Botany

This book presents an exhaustive compilation of the anti-diabetes mellitus activities of more than 1000 plants occurring worldwide. A brief botanical description, distribution, pharmacological properties, and phytochemicals are provided, where appropriate. A list of traditional medicinal plants used..

This book provides the first comprehensive account of the various aspects of polyamines in fungi as compared to other organisms. It covers all aspects of polyamine metabolism and the biological function of polyamines in stress and cell integrity...

This crucial reference focuses on the growth of vegetation on disturbed lands, specifically the problems of plant seeding and growth and the ecological consequences of that growth...

Genome of an organism is depicted by genetic linkage mapping and physical mapping. Genome mapping stated with genetic linkage mapping and contributed enormously in genome analysis and its improvement. Physical mapping emerged later and is the prelude to structural and functional genomics. This volum..

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters._x005F_x000D_ In horticulture, agriculture, and food science, plants’ reproductive physiology is an important topic relating to fruits and vegetables, the main consumable parts of plants. All aspects of plant physiology, including plants’ reproduc..

The first comprehensive monograph on rye, this book gathers all the relevant and historic information from botany and genetics to utilization and sustainability of rye. A definitive source on all aspects of rye as a modern crop, it provides exhaustive coverage of the breeding, botany, cytology, gene..

The first comprehensive monograph on rye, this book gathers all the relevant and historic information from botany and genetics to utilization and sustainability of rye. A definitive source on all aspects of rye as a modern crop, it provides exhaustive coverage of the breeding, botany, cytology, gene..

This unique book brings together international experts on seed policy and law. While other books approach the subject from the perspective of seed industry development and privatization, the case studies in Seed Policy, Legislation, and Law make clear that a successful national seed policy must be b..

A comprehensive text and reference book covering all the aspects of biodiversity science for students and researchers of biodiversity, plant science, biotechnology, as well as zoology...

Marijuana is one of the most widely used drugs in the world. This book provides an extensive reference on the biology of marijuana and the role of molecular techniques in elucidating neuropharmacological aspects of cannabinoid receptors and the endogenous compounds that act upon them. Contributions ..

This work is a taxonomical, nomenclatural and historical account of the plants depicted in the Minickx Atlas and in the books by Jan and Casper Commelin...

The Deuteromycota, known informally as "Deuteromycetes" were once considered a phylum of Fungi. The term is now used to denote species of fungi that are members of the fungal phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota. Of interest to medical and veterinary mycologists, phytopathologists, food scientists, an..