Achievements of the National Plant Genome Initiative and New Horizons in Plant Biology

Committee on the National Plant Genome Initiative

Life on Earth would be impossible without plants. Humans rely on plants for most clothing, furniture, food, as well as for many pharmaceuticals and other products. Plant ....

Advances in Botanical Research, Volume 45: Rapeseed Breeding

Edited by Surinder Gupta

Rapeseed is an important oilseed crop belonging to Crucifereae family and grown in subtropical to temperate climate. Recent discoveries have caused the scientific ....

Advances in Botanical Research, Volume 46

Edited by Michel Delseny

Contents: Nitric oxide signaling in root development ....

Advances in Botanical Research, Volume 47

Edited by Michel Delseny

Edited by Jean-Claude Kader and Michel Delseny and supported by an international Editorial Board, "Advances in Botanical Research" publishes in-depth and up-to-date ....

Agrobacterium

From Biology to Biotechnology

Edited by Tzvi Tzfira and Vitaly Citovsky

Agrobacterium is a plant pathogen which causes the "crown-gall" disease, a neoplastic growth that results from the transfer of a well-defined DNA segment ("transferred DNA", ....

Allelopathy

New Concepts and Methodology

Edited by Yoshiharu Fujii and Syuntaro Hiradate

The principal goal of allelopathy is to foster sustainable agriculture, forestry, and environment. The objective is to minimize the industrial chemicals and to maximize the ....

Alpine Plant Life

Functional Plant Ecology of High Mountain Ecosystems

Christian Korner

Provides a unique and comprehensive treatment of plant ecology in high mountain regions of all parts of the world. ....

Amino Acids and their Derivatives in Higher Plants

Edited by RM Wallsgrove

For 150 years scientists at the Rothamsted Experimental Station have studied aspects of plant nitrogen nutrition and amino acid biosynthesis. This book is the result of a ....

Anthocyanins

Biosynthesis, Functions, and Applications

Kevin Gould, Kevin Davies and Chris Winefield

In recent years, knowledge of anthocyanin pigments has undergone unprecedented expansion. Indeed, the molecular genetic control of anthocyanin biosynthesis is now one ....

Apomixis

Evolution, Mechanisms and Perspectives

Edited by Elvira Hörandl, Uueli Grossniklaus, PJ van Dijk and TS Sharbel

Apomixis (asexual reproduction without fertilisation) is no longer regarded as a 'blind alley' of evolution, but rather as an alternative mechanism to the predominant sexual ....

Biology of Floral Scent

Edited by Natalia Dudreva and Eran Pichersky

Serving as the first book of its kind, Biology of Floral Scent provides comprehensive coverage of state-of-the-art floral scent research. This book explores the major aspects ....

Biology of Plants

Peter H Raven, Ray F Evert and Susan E Eichhorn

This classic introduction to botany is authoritative, accurate and accessible. It emphasizes the relationships between growth and development, and structure and function, ....

Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology

James D Mauseth

Provides a current, thorough overview of the fundamentals of botany. The topics and chapters are organized in a sequence that is easy to follow, beginning with the most ....

Botânica Sistemática

Guia ilustrado para identificaçao das familias de Fanerogamas nativas e exoticas no Brasil, baseado em APG II

Vinicius C Souza and Harri Lorenzi

Expanded edition of the identification guide, now covers 224 families of seed plants found in Brazil, with colour photographs of the principal genera. ....

British Plant Galls

Identification of Galls on Plants and Fungi

Margaret Redfern, Peter Shirley and Michael Bloxham

Reprinted from Field Studies, Volume 10, No.s 2 and 3 (2002).Contains nearly 200 keys grouped by gall causer (bacteria, mycoplasma and viruses; fungi; plants; ....

Cell Biology of Plant Nematode Parasitism

Edited by R Howard Berg and Christopher G Taylor

Plant-parasitic nematodes are among the most destructive plant pathogens, causing enormous losses to agronomic crops worldwide. ....

Cell Diagnostics

Images, Biophysical and Biochemical Processes in Allelopathy

Edited by VV Roshchina and SS Narwal

Contributed volume on the subjects of Cellular Model Systems, New Methods of Microscopy in Cellular Diagnostics and Methods of Analytical Biochemistry and Biophysics. ....

