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Phytobiomes: Current Insights and Future Vistas (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Manoj Kumar Solanki, Prem Lal Kashyap, Baby Kumari Phytobiomes: Current Insights and Future Vistas (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Manoj Kumar Solanki, Prem Lal Kashyap, Baby Kumari
R4,414 Discovery Miles 44 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

To satisfy the food demands of the global population, advanced technology based research is needed, that can extract the information from the plant metabolism and microbial gene pool and use it for improving plant health and productivity. Modern biotechnological tools have the ability to unlock the limitations of agricultural practices. However, the application of these tools is not well equipped. Moreover, eco-friendly agriculture by microbial inoculants is known to have positive influences on soil/plant health. Therefore it is relevant to explore the plant associated microbial niches, especially endophytes, epiphytes, and soil microbes and understand how they are benefitting each other. It can open new insights to develop sustainable agriculture practices by using consortia of microbes as plant helpers that recover the imbalanced agriculture systems and manage pathogenic diseases. This book presents the updates about the plant associated microbiomes and their contemporary uses. It covers the knowledge gap between soil and plant helper microbiomes and their application in the agriculture and allied sectors. Modern insights of phytobiomes are explored in various chapters on a variety of interrelated aspects of the fascinating areas like plant microbial interaction, integrated pest management, soil fertility intensification, sustainable crop production, and disease management. Sections in the book describe how to plant beneficial microbiomes have been utilized for sustainable green farming, with the aim to resolve the global food problem without harming the soil and environment health. This book is intended for everyone who is involved in agriculture, microbial biotechnology, bioinformatics, and all disciplines related to microbial biotechnology. These include academic students, scientists, and researchers at universities, institutes, industries, and government organizations who want to understand microbial linkages in a shorter time. It contains basic information that will be help to the non-specialist readers to understand progressive research.

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Eric Lichtfouse Sustainable Agriculture Reviews (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Eric Lichtfouse
R5,000 Discovery Miles 50 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book deals with a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for humans and their children. It is a discipline that addresses current issues: climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, poor-nation starvation, rich-nation obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control and biodiversity depletion. This series gathers review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge, then proposes alternative solutions.

Tree Breeding and Genetics in New Zealand (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): C.J.A. Shelbourne, Mike Carson Tree Breeding and Genetics in New Zealand (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
C.J.A. Shelbourne, Mike Carson
R2,890 Discovery Miles 28 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Dothistroma pini changed New Zealand commercial forestry dramatically. Tree breeding became concentrated on a very few species and development of selection methods and breeding strategies changed in response to the new challenges. Tree-Breeding and Genetics in New Zealand provides a critical historical account of the work on provenance research and tree breeding, often with the wisdom of hindsight, and it tracks the development of breeding strategy, especially for P. radiata, Douglas-fir and the most important eucalypt species, E. regnans, E. fastigata and E. nitens. The book is a compendium of abstracts and summaries of all publications and reports on tree improvement in New Zealand since the early 1950s, with added critical comment by the author on much of the work. It is intended for other tree breeders internationally, for interested NZ foresters and for graduate students studying genetics and tree breeding.

Orchid Propagation: From Laboratories to Greenhouses-Methods and Protocols (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Yung-I Lee, Edward Chee... Orchid Propagation: From Laboratories to Greenhouses-Methods and Protocols (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Yung-I Lee, Edward Chee Tak Yeung
R8,430 Discovery Miles 84 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The orchid family is one of the largest families of flowering plants known for their beauty and economic importance. This work provides information in key areas of research that are important to both scientists and commercial growers alike. The main purposes of this book are to provide key practical areas of research, such as, germination, micropropagation, traditional and current techniques related to plant improvement; document methods that ensure survival of plants from laboratories to greenhouses; promote communication between scientists and growers, so that their combined expertise on these areas will lead to the successful growth of orchids in their natural habitats or commercial greenhouses. This book can serve as reference for laymen with an interest in orchid growing.This book is divided into 5 parts. The first part emphasizes propagation methods using seeds and related techniques that are important to plant conservation and improvement. Successes in asymbiotic and symbiotic seed germination are keys to orchid conservation and their propagation. The second part summarizes micropropagation methods, common media, and newer methods of micropropagation such as the bioreactor culture procedures. The third part focuses on techniques related to the manipulation of explants in an in vitro environment. The fourth part covers cell biological methods and transformation techniques. Since the successes in a laboratory setting do not guarantee plant survival and propagation in greenhouses and in the natural environment, it discusses greenhouse propagation techniques that are essential to the survival of plants generated from a laboratory setting. The fifth part showcases recent successes on orchid propagation by documenting sample publications and how to present orchids in an artistic fashion for one's enjoyment.

