Botany

The chapters of this book describe numerous successful examples of automation in microbiology, e.g., radiometric detection of bacteremia, instruments for detection of bacteriuria, machines for organism identification and susceptibility testing, and automated antigen and antibody measurement systems..

A comprehensive volume, Biochemical Targets of Plant Bioactive Compounds presents a goldmine of succinctly summarized information relating to bioactive compound structures, plant sources, biochemical targets and physiological effects that can be readily accessed via 500 pages of detailed tables and ..

This volume provides reviews and details of the quality, safety and efficacy for some of the top-selling botanicals worldwide, including black cohosh, chamomile, comfrey, echinacea, garlic, ginkgo, ginseng, kava, milk thistle, St John's wort and valerian. The work was written based on a systematic r..

In this essential book, researchers from large and small laboratories and institutions throughout Europe and the Mediterranean region explore recent developments in the selection and breeding of aromatic and medicinal plants. They take varied approaches—from traditional breeding to the use of ..

Vitamin A (retinol) is an essential dietary compound with myriad metabolic and regulatory functions. More than 600 carotenoids have been identified in plants, algae, fungi, and bacteria, and around 50 carotenoids—including ß-carotene—can be converted into vitamin. This volume reviews the medical use..

In an attempt to improve communication between disciplines in this field, we have aimed to cover what we perceive to be all relevant aspects of photooxidative stress: from primary reactions to molecular genetics and the devising of strategies for engineering stress tolerance in plants...

Offers comprehensive coverage of the latest developments in both biochemical and physiological approaches to fungal systematics. Incorporates recent advances in molecular biology into systematics methods that can revolutionize taxonomic schemes...

Clavicipitalean Fungi..

This easy-to-use single reference source covers the full range of subject areas associated with plant pathology. It does not merely define the numerous subjects covered (297 topics carefully arranged in 38 sections!) but describes them in detail. Each section of this book serves as a comprehensive o..

Coralline Algae..

This interesting handbook discusses 145 plant viruses in 27 groups and 31 unclassified viruses in naturally infected legumes...

CRC World Dictionary of Plant Nmaes..