Comparative Plant Ecology

A Functional Approach to common British Species

JP Grime, JG Hodgson and R Hunt

When the first edition of this book appeared in 1988 it was hailed as a breakthrough in the functional approach to the British flora, and the accounts of the functional ecology ....

Conserving Plant Genetic Diversity in Protected Areas

Edited by JM Iriondo, N Maxted and ME Dulloo

Conservation in protected areas has focused on preserving biodiversity of ecosystems and species, whereas conserving the genetic diversity contained within species has ....

Demons in Eden

The Paradox of Plant Diversity

Jonathan Silvertown

At the heart of evolution lies a bewildering paradox. Natural selection favors above all the individual that leaves the most offspring-a superorganism of sorts that Jonathan ....

Digital Seed Atlas of the Netherlands / Digitale Zadenatlas van Nederland

RTJ Cappers, RM Bekker and JEA Jans

With over 4000 colour photographs, this atlas represents 1828 taxa and includes the wild plants of the Netherlands, the adventitious plants and the cultivated plants that have ....

Dispersal in Plants

A Population Perspective

Roger Cousens, Calvin Dytham and Richard Law

This advanced textbook is the first to explore the consequences of plant dispersal for population and community dynamics, spatial patterns, and evolution. It successfully ....

DNA and Tissue Banking for Biodiversity and Conservation

Theory, Practice and Uses

Edited by Vincent Savolainen, Martyn P Powell, Kate Davis et al

The world is facing a biodiversity crisis of unprecedented magnitude. Unless there are radical changes in human behaviour, we can expect significant and alarming species loss ....

Ecology and Evolution of Flowers

Edited by Lawrence D Harder and Spencer CH Barrett

The reproductive organs and mating biology of angiosperms exhibit greater variety than those of any other group of organisms. Flowers and inflorescences are also the most ....

Ecophysiology of High Salinity Tolerant Plants

Edited by M Ajmal Khan and Darrell J Weber

The halophytes are highly specialized plants, which have greater tolerance to salt. They can germinate, grow and reproduce successfully in saline areas which would cause the ....

The Ecology of Plants

Jessica Gurevitch, Samuel M Scheiner and Gordon A Fox

This thoroughly revised and updated book is now in full colour and augmented by many new illustrations and references. Brighter than ever, "The Ecology of Plants" covers a range ....

The Ecophysiology of Plant-Phosphorus Interactions

Philip J White and John P Hammond

This latest volume in the Plant Ecophysiology series takes an in-depth look at the diverse plant-phosphorus interactions in natural and agricultural environments, ....

Ecology of Weed and Invasive Plants

Relationship to Agriculture and Natural Resource Management

Steven R Radosevich, Jodie S Holt and Claudio M Ghersa

This is the classic reference on weeds and invasive plants, revised and updated (previously published under the title "Weed Ecology"). The Third Edition of the ....

Epidemiology and Plant Ecology

Principles and Applications

Jos Frantzen

The spatial aspects of epidemics have been a largely ignored feature of plant ecology, yet an understanding of the spatial dynamics of pathogens is essential to quantifying ....

Esau's Plant Anatomy

Meristems, Cells, and Tissues of the Plant Body: Their Structure, Function, and Development

Ray F Evert and Susan E Eichhorn

This revision of the now classic Plant Anatomy offers a completely updated review of the structure, function, and development of meristems, cells, and tissues of the plant body. ....

Evolution and Speciation of Island Plants

Edited by Tod F Stuessy and Mikio Ono

Oceanic islands offer special opportunities for investigating evolutionary phenomena in vascular plants. This volume brings together contributions covering a range of important ....

Flower Breeding and Genetics

Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century

Edited by Neil O Anderson

Flowers are essential crops which beautify interiorscapes, outdoor landscapes and enhance human health. Floriculture is one of the fastest-growing sectors of commercial ....

Flow Cytometry with Plant Cells

Analysis of Genes, Chromosomes and Genomes

Edited by J Dolezel, J Greilhuber and J Suda

Targeted at beginners as well as experienced users of flow cytometry in plants, this handy reference explains the benefits and uses of flow cytometers in the study of plants ....