Biocontrol of Lepidopteran Pests - Use of Soil Microbes and their Metabolites (Hardcover): K Sowjanya Sree, Ajit Varma Biocontrol of Lepidopteran Pests - Use of Soil Microbes and their Metabolites (Hardcover)
K Sowjanya Sree, Ajit Varma
R5,050 Discovery Miles 50 500 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume describes the various applications of entomopathogenic soil microorganisms in the management and control of the devastating lepidopteran pest. An introduction describes the insecticidal properties of viruses, bacteria, fungi, nematodes and their metabolites, as well as their applications in the context of crop improvement. Subsequent chapters focus on topics such as insecticidal proteins; the role of nucleopolyhedroviruses; Bt toxins and their receptors; control of lepidopterans using entomopathogenic fungi; management of cotton defoliators; and sustainable use of entomopathogenic nematodes and their bacterial symbionts. An overview of culture collections of entomopathogenic microorganisms rounds out the volume.

Tropospheric Ozone and its Impacts on Crop Plants - A Threat to Future Global Food Security (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Supriya... Tropospheric Ozone and its Impacts on Crop Plants - A Threat to Future Global Food Security (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Supriya Tiwari, Madhoolika Agrawal
R2,501 R1,969 Discovery Miles 19 690 Save R532 (21%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The research and its outcomes presented here focuses on tropospheric or ground level ozone, in particular due to its surfacing as a major threat to crop productivity around the world. This book presents the ozone concentration data for a variety of geographical regions, examines the factors responsible for its increasing concentrations and its potential effects on physiological and biochemical responses culminating in crop productivity losses which, in turn may pose a serious threat to global food security. Beside this, certain ameliorative measures that could be adopted to assess ozone injury in plants are also discussed. Global climate change scenarios predict a significant increase in future tropospheric ozone concentration. Particular attention is therefore given to evaluate the effect of global climate change on ozone concentrations. Readers will also discover how yield losses due to ozone are related to changes in the socio-economic conditions of the society, especially in South Asian regions. Students and researchers studying crop and soil science, environmental scientists, risk assessment professionals and policy makers will find this book of interest.

Biotechnology and Production of Anti-Cancer Compounds (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Sonia Malik Biotechnology and Production of Anti-Cancer Compounds (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Sonia Malik
R5,037 Discovery Miles 50 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book discusses cancers and the resurgence of public interest in plant-based and herbal drugs. It also describes ways of obtaining anti-cancer drugs from plants and improving their production using biotechnological techniques. It presents methods such as cell culture, shoot and root culture, hairy root culture, purification of plant raw materials, genetic engineering, optimization of culture conditions as well as metabolic engineering with examples of successes like taxol, shikonin, ingenol mebutate and podophylotoxin. In addition, it describes the applications and limitations of large-scale production of anti-cancer compounds using biotechnological means. Lastly, it discusses future economical and eco-friendly strategies for obtaining anti-cancer compounds using biotechnology.

Fruit 2nd Edition (Hardcover, 2 Ed): W Stuppy Fruit 2nd Edition (Hardcover, 2 Ed)
W Stuppy
R1,191 R978 Discovery Miles 9 780 Save R213 (18%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Plants have developed manifold strategies and ruses for the dispersal of their seed. These are reflected in the many different colours, shapes and sizes of the fruits that contain and protect them. In this pioneering collaboration, visual artist Rob Kesseler and seed morphologist Wolfgang Stuppy use scanning electronmicroscopy to obtain astonishing images of a variety of fruits and the seeds they protect. Razor-sharp cross-sections reveal intricate interiors, nuts and other examples of botanical architecture and reproductive ingenuity. The black and white microscope images have been sumptuously coloured by Rob Kesseler highlighting the structure and functioning of the minuscule fruit and seeds some almost invisible to the naked eye and in so doing creating a work of art. Larger fruits, flowers and seeds have been especially photographed. The formation, development and demise of the fruits are described their vital role in the preservation of the biodiversity of our planet explained. Fruits are the keepers of the precious seeds that ensure our future; some are edible, others inedible and many, quite simply, incredible. Published in collaboration with Kew Royal Botanic Gardens.

