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Key features include: Details the role of plants for the treatment
and management of cancer and diabetes Discusses the role of
phytocompounds as ligands for cancer and diabetic targets Reviews
plants and the potential of phytochemicals as antidiabetic and
anticancer drugs Explores the green biosynthesis of nanoparticles
and their treatment efficiency
Ethnobotany of India: Volume 1: Eastern Ghats and Adjacent Deccan,
the first of a five-volume set, provides an informative overview of
human-plant interrelationships in this southern area of India. The
volume looks at the ethnic diversity, ethnobotany, ethnomedicine,
ethnoveterinary medicine, and ethnic food of the region. With
chapters written by experts in the field, the book provides
comprehensive information on the tribals (the indigenous
populations of the region) and knowledge on plants that grow around
them.
This is the second of a five-volume set. This series of volumes on
the ethnobotany of different regions of India melds important
knowledge in one place. India is one of the most important regions
of the old world and has culturally rich and diverse knowledge
systems. The expert authors have been selected to summarize
information on the various aspects of ethnobotany of India, such as
ethnoecology, traditional agriculture, cognitive ethnobotany,
material sources, traditional pharmacognosy, ethnoconservation
strategies, bioprospection of ethnodirected knowledge, and
protection of ethnobotanical knowledge.
Ethnobotany of India: Volume 3: North-East India and Andaman and
Nicobar Islands is the third of a five-volume set of Ethnobotany of
India. Bringing together in one place the important information on
the ethnobotany of the North-East India and Andaman and Nicobar
Island region of India, this informative volume presents the
details of the tribes of the region, their numbers, their habitat,
their culture, and particularly their usage of plants for various
purposes.
Ethnobotany of India: Volume 4: Western and Central Himalayas is
the 4th volume of the 5-volume set, an informative book series on
the ethnobotanical aspects of India. The books cover different
regions, including Volume 1: Eastern Ghats and Deccan Volume 2:
Western Ghats and West Coast of Peninsular India Volume 3:
North-East India and Andaman and Nicobar Islands Volume 4: Western
and Central Himalayas Volume 5: The Indo-Gangetic Region Each
volume looks at the important ethnic plants of the specific region.
Volume 4 covers the Western and Central Himalayas, the well-known
mountain range on the Indian subcontinent. The unique flora and
fauna of the Himalayas are varied, affected by climate, rainfall,
altitude, and soils, and are vulnerable to impacts from climate
change. The editors espouse that because indigenous non-Western
societies form the vast majority of people now as well as in the
past, a study of their plant interrelationships is necessary, and
India is one of the most important regions of the old world for its
ancient and culturally rich and diverse knowledge of ethnobotany.
With this in mind, these volumes share a great deal of information
that will be valuable to plant botanists and others working in and
interested in ethnobotany. This important volume covers the
ethnobotanical aspects of many plants of the region. It looks at
ethnic diversity of people ethnic food plants and food preparation
ethnomedical aspects of plants psychedelic plants and their
possible link to soma, a vedic ritual drink whose plant origins are
a mystery ethnoveterinary medicinal plants ethno-conservation
practices biodiversity heritage sites The volume includes the
details of the plants used, their scientific names, the parts used,
and how the plants are used, providing the what, how, and why of
plant usage. The book is well illustrated with 20 color and 67 b/w
illustrations. Together, the five volumes in the Ethnobotany of
India series presents the available ethnobotanical knowledge of
India in one place. India's ancient and culturally rich and diverse
information and use of ethnobotany will be valuable to those in the
fields of botany and plant sciences, pharmacognosy and
pharmacology, nutraceuticals, and others. The books also consider
the threat to plant biodiversity imposed by environmental
degradation, which impacts cultural diversity.