Forest Environments in the Mekong River Basin

Edited by H Sawada, M Araki, N.A Chappell, J.V LaFrankie and A Shimizu

Until now, there have been few research works on Cambodian forests because of the long period of civil war, which restricted forest researchers and surveyors in the area. This ....

Functional Plant Ecology

Edited by Francisco Pugnaire and Fernando Valladares

Following in the footsteps of the successful first edition, "Functional Plant Ecology, Second Edition" continues to offer the latest findings and research breakthroughs in ....

Functional Plant Genomics

Edited by JF Morot-Gaudry, P Lea and JF Briat

The openings offered by functional genomics reconciles organism biology and molecular biology, in order to define an integrative biology that should allow new insights about ....

Fungal Pathogenesis in Plants and Crops

Molecular Biology and Host Defense Mechanisms

P Vidhyasekaran

From the molecular basis of host defense mechanisms and molecular events leading to the suppression of defense mechanisms by fungal pathogens to fungal infection processes, ....

Genetics and Genomics of Cotton

Andrew H Paterson

A few members of the Gossypium (cotton) genus are cultivated for the production of elongated single-celled fibers valued worldwide at about $20 billion annually at the ....

Genetics and Genomics of Rosaceae

Kevin M Folta

The Rosaceae Family is represented by approximately 3,000 species of diverse plants, primarily confined to temperate climates. The family has a rich ....

Handbook of Forensic Botany

Jane H Bock and David O Norris

This book introduces the forensic scientist to the practice of forensic botany by providing technique instructions, reference photos and analysis of digested plant ....

Herbicides and Plant Metabolism

Edited by AD Dodge

This volume provides a review of the most important areas of the biochemistry of herbicide action. The introductory chapter is a review of the field of herbicide ....

Horticultural Reviews, Volume 34

Edited by Jules Janick

Horticultural Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on topics in the horticultural sciences. The emphasis is on applied topics including the production of fruits, ....

Host Plant Catalogue of Aphids

Jaroslav Holman

The major part of this catalog consists of host lists of particular aphid species in the Palaearctic region based on published and unpublished data of more than 2,400 authors ....

Index of Plant Chromosome Numbers, 2001-2003

Edited by Peter Goldblatt and Dale E Johnson

Introductory Plant Biology

Kingsley Stern

This introductory text assumes little prior scientific knowledge on the part of the student. It includes sufficient information for some shorter introductory botany courses ....

Introduction to Plant Physiology

William G Hopkins and Norman P Hunter

Botanists who want to gain a strong foundation in fundamental concepts of plant physiology consistently rely on Hopkins. The book provides them with accurate, modern, ....

Introduction to Plant Population Biology

J Silvertown and D Charlesworth

Ecological and genetic principles are introduced and theory is made accessible by clear, accurate exposition with plentiful examples. Models and theoretical arguements are ....

Intracellular Signalling in Plants

Z Yang, P Hedden and R Napier

Sessile plants need to rapidly respond to drastic environmental changes. Unlike differentiated animal cells, most differentiated plant cells are totipotent. ....

Light and Plant Development

Edited by Garry C Whitelam and Karen J Halliday

Regulatory light signals are detected by an array of specialised, information-transducing photoreceptors, including the phytochrome, cryptochrome and ....

Major Evolutionary Transitions in Flowering Plant Reproduction

Edited by SCH Barrett

The first volume to address the study of evolutionary transitions in plants, Major Evolutionary Transitions in Flowering Plant Reproduction brings together compelling work ....

Management of Nematode and Insect-Borne Plant Diseases

Edited by G Saxena and KG Mukerji

This book examines the various aspects of disease control from an international perspective. Leading academics and researchers around the world address the microbial ....

Measuring Plant Diversity

Lessons from the Field

Thomas J Stohlgren

Most textbooks on measuring terrestrial vegetation have focused on the characteristics of biomass, cover, and the density or frequency of dominant life forms (trees, shrubs, ....

