Botany

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838805623Author Yee Keung WongFormat HardbackPage Count 70Imprint IntechOpenPublisher IntechOpen

It is generally accepted that photosynthesis, whereby solar is transformed into geobiochemical energy, is one of the most important processes in the bio sphere. When we realize that the human population, most of which is starving, wi I I double in 20-30...

With numerous methods available for the quantification of nitric oxide (NO), this detailed book explores their advantages and disadvantages in order to provide a foundation for further research in plant nitric oxide. After providing a useful practical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682865019Author Ben DaviesFormat HardbackPage Count 237Imprint Syrawood Publishing HousePublisher Syrawood Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 839g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786202513869Author Seram Devika DeviFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic...

This text focuses on underutilized wild plants that can help to reduce food deficiency in developing nations. Edible wild plants are viewed as a potential solution for overcoming food insecurity for families in these regions, with a specific focus on...

Bananas are a staple food for over 500 million people and are also an important cash crop. Fusarium wilt, caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense, is one of the most destructive diseases of banana globally. Since the 1990s, an aggressive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632393760Author Austin BalfourFormat HardbackImprint Callisto ReferencePublisher Callisto ReferenceWeight(grams) 780g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632390530Author Kevin ParkerFormat HardbackImprint Callisto ReferencePublisher Callisto ReferenceWeight(grams) 354g

It is refreshing to find a book treating alkaloid analysis with all the latest techniques such as inverse-detected two dimensional NMR, GC/MS, and HPLC associated techniques. There have been many developments in the field of alkaloid analysis since the...

It is very clear nowadays that plants offer several opportunities for basic studies, e.g. on development and embryogenesis, and that the fundamental principles laid open contribute to the development of new tools for plant breeding. Within the scope of...

George Bentham (1800-84) was one of Britain's most influential botanists, whose own collection of plant specimens numbered more than 100,000. Although he donated his herbarium to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1854, he continued to make significant...

George Bentham (1800-84) was one of Britain's most influential botanists, whose own collection of plant specimens numbered more than 100,000. Although he donated his herbarium to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1854, he continued to make significant...

Two aspects of the biotechnology of medicinal and aromatic plants are of immediate application. (1) Micropropagation under controlled germ- free conditions which enables their fast multiplication and availability throughout the year irrespective of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783846054222Author J C LoudonFormat PaperbackPage Count 622Imprint Salzwasser-Verlag GmbhPublisher Salzwasser-Verlag GmbhWeight(grams) 803g

This book summarizes the physiological effects of bicarbonate in plants and systematically introduces readers to a bidirectional isotope labeling tracer technique used to quantify the contribution of root-derived bicarbonate to total photosynthetic...

This book covers about 20 grape species that are vitally important in breeding programs and provide information on approximately 150 of the most familiar grape rootstocks in the world. Today, grape rootstocks play a fundamental role in resistance to...

Proceedings of the Second Symposium of the Working Group on Succession Research on Permanent Plots, Held at the Delta Institute for Hydrobiological Research, Yerseke, The Netherlands, October 1-3, 1975Springer Book ArchivesBook InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789351241249Author Vijay Kumar GuptaFormat HardbackPage Count 528Imprint Daya Publishing HousePublisher Astral International Pvt LtdWeight(grams)...

This volume describes different up-to-date methodological approaches, ranging from physiological assays to imaging and molecular techniques, to study a wide variety of plant responses to environmental cues. Environmental Responses in Plants: Methods and...

This volume continues the retrospective analyses of Volumes I and II, but goes beyond that in an attempt to understand how phenolic acids are partitioned in seedling-solution and seedling-microbe-soil-sand culture systems and how phenolic acid effects on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780890961537Author Texas A&M University PressFormat PaperbackImprint Texas A & M University PressPublisher Texas A & M University PressWeight(grams)...

This volume presents the most recent studies on mRNA polyadenylation in plants. Chapters are divided into three sections covering recent development of the use of bioinformatics tools in the field. numerous molecular, biochemical, and methods used to...

Employed early in his career by Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist John Lindley (1799-1865) is best known for his recommendation that Kew Gardens should become a national botanical institution, and for saving the Royal Horticultural Society from financial...

This book is a comprehensive review of the genera of Apocynaceae, a family of flowering plants that includes trees and shrubs, found in tropical East Africa. It presents information on their character, habitat, phenotypic variations and distribution of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783036552026Author Gregorio Barba-EspínFormat HardbackPage Count 198Imprint Mdpi AGPublisher Mdpi AGWeight(grams) 630g

Chloroplasts are essential for the survival and flourishing of life on Earth. Over the years, chloroplast biology has been studied in a variety of different organisms, leading to the significant disadvantage that findings which were made by using...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632392527Author Harvey ParkerFormat HardbackImprint Callisto ReferencePublisher Callisto ReferenceWeight(grams) 603g

This volume focuses on the ethnobiology of southern Chile's Archipelago of Chiloe. Chiloe presents a unique perspective on the intersection of society and biology owing to its vast natural resources, historic culture of cooperation, geographic isolation,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635492200Author Jonathon SaundersFormat HardbackImprint Larsen and Keller EducationPublisher Larsen and Keller EducationWeight(grams) 621g

Modern Methods of Plant Analysis When the handbook Modern Methods of Plant Analysis was first introduced in 1954 the considerations were: 1. the dependence of scientific progress in biology on the improvement of existing and the introduction of new...

In this work, first published in 1802 and followed by many subsequent editions, the famous horticulturalist William Forsyth (c. 1737-1804) gives an exhaustive guide to the cultivation of fruit trees and advises on pests and diseases. Forsyth was...

Identification of desirable genotypes with traits of interest is discernible for making genetic improvement of crop plants. In this direction, screening of a large number of germplasm for desirable traits and transfer of identified traits into agronomic...

With improved microscope and preparation techniques, studies of histo logical structures of plant organisms experienced a revival of interest at the end of the 19th century. From that time, histological data have sub stantially studies of the pioneers in...

The secretory activity of plants is a manifestation of the fundamental property of all living organisms: the ability to exchange substances and energy with the environment. This book summarizes today's knowledge of all such secretory activities of higher...

The study of plant development in recent years has often been concerned with the effects of the environment and the possible involvement of growth substances. The prevalent belief that plant growth substances are crucial to plant development has tended...

An eminent botanist and natural historian, George Simonds Boulger (1853-1922) wrote a number of books on plant life in the British Isles. He published this concise work in 1889. It opens with a brief survey of the progress made in economic botany over...

Adequate nitrogen fertilization is needed to obtain maximum crop yields. Without sufficient nitrogen available to the plant, other inputs are wasted. There are great differences between developed and develop ing areas of the world with regard to...

Comprising 26 chapters, this volume deals with the genetic transformation of medicinal plants. It describes methods to obtain plants resistant to insects, diseases, herbicides, and plants with an increased production of compounds of medicinal and...

Although without formal scientific training, Henry John Elwes (1846-1922) devoted his life to natural history. He had studied birds, butterflies and moths, but later turned his attention to collecting and growing plants. Embarking on his most ambitious...