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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, grasses, and forbs), or on classifying, differentiating, or evaluating and monitoring dominant plant communities based on a few common species. Sampling designs for measuring species richness and diversity, patterns of plant diversity, species-environment relationships, and species distributions have received less attention. There are compelling, urgent reasons for plant ecologists to do a far better job measuring plant diversity in this new century. Rapidly invading plant species from other countries are affecting rangeland condition and wildlife habitat, placing more plant species on threatened and endangered species lists, and increasing wildfire fuel loads. Attention has shifted from the classification of plant communities to accurately mapping rare plant assemblages and species of management concern to afford them better protection. More ecologists, wildlife biologists, and local and regional planners recognize the value in understanding patterns, dynamics, and interactions of rare and common plant species and habitats to better manage grazing, fire, invasive plant species, forest practices, and restoration activities. Thus, revised and new sampling approaches, designs, and field techniques for measuring plant diversity are needed to assess critical emerging issues facing land managers. This book offers alternatives to the approaches, designs, and techniques of the past that were chiefly designed for dominant species and other purposes. The author focuseson field techniques that move beyond classifying, mapping, and measuring plant diversity for relatively homogeneous communities. This book complements methods for measuring the biomass and cover of dominant plant species. Most species are sparse, rare, and patchily distributed. It empowers the reader to take an experimental approach in the science of plant diversity to better understand the distributions of common and rare species, native and non-native species, and long-lived and short-lived species. ... Read more

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This book provides a general introduction as well as a selected survey of key advances in the fascinating field of plant cell and tissue culture as a tool in biotechnology. After a detailed description of the various basic techniques employed in leading laboratories worldwide, follows an extended account of important applications in, for example, plant propagation, secondary metabolite production and gene technology. Additionally, some chapters are devoted to historical developments in this domain, metabolic aspects, nutrition, growth regulators, differentiation and the development of culture systems. The book will prove useful to both newcomers and specialists, and even "old hands" in tissue culture should find some challenging ideas to think about.

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The first resource of its kind, this reference assembles current research in crop plant physiology, plant biotechnology, and plant breeding to genetically improve crop plants while supporting a productive agriculture ecosystem—providing the most innovative perspectives and molecular approaches in crop physiology for the formulation of superior crop cultivars that potentially increase yield in stress environments. ... Read more

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Biologists worldwide now speak the scientific language of molecular biology and use the same molecular tools. Interest is growing in the molecular biology of abiotic stress tolerance and modes of installing better tolerant mechanisms in crop plants. Current studies make plants capable of sustaining their yields even under stressful conditions. Further, this information may form the basis for its application in biotechnology and bioinformatics.

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This book is devoted to the structural roots of woody plants,with a particular emphasis on the anchorage, form and development oftree root systems. For the first time, a large number of papers on thearchitecture and biomechanics of structural root systems are presentedtogether with discussions on consequences for tree stability in bothforest and urban environments. The development of root systems usingdifferent planting techniques is assessed, with recommendations forthe selection and breeding of forest trees. Root response toenvironmental stresses is discussed, with several chapters alsofocusing on the structure and role of fine roots and their interactionwith the rhizosphere. New methods for studying roots are presented,along with modelling techniques and state-of-the-art software.
Aimed at biologists, foresters and arboriculturalists, this book willprovide the reader with an overview of current knowledge in all fieldsof structural root research, as well as presenting recent findings andnew methods for studying woody roots. ... Read more

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This second edition of Plant Drug Analysis includes more than 200 updated color photographs of superb quality demonstrating chromatograms of all relevant standard drugs.

All drugs presented meet the standard of the official pharmacopoeia and originate from well-defined botanical sources. With this guide the technique of thin layer chromatography can be easily used without previous pharmacognostic training. Only commercially available equipment and reagents are needed, the sources as well as all practical details are given.

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I found this book very useful for the professionals involved in the extraction of raw materials from natural sources. Since you have the opportunity to browse the index, you can check first if the book contains information about the specific compound or subject that you are looking for.The book is very well illustrated.

Plant Drug Analysis
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This second edition of Plant Drug Analysis includes more than 200 updated color photographs of superb quality demonstrating chromatograms of all relevant standard drugs. The atlas will be a useful reference for analyzing plant drugs, identifying unknown drugs or monitoring the purity or constituents of a given drug. All drugs presented meet the standard of the official pharmacopoeia and originate from well-defined botanical sources. With this guide the technique of thin layer chromatography can be easily used without previous pharmacognostic training. Only commercially available equipment and reagents are needed, the sources as well as all practical details are given.

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I used to have a copy of the book until I lended to someone. It was an excelent refference for quality control of medicinal plants an for preparing monographs. The presentation of the coloured T.L.C. traces is impressing, the information can be trusted and it is clearly and concisely presented.

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Plant neurobiology is a newly emerging field of plant sciences. It covers signalling and communication at all levels of biological organization – from molecules up to ecological communities. In this book, plants are presented as intelligent and social organisms with complex forms of communication and information processing.

Authors from diverse backgrounds such as molecular and cellular biology, electrophysiology, as well as ecology treat the most important aspects of plant communication, including the plant immune system, abilities of plants to recognize self, signal transduction, receptors, plant neurotransmitters and plant neurophysiology. Further, plants are able to recognize the identity of herbivores and organize the defence responses accordingly. The similarities in animal and plant neuronal/immune systems are discussed too. All these hidden aspects of plant life and behaviour will stimulate further intense investigations in order to understand the communicative plants in their whole complexity.