Molecular Aspects of Plant Disease Resistance

Edited by Jane Parker

In recent years, our understanding of the mechanisms involved in a plant's resistance to attack by disease, has seen major advances. ....

Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Plant Reproduction

Edited by RJ Scott and AD Stead

Molecular biology techniques have considerably increased our understanding of mechanisms underlying the control of flower initiation, development, function and senescence, ....

Molecular Mechanisms of Plant and Microbe Coexistence

Chandra S Nautiyal and Patrice Dion

The role of soil microbial diversity in enhancing plant health and plant microbe beneficial symbioses is discussed. Microbial communities are shown in the light of ....

The Molecular Organography of Plants

Quentin Cronk

The history of plant evolution has been one of increasing complexity. The field of "evo-devo" (evolution of development) ....

Molecular Plant Breeding

Y Xu

Recent advances in plant genomics and molecular biology have revolutionized our understanding of plant genetics, providing new opportunities for more efficient and ....

The Moss Physcomitrella

Edited by Celia Knight, Pierre-Francois Perroud and David Cove

The moss Physcomitrella patens has rapidly become an experimental model of choice for many aspects of molecular, cell and developmental biology in plant sciences. With a ....

The Nature of Disease in Plants

Robert P Scheffer

Discusses how plants get diseases, from the origins and evolution of parasites to how plant epidemics develop. The author argues that the conditions favouring disease are ....

Nature's Palette

The Science of Plant Color

David Lee

Though he didn't realize it at the time, David Lee began this book 25 years ago as he was hiking in the mountains outside Kuala Lumpur. Surrounded by the wonders of the ....

National Vegetation Classification: Users' Handbook

John S Rodwell

This handbook provides a general introduction to the National Vegetation Classification (NVC). It details the methodology for sampling and describing vegetation in the field, ....

Parasitic Flowering Plants

Henning S Heide-Jorgensen

Parasitic flowering plants are strikingly impressive and beautiful and hold many surprises of both general and scientific interest. Parasites also have great influence ....

Petunia

Evolutionary, Developmental and Physiological Genetics

Edited by Tom Gerats and Judy Strommer

Petunia belongs to the family of the Solanaceae and as such is closely related to important crop species like tomato, potato, eggplant, pepper and tobacco. With around 35 ....

Physiology and Behaviour of Plants

Peter Scott

Physiology and Behaviour of Plants looks at plants and how they sense and respond to their environment. It takes the traditional plant physiology book into a new ....

Physiological Ecology of Tropical Plants

Ulrich E Luttge

The fully revised and updated 2nd edition of this book covers all major tropical ecosystems from tropical forests to savannas, salinas, inselbergs and paramos. Tropical ....

Physiology of Woody Plants

Stephen G Pallardy

Woody plants such as trees have a significant economic and climatic influence on global economies and ecologies. This ....

Plant Anatomy

An Applied Approach

David F Cutler, Ted Botha and Dennis W Stevenson

This new textbook provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of plant anatomy, emphasising the application of plant anatomy and its relevance to modern botanical ....

Plant Biotechnology

The genetic manipulation of plants

Adrian Slater, Nigel Scott and Mark Fowler

Throughout history, humankind has pursued means to improve the yield of crop plants through selective plant breeding and hybridization. Today, genetic manipulation provides ....

Plant Biochemistry

Caroline Bowsher, Martin Steer and Alyson Tobin

Plant Biochemistry takes a systematic approach and gives a broad overview of plant biochemistry. Biochemistry is placed within the context of the life of the growing plant ....

Plant Biology

Alison M Smith et al

"Plant Biology" is a major new textbook, written to guide and inform undergraduates and Masters students through their studies in plant science. In the course of nine chapters, ....

Plant Breeding and Biotechnology

Societal Context and the Future of Agriculture

Denis Murphy

This comprehensive survey of modern plant breeding traces its history from the earliest experiments at the dawn of the scientific revolution in the seventeenth century to the ....

Plant Biotechnology and Genetics

Principles, Techniques and Applications

C.Neal Stewart

Plant biotechnology has transformed agriculture, and as this scientific field grows, so do university curricula in biotechnology. The focus of the book is on basics and ....

Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 30

Edited by Jules Janick

Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. Many of ....

Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 31

Jules Janick

Presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. ....

Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 32

Jules Janick

Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. Many of ....

Plant Conservation and Biodiversity

Edited by David L Hawksworth and Alan T Bull

This book brings together a selection of original studies submitted to Biodiversity and Conservation addressing aspects of the conservation and biodiversity of plants. Plants ....

Plants and Climate Change

Edited by Jelte Rozema, Rien Aerts and Hans Cornelissen

The book Plants and Climate Change focuses on how climate affects or affected the biosphere and vice versa both in the present and past. The chapters describe how ....

Plants: Diversity and Evolution

Martin J Ingrouille and William Eddie

Plants are so much part of our environment that we often take them for granted, yet beautiful, fascinating and useful plants are everywhere, from isolated moss colonies on ....

Plant Desiccation Tolerance

Matthew Jenks and Andrew Wood

Plant desiccation tolerance is of great basic and applied scientific interest. Understanding plant responses and adaptations to severe desiccation is key to applying ....

Plant Ecology

Edited by Michael J Crawley

Shows how pattern and structure at different levels of plant organisation are influenced by abiotic factors such as climate and soils and by biotic factors such as competition ....

Plant Ecology

ED Schulz, E Beck and K Muller-Hohenstein

This textbook covers Plant Ecology from the molecular to the global level. It covers the following areas in unprecedented breadth and depth: - Molecular ecophysiology (stress ....

Plant Form

An Illustrated Guide to Flowering Plant Morphology

AD Bell

The diverse external shapes and structures that make up flowering plants can be bewildering and even daunting, as can the terminology used to describe them. An ....

Plant Genomes

Edited by Jean-Nicolas Volff

Recent major advances in the field of comparative genomics and cytogenomics of plants, particularly associated with the completion of ambitious genome projects, have uncovered ....

Plant Genome: Biodiversity and Evolution

Volume 1, Part E: Phanerogams-Angiosperm

Edited by AK Sharma and A Sharma

The volume, being the last of the present series, was planned so as to include genomics and evolution of different categories of higher plants, not dealt with in earlier ....

Plant Growth and Climate Change

Edited by James IL Morrison and Michael D Morecroft

Climatic conditions are key determinants of plant growth, whether at the scale of temperature regulation of the cell cycle, or at the scale of the geographic limits for a ....

Plant Genotyping II

SNP Technology

Edited by Robert J Henry

Since the publication of Plant Genotyping: the DNA Fingerprinting of Plants in 2001, the techniques available for plant DNA analysis have advanced considerably. Recent ....

Plant Hormones

Methods and Protocols

Edited by Sean Cutler and Dario Bonetta

The last ten years have witnessed a monumental increase in our understanding of plant hormones. A decade ago, scientists were forced to rely on vague ideas about hormone ....

Plant Lectins

AJ Pusztai

This volume surveys the chemistry, biochemistry, biosynthesis, metabolism and pharmacological properties of lectins. Lectins, which are most commonly found in plants, ....

Plant Mitochondria

Edited by David C Logan

Mitochondria are critical organelles in the metabolic regulation of all eukaryotic organisms. Knowledge of their biochemistry and molecular biology in plants has been ....

Plant Microtubules

Development and Flexibility

Edited by Peter Nick

Plant microtubules are key elements of cell growth, division and morphogenesis. In addition to their role in plant development and architecture, they have emerged as ....

Plant Membrane and Vacuolar Transporters

Edited by Pawan K Jaiwal, Rana P Singh and Om Parkash Dhankher

While information on the roles and regulation of transporters for all major nutrients and metabolites in plants has increased significantly, a synthesis of this research has ....

Plant Nematodes

Mothodology, Morphology, Systematics, Biology and Ecology

NA Khan

The book describes the basic aspects of nematology: Methodology, Morphology, Systematics and Classification, Biology, Physiology and Ecology. It is designed and written in an ....

Plant Organelles

Compartmentation of Metabolism in Photosynthetic Tissue

Edited by AK Tobin

Photosynthetic plant cells are compartmentalised into subcellular organelles such as chloroplasts, mitochondria, peroxisomes, the cytosol and the vacuole. Although this ....

