Almonds: botany, production and uses
This book, containing 20 chapters, deals with almond taxonomy, morphology, physiology, cultivation history, production, breeding (classical and molecular), cultivar development, genomics, pollen-style (in)compatibility, rootstock development, propagation, orchard management, env…
Alternative systems of medicine utilizes medicinal plants for formulations. In this book information is given about chemical composition, medicinal use and modern investigative work on medicinal plants.
The palm family is a group of plants of immense economic and horticultural significance. This book offers genus treatments, including complete descriptions, nomenclature, etymology and discussions of diversity, distribution, phylogeny, morphology, uses and ecology. All genera of…
This book deals with the concentrations and transformations of nutrient elements in soils, grassland plants and ruminants, particularly sheep and cattle. Data are restricted to those relevant to temperate grasslands. After an introductory chapter, the next 3 chapters deal with n…
A comprehensive overview of this genus, this book examines all aspects of the herbs uses and applications, its mode of action and clinical importance. A valuable source of reference to anyone interested in medicinal and aromatic plants.
Plants as a source of natural antioxidants
This book contains 14 chapters and provides up-to-date basic information on antioxidant plants from different sources and on the role of different abiotic and biotic stresses, endophytes and mycorrhizal fungi in the development of antioxidant compounds in plants. Some transgenic…
Plants as a source of natural antioxidants
A comprehensive overview of both traditional and current knowledge on the health effects of plant based antioxidants, this book reviews medicinal and aromatic plants from around the world. It covers the different sources of antioxidants including essential oils, algae and marine…
The unique responses of plants to combined stresses have been observed at physiological, biochemical, and molecular levels. This book provides an analysis of all three levels of change in various plants in response to different combinations of stresses. The text provides a gener…
This book contains 23 chapters focusing on the botany, chemistry and postharvest technology of leafy medicinal herbs, such as aloe, celery, coriander, bay laurel, parsley and rosemary, among others. Information on the general and pharmacological uses of these leafy medicinal pla…
Written for senior undergraduate and graduate students, Animal Nutrition Science introduces the fundamental topics of animal nutrition, in a treatment which deals with terrestrial animals in general. Addressing a wider range of topics than the standard animal nutrition texts, th…
The author of this book takes readers on a comprehensive tour of seaweed, describing what seaweeds actually are and how people of different cultures have utilized them since prehistoric times for a whole array of purposes – as food and fodder, for the production of salt, in medi…
"This book contains 19 chapters focusing on crop disease management by using natural compounds derived from plants, marine organisms and microbes. Some alternative and ecologically friendly approaches for plant diseases control are also presented"--Publisher's website
This book brings together the conceptual and theoretical underpinnings of polyploid genome evolution with syntheses of the patterns and processes of genome evolution in diverse polyploid groups.