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Springer Bioactive Carbohydrate Polymers Proceedings of the Phytochemical Society of Europe 44
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Springer Arbuscular Mycorrhizas Physiology and Function
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Springer Verification of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on New Scientific and Technical Aspects NATO Science Partnership Subseries 1 32
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Springer Transplant Production in the 21st Century Proceedings of the International Symposium on Transplant Production in Closed System for Solving the Global Conservation Food Resources and Energy
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Springer Recent Advances of Plant Root Structure and Function Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Structure and Function of Roots Held August 90 Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences
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Springer Wheat in a Global Environment Proceedings of the 6th International Wheat Conference 59 June 2000 Budapest Hungary Developments in Plant Breeding
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Springer Regeneration of Plants in Arid Ecosystems Resulting from Patch Disturbance 27 Geobotany
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Springer Biomonitoring General and Applied Aspects on Regional and Global Scales 35 Tasks for Vegetation Science
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Springer Development of PlantBased Medicines Conservation Efficacy and Safety
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Springer Current Trends in the Embryology of Angiosperms
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Springer Natural Terpenoids as Messengers A multidisciplinary study of their production biological functions and practical applications
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Springer Stable Isotope Techniques in the Study of Biological Processes and Functioning of Ecosystems 40 Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture
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Springer Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Charlottetown Prince Edward Island Ca on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Proceedings
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Springer Soil Ecology
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Springer Principles of Seed Science and Technology
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Springer The Elms Breeding Conservation and Disease Management
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Springer MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANT VIRUSES
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Springer Breeding for Ornamentals Classical and Molecular Approaches
Book SynopsisSince not only professional scientists, but also thousands of future scientists/students as well as amateur breeders around the world contribute heavily to the field of ornamental breeding, an introductory section dealing with the basics of molecular and classical genetics and the evolution of floral diversity is included.Table of ContentsPreface. Section one: Introduction to Classical and Molecular Genetics Evolution of Sexual Reproduction and Floral Diversity; R.J. Griesbach. Transmission Genetics; A. Ashri. Molecular Genetics: Gene Isolation, Characterization and Manipulation; B.R. Glick, D.M. Penrose. Section two: Classical Breeding. Breeding Methods and Breeding Researh; W. Horn. Interspecific Hybridization and Introgression; J.M. Van Tuyl, et al. Mutation Breeding of Vegetatively Propagated Ornamentals; A.M. Van Harten. Introduction of New Cut Flowers: Domestications of New Species and Introduction of New Traits Not Found in Commercial Varieties; D. Weiss. Tissue Culture for Ornamental Breeding; A.C. Cassells. Section three: Genetic Manipulation at the DNA Level. Gene Transfer to Plants; S.C. Deroles, et al. Molecular Approaches for Increasing Plant Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses; M. Lorito, et al. Molecular Control of Light Sensing in Plant Development; A. Samach, M. Pineiro. Molecular Control of Flower Development; M. Vishnevetsky, E.M. Meyerowitz. Molecular Control of Floral Pigmentation: Anthocyanins; H. Ben-Meir, et al. Molecular Control of Floral Pigmentation: Carotenoids; F.X. Cunningsham, Jr., E. Gantt. Molecular Control of Floral Fragrance; N. Dudareva. Molecular Genetics of Flower Senescence; J.E. Thompson, T.-W. Wang. Molecular Markers as a Tool for Analyses of Genetic Relatedness and Selection in Ornamentals; T. Debener. Plant-Specific Intellectual Property Rights; S. Berman. Index.
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Springer New York Seeds Physiology of Development Germination and Dormancy 3rd Edition
Book SynopsisStructure and Composition.- Development and Maturation.- Synthesis of Storage Reserves.- Germination.- Mobilization of Stored Reserves.- Dormancy and the Control of Germination.- Environmental Regulation of Dormancy and Germination.- Longevity, Storage and Deterioration.Table of ContentsChapter 1Structure and Composition1.1. Introduction1.2. Seed structure1.2.1. Embryo1.2.2. Non-embryonic storage tissues1.2.3. Testa – seed coat1.3. Seed storage reserves1.3.1. Carbohydrates1.3.2. Oils (Neutral lipids)1.3.3. Proteins1.3.4. Phytin1.3.5. Other constituentsChapter 2Development and Maturation2.1. Fertilization2.2. Embryogeny and storage tissue formation 2.2.1. Embryonic tissues 2.2.2. Endosperm 2.2.3. Testa (seed coat)2.3. Regulation of seed development 2.3.1. Plant hormones 2.3.2. Embryo polarity and patterning 2.3.3. ABA content and sensitivity to ABA during development 2.3.4. Regulation of the seed maturation program 2.3.5. Epigenetic control of endosperm development 2.3.6. Testa development and its interaction with the endosperm and embryo 2.3.7. Somatic embryogenesis and apomixis2.4. Germinability during development 2.4.1. Ability to germinate during development 2.4.2. Precocious germination: Vivipary and preharvest sprouting 2.4.3. Role of preharvest drying in development of germinability2.5. Maturation drying and the ‘switch’ to germination 2.5.1. The acquisition of desiccation tolerance 2.5.2. Protective mechanisms associated with drying 2.5.2.1. Membranes, proteins and water replacement 2.5.2.2. Gene expression and protein synthesis 2.5.2.3. Other changes in metabolism associated with drying 2.5.3. Gene expression changes upon rehydration2.6. Late maturation events and seed drying 2.6.1. Physiological maturity versus harvest maturity 2.6.2. Seed development and seed quality 2.6.3. Maturation drying and biophysical aspects of dry seedsChapter 3Synthesis of Storage Reserves3.1. Assimilates for grain and seed filling 3.1.1. Source of nutrients for storage reserve synthesis 3.1.2. Import of nutrients into the developing seed 3.1.3. Factors affecting seed production and quality3.2. Deposition of reserves within storage tissues 3.2.1. Starch synthesis 3.2.1.1. Uses and modifications of starch 3.2.2. Synthesis of polymeric carbohydrates other than starch 3.2.3. Oil (triacylglycerol) synthesis 3.2.3.1. Uses and modifications of fatty acids 3.2.4. Storage protein synthesis 3.2.4.1. Synthesis, processing and deposition of storage proteins 3.2.4.2. Uses and modifications of storage proteins 3.2.4.3. Regulation of storage protein synthesis 3.2.5. Phytin synthesis 3.2.6. Modifications of non-storage compounds to improve nutritional quality Chapter 4Germination4.1. Seed germination – definition and general features4.2. Measurement of germination4.3. Imbibition 4.3.1. Uptake of water from the soil 4.3.2. Phase I, imbibition and imbibitional damage 4.3.3. Phase II, the lag phase 4.3.4. Phase III, completion of germination 4.3.5. Kinetics of imbibition4.4. Respiration – oxygen consumption and mitochondrial development 4.4.1. Pathways and products 4.4.2. Respiration during imbibition and germination 4.4.3. Mitochondrial development and oxidative phosphorylation 4.4.4. Respiration under low oxygen conditions4.5. RNA and protein synthesis 4.5.1. Transcriptomes of dry and germinating seeds 4.5.2. Proteomes of germinating seeds4.6. The completion of germination 4.6.1. Embryo growth potential verses enclosing tissue constraints in radicle emergence 4.6.2. DNA synthesis and cell division (cell cycle)4.7. Priming and the enhancement of germinationChapter 5Mobilization of Stored Reserves5.1. Seedling growth patterns5.2. Mobilization of stored reserves5.3. Stored oligosaccharide catabolism5.4. Pathways of starch catabolism 5.4.1. Synthesis of sucrose5.5. Mobilization of stored starch in cereal grains 5.5.1. Synthesis and release of -amylase and other hydrolases from the aleurone layer 5.5.2. Starch breakdown and the fate of the products of hydrolysis 5.5.3. Hormonal control of starch mobilization 5.5.4. Programmed cell death (PCD) of the aleurone layer and other tissues5.6. Mobilization of stored carbohydrate reserves in dicots 5.6.1. Starch-storing non-endospermic legumes 5.6.2. Hemicellulose-storing endospermic legumes 5.6.3. Hemicellulose-containing seeds other than legumes5.7. Stored triacylglycerol (TAG) mobilization 5.7.1. Mobilization of TAGs from oil bodies 5.7.2. Role and formation of the glyoxysome 5.7.3. Utilization of the products of TAG catabolism5.8. Storage protein mobilization 5.8.1. Protein mobilization during germination 5.8.2. Protein mobilization following germination of cereals 5.8.2.1. Uptake of amino acids and peptides into the embryo 5.8.3. Protein mobilization following germination of dicots5.8.4. Protease inhibitors5.8.5. Utilization of liberated amino acids in dicot seedlings5.9. Phytin mobilization5.10. Control of reserve mobilization in dicots 5.10.1. Regulation in endospermic dicots 5.10.2. Regulation in non-endospermic dicots 5.10.2.1. Mode of regulation by the axisChapter 6Dormancy and the Control of Germination6.1. Dormancy - its biological role 6.2. Categories of dormancy6.3. Mechanisms of dormancy 6.3.1. Blocks to germination within the embryo 6.3.1.1. Undifferentiated embryo 6.3.1.2. Immature embryo 6.3.1.3. Chemical inhibitors 6.3.1.4. Regulatory and metabolic constraints 6.3.2. Blocks to germination by the covering layers 6.3.2.1. Interference with water uptake 6.3.2.2. Interference with gas exchange 6.4.2.3. Prevention of exit of inhibitors from the embryo 6.4.2.4. Mechanical restraint6.4. Embryonic inadequacy – the causes 6.4.1. Energy metabolism of dormant seeds6.4.2. Genetic aspects of dormancy6.5. The environment in dormancy perception 6.6. The release from dormancy6.6.1. Perception, signaling and role of hormones with respect to dormancy and germination 6.6.1.1. Regulation by ABA 6.6.1.2. Regulation by GA 6.6.1.3. Regulation by ethylene and brassinosteroids 6.6.1.4. ABA/GA balance and hormonal cross-talk in the regulation of dormancy6.6.2. After-ripening6.6.3. Low temperatures (chilling)6.6.4. Other effects of temperature on dormancy6.6.5. Light 6.6.5.1. Phytochrome: action spectra 6.6.5.2. Phytochrome: photoequilibria 6.6.5.3. Phytochrome: multiple forms 6.6.5.4. Phytochrome: downstream signaling 6.6.6. Dormancy release of seeds with impermeable coats 6.6.7. Breaking of dormancy by chemicals 6.6.7.1. Breaking of dormancy by nitrate 6.6.7.2. Breaking of dormancy by nitric oxide 6.6.7.3. Breaking of dormancy by smokeChapter7Environmental Regulation of Dormancy and Germination7.1. Seed dispersal and burial 7.1.1. The soil seed bank7.2. Environmental control of germination 7.2.1. Water 7.2.1.1. Hydrotime model of germination 7.2.1.2. Hydrotime and dormancy 7.2.1.3. Ecological applications of the hydrotime model 7.2.2. Temperature7.2.2.1. Cardinal temperatures for seed germination 7.2.2.2. Thermal time models 7.2.2.3. Temperature and water interactions: hydrothermal time models 7.2.3. Light 7.2.3.1. Phytochrome responses 7.2.4. Nitrate 7.2.5. Oxygen and other gases 7.2.6. Other chemicals7.3. Secondary dormancy and seasonal variation 7.3.1. Dormancy cycling 7.3.2. Dormancy cycling: mechanisms and modeling7.4. Influences of plant life cycle, distribution and origin on germination 7.4.1. Plant distribution 7.4.2. Seasonal and flowering interactions affecting dormancyChapter 8Longevity, Storage and Deterioration8.1. Ancient seeds8.2. Longevity of seeds in storage 8.2.1. Patterns of seed viability loss during storage 8.2.2. Temperature, moisture content and seed longevity 8.2.3. Other factors that affect seed viability during storage8.3. Seed storage and conservation 8.3.1. Short-term storage 8.3.2. Long-term genetic conservation—ex situ seed gene banks 8.3.3. Long-term genetic conservation—in situ Centers of Diversity8.4. Mechanisms and consequences of deterioration in seeds 8.4.1. Deterioration mechanisms in stored seeds 8.4.2. Consequences of storage on germination8.5. Mechanisms of after-ripening in dry seeds8.6. Recalcitrant seeds