Ethnobotany of India, Volume 5: The Indo-Gangetic Region and
Central India is the fifth of a five-volume set on the ethnobotany
of India. Bringing together in one place information on the
ethnobotany of the Indo-Gangetic Region and Central India, this
volume presents the valuable details of the ethnobotanical aspects
of many plants of the region. Competent authors have been selected
to summarize information on the various aspects of ethnobotany of
India, such as ethnoecology, traditional agriculture, cognitive
ethnobotany, material sources, traditional pharmacognosy,
ethnoconservation strategies, bioprospection of ethno-directed
knowledge, and documentation and protection of ethnobotanical
knowledge. With chapters written by experts in the field, the book
provides comprehensive information on the tribals (the indigenous
populations of the region) and knowledge on plants that grow around
them. The volume looks at ethnic diversity of people of the region
ethnic food plants and food preparation ethnomedical aspects of
plants of the region, including hepatoprotective properties, uses
to alleviate skin diseases, contraceptive uses, the trade in Indian
medicinal plants mulitidisciplinary approaches for herbal medicine
exploration The volume includes the details of the plants studies,
their medicinal uses, their scientific names, the specific parts
used, and how the plants are used, providing the what, how, and why
of plant usage. The book is well illustrated with 23 color and 6
b/w illustrations. Together, the five volumes in the Ethnobotany of
India series presents the available ethnobotanical knowledge of
India in one place. India's ancient and culturally rich and diverse
information and use of ethnobotany will be valuable to those in the
fields of botany and plant sciences, pharmacognosy and
pharmacology, nutraceuticals, and others. The books also consider
the threat to plant biodiversity imposed by environmental
degradation, which impacts cultural diversity.
Plants exhibit forms of asymmetry analogous to "handedness" in
bilaterally symmetrical animals. This book explores the
evolutionary significance and development of asymmetry. Examples of
genetic control include the direction of tendril or stem coiling of
many climbing plants; the so-called spiral phyllotaxy and floral
taxy; and contorted petal arrangement is another kind of left-
right symmetry in plants; the direction of contortion is fixed in
some but not in other plants. The book will underscore tha all
phenomena related to handedness start during embryogenesis itself,
with the occurrence of embryo rotation. Key selling features: First
consolidated book on Plant Handedness Relates handedness, asymmetry
and chirality to the evolution of different organizational levels
in plant biology Emphasizes handedness as a vital governing force
in plant functional evolution Provides a new perspective, hitherto
ignored, into plant developemtn and evolution Describes how an
age-old phenomenon can give scope for investigation from a very
modern interdisciplinary approach
Ethnobotany of India: Volume 3: North-East India and Andaman and
Nicobar Islands is the third of a five-volume set of Ethnobotany of
India. Bringing together in one place the important information on
the ethnobotany of the North-East India and Andaman and Nicobar
Island region of India, this informative volume presents the
details of the tribes of the region, their numbers, their habitat,
their culture, and particularly their usage of plants for various
purposes.
Key features include: Details the role of plants for the treatment
and management of cancer and diabetes Discusses the role of
phytocompounds as ligands for cancer and diabetic targets Reviews
plants and the potential of phytochemicals as antidiabetic and
anticancer drugs Explores the green biosynthesis of nanoparticles
and their treatment efficiency
Jatropha curcas, or physic nut, is a small tree that, in tropical
climates, produces fruits with seeds containing ~38% oil. The
physic nut has the potential to be highly productive and is
amenable to subculture in vitro and to genetic modification. It
also displays remarkable diversity and is relatively easy to cross
hybridize within the genus. Thanks to these promising features, J.
curcas is emerging as a promising oil crop and is gaining
commercial interest among the biofuel research communities.
However, as a crop, physic nut has been an economic flop since
2012, because the species was not fully domesticated and the
average productivity was less than 2 t/ha, which is below the
threshold of profitability.^7 t/ha could be reached and it is
contributing to new markets in some countries. As such, it is
important fro research to focus on the physiology and selective
breeding of Jatropha . This book provides a positive global update
on Jatropha, a crop that has suffered despite its promising
agronomic and economic potential. The editors have used their
collective expertise in agronomy, botany, selective breeding,
biotechnology, genomics and bioinformatics to seek out high-quality
contributions that address the bottleneck features in order to
improve the economic trajectory of physic nut breeding.