Plant Gravitropism - Methods and Protocols (Hardcover, 2015 ed.): Elison B. Blancaflor Plant Gravitropism - Methods and Protocols (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Elison B. Blancaflor
R5,208 Discovery Miles 52 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume provides the plant scientific community with a collection of established and recently developed experimental protocols to study plant gravitropism. The first few chapters in this book discuss topics such as methods to properly orient plant material for gravitropism studies; protocols for data collection and image analysis; and techniques to investigate ion, organelle, and auxin transporter dynamics, particularly in living cells, as the plant is responding to a change in its orientation. The next few chapters talk about topics that are essential for understanding the complexities underlying tropisms and plant movements in general, and outline basic protocols on handling ornamental flowering shoots for basic plant gravitropism studies. The book concludes with chapters that discuss plant biological studies in space in order to take advantage of unique microgravity conditions not available in Earth-based studies. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Informative and cutting-edge, Plant Gravitropism is the perfect book for researchers in the plant scientific community because it is not only useful for plant gravitropism studies, but also addresses a range of interesting problems in plant growth and development.

The Orchid Review.; v.1 (1893) (Hardcover): Anonymous The Orchid Review.; v.1 (1893) (Hardcover)
Anonymous
R1,041 Discovery Miles 10 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Biotechnology of Plant Secondary Metabolism - Methods and Protocols (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Arthur Germano Fett-Neto Biotechnology of Plant Secondary Metabolism - Methods and Protocols (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Arthur Germano Fett-Neto
R3,566 Discovery Miles 35 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume describes up-to-date techniques for improved production of secondary metabolites of economic interest using field and laboratory methods. Biotechnology of Plant Secondary Metabolism: Methods and Protocols explores different secondary metabolite classes, whole-plant and cell/organ culture systems, and environmental and genetic transformation-based modulation of biochemical pathways. Special focus is given to cell and tissue specific metabolism, metabolite transport, microRNA-based technology, heterologous systems expression of enzymes and pathways leading to products of interest, as well as applications using both model and non-model plant species. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Practical and cutting-edge, Biotechnology of Plant Secondary Metabolism: Methods and Protocols is a great resource for scientists of interdisciplinary fields--plant science, plant physiology, pharmacy, molecular biology, biochemistry, bioengineering, and forestry--in reaching their goals of producing plant biochemicals in a sustainable and efficient manner, while minimizing impacts to the environment and providing the required quantities of these commodities to industry.

DIY Hydroponic Gardens - The Complete Guide to Setting Up and Create DIY Sustainable Hydroponics Garden With The Best... DIY Hydroponic Gardens - The Complete Guide to Setting Up and Create DIY Sustainable Hydroponics Garden With The Best Techniques For Growing Fresh Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs Without Soil (Hardcover)
Richard Jones
R1,064 R909 Discovery Miles 9 090 Save R155 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Monograph of Codonopsis and Allied Genera (Campanulaceae) (Hardcover): De-Yuan Hong A Monograph of Codonopsis and Allied Genera (Campanulaceae) (Hardcover)
De-Yuan Hong
R2,877 Discovery Miles 28 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Codonopsis and its allied genera, are a group of plants which are important in economy and horticulture. A Monograph of Codonopsis and Allied Genera (Campanulaceae s. str.) offers its audience comprehensive knowledge of these plants including palynology, cytology, population biology, morphological description, geographical distribution with vouchers cited, excellent ink illustrations, and color photos, and keys to genera and to species. This excellent work will facilitate identification of relevant plants, use of plant resources, assessment of endangered states, the development of conservation strategies, and will promote systematic and evolutionary research of this group.