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Springer Mycoheterotrophy
Book SynopsisMycoheterotrophy: An introduction.- Taxonomy and classification.- Biogeography and conservation.- Subterranean morphology and mycorrhizal structures.- Evolution and diversification.- Progress and prospects for the ecological genetics of mycoheterotrophs.- Species interactions of mycoheterotrophic plants specialization and its potential consequences.- The physiological ecology of mycoheterotrophy.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:Selected by Choice magazine as an "Outstanding Academic Title" for 2013“This exceptional book provides detailed background information on plants that obtain their organic carbon from fungi … . Each well-written chapter is an in-depth study with an extensive list of current references. This superb resource provides a wonderful overview and detailed examination of mycoheterotrophs. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professional botanists and mycologists.” (K. M. Foos, Choice, Vol. 51 (2), October, 2013)Table of Contents1 Mycoheterotrophy: An introductionVincent S. F. T. Merckx2. Taxonomy and classificationVincent S. F. T. Merckx, John V. Freudenstein, Jonathan Kissling, Maarten J. M. Christenhusz, Raymond E. Stotler, Barbara Crandall-Stotler, Norman Wickett, Paula J. Rudall, Hiltje Maas-van de Kamer, and Paul J. M. Maas3. Biogeography and conservationVincent S. F. T. Merckx, Erik F. Smets, and Chelsea D. Specht4. Subterranean morphology and mycorrhizal structuresStephan Imhof, Hugues B. Massicotte, Lewis H. Melville, and R. Larry Peterson5. Evolution and diversificationVincent S.F.T. Merckx, Constantijn B. Mennes, Kabir G. Peay, and József Geml6. Progress and prospects for the ecological genetics of mycoheterotrophsD. Lee Taylor, Craig F. Barrett, Gemma E. Beatty, Sarah E. Hopkins, Aaron H. Kennedy, and Matthew R. Klooster7. Species interactions of mycoheterotrophic plants – specialization and its potential consequencesRichard J. Waterman, Heiko Hentrich, Matthew R. Klooster, and Martin I. Bidartondo8. The physiological ecology of mycoheterotrophyNicole A. Hynson, Thomas Madsen, Marc-André Selosse, Iris K. U. Adam, Yuki Ogura-Tsujita, Melanie Roy, and Gerhard Gebauer
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Humana Press Inc. Plant Reverse Genetics: Methods and Protocols
Book SynopsisAfter the generation of genome sequence data from a wide variety of plants, databases are filled with sequence information of genes with no known biological function, and while bioinformatics tools can help analyze genome sequences and predict gene structures, experimental approaches to discover gene functions need to be widely implemented. In Plant Reverse Genetics: Methods and Protocols, leading researchers in the field describe cutting-edge methods, both high-throughput and genome-wide, involving the models Arabidopsis and rice as well as several other plants to provide comparative functional genomics information. With chapters on the analysis of high-throughput genome sequence data, the identification of non-coding RNA from sequence information, the comprehensive analysis of gene expression by microarrays, and metabolomic analysis, the thorough methods of the book are fully supported by scripts to aid their computational use. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ series format, the chapters contain introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and notes on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and essential, Plant Reverse Genetics: Methods and Protocols is an ideal guide for researchers seeking an understanding of how the complex web of plant genes work together in a systems biology view.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“This book includes a compendium of methods and protocols derived from functional genomics that have been developed during the last decade … . The book is organized in chapters written by leading researchers from different groups … . Large scale phenotyping is also described with protocols suitable for application in different lab conditions. … Gramene database is presented as an example of integrated information … derived from different species, providing details of the information gathered in it as well as available tools for sequence comparisons.” (Ruth Heinz and Norma Paniego, Boletin de Bibleoteca del IMYZA-INTA, Issue 26, June, 2011)Table of Contents1. Analysis of High-Throughput Sequencing Data Shrinivasrao P. Mane, Thero Modise, and Bruno W. Sobral 2. Identification of Plant MicroRNAs Using Expressed Sequence Tag Analysis Taylor P. Frazier and Baohong Zhang 3. Microarray Data Analysis Saroj K. Mohapatra and Arjun Krishnan 4. Setting Up Reverse Transcription Quantitative-PCR Experiments Madana M.R. Ambavaram and Andy Pereira 5. Virus-Induced Gene Silencing in Nicotiana benthamiana and Other Plant Species Andrew Hayward, Meenu Padmanabhan, and S. P. Dinesh-Kumar 6. Agroinoculation and Agroinfiltration: Simple Tools for Complex Gene Function Analyses Zarir Vaghchhipawala, Clemencia M. Rojas, Muthappa Senthil-Kumar, and Kirankumar S. Mysore 7. Full-Length cDNA Overexpressor Gene Hunting System (FOX Hunting System) Mieko Higuchi, Youichi Kondou, Takanari Ichikawa, and Minami Matsui 8. Activation Tagging with En/Spm-I/dSpm Transposons in Arabidopsis Nayelli Marsch-Martínez and Andy Pereira 9. Activation Tagging and Insertional Mutagenesis in Barley Michael A. Ayliffe and Anthony J. Pryor 10. Methods for Rice Phenomics Studies Chyr-Guan Chern, Ming-Jen Fan, Sheng-Chung Huang, Su-May Yu, Fu-Jin Wei, Cheng-Chieh Wu, Arunee Trisiriroj, Ming-Hsing Lai, Shu Chen, and Yue-Ie C. Hsing 11. Development of an Efficient Inverse PCR Method for Isolating Gene Tags from T-DNA Insertional Mutants in Rice Sung-Ryul Kim, Jong-Seong Jeon, and Gynheung An 12. Transposon Insertional Mutagenesis in Rice Narayana M. Upadhyaya, Qian-Hao Zhu, and Ramesh S. Bhat 13. Reverse Genetics in Medicago truncatula Using Tnt1 Insertion Mutants Xiaofei Cheng, Jiangqi Wen, Million Tadege, Pascal Ratet, and Kirankumar S. Mysore 14. Screening Arabidopsis Genotypes for Drought Stress Resistance Amal Harb and Andy Pereira 15. Protein Tagging for Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) from Arabidopsis Stefan de Folter 16. Yeast One-Hybrid Screens for Detection of Transcription Factor DNA Interactions Pieter B.F. Ouwerkerk and Annemarie H. Meijer 17. Plant Metabolomics by GC-MS and Differential Analysis Joel L. Shuman, Diego F. Cortes, Jenny M. Armenta, Revonda M. Pokrzywa, Pedro Mendes, and Vladimir Shulaev 18. Gramene Database: A Hub for Comparative Plant Genomics Pankaj Jaiswal
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Morphogenesis Deconstructed: An Integrated View of the Generation of Forms
Book SynopsisThis book is about morphogenesis as the genesis of forms. It is not restricted to plants growing from seed or animals developing from an embryo (although these do supply the most abundant examples) but also addresses kindred processes, from inorganic to social to biomorphic technology. It is about our morphogenetic universe: unplanned, unfair and frustratingly complicated but benevolent in allowing us to emerge, survive, and inquire into its laws.Table of ContentsMorphogenetic Universe.- Aggregation.- Broken Symmetry.- Life Evolves.- Cells in Motion.- Cells United.- Communication.- Biomorphic Technologies.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Allelopathy: Potential for Green Agriculture
Book SynopsisAllelopathic studies may be defined in various aspects; weed against weed/crop and vice versa. This book focuses on the ways to utilize the allelopathic potential of weeds or crops for controlling weeds in the agroecosystems. Vigorous use of herbicides is poisoning our environment at an alarming rate; allelopathy can be employed as a useful alternative to control weeds naturally under field conditions. The book contains chapters on the history of allelopathy; allelopathic potential of several important crops (rice, wheat, sorghum, maize, mustard, sunflower) and weeds (members of Solanaceae, Convolvulaceae, Asteraceae, Verbenaceae). Moreover, it highlights how the allelopathic potential of these weeds and crops can be employed effectively to suppress weeds under field conditions. The book also discusses topics on the role of allelochemicals in agroecosystems; impact on local flora; biotic stress induced by allelochemicals; mechanism of action of allelochemicals and future prospective of allelopathy. Prepared with basic concepts and importance of allelopathy, this book is intended for the agricultural community, botanists, students and researchers.Table of Contents1. Preface 2. Foreword 3. Introduction 4. History of allelopathy 5. Allelopathy potential of important crops (i) Rice (ii) Wheat (iii) Sorghum (iv) Maize (v) Mustard (vi) Sunflower 6. Allelopathy potential of weeds belonging to the family (i) Asteraceae (ii) Convolvulaceae (iii) Solanaceae (iv) Verbenaceae 7. Role of allelochemicals in agroecosystems 8. Impact on local flora 9. Biotic stress induced by allelochemicals 10. Mechanism of action of allelochemicals 11. Future prospective
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Plant-Animal Interactions: Source of Biodiversity
Book SynopsisThis textbook provides the first overview of plant-animal interactions for twenty years focused on the needs of students and professors. It discusses a range of topics from the basic structures of plant-animal interactions to their evolutionary implications in producing and maintaining biodiversity. It also highlights innovative aspects of plant-animal interactions that can represent highly productive research avenues, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in a future career in ecology. Written by leading experts, and employing a variety of didactic tools, the book is useful for students and teachers involved in advanced undergraduate and graduate courses addressing areas such as herbivory, trophic relationships, plant defense, pollination and biodiversity. Table of ContentsChapter 1 - Introduction.- Chapter 2 - Plant chemistry and their impacts on biotic interactions.- Chapter 3 - Herbivory and Plant defenses – antagonist interactions.- Chapter 4 - The molecular genetic basis in plant-animal interactions.- Chapter 5 - Biotic defenses against herbivory.- Chapter 6 - Pollination – from antagonistic to mutualistic interactions.- Chapter 7 - Dispersal – frugivory and seed dispersal.- Chapter 8 - Plant phenology: effects seasonality in biotic interactions.- Chapter 9 - Plant-mediated above-belowground interactions.- Chapter 10 - Ecosystem Engineers – how plant-animal interactions modify the environment.- Chapter 11 - Ecological networks in plant-animal interactions.- Chapter 12 - The evolution of facilitation and mutualism in plant-animal interactions.- Chapter 13 - Evolutionary conflicts in coevolved mutualisms.- Chapter 14 - Plant-Animal Interactions: and the origin of biodiversity.- Chapter 15 - Plant-Animal Interactions in the Anthropocene era.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Disturbance Ecology
Book SynopsisThis edited work presents a multi-faceted view on the causes and consequences of disturbance in ecosystems. Vegetation can be affected by a variety of different disturbances such as wind, floods, fire, and insect attack, leading to an abrupt change in live biomass. Disturbance is a motor of vegetation dynamics, but also sensitive to climate change and poses a challenge for ecosystem management. Readers will discover the global distribution of disturbance regimes and learn about the importance of disturbances for biodiversity and the evolution of plant and animal life. The book provides a Central European perspective on disturbance ecology, and addresses important disturbance agents such as fire, wind, avalanches, tree diseases, insect defoliators, bark beetles and large herbivores in dedicated chapters. It furthermore includes chapters on anthropogenic disturbances in forests and grasslands. The impact of climate change on disturbance regimes and approaches to address disturbance risks in ecosystem management are discussed in concluding chapters. Within the 18 chapters 14 textboxes highlight current topics of disturbance ecology and provide deeper methodological insights into the field. Disturbances strongly shape our landscapes and maintain our biodiversity. A better understanding of their ecology is thus fundamental for contextualizing the dynamic changes in our environment. This book is a valuable resource for students and practitioners interested in disturbances and their management.Table of Contents1 Disturbance ecology: a guideline 2 Definitions and quantifications 3 Concepts 4 Abiotic disturbances 5 Biotic disturbances 6 Anthropogenic disturbances 7 Disturbances in global change 8 Disturbances and management