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Two experienced and well-known research scientists, each from avastly different part of the world, have combined their respectiveexpertises to provide the reader with perhaps a unique text whichpresents an in-depth treatment of the various stress manifestationsand an overall discussion of stress in cultivated plants.
Professor Bryan McKersie of Canada, who over the years has been activein research, teaching and agricultural application of scientifictechniques, has dealt with and described cold, chilling, flooding,desiccation and oxidative stress phenomena: Professor Ya'acov Leshemof Israel, whose research experience and activities have centeredaround different facets of plant stress, has covered heat, drought,salinity and environmental pollution. Notwithstanding their differentresearch experiences, both authors have cooperated and together havewritten a well-integrated and up-to-date text describing the majorstress factors and problems which are limiting factors for optimalplant growth and hence of yield.
The information assembled carefully in this book makes no claim toprovide ready-made remedies to overcome the various stresses but inmany cases suggests feasible and scientifically applicable approachesand partial solutions for stress coping, some of which are now in theprocess of being developed.
This book is intended for research workers and students of agricultureand horticulture, for plant physiologists and is of overall interestto scientists dealing with stress physiology.
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Our image of plants is changing dramatically away from passive entities merely subject to environmental forces and organisms that are designed solely for the accumulation of photosynthate. Plants are revealing themselves to be dynamic and highly sensitive organisms that actively and competitively forage for limited resources, both above and below ground, organisms that accurately gauge their circumstances, use sophisticated cost-benefit analysis, and take clear actions to mitigate and control diverse environmental threats. Moreover, plants are also capable of complex recognition of self and non-self and are territorial in behavior. They are as sophisticated in behavior as animals but their potential has been masked because it operates on time scales many orders of magnitude less than those of animals. Plants are sessile organisms. As such, the only alternative to a rapidly changing environment is rapid adaptation. This book will focus on all these new and exciting aspects of plant biology.

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Large regions of the world are regularly burnt eitherdeliberately or naturally. However, despite the widespread occurrenceof suchfire-prone ecosystems, and considerable body of research onplantpopulation biology in relation to fire, until now there haveonlybeen limited attempts at a coherent conceptual synthesis of thefieldfor use by students or researchers. ... Read more

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An introduction to plant physiology, this edition includes the latest research, vastly improved illustrations, and two appendices (one on colloids, the other on pH and buffers). The practical applications of plant physiology are covered extensively. Each chapter concludes with a list of suggested readings and questions that test and reinforce students' understanding of the material. This book should be of interest to students on degree and diploma courses in practical plant physiology. ... Read more

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The scope of this book - the proceedings of the SixthInternational Symposium on Genetics and Molecular Biology of PlantNutrition - covers a relatively new research area: the geneticand molecular background for plant nutrition.
Much of the frontier research today takes place at the interfacebetween the classical scientific disciplines. In this book can befound some of the most recent results of the research carried out inthe area where plant nutrition meets with plant genetics and plantbiotechnology. It covers areas of major- and micronutrients, heavymetals, plant stress, symbioses, and plant breeding. It containsvaluable information for scientists for future research within thesedisciplines, acting as a guide to pinpoint the important interactionareas. ... Read more

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Plant Microtechnique and Microscopy surpases all previously written manuals by providing an in-depth coverage of the field of microtechnique. The traditional paraffin method is covered in explicit step-by-step protocols, with theoretical background included to give the student the tools required to design their own experiments and interpret existing to give the student the tools required to design their own experiments and interpret existing results. In addition, the theory and practice of modern applications, such as methacrylate embedding and sectioning, microwave tissue processing, flourescence histochemistry, and in situ hybridization, are documented thoroughly.

Preceding Chapter One are ten single-page "Quick Start" protocols. Patterned after computer software manuals, these abbreviated instructions provide the experienced student with the fundamental steps to complete the ten microtechnique protocols most frequently used today.

Appendices on laboratory practice (chemical toxicites, common calculations, and buffer tables) are provided to make this volume a valuable addition to every biological laboratory.Plant Microtechnique and Microscopy contains a definitive chapter on microscopy and, with diagrams and text, describes the optical principles of techniques such as phase contrast, DIC, confocal and deconvolution wide-field microscopy. Also included is an extensive appendix on optics and its application to the microscope. The book's bibliography of over 650 references is a substantial resource for any student of histology, histological technique, or microscopy. ... Read more

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With the new techniques described in this volume, a new gene can be placed on the linkage map within only a few days. Leading researchers have updated the earlier edition to include the latest versions of DNA-based marker maps for a variety of important crops.

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This book represents a beginning toward a consensus on units, symbols, and terminology in the plant sciences. Written by 27 specialists and reviewed by several others, each discussion is condensed for easy reference, but still thorough enough to answer virtually any question concerning plant terminology. Principles are outlined and covered in readable text. Some chapters include formulas and definitions of specialized terms, while others include recommendations for suitable units. The appendices offer guidelines on presenting scientific data, such as principles of grammar, oral and poster presentations, and reporting on data from experiments that utilized growth chambers. Anyone involved in the plant sciences, particularly plant physiology, will find this an invaluable reference. ... Read more