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Toxicological Survey of African Medicinal Plants

by Victor Kuete
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014

Toxicological Survey of African Medicinal Plants provides a detailed overview of toxicological studies relating to traditionally used medicinal plants in Africa, with special emphasis on the methodologies and tools used for data collection and interpretation. The book considers the physical parameters...

Methods for Analysis of Carbohydrate Metabolism in Photosynthetic Organisms

Plants, Green Algae and Cyanobacteria

by Horacio G Pontis
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016

Methods for Analysis of Carbohydrate Metabolism in Photosynthetic Organisms: Plants, Green Algae and Cyanobacteria examines both general and detailed aspects of carbohydrate metabolism in photosynthetic organisms, along with the four main oligosaccharides and each enzymatic reaction that gives birth...

Bioresources Technology in Sustainable Agriculture

Biological and Biochemical Research

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Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018

This book focuses on cutting-edge advances and applications in tropical agriculture and bioresources. It outlines some of the newest advances, basic tools, and the applications of novel approaches to improve agricultural practices and utilization of bioresources for the enhancement of human life....

Coral Reef Marine Plants of Hainan Island

by Antoninovich Eduard Titlyanov, Viktorovna Tamara Titlyanova, Xiubao Li
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016

Coral Reef Marine Plants of Hainan Island summarizes the literature on the role and use of marine plants in coral reef ecosystems, especially in China and countries in the Asia-Pacific Region. The first chapter of the book focuses on the description of coral reef ecosystems, their architecture, and...

Grapevine Breeding Programs for the Wine Industry

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Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015

Grapevine Breeding Programs for the Wine Industry: Traditional and Molecular Techniques summarizes recent trends in grapevine breeding, both in terms of research and practical programs. The first group of chapters covers the challenges faced by breeders and existing and emerging techniques used to...

Silicon and Plant Diseases

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Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015

Silicon, considered to be the second most abundant mineral element in soil, plays an important role in the mineral nutrition of plants. A wide variety of monocot and dicot species have benefited from silicon nutrition, whether direct or indirect, when they are exposed to different types of abiotic...

The Physiology of Flowering

Volume I: Initiation Of Flowers

by Bernier
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018

The present work is organised such that the whole phenomenon of flowing is divided into two major steps: 1. the initiation of flower primordia and 2. The development of these primordia into mature flowers until anthesis.

Ethnobotany and Biocultural Diversities in the Balkans

Perspectives on Sustainable Rural Development and Reconciliation

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Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014

This volume addresses recent and ongoing ethnobotanical studies in the Balkans. The book focuses on elaborating the relevance of such studies for future initiatives in this region, both in terms of sustainable and peaceful (trans-regional, trans-cultural) rural development. A multi-disciplinary viewpoint...

Plant Microtubules

Potential for Biotechnology

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Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013

Manipulation of plant architecture is regarded as a new and promising issue in plant biotechnology. Given the important role of the cytoskeleton during plant growth and development, microtubules provide an important target for biotechnological applications aiming to change plant architecture. This...

Tule Reeds and Cattails: An Adventure, A Guidebook

by Clarice Stasz
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018

These marsh plants can feed and shelter! Contemporary Indians taught the authors about their cultures and how to use plants. The Adventure is the history of California Indians and their wise use of these and other plants. For thousands of years plants provided survival and were used creatively and...

Advances in Poisonous Plants

by N. K. Jain
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013

Plants are considered poisonous if they contain toxic substances in sufficient amounts to harm livestock. Depending on the type of poison, and the amount eaten, an animal’s reaction can range from reduced performance to death. Plants are not easily classified as poisonous or not. Some poisonous...

Controlled Release Pesticides Formulations

by Nathan F. Cardarelli
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2018

The main goal of this book is to present a summary of the state of the art historical background. Conventional chemical pest control methods are mentioned only as a means of comparison to controlled release. Research endeavour with biological weapons, potential usage of such controls, and the few...

Flowering Plants. Eudicots

Aquifoliales, Boraginales, Bruniales, Dipsacales, Escalloniales, Garryales, Paracryphiales, Solanales (except Convolvulaceae), Icacinaceae, Metteniusaceae, Vahliaceae

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Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2016

This volume covers the orders Boraginales, Garryales and Solanales (except Convolvulaceae) of the Lamiids (Asterids I) as well as three unplaced families of that clade, i.e. Vahliaceae, Icacinaceae and Metteniusaceae, and the orders Aquifoliales, Escalloniales, Bruniales, Dipsacales and Paracryphiales...

Flowering Plants. Eudicots

Sapindales, Cucurbitales, Myrtaceae

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Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2010

This volume, the tenth in the series, comprises modern treatments for the families and genera of the eudicot orders Sapindales and Cucurbitales. The circumscription of the orders, families and genera conforms to the most recent systematic studies. The family treatments include descriptions of the...