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Lipid Signaling in Plants
Book SynopsisPhospholipidshavelongbeenknownfortheirkeyroleinmaintainingthebilayer structureofmembranesandinphysicallyseparatingthecytosolfromorganelles andtheextracellularspace. Inthepastdecade,acompletelynovelandunexpected functionemerged,full?llingacrucialroleincellsignaling. Itwasthediscoveryin animalcells,thatagonist-activatedcellsurfacereceptorsledtotheactivationofa phospholipase C (PLC), to hydrolyze the minor lipid, phosphatidylinositol 4- bisphosphateintotwosecondmessengers,inositol1,4,5-trisphosphate(InsP)and 3 2+ diacylglycerol(DAG). WhileInsP diffusesintothecytosol,whereitreleasesCa 3 2+ from an intracellular store by activating a ligand-gated Ca -channel, DAG remainsinthemembranetorecruitandactivatemembersoftheproteinkinase Cfamily. Overtheyears,avarietyofotherlipidbased-signalingcascadesweredisc- ered. Theseinclude,phospholipaseA,generatinglyso-phospholipidsandfreefatty acids(tobeconvertedintoprostaglandinsandleukotrienes),phospholipaseD,to generatethelipidsecondmessenger,phosphatidicacid(PA),andphosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), generating a distinct set of polyphosphoinositides (PPI) ph- phorylated at the D3-position of the inositol ring, all with separate signaling functions. Sphingolipids,representinganotherimportantgroupofsignalinglipids, alsocameacross. Themajorityoftheselipid-basedsignalingpathwayshavebeendiscoveredin plantcellstoo. Moreover,theyhavebeenfoundtobeactivatedinresponsetoa widevarietyofbioticandabioticstresssignals,butalsotobebasicallyinvolvedin plantgrowthanddevelopment. Whilemanyoftheenzymes,lipids,andtheirtargets involved arewell conserved, major differences with the mammalian paradigms havealsoemerged. Thisbookhighlightsthecurrentstatusofplantlipidsignaling. Allchaptershave beenwrittenbyexpertsinthe?eldandcoverinformationforbothbeginnersand advancedlipidologists. PartIincludesphospholipases(Chaps. 1-3),partII,lipid kinases (Chaps. 4-7), part III, lipid phosphatases (Chaps. 8-9), part IV, ix x Preface inositolphosphates and PPI metabolism (Chaps. 10-13), part V, PA signaling (Chaps. 14-17),andpartVI,additionallipidsignals,e. g. oxylipins,NAPEand sphingolipids(Chaps18-20). Ithasbeenagreatpleasuretobetheeditorofthis bookandtobeawitnessofthislipid-signalingadventure. Amsterdam,June2009 TeunMunnik Contents PartI Phospholipases PhospholipaseAinPlantSignalTransduction...3 Gu..ntherF. E. Scherer TheEmergingRolesofPhospholipaseCinPlantGrowth andDevelopment...23 PeterE. DowdandSimonGilroy PlantPhospholipaseD...39 WenhuaZhang,XiaoboWan,YueyunHong,WeiqiLi,andXueminWang PartII Kinases Phosphatidylinositol4-PhosphateisRequiredforTip GrowthinArabidopsisthaliana ...65 AmyL. SzumlanskiandErikNielsen PIP-KinasesasKeyRegulatorsofPlantFunction ...79 TillIschebeckandIngoHeilmann PlantPhosphatidylinositol3-Kinase...95 YureeLee,TeunMunnik,andYoungsookLee DiacylglycerolKinase...107 StevenA. AriszandTeunMunnik xi xii Contents PartIII Phosphatases SignalingandthePolyphosphoinositidePhosphatasesfromPlants ...117 GlendaE. Gillaspy PhosphatidicAcidPhosphatasesinSeedPlants...131 YukiNakamuraandHiroyukiOhta PartIV PPIMetabolism InsP inPlantCells ...145 3 YangJuIm,BrianQPhillippy,andImaraYPerera InositolPolyphosphatesandKinases...161 JillStevenson-PaulikandBrianQ. Phillippy PhosphoinositidesandPlantCellWallSynthesis ...175 RuiqinZhong,RyanL. McCarthy,andZheng-HuaYe ImagingLipidsinLivingPlants ...185 JoopE. M. VermeerandTeunMunnik PartV PASignaling PhosphatidicAcid:AnElectrostatic/Hydrogen-BondSwitch?...2 03 EdgarEduardKooijmanandChristaTesterink NitricOxideandPhosphatidicAcidSignalinginPlants...223 AyelenM. Diste'fano,M. LucianaLanteri,ArjentenHave, CarlosGarc?'a-Mata,LorenzoLamattina,andAnaM. Laxalt 3-Phosphoinositide-DependentProteinKinaseisaSwitchboard fromSignalingLipidstoProteinPhosphorylationCascades...243 ChristineZalejskiandLa'szlo'Bo..gre PartVI AdditionalLipidSignals DiacylglycerolPyrophosphate,ANovelPlantSignalingLipid...263 EmmanuelleJeannette,SophieParadis,andChristineZalejski OxylipinSignalingandPlantGrowth...277 AlinaMosblech,IvoFeussner,andIngoHeilmann Contents xiii FattyAcidAmideHydrolaseandtheMetabolismof N-AcylethanolamineLipidMediatorsinPlants...293 KentD. ChapmanandElisonB. Blanca?or SphingolipidSignalinginPlants...307 LouiseV. MichaelsonandJohnathanA. Napier Index ...323 Contributors Steven A. Arisz Section Plant Physiology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences,UniversityofAmsterdam,SciencePark904,NL-1098XH,Amsterdam, TheNetherlands ElisonB. Blanca?or SamuelRobertsNobleFoundation,PlantBiologyDivision, Ardmore,OK73401,USA,eblanca?or@noble.Table of ContentsPhospholipases.- Phospholipase A in Plant Signal Transduction.- The Emerging Roles of Phospholipase C in Plant Growth and Development.- Plant Phospholipase D.- Kinases.- Phosphatidylinositol 4-Phosphate is Required for Tip Growth in Arabidopsis thaliana.- PIP-Kinases as Key Regulators of Plant Function.- Plant Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase.- Diacylglycerol Kinase.- Phosphatases.- Signaling and the Polyphosphoinositide Phosphatases from Plants.- Phosphatidic Acid Phosphatases in Seed Plants.- PPI Metabolism.- InsP3 in Plant Cells.- Inositol Polyphosphates and Kinases.- Phosphoinositides and Plant Cell Wall Synthesis.- Imaging Lipids in Living Plants.- PA Signaling.- Phosphatidic Acid: An Electrostatic/Hydrogen-Bond Switch?.- Nitric Oxide and Phosphatidic Acid Signaling in Plants.- 3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein Kinase is a Switchboard from Signaling Lipids to Protein Phosphorylation Cascades.- Diacylglycerol Pyrophosphate, A Novel Plant Signaling Lipid.- Additional Lipid Signals.- Oxylipin Signaling and Plant Growth.- Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase and the Metabolism of N-Acylethanolamine Lipid Mediators in Plants.- Sphingolipid Signaling in Plants.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Mutation Breeding in Coffee with Special
Book SynopsisThis open-access book provides a comprehensive overview of current methodologies for improving resistance to leaf rust in coffee, one of the world's most important cash crops and beverages. Coffea arabica L. (Arabica) accounts for about 60% of the world's coffee production. Coffee leaf rust (CLR), caused by the fungus Hemileia vastatrix is the major disease affecting Arabica coffee resulting in losses of over $1 billion annually. The geographical distribution of CLR is expanding due to climate change. Moreover, the genetic improvement of Arabica coffee is constrained due to its very narrow genetic base. This protocol book introduces essential concepts of mutation breeding as an efficient tool to increase the genetic diversity of Arabica coffee and presents practical methods on mutation induction and screening for resistance to CLR. Current breeding approaches, challenges and opportunities for Arabica coffee improvement are briefly reviewed and a survey of common coffee diseases with emphasis on CLR is presented. Practical protocols for mutation induction and screening for resistance to CLR are described, including novel methods for single-cell mutagenesis using in vitro cell and tissue culture techniques and for genome-wide screening of induced mutations using genomics tools. Each protocol chapter has an introduction and is supported by example results. Given the impact of recent CLR epidemics on Arabica coffee production in Latin America, the book is intended to serve as a timely reference and guide for students and researchers in the agricultural sciences, plant pathologists and breeders, as well as growers and end-users interested in producing novel coffee genotypes for genetic studies, breeding, and commercial applications.Table of ContentsIntroduction coffee breeding and challenges Choice of materials for mutation induction in arabica coffee Improved in-vitro establishment and germination of Coffea arabica seed Induced mutagenesis in coffee (Coffea arabica L.) using chemical agents Mutation induction using gamma irradiation and high frequency embryogenic callus from coffee (Coffea arabica) Chemical mutagenesis of Coffea arabica mature seed using EMS Physical mutagenesis of coffee seeds In-vitro regeneration of Coffea arabica var. Venecia through somatic embryogenesis Protocol on mutation induction in Coffea arabica using in vivo grafting and cuttings Protocol on mutation induction in coffee using in vitro tissue cultures Screening for resistance to coffee leaf rust Protocol to send samples of coffee leaf rust to CIFC Coffee leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix) inoculation and evaluation under laboratory conditions Development of a PCR-Based Molecular Detection Technique for the Early Diagnosis of Coffee Leaf Rust Caused by Hemileia vastatrix Protocols for chromosome preparations: molecular cytogenetics and studying genome organization in coffee
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Springer Seagrasses: Biology, Ecology and Conservation
Book SynopsisSeagrasses are unique plants; the only group of flowering plants to recolonise the sea. They occur on every continental margin, except Antarctica, and form ecosystems which have important roles in fisheries, fish nursery grounds, prawn fisheries, habitat diversity and sediment stabilisation. Over the last two decades there has been an explosion of research and information on all aspects of seagrass biology. However the compilation of all this work into one book has not been attempted previously. In this book experts in 26 areas of seagrass biology present their work in chapters which are state-of–the-art and designed to be useful to students and researchers alike. The book not only focuses on what has been discovered but what exciting areas are left to discover. The book is divided into sections on taxonomy, anatomy, reproduction, ecology, physiology, fisheries, management, conservation and landscape ecology. It is destined to become the chosen text on seagrasses for any marine biology course.Trade Review"This is an excellent and timely volume, which shows that research on seagrasses has a good balance between studies of the basic biology of these fascinating organisms and studies of threats to seagrasses and their conservation." "The editors and authors are to be congratulated..." Phycologia (2006) volume 45 (5) "...exhaustively researched and superbly produced..." "...this book will stand for a number of years as the definite statement on the status of research on seagrasses and seagrass ecosystems at the turn of the 21st century." Marine Ecology 27 (2006)Table of ContentsTaxonomy and Biogeography of Seagrasses.- Seagrass Evolution, Ecology and Conservation: A Genetic Perspective.- Seagrass Morphology, Anatomy, and Ultrastructure.- Sexual Reproduction of Seagrasses: Pollination in the Marine Context.- Ecology of Seagrass Seeds and Seagrass Dispersal Processes.- Seagrass Beds and Coastal Biogeochemistry.- 7.- Fluid Dynamics in Seagrass Ecology—from Molecules to Ecosystems.- 9.- Oxygen Movement in Seagrasses.- Dynamics of Seagrass Stability and Change.- Aquatic Optics: Basic Concepts for Understanding How Light Affects Seagrasses and Makes them Measurable from Space.- Light and Photosynthesis in Seagrass Meadows.- Photosynthesis and Metabolism in Seagrasses at the Cellular Level.- Remote Sensing of Seagrass Ecosystems: Use of Spaceborne and Airborne Sensors.- Zostera: Biology, Ecology, and Management.- Biology of Posidonia.- The Biology of Thalassia: Paradigms and Recent Advances in Research.- Epiphytes of Seagrasses.- The Central Role of Grazing in Seagrass Ecology.- Seagrasses, Fish, and Fisheries.- Predation in Seagrass Beds.- Decline and Recovery of Seagrass Ecosystems— The Dynamics of Change.- Human Impacts on Seagrasses: Eutrophication, Sedimentation, and Contamination.- Seagrass Conservation Biology: An Interdisciplinary Science for Protection of the Seagrass Biome.- Seagrass Ecology: New Contributions from a Landscape Perspective.
