mantegazzianum 14: Mechanical and Chemical Control of Heracleum mantegazzianum and H. sosnowskyi 15: Control of Heracleum mantegazzianum by Grazing 16: The Scope for Biological Control of Giant Hogweed, Heracleum mantegazzianum 17: Revegetation as a Part of an Integrated Management Strategy for Large Heracleum species 18: Model-assisted Evaluation of Control Strategies for Heracleum mantegazzianum 19: Master of All Traits: Can We Successfully Fight Giant Hogweed?
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CABI Publishing Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Book SynopsisPlants have evolved both general and highly specialized defence mechanisms that function to prevent diseases caused by the majority of microbial pathogens they encounter. Highly specialized defence is governed by specific interactions between pathogen avr (avirulence) genes' loci and alleles of the corresponding plant disease resistance (R) loci. These defences can be very dynamic as microbes from the same species can act differently in their co-evolution with the specific host plant, which in turn has similarly evolved its response to external threats. There have been major developments in the field of plant-microbe interactions in recent years, due to newly developed techniques and the availability of genomic information. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions explores these new discoveries, focusing primarily on the mechanisms controlling plant disease resistance, the cross-talk among the pathways involved and the strategies used by the pathogens to suppress these defences. By exploring developments in plant defences, pathogen's counter-defences and mutually beneficial plant-microbe interactions, this book will be useful for researchers and students in plant pathology and plant biology-related areas.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Plant RNA-silencing Immunity and Viral Counter-defence Strategies - Santiago Wadsworth and Patrice Dunoyer Chapter 2: Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Cascades in Plant Defence Responses - Fengming Song, Huijuan Zhang and Shuqun Zhang Chapter 3: Molecular Mechanisms of the Radical Burst in Plant Immunity - Hirofumi Yoshioka, Shuta Asai, Noriko Miyagawa, Tatsushi Ichikawa, Miki Yoshioka, and Michie Kobayashi Chapter 4: Disease Resistance in Arabidopsis, Starring TGA2 and also Featuring NPR1 - Patrick Boyle, Pierre R. Fobert, and Charles Després Chapter 5: Disease Resistance Genes: Form and Function - Melanie A. Sacco and Peter Moffett Chapter 6: Transcription Factor Families Involved in Plant Defence: From Discovery to Structure - Jean-Sébastien Parent, Laurent Cappadocia, Alexandre Maréchal, Pierre R. Fobert, Normand Brisson Chapter 7: Cross Talk Between Induced Plant Immune Systems - González-Lamothe Rocío, El Oirdi Mohamed, Abd El Rahman Taha, Sansregret Raphaël, Bathily Hamed and Bouarab Kamal Chapter 8: The Needle and the Damage Done: Type III Effectors and the Plant Immune Response - Jennifer D. Lewis, Karl Schreiber and Darrell Desveaux Chapter 9: Virulence Determinants and the Global Regulation of Virulence in Xanthomonas campestris - Adrián A. Vojnov, J. Maxwell Dow, Kamal Bouarab Chapter 10: Suppression of Induced Plant Defence Responses by Fungal and Oomycete Pathogens - Abdelbasset El Hadrami, Ismail El Hadrami, and Fouad Daayf Chapter 11: Sustainable Agriculture and the AMF Multigenomic Model: How Advances in AMF Genetics will Change Soil Management Practices - Erin Zimmerman, Marc St-Arnaud, and Mohamed Hijri Chapter 12: Microbial Traits Associated with Actinobacteria Interacting with Plants - Anne-Marie Simao-Beaunoir, Sébastien Roy, Carole Beaulieu Chapter 13: Insight into Fusarium-cereal Pathogenesis - Rajagopal Subramaniam, Charles G. Nasmith, Linda J. Harris and Thérèse Ouellet
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de Gruyter Pflanzengeographie
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The Chinese University Press The Genera of Orchidaceae in Hong Kong:
Book SynopsisThe Genera of Orchidaceae in Hong Kong is a handy reference for both amateurs and professional botanists in Asia who wish to enter the field of modern orchidology. Orchid appreciation is an art deeply rooted in Asian cultures. But in 1977, when this book was first published, orchidology as a science was new to people there. The technical vocabulary was unfamiliar and the subject matter difficult to understand. Therefore, this volume was intended as a general, easy-to-use reference book, with illustrations of the basic structure of orchids and their habit and habitat clearly described in Chapter I.The book may also be used as a self-help guide for naturalists and gardeners in Hong Kong who wish to identify an orchid new to them. In Chapter II, keys, descriptions, and illustrations are given to allow the reader to look up and gain information about individual orchid species. Chapter III provides an analysis of the composition and an interpretation of the phytogeographic significance of the Orchidaceae in Hong Kong. Finally, Chapter IV helps the reader to understand and remember the Latinized names of orchids by providing an explanation on the origin and meaning of the generic names. This book is a facsimile reprint of the 1977 edition, which was published at a time when no comprehensive account of the genera of the orchids of Hong Kong had ever been attempted. Even after many decades, this volume remains the essential reference on orchid species growing in Hong Kong. This commemorative edition features a new foreword and a chronology of Professor Hu's major life events.Table of Contents Foreword to the Commemorative Edition by David T W Lau Foreword by Gordon W Dillon Preface by L B Thrower Introduction I The Basic Features Of The Orchids In Hong Kong Habit and Habitat 1 Terrestrial Orchids 2 Epiphytes 3 Symbiosis Root Stem Leaves Inflorescence Flowers Fruit Seed and Seedling II Keys and Descriptions Keys to the Subfamilies, Tribes, and Genera Descriptions of Genera with Illustrations and Keys to the Species III Composition and Phytogeographic Significance Systemic Summary Analysis of the Composition 1 Generic Affinity with the Orchids of China 2 Morphological Diversity 3 Small Species and Poor Populations 4 Alphabetic List of the Species Phytogeographic Significance 1 Indication of a Rich Flora and a Favorable Area 2 Reference for Floristic Relationships 3 Endemism at the Species Level Conclusion IV Origin and Meaning of the Generic Names of Hong Kong Orchids Glossary Bibliography Index Major Life Events of Professor Shiu-ying Hu
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Michigan Ferns and Lycophytes A Guide to Species
Book SynopsisUnlike the well-studied flowering plants and gymnosperms, Michigan's ferns and lycophytes have long lacked a reliable, up-to-date guidebook, and this book fills that gap. Covering all 120 taxa found in the state, it features detailed keys, species descriptions, and range maps alongside precise illustrations that show a complete picture of species' morphology.
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de Gruyter Untersuchungen Von Kohlig Erhaltenen Fertilen Und
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de Gruyter Seed Proteins of Dicotyledonous Plants
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Amsterdam University Press The Green Middle Ages: The Depiction and Use of
Book SynopsisHow ‘green’ were people in late antiquity and the Middle Ages? Unlike today, the nature around them was approached with faith, trust and care. The population size was many times smaller than today and human impact on nature not as extreme as it is now. People did not have to worry about issues like deforestation and sustainability. This book is about the knowledge of plants and where that knowledge came from. How did people use earth and plants in ancient times, and what did they know about their nutritional or medicinal properties? From which plants one could make dyes, such as indigo, woad and dyer’s madder? Is it possible to determine that through technical research today? Which plants could be found in a ninth-century monastery garden, and what is the symbolic significance of plants in secular and religious literature? The Green Middle Ages addresses these