Plant Pathology

George Agrios

The Fifth Edition of Agrios' classic and comprehensive text providing exhaustive pedagogical coverage of fungal, viral, bacterial, nematode and other plant diseases, and ....

Plant Patterning

Structural and Molecular Genetic Aspects

Galun Esra

This book provides a fascinating account of the accumulated knowledge of the mechanisms by which plants regulate their patterning. This is an exciting subject based on a novel ....

Plant Pathology

Techniques and Protocols

Edited by Robert Burns

Plant diseases can have an enormous impact on our lives. In a world where total crop failure can quickly lead to human misery and starvation, accurate diagnostics play a key ....

Plant Pathology

Concepts and Laboratory Exercises

Edited by Robert N Trigiano, Mark T Windham and Alan S Windham

Including contributions from specialists with extensive experience in the field, this second edition features new chapters on pathogenic prokaryotes, soilborne pathogens, and ....

Plant Propagation

Concepts and Laboratory Exercises

Edited by Caula A Beyl and Robert N Trigiano

This unique text emphasizes the principles and practices of plant propagation in temperate and tropical environments. It highlights key topics and combines concepts with ....

Plant Physiological Ecology

Hans Lambers, F Stuart Chapin and Thijs Pons

The growth, reproduction, and geographical distribution of plants are profoundly influenced by their physiological ecology: the interaction with the surrounding ....

Plant-Pollinator Interactions: From Specialization to Generalization

Edited by Nickolas M Waser and Jeff Ollerton

Just as flowering plants depend on their pollinators, many birds, insects, and bats rely on plants for energy and nutrients. This plant-pollinator relationship is essential to ....

Plant Responses to Elevated CO2

Evidence from Natural Springs

Edited by A Raschi, F Miglietta, R Tognetti and P van Gardingen

The rise in the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere since the start of industrialization, and the global warming associated with this greenhouse gas, has ....

Plant Systematics

Michael G Simpson

Looks set to become a major text. ....

Plant Systematics

A Phylogenetic Approach

Walter S Judd, CS Campbell, EA Kellogg, PF Stevens and MJ Donoghue

A comprehensive introduction to vascular plant phylogeny, the Third Edition of Plant Systematics reflects changes in the circumscription of many orders and families to ....

Plant Structure

A Colour Guide

BG Bowes and JD Mauseth

This fundamental guide to understanding plant structure offers plant scientists, plant biologists and horticulturalists in practice, academic life and in training a ....

Plant Systems Biology

Gloria Coruzzi and Rodrigo Gutierrez

Systems biology is a new field that seeks to integrate high-throughput biological studies with other scientific disciplines including mathematics, engineering and ....

Plant Solute Transport

Edited by Anthony R Yeo and Timothy J Flowers

This book provides a broad overview of solute transport in plants. It first determines what solutes are present in plants and what roles they play. The physical bases of ion ....

Plant Signal Transduction

Methods and Protocols

Edited by Thomas Pfannschmidt

During recent years, research has greatly expanded our understanding of the sophisticated molecular network of responses which enable plants to develop, survive and ....

Plant Strategies, Vegetation Processes, and Ecosystem Properties

J Philip Grime

Comprehensive edition of Plant Strategies and Vegetative Processes first published in 1979. Contains a new section on ecosystem properties as well as discussing the ....

Plant Tropisms

Edited by Simon Gilroy and Patrick H Masson

Tropisms, the defined vectorial stimuli, such as gravity, light, touch, humidity gradients, ions, oxygen, and temperature, which provide guidance for plant organ growth, ....

Plants Under Stress

Edited by HG Jones, TJ Flowers and MB Jones

The volume identifies how stressful conditions affect plants. Various stresses, such as drought, salinity, waterlogging, high and low temperatures, can have a major impact on ....

Pollen and Spores

Applications with Special Emphasis on Aerobiology and Allergy

SN Agashe and Eric Caulton

Palynology finds applications in various fields. Some of them are taxonomy, plant evolution, plant breeding programmes, biotechnology, microbiology of water, soil and ....