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Springer New York Rice Functional Genomics Challenges Progress and Prospects
Book SynopsisRice has been chosen as a model cereal for functional genomics because of its well understood genetics. In addition, there is great similarities among all the cereals and grasses: any understanding of rice genes is directly applicable to the genes of other cereals.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews: "This book represents an excellent set of (reviewed) reviews that explains what is happening in the world of rice genomic research now. … This is a useful book for genetic resources workers because understanding the way in which the genome works is generating huge numbers of mutants required for forward (from phenotype to genome sequence) and reverse genetics (genome sequence to phenotype)." (D. Vaughan, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, Vol. 54, 2007)Table of ContentsRice Genome Sequence: The Foundation for Understanding the Genetic Systems.- Rice Genome Annotation: Beginnings of Functional Genomics.- Genome-Wide RNA Expression Profiling in Rice.- Rice Proteomics: A Step Toward Functional Analysis of the Rice Genome.- Metabolomics: Enabling Systems-Level Phenotyping in Rice Functional Genomics.- Use of Naturally Occurring Alleles for Crop Improvement.- Chemical- and Irradiation-Induced Mutants and TILLING.- T-DNA Insertion Mutants as a Resource for Rice Functional Genomics.- Transposon Insertional Mutants: A Resource for Rice Functional Genomics.- Gene Targeting by Homologous Recombination for Rice Functional Genomics.- RNA Silencing and Its Application in Functional Genomics.- Activation Tagging Systems in Rice.- Informatics Resources for Rice Functional Genomics.- The Oryza Map Alignment Project (OMAP): A New Resource for Comparative Genome Studies within Oryza.- Application of Functional Genomics Tools for Crop Improvement.- From Rice to Other Cereals: Comparative Genomics.
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Springer Vegetation Ecology of Socotra
Book SynopsisAlthough the unique flora of the Socotra Archipelago with its high degree of endemism has received much attention recently, little information is available on the vegetation and related ecological aspects. Based on their extensive field experience of the region, the authors have assimilated a vast amount of knowledge to produce this book, which gives a detailed insight into the plant ecology of Socotra, designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2008. The book is divided into seven chapters. After a brief introduction and overviews of important abiotic features, various aspects of the vascular flora are presented in Chapter 4, together with accounts of the bryophyte and lichen flora. Ecology and adaptive strategies of the plants are dealt with in Chapter 5, and Chapter 6 gives a concise description of the main vegetation units. Finally, important management issues of the vegetation are discussed, an essential topic to ensure preservation of the natural heritage of the archipelago.Table of ContentsPreface.- Acknowledgements.- 1. Introduction.- 2.- Topography, Climate and Soils.- 2.1. Introduction.- 2.2. Topography.- 2.3. Climate and weather patterns.- 2.4. Soils.- 3. Geology.- 3.1. Introduction.- 3.2. General geology and structure.- 3.3. Basement rocks.- 3.4. Triassic and Jurassic strata.- 3.5. Cretaceous strata.- 3.6. Tertiary strata.- 3.7. Quaternary deposits.- 3.8. Brief geology of the ancillary islands.- 3.9. Brief tectonic and climate history of the region.- 4. Flora and Biogeography.- 4.1. History of botanical exploration.- 4.2. Vascular plants.- 4.2.1. General attributes of the flora of Socotra.- 4.2.2. Characteristic distribution patterns.- 4.2.3. Endemism.- 4.2.3.1. Endemic taxa.- 4.2.3.2. Palaeoendemics and neoendemics.- 4.2.4. Origins of the Socotra flora and colonisation of the islands.- 4.2.4.1. Dispersal and vicariance.- 4.2.4.2. Long-distance dispersal.- 4.2.4.3. Examples of dispersal and vicariance in the flora of Socotra.- 4.2.4.4. Dispersal and vicariance in the fauna of Socotra.- 4.2.4.5. Invaders and colonizers.- 4.3. Ferns.- 4.4. Non-vascular cryptogams.- 4.4.1. Bryophytes.- 4.4.2. Lichens.- 5. Ecology and Adaptive Strategies.- 5.1. Introduction.- 5.2. Adaptation of plants to desert ecosystems.- 5.2.1. Photosynthetic pathways.- 5.2.2. Plant water relations.- 5.2.2.1. Leaf and stem adaptations to counteract low water potentials.- 5.2.2.2. Root systems.- 5.2.3. Energy balance.- 5.2.3.1. Energy balance and leaf morphology 5.2.3.2. Energy balance and water cycling.- 5.2.3.3. Leaf anatomy, reflectance, orientation.- 5.3. Adaptation of plants to highly saline ecosystems.- 5.4. Adaptation of plants to high-montane ecosystems.- 5.5. Life and growth-forms.- 5.5.1. Raunkiaer life-form classification.- 5.5.2. Growth-form classification of Socotran plants.- 5.5.2.1. Drought-deciduous trees.- 5.5.2.2. Drought-deciduous shrubs and dwarf shrubs.- 5.5.2.3. Evergreen trees and shrubs.- 5.5.2.4. Phreatophytes.- 5.5.2.5. Aphyllous spartinoid shrubs.- 5.5.2.6. Stem and leaf succulents.- 5.5.2.7. Caespitose graminoids.- 5.5.2.8. Stoloniferous perennial graminoids.- 5.5.2.9. Cliff-dwelling perennials.- 5.5.2.10. Cushion and mat-forming plants.- 5.5.2.11. Lianas.- 5.5.2.12. Epiphytes.- 5.5.2.13. Ephemerals.- 5.5.2.14. Parasitic plants.- 5.5.3. Life-form analysis.- 5.6. Adaptive strategies.- 5.6.1. Relating net carbon gain to environmental stress in arid ecosystems.- 5.6.2. Plant strategies in arid ecosystems.- 5.6.3. r/K-selection theory and the three-strategy CSR classification system of Grime.- 5.7. Pollination.- 5.8. Seed dispersal and germination.- 6. Vegetation.- 6.1. General comments on the vegetation.- 6.2. Broad vegetation classification.- 6.3. Vegetation of the different altitudinal belts.- 6.3.1. Coastal vegetation types.- 6.3.1.1. Sea-grass beds.- 6.3.1.2. Sandy beaches, coastal sand sheets and dunes.- 6.3.1.3. Mangroves: Avicennia marina community.- 6.3.1.4. Salt-marsh and sabkha vegetation: Arthrocnemum macrostachyum community.- 6.3.1.5. Salt-marsh and sabkha vegetation: Limonium sokotranum community.- 6.3.1.6. Other salt-marsh and sabkha vegetation.- 6.3.2. Vegetation of the coastal plains.- 6.3.2.1. Croton socotranus community.- 6.3.2.2. Tephrosia apollinea stands.- 6.3.2.3. Acacia edgeworthii community.- 6.3.2.4. Pulicaria stephanocarpa community.- 6.3.2.5. Indigofera pseudointricata–Salsola spinescens community.- 6.3.2.6. Limonium paulayanum community.- 6.3.2.7. Other vegetation types of the plains.- 6.3.3. Vegetation of the wadis at lower and middle altitudes.- 6.3.3.1. Characteristic species and assemblages of the wadis.- 6.3.4. Vegetation of lower-altitude rocky slopes.- 6.3.4.1. Adenium obesum community.- 6.3.4.2. Dwarf stem succulent communities.- 6.3.5. Vegetation of the cliffs and crevices.- 6.3.5.1. Characteristic species and assemblages of the cliffs.- 6.3.6. Vegetation of the mid-elevation plateaus and gentle slopes.- 6.3.6.1. Buxanthus pedicellatus–Dracaena cinnabari woodland of the mid-elevation limestone plateaus.- 6.3.6.2. Other vegetation types.- 6.3.6.3. Lower montane woodland.- 6.3.7. Vegetation of the montane and high-montane cloud zone.- 6.3.7.1. Cephalocroton socotranus community.- 6.3.8. Other montane vegetation types.- 6.3.9. Vegetation of the high-montane granite peaks.- 6.3.9.1. Leucas hagghierensis–Pittosporum viridiflorum community.- 6.3.9.2. Helichrysum–Hypericum dwarf shrub communities.- 6.3.10. Vegetation of wet flushes and other semi-aquatic habitats.- 6.4. Vegetation map of Socotra.- 6.5. Potential natural vegetation.- 7. Environmental Management.- 7.1. General introduction.- 7.2. Habitat degradation and desertification.- 7.3. Direct causes of ecosystem degradation.- 7.3.1. Effects of overgrazing.- 7.3.2. Soil erosion.- 7.3.3. Wood-collecting and deforestation.- 7.3.4. Infrastructure development.- 7.3.5. Impacts of drought.- 7.3.6. Potential impacts of climate change.- 7.3.7. Water extraction.- 7.3.8. Invasive species.- 7.3.9. Rubbish.- 7.4. Regeneration of the natural vegetation.- 7.4.1. Restoration.- 7.4.2. Native plant production.- 7.5. Conservation of the flora of Socotra.- 7.5.1. The conservation of Dracaena cinnabari.- 7.5.2. The conservation of Boswellia elongate.- 7.6. Coordination of conservation efforts.- 7.6.1. Conservation zoning plan.- Appendix 1. List of vascular plant species of the Socotra archipelago.- Appendix 2. List of bryophytes of Socotra.- Appendix 3. List of lichens of Socotra.- References.- Index
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Springer Ecology of Cenchrus grass complex: Environmental conditions and population differences in western India
Book SynopsisThe idea for the present volume stems from the In many cases we had to decide ourselves what long time friendship between the series editor and changes had to be made in the manuscript. This the volume editor. The field work was carried out was done, however, with the prior consent of during several years of the last two decades by Professor Pandeya. We hope that we did not Professor Pandeya and his team of workers: overlook any items which should have been S. C. Sharma, H. K. Jain, K. C. Paliwal, V. M. changed - if we did, it is our responsibility. In Bhanot, S. J. Pathak, R. Sharma, S. C. Bhatt, P. K. order to demonstrate our responsibility I have Mathur, Y. N. Rao and G. V. Saratbabu. The wide signed as co-editor of this volume. scope of the undertaking required expeditions and The series editor accepted this unusual task individual field studies for which reports were because the topic is of great significance for dry available. subtropical regions of the world. It was the task of Professor Pandey a to sift all The Cenchrus grasslands are of great importance this information and put it together in a form in the dry areas of South East Asia. The value of understandable for an international audience. the ecological grassland study for range manage The manuscript was delivered to the series edi ment is therefore obvious.Table of ContentsPreface. Part I: Western India - The Physical Environment, the Land, and the People. 1. Geographical Aspects, Lithology, and General Soil Conditions. 2. Climate and Water Resources. Part II: Population Differences and Distributional Pattern. 3. Population Differences in Cenchrus ciliaris and Cenchrus setigerus. 4. Climatic Factors in the Distribution of Cenchrus ciliarus Ecotypes. Part III: Net Primary Productivity and Climo-Edapho-Vegetational Relationships. 5. State of Knowledge of the Indian Grazing Lands. 6. Structure, Magnitude, and Dynamics of Primary Producers. 7. Climo-Edapho-Vegetational Relationships. Part IV: Germinability of Cenchrus ciliarus Ecotypes. 8. Seed and its Germination. Part V: Case Study. 9. System Analysis of a Village Ecosystem: A Case Study. Part VI: Results. 10. Discussion of Results. References. Index.