and other issues, including the earliest herbarium collections, with a leading role for the palaeography and beautiful illuminations from numerous medieval manuscripts kept in Dutch and other Western libraries and museums.Table of ContentsPreface PART 1 - Chronological Development: from herbarium pictum to herbarium vivum Introduction | Early Writings on Beneficial Plants: Perceptions and Prescriptions (Claudine A. Chavannes-Mazel) The Web of Written and Illustrated Plant Books from Antiquity to the Invention of the Printing Press Chapter 1. From Copy to Copy. 1500 years of Plant Illustrations (Claudine A. Chavannes-Mazel) Chapter 2 Early Printed Herbaria. A Brief Sketch Based on Examples from the Liberna Collection (Iris Ellers) Chapter 3. ‘Everlasting Gardens’ . Origin, Distribution and Purpose of the First herbaria viva (Gerard Thijsse) Part II - The Use of Plants in the Middle Ages Chapter 4. Painting with Plants. The Use of Vegetable-based Dyes in Medieval Manuscripts (Micha Leeflang and Annabel Dijkema) Chapter 5. Naming Names. Plants in the Age of Charlemagne (Claudine A. Chavannes-Mazel and Gerda van Uffelen) Chapter 6. The Long Shadow of Antiquity Medicine and Plants (Claudine A. Chavannes-Mazel) Chapter 7. ‘The Cook is the Best Doctor'. Plants for Food and Health: Recipes and Prescriptions (Johanna Maria van Winter) Part III - Plants in medieval literature Chapter 8. ‘And it Grew and Waxed a Great Tree' A Short Survey of Plants in the Bible (Linda IJpelaar) Chapter 9. Good Trees, Bad Trees Biblical Tree and Plant Symbolism in the Liber floridus (Linda IJpelaar) Chapter 10. The Herb Book in Jacob van Maerlant's Der naturen bloeme (Jos A.A.M. Biemans) Chapter 11. A Thorny Rosebush and Other Greenery: Love, Lust and Suffering in the Romance of the Rose (Esther Mulders) Part IV - Plants in Medieval Book Illumination Chapter 12. Names of Flowers and Plants in the Margins of late Medieval Manuscripts (Saskia van Bergen) Chapter 13. Flowering Margins. The Development of Strewn-Flower Borders in Early Netherlandish Manuscript Illumination in the Fifteenth Century (Anne Margreet W. As-Vijvers) Chapter 14. Flowers of Meaning. The Interpretation of Marginal Decoration in Southern Netherlandish Manuscripts from around 1500 (Anne Margreet W. As-Vijvers) Appendix I: A Hand-written Text from Late Antiquity in the Leiden University Library. The Wonders of Plantain in Apuleius Platonicus’ herbarium (Leiden, UB ms VLQ 9) (Claudine A. Chavannes-Mazel) Appendix II: A Late Medieval Printed Text in the Athenaeum Library in Deventer. Recipes in a Herb Book from 1497, the Ortus sanitatis (Deventer, AB 2000 E 45 KL) (Jan Willem Briët) Footnotes Picture acknowledgments About the authors Bibliography Indices
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Springer Plant Microbiome and Biological Control
Book SynopsisChapter 1. Beneficial Microbes in Plant Health, Immunity and Resistance.- Chapter 2. Understanding Plant Immunity Through Plant-Microbe Interaction.- Chapter 3. Plant-Microbe Interactions, Signalling Events, And Cellular Networks Against Harmful Pathogens.- Chapter 4. Building Resilience: Engineering the Plant Microbiome for Biotic Stress Management.- Chapter 5. Rhizosphere microbiome and plant tolerance against biotic agents.- Chapter 6. Rhizospheric Microbiome: Biodiversity, Significance, and Prospects for Biotechnological Advancements.- Chapter 7. Rhizobiome Microbials in the Protection of Plants From Biotic Stress.- Chapter 8. Harnessing Rhizosphere Mycobiome for Sustainable Agriculture: Perspectives and Prospects.- Chapter 9. Boosting Plant Immunity: The Functional Role and Mechanism of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Resistance.- Chapter 10. Phytostimulation and Systemic Resistance Induction by Plant Growth Promoting Fungi (PGPF).- Chapter 11. Functional Role and Mechanism of PGPRs, AMFs and Endophytes in Improving Host Resistance Against Plant Pathogens.- Chapter 12. Bacterial Secondary Metabolites (B-SMs): Empowering Agriculture Against Fungal Disease Challenges.- Chapter 13. Fungal Plant Bio-stimulants: Cutting-edge Bioinoculants for Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 14. Fungi as Biocontrol Agents Against Insect and Mite Pests.