Pollen Terminology

An Illustrated Handbook

Michael Hesse, Heidemarie Halbritter, Reinhard Zetter and Martina Weber

Palynology is important in basic as well as in manifold applied sciences, as e.g. biology, medicine, forensics, earth history, climatology and food production. This ....

Practical Pollination Biology

Edited by Amots Dafni, Peter G Kevan and Brian C Husband

This book is written to provide practitioners of pollination biology with a broadly based source of methodologies as well as the basic conceptual background to aid in ....

Principles of Plant Genetics and Breeding

George Acquaah

Provides a comprehensive presentation of both classical and molecular plant breeding tools. This title includes industry highlight essays from over 25 professional plant ....

Principles of Plant Virology

Genome, Pathogenicity, Virus Ecology

Edited by S Astier, J Alboury, Y Maury, C Robaglia and H Lecoq

This book presents the specific collaborations and the defensive and counter-defensive interactions that govern the virus intracellular cycle an plant infection. It describes ....

Proceedings of the XII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds

Edited by MH Julien, R Sforza, MC Bon, HC Evans, PE Hatcher and BG Rector

The control of invasive plant species is a global challenge, and effective biological control is a long-term solution which reduces the need for environmentally damaging ....

Quantifying and Understanding Plant Nitrogen Uptake Systems Modeling

Tom Bruulsema, Liwang Ma and Lajpat R Ahuja

A subject of numerous experimental studies over the past decade, plant nitrogen uptake is an important process in agricultural production and environmental quality. However, ....

Recombinant Proteins from Plants

Methods and Protocols

Loic Faye, Veronique Gomord and Veronique Gomord

The past decade has seen the emergence of plants as a viable alternative to the current production systems for therapeutic proteins. In Recombinant Proteins from Plants, expert ....

Regulation of Transcription in Plants

Edited by Klaus D Grasser

Regulation of transcription represents a major, controlling step in plant gene expression, as it determines the tissue-specific and developmental stage-specific ....

Reviews in Plant Cytogenetics

M J Puertas and T Naranjo

Chromosomes represent the main focus of cytogenetics. One of the main challenges of modern-day cytogenetics is to unravel the relation between the genomic content and ....

Rhythms in Plants

Phenomenology, Mechanisms, and Adaptive Significance

Edited by Stefano Mancuso and Sergey Shabala

Rhythmic behaviour is quintessential to life itself. Advances in plant molecular biology, micro/nanotechnology and applied mathematics provide new tools for ....

Root Development

Edited by Tom Beeckman

The development of a plant's roots is of fundamental importance to the success of a plant, its growth and level of yield, particularly important in commercially exploited ....

Root Hairs

Edited by Anne Mie C Emons and Tijs Ketelaar

Root hairs, the tip-growing extensions of root epidermal cells, are a model system for answering many plant cell and developmental biology research questions. This book, ....

Salinity and Water Stress

Improving Crop Efficiency

M Ashraf, Munir Ozturk and HR Athar

Salinity and water stress limit crop productivity worldwide and generate substantial economic losses each year, yet innovative research on crop and natural resource ....

Seaweed Invasions

A Synthesis of Ecological, Economic and Legal Imperatives

Edited by Craig R Johnson

In recognising an urgent need to move beyond case studies and develop a conceptual synthesis, the scope of this volume is broad, covering the principal elements of both ....

Seeds

Biology, Development and Ecology

Edited by SW Adkins, S Ashmore and S Ashmore

Substantial progress has been made in seed science during the past few years, emphasizing its important role in advancing plant biotechnology, agriculture, plant ....

Seed Dispersal

Theory and its Application in a Changing World

Edited by AJ Dennis, RJ Green, W Schupp and DA Westcott

Contributed volume that presents both recent advances and reviews of current knowledge in the study of seed dispersal. ....

Seed Development, Dormancy and Germination

Edited by Kent Bradford and Hiroyuki Nongaki

The formation, dispersal and germination of seeds are crucial stages in the life cycles of gymnosperm and angiosperm plants. The unique properties of seeds, particularly their ....

