Plant science

Oil Crops

by Vollmann, Johann, Rajcan, Istvan

fromHandbook of plant breeding (Internet)

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Oil Crop Breeding Editors: Johann Vollmann and Istvan Rajcan Vegetable oils have gained in importance during the past few decades resulting in the doubling of the world oil crop production in the last 25 years. Oil crops have been increasingly used as raw materials for food, liv…

Introduction to the Study of Natural History: Edited and Annotated by Christoph Irmscher

by Irmscher, Christoph, Agassiz, Louis

fromClassic Texts in the Sciences

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This book features Louis Agassiz’s seminal lecture course in which the Swiss-American scientist, a self-styled zAmerican Humboldt,y summarized the state of zoological knowledge in his time. Though Darwin’s theory of evolution would soon dismantle his idealist science, Agassiz’s …

Progress in Botany Vol. 79

fromProgress in Botany

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With one volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences. The present volume includes reviews on plant physiology, biochemistry, genetics, ecology, and ecosystems.

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 34: Date Palm for Food, Medicine and the Environment

fromSustainable agriculture reviews (Online)

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This book is the result of remarkable contribution from the experts of interdisciplinary fields of Science with comprehensive, in-depth and up-to-date research and reviews. It describes the applications of date palm for food, medicine and the environmental sectors. Date palm is …

Introduction to Light Microscopy: Tips and Tricks for Beginners

by Lawlor, Dee

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This book offers a beginner's guide to using light microscopes. It begins with a brief introduction to the physics of optics, which will give the reader a basic grasp of the behaviors of light. In turn, each part of the microscope is explained using clear and simple English, tog…

Structures of Complexity: A Morphology of Recognition and Explanation

by Riedl, Rupert

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In this book, the author Rupert Riedl investigates the structural and functional correlations of issues considered as "complex". He brilliantly analyzes the definition of complexity, the occurrence of complexity, the meaning of complexity, and last-but-not-least the way complexi…

Plant mitochondria: methods and protocols

fromMethods in molecular biology

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This detailed volume presents a wide range of techniques for plant mitochondrial analysis, ranging from tried-and-tested work horse techniques to the latest innovations. Within its pages, it explores subjects such as affinity-based isolation of mitochondria with magnetic beads, …

Molecular approaches for sustainable insect pest management

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This book offers a range of environmentally benign molecular mechanisms which are safer alternative strategies for effective insect pest management. In modern era of biotechnology, there has been much advancement in the field of molecular biology, where many more techniques have…

Hormones and plant response

fromPlant in Challenging Environments

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Chapter 1. Plant hormones and plant defense response against pathogens (Marocco) -- Chapter 2. Plant hormones and nutrient deficiency responses (Romera) -- Chapter 3. Seed germination: Explicit cross talk between hormones and ROS (Kar) -- Chapter 4. Hormones and light-regulated …

Environmental Responses in Plants: Methods and Protocols

by Duque, Paula, Szakonyi, Dóra

fromMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J. Online)

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This second edition describes 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. Chapters are divided into four sections detailing protocols to investigate…

Plant Gravitropism: Methods and Protocols

fromMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J. Online)

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This updated and expanded edition explores key methodologies to study the fascinating phenomenon of how plants readjust their growth toward gravity. In addition to the protocols delivering broad applications for gaining insight into other plant physiological processes, this new …