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Springer Integrated Pest Management Volume 2 Dissemination and Impact
Book SynopsisDiffusion of Innovation Theory and Integrated Pest Management.- Evaluation Research: Methodologies for Evaluation of IPM Programs.- Protocol for Economic Impact Evaluation of IPM Programs.- Economic Evaluation of Integrated Pest Management Programs.- Eliciting Farmer Knowledge, Attitudes, and~Practices in the Development of Integrated Pest Management Programs for Rice in Asia.- Implementing Integrated Pest Management in Developing and Developed Countries.- Moving On: Farmer Education in Integrated Insect Pest and Disease Management.- Impact of IPM Extension for Smallholder Farmers in the Tropics.- Impact of IPM Programs in Asian Agriculture.- Evolutionary Revolution: Implementing and Disseminating IPM in Indonesia.- Principles and Methods of Rice Lepidopteroid Pest and its Enemy Management (PEM) Program in North Vietnam.- Challenges of Integrated Pest Management in Sub-Saharan Africa.- Evaluating Dissemination and Impact of IPM: Lessons from Case Studies of Potato and Sweetpotato IPM iTable of ContentsDiffusion of Innovation Theory and Integrated Pest Management.- Evaluation Research: Methodologies for Evaluation of IPM Programs.- Protocol for Economic Impact Evaluation of IPM Programs.- Economic Evaluation of Integrated Pest Management Programs.- Eliciting Farmer Knowledge, Attitudes, and~Practices in the Development of Integrated Pest Management Programs for Rice in Asia.- Implementing Integrated Pest Management in Developing and Developed Countries.- Moving On: Farmer Education in Integrated Insect Pest and Disease Management.- Impact of IPM Extension for Smallholder Farmers in the Tropics.- Impact of IPM Programs in Asian Agriculture.- Evolutionary Revolution: Implementing and Disseminating IPM in Indonesia.- Principles and Methods of Rice Lepidopteroid Pest and its Enemy Management (PEM) Program in North Vietnam.- Challenges of Integrated Pest Management in Sub-Saharan Africa.- Evaluating Dissemination and Impact of IPM: Lessons from Case Studies of Potato and Sweetpotato IPM in Peru and Other Latin American Countries.- Integrated Pest Management in Europe – History, Policy, Achievements and Implementation.- IPM Programs in Commonwealth of Independent States and Russia.- Dissemination and Impact of IPM Programs in US Agriculture.- Advances with Integrated Pest Management as a Component of Sustainable Agriculture: The Case of the Australian Cotton Industry.- Impact of IPM and Transgenics in the Chinese Agriculture.- Can Transgenic Crops and IPM Be Compatible?.- Integrated Pest Management, Biofuels, and a New Green Revolution: A Case Study of the American Midwest.
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Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Photobiology
Book SynopsisThe Nature of Light and Its Interaction with Matter.- Principles and Nomenclature for the Quantification of Light.- Generation and Control of Light.- The Measurement of Light.- Light as a Tool for Biologists: Recent Developments.- Terrestrial Daylight.- Underwater Light.- Action Spectroscopy in Biology.- Spectral Tuning in Biology I: Pigments.- Spectral Tuning in Biology II: Structural Color.- Photoactive Proteins.- Molecules and Photochemical Reactions in Biological Light Perception and Regulation.- Photoreceptive Proteins and Their Evolution.- Signaling Crosstalk under the Control of Plant Photoreceptors.- The Diversity of Eye Optics.- The Evolution of Photosynthesis and Its Environmental Impact.- Photosynthetic Light Harvesting.- How Light Resets Circadian Clocks.- Photomorphogenesis and Photoperiodism in Plants.- The Light-Dependent Magnetic Compass.- Phototoxicity.- Ozone Depletion and the Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation.- Vitamin D: Photobiological and Ecological AspTrade Review“The book ‘Photobiology–the Science of Life and Light’ provides an excellent source of information to build upon or refresh one’s background knowledge of the physics of light with respect to its interaction in biological systems. … with the coverage of an enormous range of different topics, this book provides a comprehensive and entertaining introduction into the field of photobiology. Therefore, the book is perfectly suited for educational purpose as well.” (Torsten Jakob, Journal of Plant Physiology, Vol. 192, 2016)“This interesting and informative text, edited and largely written by Björn (emer., Lund Univ., Sweden), an expert in many aspects of the photobiology of plants … . The treatment of plants and animals is balanced, and useful comparisons and evolutionary relationships are discussed for photoreceptor molecules and processes. … Each topic gives sufficient background for non-experts to gain an appreciation of the subject matter. … Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners.” (L. C. Davis, Choice, Vol. 52 (12), August, 2015)Table of Contents1. The Nature of Light and Its Interaction with Matter Lars Olof Björn 2. Principles and Nomenclature for the Quantification of LightLars Olof Björn 3. Generation and Control of LightLars Olof Björn 4. The Measurement of LightLars Olof Björn5. Light as a Tool for Biologists: Recent DevelopmentsLars Olof Björn6. Terrestrial DaylightLars Olof Björn 7. Underwater LightCurtis D. Mobley 8. Action Spectroscopy in BiologyLars Olof Björn 9. Spectral Tuning in Biology I: PigmentsLars Olof Björn and Helen Ghiradella 10. Spectral Tuning in Biology II: Structural ColorHelen Ghiradella, Lars Olof Björn and Shuichi Kinoshita11. Photoactive ProteinsLars Olof Björn12. Molecules and Photochemical Reactions in Biological Light Perception and RegulationLars Olof Björn 13. Photoreceptive Proteins and Their EvolutionLars Olof Björn 14. Signaling Crosstalk under the Control of Plant PhotoreceptorsLei Jiang and Shaoshan Li15. The Diversity of Eye OpticsLars Olof Björn 16. The Evolution of Photosynthesis and Its Environmental ImpactLars Olof Björn and Govindjee 17. Photosynthetic Light HarvestingTihana Mirkovic and Gregory D. Scholes18. How Light Resets Circadian ClocksAnders Johnsson, Charlotte Helfrich-Förster and Wolfgang Engelmann 19. Photomorphogenesis and Photoperiodism in PlantsJames L. Weller 20. The Light-Dependent Magnetic CompassRachel Muheim and Miriam Liedvogel21. PhototoxicityLars Olof Björn and Pirjo Huovinen 22. Ozone Depletion and the Effects of Ultraviolet RadiationLars Olof Björn and Richard L. McKenzie 23. Vitamin D: Photobiological and Ecological Aspects Lars Olof Björn 24. The Photobiology of Human SkinMary Norval 25. Light-Promoted InfectionLars Olof Björn26. BioluminescenceLars Olof Björn and Helen Ghiradella 27. Role of Ultraviolet Radiation in the Origin of LifeLars Olof Björn, Shaoshan Li, Qiu Qiu and Yutao Wang28. Hints for Teaching Experiments and DemonstrationsLars Olof Björn 29. The Amateur Scientist’s SpectrophotometerLars Olof Björn
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Microbiota and Biofertilizers, Vol 2: Ecofriendly
Book SynopsisThe dependence of present farming on artificial input of “chemical fertilizers” has caused numerous ecological tribulations associated with global warming and soil contamination. Moreover, there is an essential requirement for realistic agricultural practices on a comprehensive level. Accordingly, biofertilizers including microbes have been recommended as feasible environmentally sound solutions for agricultural practices which not only are natural, and cost-effective but also preserve soil environs and important biota of agricultural land. In addition, it enhances the nutrient quantity of soils organically. Microbial biofertilizers promote plant growth by escalating proficient absorption of nutrients for the plants and by providing an excellent disease-fighting mechanism.Agriculture, the backbone of human sustenance, has been put under tremendous pressure by the ever-increasing human population. Although various modern agro-techniques boosted agricultural production, the excessive use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides have proven extremely detrimental to agriculture as well as to the environment in which it is carried out. Besides this some faulty agricultural practices like monoculture and defective irrigation, further complicate the scenario by eliminating biodiversity, increasing the efflux of nutrients into the water bodies, the formation of algal blooms, eutrophication, damaging the water quality and lowering fish stocks. Biofertilizers are the organic compounds applied to crops for their sustainable growth and the sustainability of the environment as the microbiota associated with biofertilizers interact with the soil, roots and seeds to enhance soil fertility. Application of biofertilizers results in the increased mineral and water uptake, root development, vegetative growth and nitrogen fixation besides liberating growth-promoting substances and minerals that help the maintenance of soil fertility. They further act as antagonists and play a pivotal role in neutralising soil-borne plant pathogens and thus, help in the bio-control of diseases. Application of biofertilizers instead of synthetic fertilizers could be a promising technique to raise agricultural productivity without degrading environmental quality. The present book focuses on the latest research approaches and updates from the microbiota and their applications in the agriculture industry. We believe this book addresses various challenges and shed lights on the possible future of the sustainable agricultural system.Table of Contents
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Jasmonates and Salicylates Signaling in Plants
Book SynopsisDemand for agricultural crops and nutritional requirement continues to escalate in response to increasing population. Also, climate change exerts adverse effects on agriculture crop productivity. Plant researchers have, therefore, focused to identify the scientific approaches that minimize the negative impacts of climate change on agricultural crops. Thus, it is the need of the hour to expedite the process for improving stress tolerance mechanisms in agricultural crops against various environmental factors, in order to fulfil the world’s food demand. Among the various applied approaches, the application of phytohormones has gained significant attention in inducing stress tolerance mechanisms.Jasmonates are phytohormones with ubiquitous distribution among plants and generally considered to modulate many physiological events in higher plants such as defence responses, flowering and senescence. Also, jasmonates mediate plant responses to many biotic and abiotic stresses by triggering a transcriptional reprogramming that allows cells to cope with pathogens and stresses. Likewise, salicylates are important signal molecules for modulating plant responses to environmental stresses. Salicylic acid influences a range of diverse processes in plants, including seed germination, stomatal closure, ion uptake and transport, membrane permeability and photosynthetic and growth rate.Understanding the significant roles of these phytohormones in plant biology and from agriculture point of view, the current subject has recently attracted the attention of scientists from across the globe. Therefore, we bring forth a comprehensive book “Jasmonates and Salicylates Signalling in Plants” highlighting the various prospects involved in the current scenario. The book comprises chapters from diverse areas dealing with biotechnology, molecular biology, proteomics, genomics, metabolomics, etc. We are hopeful that this comprehensive book furnishes the requisite of all those who are working or have interest in this topic.Table of ContentsChapter 01Jasmonates and Salicylates: Mechanisms, Transport and Signalling during Abiotic Stress in PlantsAkbar Hossain1,*, Zahoor Ahmad2, Debjyoti