Uranium in Plants and the Environment (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Dharmendra K. Gupta, Clemens Walther Uranium in Plants and the Environment (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Dharmendra K. Gupta, Clemens Walther
R4,124 Discovery Miles 41 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In recent years, radioactive contamination in the environment by uranium (U) and its daughters has caused increasing concerns globally. This book provides recent developments and comprehensive knowledge to the researchers and academicians who are working on uranium contaminated areas worldwide. This book covers topics ranging from the beginning of the nuclear age until today, including historical views and epidemiological studies. Modelling practices and evaluation of radiological and chemical impact of uranium on man and the environment are included. Also covered are analytical methods used for the determination of uranium in geo/bio environments. Some chapters explore factors which influence uranium speciation and in consequence plant uptake/translocation. Last but not least, several chapters provide approaches and practices for remediation of uranium contaminated areas.

Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Paperback, Revised edition): James H. Miller, Karl V. Miller Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Paperback, Revised edition)
James H. Miller, Karl V. Miller; Photographs by Ted Bodner
R990 R868 Discovery Miles 8 680 Save R122 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This guide to common and unique plants found in forests of the Southeast thoroughly covers 330 species of forbs (herbaceous plants), grasses, vines, and shrubs, with a special emphasis on the plants' role in wildlife sustenance. Packed with detailed color photographs, the book is a must-have for forest landowners, game and wildlife managers, biologists, outdoors enthusiasts, students - anyone with an interest in the intricate and often unexpected interrelationships between the flora and fauna of our region's forests.

Stress Signaling in Plants: Genomics and Proteomics Perspective, Volume 2 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Maryam Sarwat, Altaf... Stress Signaling in Plants: Genomics and Proteomics Perspective, Volume 2 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Maryam Sarwat, Altaf Ahmad, M. Z Abdin, Mohamed M. Ibrahim
R5,402 Discovery Miles 54 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This two-volume set takes an in-depth look at stress signaling in plants from a uniquely genomic and proteomic perspective and offers a comprehensive treatise that covers all of the signaling pathways and mechanisms that have been researched so far. Currently, plant diseases, extreme weather caused by climate change, drought and an increase in metals in soil are amongst the major limiting factors of crop production worldwide. They devastate not only the food supply but also the economy of a nation. With global food scarcity in mind, there is an urgent need to develop crop plants with increased stress tolerance so as to meet the global food demands and to preserve the quality of our planet. In order to do this, it is necessary to understand how plants react and adapt to stress from the genomic and proteomic perspective. Plants adapt to stress conditions by activating cascades of molecular mechanisms, which result in alterations in gene expression and synthesis of protective proteins. From the perception of the stimulus to the transduction of the signal, followed by an appropriate cellular response, the plants employ a complex network of primary and secondary messenger molecules. Cells exercise a large number of noticeably distinct signaling pathways to regulate their activity. In order to contend with different environmental adversities, plants have developed a series of mechanisms at the physiological, cellular and molecular levels that respond to stress. Each chapter in this volume provides an in-depth explanation of what we currently know of a particular aspect of stress signaling and where we are heading. Together with the highly successful first volume, Stress Signaling in Plants: Genomics and Proteomics Perspective, Volume 2 covers an important aspect of plant biology for both students and seasoned researchers.

Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin.; v. 52-53 1964-65 (Hardcover): Missouri Botanical Garden Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin.; v. 52-53 1964-65 (Hardcover)
Missouri Botanical Garden
R973 Discovery Miles 9 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Ancient Botany (Paperback, New edition): Gavin Hardy, Laurence Totelin Ancient Botany (Paperback, New edition)
Gavin Hardy, Laurence Totelin
R1,528 Discovery Miles 15 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Gavin Hardy and Laurence Totelin have brought together their botanical and historical knowledge to produce this unique overview of ancient botany. It examines all the founding texts of botanical science, such as Theophrastus' Enquiry into Plants, Dioscorides' Materia Medica, Pliny the Elder's Natural History, Nicolaus of Damascus' On Plants, and Galen' On Simple Remedies, but also includes lesser known texts ranging from the sixth century BCE to the seventh century CE, as well as some material evidence. The authors adopt a thematic approach rather than a chronological one, considering important issues such as the definition of a plant, nomenclature, classifications, physiology, the link between plants and their environment, and the numerous usages of plants in the ancient world. The book also takes care to place ancient botany in its historical, social and economic context. The authors have explained all technical botanical terms and ancient history notions, and as a result, this work will appeal to historians of ancient science, medicine and technology; classicists; and botanists interested in the history of their discipline.