Seedling Ecology and Evolution

Edited by Mary Allessio Leck, V Thomas Parker and Robert Simpson

Seedlings are highly sensitive to their environment. After seeds, they typically suffer the highest mortality of any life history stage. This book ....

Seed to Seed

The Secret Life of Plants

Nicholas Harberd

Nicholas Harberd's narrative of the changing seasons has as its focus one tiny thale-cress plant in an East Anglian churchyard. He describes both what can be seen with ....

Self-incompatibility in Flowering Plants

Evolution, Diversity, and Mechanisms

Edited by Vernonica E Franklin-Tong

Great progress has been made in our understanding of pollen-pistil interactions and self-incompatibility (SI) in flowering plants in the last few decades. This book covers ....

Senescence Processes in Plants

Edited by Susheng Gan

Plants exhibit both mitotic and postmitotic senescence. Mitotic senescence occurs when meristem cells lose their ability to undergo mitotic cell division. Postmitotic ....

Status of Pollinators in North America

Edited by Committee on the Status of Pollinators in North America and NRC

Pollinators - insects, birds, bats, and other animals that carry pollen from the male to the female parts of flowers for plant reproduction - are an essential part of natural ....

The Study of Plant Disease Epidemics

Laurence V Madden, Gareth Hughes and Frank van den Bosch

Plant disease epidemics, caused by established and invasive pathogen species, continue to impact a world increasingly concerned with the quantity and quality of its primary ....

Sulfur Assimilation and Abiotic Stress in Plants

Nafees A Khan, Sarvajeet Singh and Shahid Umar

Sulfur is one of the four major essential elements necessary for the plant life cycle. Its assimilation in higher plants and its reduction in metabolically important sulfur ....

Sulfur Metabolism in Phototrophic Organisms

Edited by R Hell, C Dahl, D Knaff and Th Leustek

Sulfur is one of the most versatile elements in life due to its reactivity in different oxidation and reduction states. In phototrophic organisms, the redox properties of ....

Sulfur in Plants

An Ecological Perspective

Edited by Malcolm J Hawkesford and Luit J De Kok

Recently, substantial advances have been made in our understanding of the physiology and biochemistry of sulfur acquisition and assimilation and subsequent fate of sulfur pools ....

Systematik der Blütenpflanzen (Systematics of Angiosperms)

Theodor CH Cole and Harmut H Hilger

This poster presents the evolutionary relationships among flowering plants in a clear, concise, and didactically useful manner - modern angiosperm systematics based on ....

Teaching Plant Anatomy Through Creative Laboratory Exercises

RL Peterson, CA Peterson and LH Melville

This easy-to-follow, full-colour guide was created for instructors teaching plant structure at the high school, college, and university levels. It benefits from the ....

Temperate Fruit Crop Breeding

Germplasm to Genomics

James F Hancock

This book fully integrates the conventional and biotechnological approaches to fruit crop breeding. Individual chapters are written on a wide variety of species including ....

Toward Agroforestry Design

An Ecological Approach

Edited by Shibu Jose and Andrew M Gordon

Jose and Gordon's Toward Agroforestry Design is an important reference for anyone interested in exploring or managing the physiological and ecological processes which ....

Understanding Flowers and Flowering

An Integrated approach

Beverley Glover

Flowers are the beautiful and complex reproductive structures of the angiosperms, one of the most diverse and successful groups of living organisms. The underlying thesis of ....

Vegetation Ecology

Edited by Eddy van der Maarel

An international team of contributors discuss plant ecology at the community, landscape and global level, covering areas such as the effects of climate change on the movement ....

Vegetation Structure and Biodiversity in Mediterranean Ecosystems

A comparative study between Lebanon and California

Youssef Chahine Atallah

The Virtual Plant

DF Cutler and Ted Botha

"The Virtual Plant CD-ROM" is a companion to the book "Plant Anatomy", an essential reference for undergraduates taking courses in plant anatomy, applied plant anatomy and ....

Westcott's Plant Disease Handbook

Edited by R Kenneth Horst

Westcott's Plant Disease Handbook, 7th Edition, should be useful to anyone with a keen interest in gardening including but not limited to botanical gardeners, landscape ....