Moulik3, Sagar Maitra4, Preetha Bhadra5, Adeel Ahmad6, Sourav Garai7, Mousumi Mondal7, Anirban Roy8, Ayman El Sabagh9,10, Tariq Aftab11Chapter 02Salicylic acid and jasmonic acid in generating salt stress tolerant plantsAnkur Singh, Aryadeep Roychoudhury*Chapter 03Role of Jasmonic and Salicylic acid signaling in plants under UV-B stressKrishna Kumar Choudhary1, Suruchi Singh2, Madhoolika Agrawal3 and S. B. Agrawal3*Chapter 04Plant Responses to Exogenous Salicylic and Jasmonic Acids under Drought StressKazem Ghassemi-Golezani1*, Salar Farhangi-Abriz2Chapter 05Role of jasmonic acid and salicylic acid signaling in secondary metabolite production Samapika Nandy, Tuylee Das, Abhijit Dey*Chapter 06Role of jasmonates and salicylates in plant allelopathyAnam Asif1, Mohammad Affan Baig2*, M. Badruzzaman Siddiqui1Chapter 07Jasmonate: A versatile messenger in plantsPriyanka Singh, Yamshi Arif, Husna Siddiqui and Shamsul Hayat*Chapter 08The crucial role of jasmonates in enhancing heavy metals tolerance in plantsAli Raza1*, Sidra Charagh2, Shiva Najafi Kakavand3,4, Manzer H. Siddiqui5Chapter 09Jasmonates: The Fine-Tuning Bio-Regulators and their Crosstalk with Plant Reproductive BiologyDeepu Pandita*Chapter 10Role of Jasmonates in pathogenesis and crosstalk of Jasmonates with other hormonesShreshtha Yadav1, Simran1, Nisha Sella1, Shabir A. Rather2*Chapter 11Methyl Jasmonate and its Application for Improving Postharvest Quality of Fruits Deep Lata1, Anusree Anand1, Burhan Ozturk2, Riadh Ilahy3 , Md. Shamsher Ahmad4, and Mohammed Wasim Siddiqui4*Chapter 12Salicylic acid signalling under stress conditions in plantsTibor Janda*, Kinga O. Gondor, Magda Pál, Gabriella SzalaiChapter 13Function of Mediator in regulating salicylic acid mediated signaling and responses in plantsShubham Kumar Sinha, Koppolu Raja Rajesh Kumar*Chapter 14The Hidden Pathways Affecting Salicylic Acid Signaling in PlantsBahareh Hekmatdoust Tabrizi1, Neda Fattahi1, Rachel Backer2, Zahra Dehghanian3, Khosro Balilashaki4, Behnam Asgari Lajayer5*, and Tess Astatkie6 Chapter 15Salicylic Acid (SA): Its interaction with different molecules in the stress tolerance signaling pathwaysAparna Pandey1, Nidhi Verma1, Shikha Singh1, Gausiya Bashri2 and Sheo Mohan Prasad1*
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Herbals of Asia: Prevalent Diseases and Their
Book SynopsisMedicinal flora plays an important role in health care systems across the world. Out of the half million flowering plants, around 50.000 species are valued for their therapeutic properties. During the last few decades, 20% of the world’s population used plants and/or their derived products as a source of medicine. WHO stated that 80% population around the globe, specifically the rural communities, depend on medicinal plants for their basic healthcare needs. To this end, plant-based phytochemicals are known to have hepato-protective, anti-carcinogenic, anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antioxidant actions. This book is a guide to ~280 plant species of medicinal flora that demonstrates global relevance. Our goal is to share local knowledge about phytomedicines to a worldwide audience. It is an illustrated reference that documents and preserves the existing knowledge on these plant taxa, with a social and cultural (ethnobotanical) emphasis. This book also provides comprehensive and useful information about traditional uses of medicinal plants by the local communities for the treatment of various prevalent diseases. It contains comprehensive descriptions of each species including family, synonyms, English name, distribution, altitude, habitat, morphological description, life form, part used, mode of utilization, diseases category, recipes, other medicinal uses, phytochemical activity and toxicity.Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1: IntroductionCHAPTER 2: Medicinal Plant Used for HypertensionCHAPTER 3: Medicinal Plant Used for Gynecology DisordersCHAPTER 4: Medicinal Plant Used for ENT DisordersCHAPTER 5: Medicinal Plant Used for Skin DisordersCHAPTER 6: Medicinal Plant Used for Pediatrics or Children DisordersCHAPTER 7: Medicinal Plant Used for Musculoskeletal DisordersCHAPTER 8: Medicinal Plant Used for Glottis disorders
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Stable Isotopes in Tree Rings: Inferring
Book SynopsisThis Open Access volume highlights how tree ring stable isotopes have been used to address a range of environmental issues from paleoclimatology to forest management, and anthropogenic impacts on forest growth. It will further evaluate weaknesses and strengths of isotope applications in tree rings. In contrast to older tree ring studies, which predominantly applied a pure statistical approach this book will focus on physiological mechanisms that influence isotopic signals and reflect environmental impacts. Focusing on connections between physiological responses and drivers of isotope variation will also clarify why environmental impacts are not linearly reflected in isotope ratios and tree ring widths. This volume will be of interest to any researcher and educator who uses tree rings (and other organic matter proxies) to reconstruct paleoclimate as well as to understand contemporary functional processes and anthropogenic influences on native ecosystems. The use of stable isotopes in biogeochemical studies has expanded greatly in recent years, making this volume a valuable resource to a growing and vibrant community of researchers.Table of ContentsPART I INTRODUCTION: 1. Isotope Dendrochronology: Historical Perspective.- 2. Dendrochronology: Fundamentals and Innovations.- 3. Anatomical, developmental and physiological bases of tree-ring formation in relation to environmental factors.- PART II METHODS: 4. Sample collection and preparation for annual and intra-annual tree-ring isotope chronologies.- 5. Stable isotope signatures of wood, its constituents and methods of cellulose extraction.- 6. Tree-Ring Stable Isotope Measurements: The Role of Quality Assurance and Quality Control to Ensure High Quality Data.- 7. Newer Developments in Tree-Ring Stable Isotope Methods.- PART III: ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS FROM SOURCE TO WOOD: 8. Isotopes – terminology, definitions and properties.- 9. Carbon isotope effects in relation to CO2 assimilation by tree canopies.- 10. Environmental, physiological and biochemical processes determining the oxygen isotope ratio of tree-ring cellulose.- 11. The stable hydrogen isotopic signature: From source water to tree rings.- 12. Nitrogen isotopes in tree rings – Challenges and prospects.-13. Postphotosynthetic fractionation in leaves, phloem and stem.- PART IV PHYSIOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS: 14. Environmental fingerprints in tree-ring stable isotopes: Limits and strengths in mirroring environmental impacts.- 15. Post-photosynthetic carbon, oxygen and hydrogen isotope signal transfer to tree rings – how timing of cell formations and turnover of stored carbohydrates affect intra-annual isotope variations.- 16. Probing tree physiology using the dual-isotope approach.- 17. Intrinsic water-use efficiency derived from stable carbon isotopes of tree-rings.- PART V: ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IMPACTING THE ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION:18. Spatial and temporal variations in plant source water: O and H isotope ratiosfrom precipitation to xylem water.- 19. Climate signals in stable isotope tree ring records.- 20. Stable isotopes in tree rings of Boreal Forests.- 21. Stable isotopes in tree rings of Mediterranean Forests.- 22. Stable isotopes in tree rings of Tropical forests.- 23. Forest Management and Tree-Ring Isotopes.- 24. Impact of increasing CO2, and air pollutants (NOx, SO2, O3) on the stable isotope ratios in tree rings.- 25. Insect and pathogen influences on tree-ring stable isotopes.- 26. Process-based ecophysiological models of tree-ring stable isotopes.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Systematics, Evolution, and Ecology of
Book SynopsisThis book presents a synthesis of critical new information for the Melastomataceae, one of the ten richest families among flowering plants with over 5,800 species that has its diversity highly concentrated in tropical or subtropical areas. It describes the family’s global diversity and distribution and summarizes recent advances in systematics, evolution, biogeography, reproductive biology and ecology.Trade Review“The book Systematics, Evolution, and Ecology of Melastomataceae is a comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis of our knowledge on a fascinating, widely distributed, and highly diversified family of flowering plants. … I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the Melastomataceae, or in tropical plant diversity in general. It is an essential resource for students, researchers, and conservationists.” (Marcelo Trovó, Brazilian Journal of Botany, Vol. 46 (4), 2023)Table of ContentsForeword Preface Section I – An introduction to Melastomataceae 1. Melastomataceae diversity and distribution 2. History of Classification of the Melastomataceae 3. General morphology and terminology 4. Historical biogeography of Melastomataceae Section II – Systematics 5. An overview of Melastomataceae classification and phylogenetics 6. Revisiting character evolution in the Myrtales and its bearing on classification: Should the circumscription of Melastomataceae include the “memecyloids”? 7. Systematics of Kibessieae 8. Systematics of Astronieae 9. Phylogeny and systematics of Henrietteeae 10. The tribe Miconieae: many genera or one genus? 11. Systematics and taxonomy of the Merianieae 12. Systematics of Bertolonieae and Trioleneae 13. Systematics of Blakeeae 14. The tribe Cyphostyleae; exceptions that prove the rules 15. Systematics of Sonerileae and Dissocheteae: creating order out of chaos 16. Systematics of Cambessedesieae 17. Systematics of Rhexieae 18. Systematics of Microlicieae 19. Systematic studies in the Neotropical tribe Marcetieae 20. Melastomateae: a review on the taxonomic history, morphology, molecular phylogeny and biogeography Section III – Evolution: Morphology, Biology, Reproduction and Biogeography 21. Comparative floral ontogeny of Melastomataceae 22. Seed morphological features in Melastomataceae 23. Patterns of Chromosome Number Diversity and Evolution in the Melastomataceae 24. Apomixis in Melastomataceae: Diversity of developmental mechanisms and ecological consequences 25. Pollination syndromes and flower diversification in Melastomataceae 26. Stamen diversity in Melastomataceae: morphology, color and function 27. Patterns of diversification of Miconia (Miconieae) in the Greater and Lesser Antilles 28. Colonization by Melastomataceae and its diversification in the Atlantic Forest 29. A review of the paleobotanical record of Melastomataceae Section IV – Ecology 30. Shapes of species responses to soil fertility in lowland Amazonian Melastomataceae 31. Seed germination ecology in Neotropical Melastomataceae 32. Seed dispersal ecology in Neotropical Melastomataceae 33. Myrmecophytism in the Melastomataceae Section V – Melastomataceae and humans 34. How non-native invasive Melastomataceae inform a greater understanding of the biology and genetics of the family Conclusion and future prospects
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Springer International Publishing AG A Field Guide to Tropical Plant Families