Nutritional Composition of Fruit Cultivars (Hardcover): Monique Simmonds, Victor R. Preedy Nutritional Composition of Fruit Cultivars (Hardcover)
Monique Simmonds, Victor R. Preedy
R3,834 Discovery Miles 38 340 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Nutritional Composition of Fruit Cultivars provides readers with the latest information on the health related properties of foods, making the documentation of the nutritive value of historical cultivars especially urgent, especially before they are lost and can't be effectively compared to modern cultivars. Because there is considerable diversity and a substantial body of the compositional studies directed towards commercial varieties, this information is useful for identifying traits and features that may be transposed from one variety to another. In addition, compositional and sensory features may also be used for commercialization and to characterize adulteration. Detailed characterization of cultivars can be used to identify "super-foods". Alternatively, unmasked historical cultivars may be the focus of reinvigorated commercial practices. Each chapter in this book has sections on the botanical aspects, the composition of traditional or ancient cultivars, the composition of modern cultivars, a focus on areas of research, the specialty of the communicating author of each chapter, and summary points.

Bacillus thuringiensis and Lysinibacillus sphaericus - Characterization and use in the field of biocontrol (Hardcover, 1st ed.... Bacillus thuringiensis and Lysinibacillus sphaericus - Characterization and use in the field of biocontrol (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Lidia Mariana Fiuza, Ricardo Antonio Polanczyk, Neil Crickmore
R3,891 R3,609 Discovery Miles 36 090 Save R282 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume presents a comprehensive perspective of the biopesticides Bacillus thuringiensis and Lysinibacillus sphaericus, from their basic biology to agriculture, forestry and public-health applications. It covers their ecology, virulence factors, and genetic characterization. The topics related to agriculture and forestry include mode of action, receptors of insect pests, and heterologous expression of toxins in insect cells and plants. Public-health researchers will find information on vector control programs with an emphasis on the Neotropical region. The book also discusses new products and the global market.

Contaminants in Agriculture - Sources, Impacts and Management (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): M. Naeem, Abid Ali Ansari, Sarvajeet... Contaminants in Agriculture - Sources, Impacts and Management (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
M. Naeem, Abid Ali Ansari, Sarvajeet Singh Gill
R4,427 Discovery Miles 44 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This comprehensive volume covers recent studies into agricultural problems caused by soil and water contamination. Considering the importance of agricultural crops to human health, the editors have focused on chapters detailing the negative impact of heavy metals, excessive chemical fertilizer use, nutrients, pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, agricultural wastes and toxic pollutants, among others, on agricultural soil and crops. In addition, the chapters offer solutions to these negative impacts through various scientific approaches, including using biotechnology, nanotechnology, nutrient management strategies, biofertilizers, as well as potent PGRs and elicitors. This book serves as a key source of information on scientific and engineered approaches and challenges for the bioremediation of agricultural contamination worldwide. This book should be helpful for research students, teachers, agriculturalists, agronomists, botanists, and plant growers, as well as in the fields of agriculture, agronomy, plant science, plant biology, and biotechnology, among others. It serves as an excellent reference on the current research and future directions of contaminants in agriculture from laboratory research to field application.

Salinity Responses and Tolerance in Plants, Volume 1 - Targeting Sensory, Transport and Signaling Mechanisms (Hardcover, 1st... Salinity Responses and Tolerance in Plants, Volume 1 - Targeting Sensory, Transport and Signaling Mechanisms (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Vinay Kumar, Shabir Hussain Wani, Penna Suprasanna, Lam-Son Phan Tran
R2,939 Discovery Miles 29 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Soil salinity is a key abiotic-stress and poses serious threats to crop yields and quality of produce. Owing to the underlying complexity, conventional breeding programs have met with limited success. Even genetic engineering approaches, via transferring/overexpressing a single 'direct action gene' per event did not yield optimal results. Nevertheless, the biotechnological advents in last decade coupled with the availability of genomic sequences of major crops and model plants have opened new vistas for understanding salinity-responses and improving salinity tolerance in important glycophytic crops. Our goal is to summarize these findings for those who wish to understand and target the molecular mechanisms for producing salt-tolerant and high-yielding crops. Through this 2-volume book series, we critically assess the potential venues for imparting salt stress tolerance to major crops in the post-genomic era. Accordingly, perspectives on improving crop salinity tolerance by targeting the sensory, ion-transport and signaling mechanisms are presented here in volume 1. Volume 2 will focus on the potency of post-genomic era tools that include RNAi, genomic intervention, genome editing and systems biology approaches for producing salt tolerant crops.