- Chapter 15. Pathogenic algae in host microbiota: invasion mechanism and management strategies.- Chapter 16. Disease Resistance in Mycorrhiza-Colonised Vegetable Crop: Understanding and Opportunity.- Chapter 17. Optimizing Post-Harvest Disease Management through Plant Microbiome Intervention Strategies.- Chapter 18. Exploring the Role of Plant Microbiome in Post-Harvest Disease Management of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.).- Chapter 19. Counteracting Post-Harvest Diseases through Horticultural Plants Microbiome.-Chapter 20. Management of Mycotoxin Problems: Prospects and Limitations.- Chapter 21. Genetic Basis Providing Crop Plants Resistance to Phytopathogens.- Chapter 22. Small RNAs Game Changers of Plant Defense System Against Bacteria.- Chapter 23. Deciphering the rhizosphere microbiome through metagenomics.- Chapter 24. Harnessing the Power of Phytomicrobiome Interaction Involving Multi-Omics Techniques to Control Biotic Stresses.
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Springer Progress in Botany Vol. 85
Book SynopsisHow Moving Hormonal Signals Regulate Plant Vascular Differentiation, Adaptation, and Evolution: Hypotheses and Evidence.- Molecular Regulation of Iron Homeostasis in Plants.- Molecular Genetics of Stomatal Development in Arabidopsis.- Recent Advances in Seedling Research: Phenylalanine and Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase (PAL).- Plant Hormone Crosstalk Under Abiotic Stress Conditions.- Lessons in Transport and Plant Membrane Bioengineering.- Halophytes and Climate Change: Elucidation of Salt-Tolerance Mechanisms and Biodiversity Conservation.- Particle Film to Mitigate the Negative Effects of Climate Change on Grapevine Leaf Eco-Physiology as Mediated by Anatomical Traits.- A Review of the Papaveraceae Family Based on the Multidisciplinary Study of Pollen Grain: Ultrastructure and Ontogeny.- Integrative Ecosystem Management Through the Diversification of Structure and Tree Species.
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Springer Molecular and Biotechnological Tools for Plant Disease Management
Book SynopsisRecent strategies in the management of bacterial diseases for cereals.- Diagnostics and detection tools for pathogens in food crops.- Molecular diagnostics and management of phyto-parasitic nematodes.- Advances in the management of bacterial diseases of vegetable crops.- Emerging approaches based on genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for crop disease tolerance.- Recent diagnostics, detection and monitoring tools: Implications for plant pathogens and their management.- Molecular diagnostics of plant viruses, viroids, and phytoplasma: An updated overview.- Detection and identification of plant viruses, viroids, and phytoplasma based on high-throughput molecular approaches.- Advances in Contemporary Tools for Detecting and Diagnosing Plant Pathogens.- Advanced molecular techniques in the identification of phytopathogenic fungi.- Plant microRNAs: Identification and their application in disease management.- RNAi as a potential tool for control and management of plant disease: An updated overview.- RNA interference for plant disease management: Updated methods, current applications and future directions.- Emerging molecular tools and breeding strategies for plant bacterial disease management.- Disease-resistant genes and signal transduction pathways and their applications in disease management.- Genome editing technologies for resistance against phytopathogens.- CRISPR/Cas9 system of crop improvement: Understanding the underlying machinery.- CRISPR-edited plants for plant-disease management.
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LEGARE STREET PR British Mosses Their Homes Aspects Structure and Uses
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LEGARE STREET PR Etudes Et Commentaires Sur Le Code De Lescluse augmentes De Quelques Notices Biographiques A Clusiuscodex Mykologiai Meltatasa Adatokkal Clusius Eletrajzahoz par Gy. Istvanffi.
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