Book SynopsisThis book provides an identification system permitting recognition of plant families in all seasons by means of morphological and macroanatomical features which are easily observable, such as bark, exudates, stems and leaves characters. Studies of forest vegetation may differ in their underlying objectives, but they all require taxonomic knowledge. The process of taxonomy begins with an inventory of the flora, which has been based to a large extent on reproduction-related organs, such as flowers and fruits. But, those are often difficult to observe and may not exist in the field at a given time. Unlike most such guides or keys, this book can be used anywhere in the tropics and provides, in a straightforward two or three-step process, identification to the level of families, which are now circumscribed according to molecular as well as morphological characters in the universally accepted scheme of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. Plant architecture is not a prerequisite theme for plant identification; however, we think that an introduction to this subject is not out of place in this book (architectural traits are taxonomically sound): it is now time for botanists working in the tropics to have an idea on how the whole organism keeps growing. Within the family accounts, there is information concerning important economic plants with notes on the larger genera and, particularly helpfully, discussion of families readily confused and how to separate them. Descriptions of the families rely on short diagnosis bolstered by many photographic pictures, lines drawings and extracts from the author’s field books, all showing features of plants as they are found in the forest.Table of ContentsPart I – User manual and architectural concepts. Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. How to use this book 6.- Chapter 3. Architectural concepts and key to the models.- Part II. Identification keys.- Chapter 4. Key to the groups of families of trees and shrubs (groups 1 to 52).- Chapter 5. Keys to families of trees and shrubs.- Chapter 6. Supplementary keys.- Chapter 7. Keys to the groups of families of lianas and woody epiphytic (groups 53 to 57).- Chapter 8. Keys to families of lianas and woody epiphytes.- PART III. Description of the families.- Chapter 9. Acanthaceae to Asteraceae.- Chapter 10. Bignoniaceae to Buxaceae.- Chapter 11. Cactaceae to Cycadaceae.- Chapter 12. Dichapetalaceae to Dipterocarpaceae.- Chapter 13. Ebenaceae to Euphorbiaceae.- Chapter 14. Fagaceae.- Chapter 15. Gentianaceae to Goupiaceae.- Chapter 16. Hamamelidaceae to Humiriaceae.- Chapter 17. Icacinaceae s.l. to Irvingiaceae.- Chapter 18. Juglandaceae.- Chapter 19. Lamiaceae to Lythraceae.- Chapter 20. Magnoliaceae to Myrtaceae.- Chapter 21. Nyctaginaceae,- Chapter 22. Ochnaceae to Oxalidaceae.- Chapter 23. Pandaceae to Putranjivaceae.- Chapter 24. Rhabdodendraceae to Rutaceae.- Chapter 25. Sabiaceae to Symplocaceae.- Chapter 26. Tetramelaceae to Torricelliaceae.- Chapter 27. Ulmaceae s.l. to Urticaceae.- Chapter 28. Verbenaceae to Vochysiaceae.- Chapter 29. Zygophyllaceae s.l.- Chapter 30. Herbaceous versus arborescent habit in the families and orders of flowering plants - evolutionary trends.
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Springer International Publishing AG Plant Relationships: Fungal-Plant Interactions
Book SynopsisThis fully revised 3rd edition provides a comprehensive overview of the biology of fungi associated with plants. Since the publication of the 2nd Edition in 2009, tremendous new knowledge has been gained in the field of fungal-plant interactions, which is reflected in the contributions of this book. World-leading scientists in the field provide authoritative insights into fungal-plant interactions covering the following main topics: Mutualistic and pathogenic fungal-plant interactions in natural and agricultural ecosystems Sensing and signalling in fungus-plant interactions Regulation of fungal gene expression and development Fungal genomes and evolution Global pandemics caused by fungal pathogens and their implications for food security This volume will be of great interest to both specialists and generalists. It is an indispensable resource for researchers, lecturers and students in microbiology, mycology, and plant sciences, as well as agriculture and biotechnology.Table of ContentsSee attachment
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Springer International Publishing AG Biotech Challenges
Book SynopsisThe evolution of genome’s modification by genetic engineering was characterized by a major technological breakthrough with the discovery of CRISPR in 2012. A distinction is now made between first-generation biotechnologies developed in the 20th century and current second-generation biotechnologies, NGT or New Genomic Techniques, including genome editing. How do we consider these genomic modifications compared to those that occur spontaneously in nature? What are the applications of these techniques in the fields of plants, animals, and human health? What prospects in terms of development and independence for countries and at least what regulations are in force on the different continents?The book questions what GMOs are, genome editing products and the place of genomic transformations today and tomorrow in our societies. It tries to give some geostrategic and regulatory benchmarks on biotech products in order to better understand the current issues.Table of ContentsPreface Jean-Yves Le Déaut.- Introduction.- First part - Biotechnologies: landmarks and regulatory issues.- Chapter 1 - Biotechnologies: timeless, essential, and ubiquitous.- A broad definition.- Extensive fields of application.- The rise of biotechnology through genetic engineering.- Chapter 2 - Genomic modification, the very essence of biological life.- Incessant modifications of the genome in nature.- Mutagenesis and transgenesis, spontaneous phenomena.- Gene transfer between species.- Genomic selection in agriculture: a very ancient practice.- Conclusion.- Chapter 3 - Evolution of Genome Editing Techniques.- First-generation biotechnology.- Second-generation biotechnology.- Conclusion.- Chapter 4 - At the heart of a societal controversy.- When “crazy soy” meets Greenpeace (1996).- Tribulations of GMO maize crops in France (2007-2014).- A long list of European renunciations.- “Hidden GMOs”.- Conclusion.- Chapter 5 - GMOs: a regulatory concept.- Asilomar.- GMOs: a regulatory concept that differs depending on the country.- Disagreement between regulatory concept and scientific definition.- Conclusion.- Chapter 6 - Is the European regulation on GMOs still justified?.- Regulation, innovation, and the precautionary principle.- European regulations on GMOs.- Onerous and discouraging UE regulation.- UE regulation still relevant?.- Conclusion.- Chapter 7 - What regulation for NGT in the EU?.- The judgment of the EUCJ: context and consequences.- Opening a public debate in the EU.- Conclusion.- Chapter 8 - What regulations for NGT elsewhere in the world?.- American continent.- Asian Continent and Pacific Zone.- Other continents.- Conclusion.- Part two - GMOs in the world.- Chapter 9 - GMOs: medical and animal applications.- Laboratory animals to better understand and fight diseases.- Therapeutic advances.- Improving human nutrition.- Animal applications.- Conclusion.- Chapter 10 - Plant GMOs: agricultural applications.- First transgenic plants.- Characteristics of cultivated transgenic plants.- What are the cultivated transgenic plants?.- What need do these biotech crops meet?.- Respecting good agricultural practices to prevent foreseeable risks.- Is the coexistence of biotech and organic agriculture possible?.- Chapter 11 - Cultivated GMOs: what geopolitical perspective in 2023?.- First-generation agricultural GMOs: a rapid expansion.- What cultures develop?.- A Divided World.- A technology adopted by developing countries and poor farmers.- Commercialization today under the aegis of international consortia.- What to remember from 25 years of GMO crops?.- Conclusion.- Third part - New genomic techniques (NGT)What prospects? What issues?.- Chapter 12 - NGT: at the R&D stage.- Numerous R&D projects.- Patents mainly in the United States and China.- Chapter 13 - Second-generation medical biotechnologies: great hopes.- Therapeutic hopes.- Ongoing developments in medical research.- Two countries dominate.- Globalized, partnership-based medical research.- Conclusion.- Chapter 14 - NGT and animal applications.- Laboratory models.- Veterinary Medicine.- Animal wellbeing.- Livestock performance for food production.- And Europe?.- Conclusion.- Chapter 15 - Second-generation agricultural plant biotechnologies: state of the art.- Dynamism of research in plant breeding.- Global research.- Location by continent.- NGT agricultural plants in perspective.- Appendix: micro-organisms.- Conclusion.- General conclusion - The European Union at the crossroads of biotechnological paths.- Biotechnological innovation, an issue for agri-food and pharmaceutical sovereignty.- At the heart of scientific and academic reflection.- Worldwide recognition
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Springer International Publishing AG Mulberry: From Botany to Phytochemistry
Book Synopsis Mulberry (Morus spp.) is widely distributed tree taxon found almost in every continent across the globe. Habitat of this plant species is very much diversified, as it is found across all climatic zones ranging from tropical, sub-tropical, temperate, tundra, semi-arid to desert (arid) conditions. It flourishes on all types of landforms; mountains, valleys, plateaus, forests, grasslands, hills, plains and arid lands. Successful utilization of mulberry leaf for silkworm rearing and production of quality cocoons has been studied at length. Now, mulberry is being recognized as a multipurpose plant by most of the countries across the globe. As mulberry is eco-friendly in nature, the propagation of mulberry needs to be done at large scale to address the ecological issues like conversion of arid lands to cultivable lands, eco-restoration of degraded lands, bioremediation of polluted land sites, conservation of water and soil, cleaning the air pollution in urban areas, utilization of mulberry in producing renewable energy in the form of biodiesel. Similarly, there is the need to produce the identified and highly commercially valued pharmaceutical compounds of mulberry under laboratory conditions through in vitro culture based secondary metabolite production through enhanced expression under the stress conditions or in presence of elicitors. Lately protocols have been developed for genetic transformation of mulberry through agrobacterium mediated and particle bombardment mediated gene transfer techniques. Biotechnology based molecular breeding techniques could also be utilized in raising the improved lines through marker assisted selection, soma clonal variations, mutational breeding, somatic hybridization, genome editing and other genetic engineering approaches. Apart from sericulture; mulberry should also be utilized and exploited in other sectors across the globe for additional revenue generation, for livestock maintenance, for environmental safety and in promoting human health. These diversified aspects of mulberry coupled with its economic importance in revenue generation through sericulture, animal husbandry and industrial products has prompted us to prepare this book. It will present a comprehensive account of mulberry plant under 9 chapter headings: introduction, botanical features, ecological features, ecophysiological aspects, interactions and development, molecular aspects, propagation and production, economic importance, and global perspectives as well as future approaches.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Botany.- Chapter 3: Ecological and Ecophysicological Aspects.- Chapter 4: Mulberry - Mycorrhizal Interactions and Development Related to Other Organisms.- Chapter 5: Molecular Aspects of Mulberry.- Chapter 6: Propagation of Mulberry and Production.- Chapter 7: Phytochemical Constituents, Pharmacological Activities and Human Health.- Chapter 8: Economic Importance.- Chapter 9: Global Perspectives and Future Approaches.