Phytoremediation - Management of Environmental Contaminants, Volume 5 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Abid A Ansari, Sarvajeet Singh... Phytoremediation - Management of Environmental Contaminants, Volume 5 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Abid A Ansari, Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Ritu Gill, Guy R Lanza, Lee Newman
R6,963 Discovery Miles 69 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This text details the plant-assisted remediation method, "phytoremediation", which involves the interaction of plant roots and associated rhizospheric microorganisms for the remediation of soil contaminated with high levels of metals, pesticides, solvents, radionuclides, explosives, crude oil, organic compounds and various other contaminants. Many chapters highlight and compare the efficiency and economic advantages of phytoremediation to currently practiced soil and water treatment practices. Volume 5 of Phytoremediation: Management of Environmental Contaminants provides the capstone of the series. Taken together, the five volumes provide a broad-based global synopsis of the current applications of phytoremediation using plants and the microbial communities associated with their roots to decontaminate terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Banana: Genomics and Transgenic Approaches for Genetic Improvement (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Sukhada Mohandas, Kundapura V... Banana: Genomics and Transgenic Approaches for Genetic Improvement (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Sukhada Mohandas, Kundapura V Ravishankar
R5,473 R5,177 Discovery Miles 51 770 Save R296 (5%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Bananas and plantains are among the most important food and cash crops in the world. They are cultivated in more than 135 countries, across the tropics and subtropics, with an annual global production of ca. 130 million metric tonnes. Though bananas are one of the most important components of food security in many developing countries, banana production is threatened by both abiotic and biotic stresses. These include a wide range of diseases and pests, such as bunchy top virus, burrowing nematodes, black Sigatoka or black leaf streak, Fusarium wilt, etc. In recent years, considerable progress has been made and several biotechnological and genomic tools have been employed to help understand and unravel the mysterious banana genome. Molecular and genomic studies have helped to decipher the Musa genome and its evolution. Genetic linkage map and whole genome sequencing of both Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana (progenitors of cultivated banana) have completely changed the way of thinking and the approach on banana crop improvement. Whole-genome sequencing has helped to improve the selection of quantitative traits such as yield, as well as the selection of optimal parents for developing required hybrids in breeding programs. Gene isolation and the analysis of mutants have helped in the characterization of genes of agronomic value and the associated regulatory sequences. With the advent of molecular markers and new statistical tools, it is now possible to measure the diversity, identify genes and useful alleles linked to important agronomic traits. Further these alleles can be incorporated into cultivars through marker assisted selection or through transgenic approach. Transgenic approaches are potential tools for direct transfer of these genes into popular cultivars, which are generally not amenable for conventional breeding techniques, in specific with crops such as bananas which are sterile, triploid and heterozygous thereby making it difficult to reconstruct the recurrent genotypes in banana. Transgenic techniques thus have helped overcome the difficulty of working with sterile, triploid banana crop. In the last five years, enormous amount of new information and techniques have been generated for banana. A comprehensive book entitled "Banana: Genomics and Transgenic Approaches for Genetic improvement" on banana genomics, latest transgenic technologies and tools available for improved crop development in banana will address all these requirements.

Combined Stresses in Plants - Physiological, Molecular, and Biochemical Aspects (Hardcover, 2015 ed.): Ramamurthy Mahalingam Combined Stresses in Plants - Physiological, Molecular, and Biochemical Aspects (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Ramamurthy Mahalingam
R4,963 Discovery Miles 49 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

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 general review of the combined stress paradigm, focuses on the impact of higher CO2 levels in combination with other stresses, examines drought stress in conjunction with other abiotic factors in different crop plants as well as the combination of biotic and abiotic factors, and discusses the impact of combined stresses in forest ecosystems. Written by experts in the field, Combined Stresses in Plants: Physiological, Molecular, and Biochemical Aspects is a valuable resource for scientists, graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows alike working in plant stresses.

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