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Springer International Publishing AG Unraveling the Voynich Codex
Book SynopsisUnraveling the Voynich Codex reviews the historical, botanical, zoological, and iconographic evidence related to the Voynich Codex, one of the most enigmatic historic texts of all time. The bizarre Voynich Codex has often been referred to as the most mysterious book in the world. Discovered in an Italian Catholic college in 1912 by a Polish book dealer Wilfrid Voynich, it was eventually bequeathed to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University. It contains symbolic language that has defied translation by eminent cryptologists. The codex is encyclopedic in scope and contains sections known as herbal, pharmaceutical, balenological (nude nymphs bathing in pools), astrological, cosmological and a final section of text that may be prescriptions but could be poetry or incantations. Because the vellum has been carbon dated to the early 15th century and the manuscript was known to be in the collection of Emperor Rudolf II of the Holy Roman Empire sometime between 1607 and 1622, current dogma had assumed it a European manuscript of the 15th century. However, based on identification of New World plants, animals, a mineral, as well as cities and volcanos of Central Mexico, the authors of this book reveal that the codex is clearly a document of colonial New Spain. Furthermore, the illustrator and author are identified as native to Mesoamerica based on a name and ligated initials in the first botanical illustration. This breakthrough in Voynich studies indicates that the failure to decipher the manuscript has been the result of a basic misinterpretation of its origin in time and place. Tentative assignment of the Voynichese symbols also provides a key to decipherment based on Mesoamerican languages. A document from this time, free from filter or censor from either Spanish or Inquisitorial authorities has major importance in our understanding of life in 16th century Mexico. Publisher's Note: For the eBook editions, Voynichese symbols are only rendered properly in the PDF format.Trade Review“For future research on the codex, I would recommend more engagement with historians, but these authors are to be recognized for their detailed and multi faceted, multi-disciplinary study of this enigmatic work.” (Paula Devos, Economic Botany, Vol. 74 (2), 2020)“The overall impression one has of this remarkable work is that botanical expertise has significantly advanced our understanding of the Voynich Codex. … Tucker and Janick have given those who have taken an interest in unraveling this mystery outstanding material with which to continue their lively debate over its origins and meaning.” (Irwin Goldman, Chronica Horticulturae, Vol. 59 (1), 2019)Table of Contents
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Physiologie und Funktion von Pflanzenwurzeln: 11.
Book SynopsisDas Pflanzenwachstum und dessen Grundlage - das Wurzelsystem - nehmen eine zentrale Stellung in terrestrischen Ökosystemen ein. Die Bedeutung der im Wurzel-Boden-Interface ablaufenden komplexen Prozesse für die Pflanzen- und Bodenentwicklung wurde lange Zeit nicht ausreichend erkannt. Dieses Buch leistet einen Beitrag zum besseren Verständnis des Wirkungsgefüges und der Steuermechanismen dieses Systems.Table of ContentsMorphologie, Physiologie und Biochemie der Wurzeln - Pflanzen-Mikroben-Interaktionen - Rhizosphärenprozesse und ihre Beeinflussbarkeit - Zusammensetzung und Funktion wurzelbürtiger C- und N-Verbindungen - Stoffaufnahme, Stoffumsetzung und Stofffestlegung im Wurzelraum
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Malpighiales
Book Synopsis This volume presents systematic treatments for the families and genera of the Malpighiales, which more recently have been recognised as a new major group of the eudicots. Apart from several herbaceous lineages (already treated in Vol. IX of this series), the order consists mainly of rainforest trees, particularly those of the understorey. Accompanied by other early eudicot lineages, this reflects the well-documented origin of the group as invaders into the conifer-, cycad- and seed fern-dominated forests of the Cretaceous which, at that time, were transformed into the tropical rainforest biome. In this volume, 24 families with 429 genera comprising over 12,000 species are treated. Many of these belong to the vast family of the Euphorbiaceae (here conceived in a broader sense), followed by the Violaceae, whereas some of the remaining families are very small and even relictual. The revised classification includes a complete inventory of the genera belonging to the families treated in this volume, along with their diagnostic features and keys for their identification. References to the latest taxonomic literature and links to many different disciplines important to modern plant systematics make the volume a valuable source of information on the manifold aspects of plant diversity.Table of ContentsIntroduction to MalpighialesK. KubitzkiBalanopaceaeK. KubitzkiCaryocaraceaeG.T. PranceCentroplacaeaeK. KubitzkiChrysobalanaceaeG.T. PranceCtenolophonaceaeK. KubitzkiDichapetalaceaeG.T. PranceElatinaceaeK. KubitzkiErythroxylaceaeV. BittrichEuphorbiaceaeG.L. Webster †EuphroniaceaeK. KubitzkiGoupiaceaeK. KubitzkiHumiriaceaeK. KubitzkiIrvingiaceaeK. KubitzkiIxonanthaceaeK. KubitzkiLinaceaeS. Dressler, M. Repplinger and C. BayerLophopyxidaceaeK. KubitzkiMedusagynaceae W.C. Dickison †OchnaceaeM.C.E. Amaral and V. BittrichPandaceaeK. KubitzkiPutranjivaceaeG. LevinQuiinaceaeK. KubitzkiRhizophoraceaeA.E. SchwarzbachTrigoniaceaeV. BittrichViolaceaeH.E. Ballard, Jr., J. de Paula-Souza and G.A. WahlertAddition to PeridiscaceaeC. Bayer and S. DresslerGeneral ReferencesIndex
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Pflanzenbiochemie
Book SynopsisDieses Lehrbuch bietet eine umfassende Übersicht über die fundamentalen Aspekte der Pflanzenbiochemie. Die biochemischen Abläufe in einer Pflanze sind letztendlich eine wesentliche Grundlage des Lebens auf unserem Planeten. Stoffwechselprozesse, wie die Photosynthese, die Kohlendioxid-Fixierung u.v.a., werden ausführlich erklärt. Die Erkenntnisse über diese pflanzenbiochemischen Prozesse könnten genutzt werden, den steigenden CO2-Emissionen auf der Erde entgegenzuwirken. Das Wissen über die molekularen und biochemischen Abläufe in Pflanzen sind also Voraussetzung, das zukünftige Leben auf der Erde zu sichern.Ebenso essenziell sind die Erkenntnisse der Pflanzenmolekularbiologie und -biochemie für die wirtschaftliche Anwendung und Nutzung der Pflanzen. Studierende werden in diesem Werk lernen, welche Schritte erforderlich sind, um transgene Pflanzen zu erzeugen und um Pros und Cons der pflanzlichen Gentechnik abschätzen und vermitteln zu können.In der 6. Auflage wurden zahlreiche Aktualisierungen vorgenommen. Es werden u.a. neue Einblicke zur Evolution der Pflanzen gegeben, und weitere Details des Photosyntheseapparates, der Stärke-Biosynthese und -Regulation, sowie der Funktionen und Biosynthesen von Sekundärmetaboliten dargestellt. Darüber hinaus wird erläutert, wie die molekulare Genschere CRISPR-Cas zur Erzeugung transgener Pflanzen eingesetzt werden kann.Besonderen Wert legen die Autor*innen darauf, durch eine klare und verständliche Didaktik komplexe Sachverhalte darzustellen – das ist ein Kennzeichen dieses Lehrbuches. Mit sorgfältig erstellten Abbildungen erfüllt es einen hohen didaktischen Anspruch und reiht sich unter die besten Biochemie-Lehrbücher. Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Eine Blattzelle ist in mehrere metabolische Kompartimente unterteilt.- Die Energie des Sonnenlichtes und Photosynthese sind die Grundlage für das Leben auf der Erde.- Die Photosynthese ist ein Elektronentransportprozess.- Bei der Photosynthese wird ATP erzeugt.- Die Mitochondrien sind die Kraftwerke der Zellen.- Der Calvin-Benson-Bassham-Zyklus katalysiert die photosynthetische CO2-Assimilation.- Der Photorespirationsweg recycelt Phosphoglykolat.- Polysaccharide sind Speicher- und Transportform der bei der Photosynthese gebildeten Kohlenhydrate.- Die Assimilation von Nitrat wird zur Biosynthese von organischem Material benötigt.- Durch die N2-Fixierung wird der Luftstickstoff für das Pflanzenwachstum nutzbar.- Die Produkte der Nitratassimilation und N2-Fixierung werden in Pflanzen in Form von Proteinen gespeichert.- Die Assimilation von Sulfat ermöglicht die Biosynthese schwefelhaltiger Verbindungen.- Durch den Phloemtransport erreichen die Photoassimilate ihre Verbrauchs- und Speicherorte.- Lipide sind Membranbausteine und Kohlenstoffspeicher.- Spezialmetabolite erfüllen in Pflanzen spezielle biologische und ökologische Funktionen.- Die große Vielfalt der Isoprenoide.- Viele pflanzlichee Spezialmetabolite und Zellwandbestandteile sind Phenylpropanoide.- Vielfältige Signale koordinieren Wachstum und Entwicklung verschiedener Pflanzenorgane und ermöglichen die Anpassung an unterschiedliche Umweltbedingungen.- Eine Pflanzenzelle besitzt drei verschiedene Genome.- Biosynthese, Prozessierung und Abbau von Proteinen in Pflanzen.- Durch Gentechnik können Pflanzen den Bedürfnissen von Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und Industrie angepasst werden.
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New India Publishing Agency Modern Methods in Plant Physiology
Book Synopsis
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