Plant genomics and biotechnology have recently made enormous
strides, and hold the potential to benefit agriculture, the
environment and various other dimensions of the human endeavor. It
is no exaggeration to claim that the twenty-first century belongs
to biotechnology. Knowledge generation in this field is growing at
a frenetic pace, and keeping abreast of the latest advances and
calls on us to double our efforts. Volume II of this two-part
series addresses cutting-edge aspects of plant genomics and
biotechnology. It includes 37 chapters contributed by over 70
researchers, each of which is an expert in his/her own field of
research. Biotechnology has helped to solve many conundrums of
plant life that had long remained a mystery to mankind. This volume
opens with an exhaustive chapter on the role played by thale cress,
Arabidopsis thaliana, which is believed to be the Drosophila of the
plant kingdom and an invaluable model plant for understanding basic
concepts in plant biology. This is followed by chapters on
bioremediation, biofuels and biofertilizers through microalgal
manipulation, making it a commercializable prospect; discerning
finer details of biotic stress with plant-fungal interactions; and
the dynamics of abiotic and biotic stresses, which also figure
elsewhere in the book. Breeding crop plants for desirable traits
has long been an endeavor of biotechnologists. The significance of
molecular markers, marker assisted selection and techniques are
covered in a dedicated chapter, as are comprehensive reviews on
plant molecular biology, DNA fingerprinting techniques, genomic
structure and functional genomics. A chapter dedicated to
organellar genomes provides extensive information on this important
aspect. Elsewhere in the book, the newly emerging area of
epigenetics is presented as seen through the lens of biotechnology,
showcasing the pivotal role of DNA methylation in effecting
permanent and transient changes to the genome. Exclusive chapters
deal with bioinformatics and systems biology. Handy tools for
practical applications such as somatic embryogenesis and
micropropagation are included to provide frontline information to
entrepreneurs, as is a chapter on somaclonal variation.Overcoming
barriers to sexual incompatibility has also long been a focus of
biotechnology, and is addressed in chapters on wide hybridization
and hybrid embryo rescue. Another area of accomplishing triploids
through endosperm culture is included as a non-conventional
breeding strategy. Secondary metabolite production through tissue
cultures, which is of importance to industrial scientists, is also
covered. Worldwide exchange of plant genetic material is currently
an essential topic, as is conserving natural resources in situ.
Chapters on in vitro conservation of extant, threatened and other
valuable germplasms, gene banking and related issues are included,
along with an extensive account of the biotechnology of spices -
the low-volume, high-value crops. Metabolic engineering is another
emerging field that provides commercial opportunities. As is well
known, there is widespread concern over genetically modified crops
among the public. GM crops are covered, as are genetic engineering
strategies for combating biotic and abiotic stresses where no other
solutions are in sight. RNAi- and micro RNA- based strategies for
crop improvement have proved to offer novel alternatives to the
existing non-conventional techniques, and detailed information on
these aspects is also included. The book's last five chapters are
devoted to presenting the various aspects of environmental, marine,
desert and rural biotechnology. The state-of-the-art coverage on a
wide range of plant genomics and biotechnology topics will be of
great interest to post-graduate students and researchers, including
the employees of seed and biotechnology companies, and to
instructors in the fields of plant genetics, breeding and
biotechnology.
Plants exhibit forms of asymmetry analogous to "handedness" in
bilaterally symmetrical animals. This book explores the
evolutionary significance and development of asymmetry. Examples of
genetic control include the direction of tendril or stem coiling of
many climbing plants; the so-called spiral phyllotaxy and floral
taxy; and contorted petal arrangement is another kind of left-
right symmetry in plants; the direction of contortion is fixed in
some but not in other plants. The book will underscore tha all
phenomena related to handedness start during embryogenesis itself,
with the occurrence of embryo rotation. Key selling features: First
consolidated book on Plant Handedness Relates handedness, asymmetry
and chirality to the evolution of different organizational levels
in plant biology Emphasizes handedness as a vital governing force
in plant functional evolution Provides a new perspective, hitherto
ignored, into plant developemtn and evolution Describes how an
age-old phenomenon can give scope for investigation from a very
modern interdisciplinary approach
This is the second of a five-volume set. This series of volumes on
the ethnobotany of different regions of India melds important
knowledge in one place. India is one of the most important regions
of the old world and has culturally rich and diverse knowledge
systems. The expert authors have been selected to summarize
information on the various aspects of ethnobotany of India, such as
ethnoecology, traditional agriculture, cognitive ethnobotany,
material sources, traditional pharmacognosy, ethnoconservation
strategies, bioprospection of ethnodirected knowledge, and
protection of ethnobotanical knowledge.
Jatropha curcas or Physic Nut is a small tree (bush plant) that
produces fruits under tropical climate. The fruits contained seed
that are ~40% oil rich. This oil is excellent for biodiesel. The
bush is a now new coming crop because it may cope with harsh
environmental conditions such as semi-aridity and poor land. It is
considered as one alternative for climate mitigation that does not
compete with arable land normally dedicated to food crop and can be
used to regain degraded land or fight desertification. This bush
has been considered seriously by the international community only
recently (~2006-2008), but worldwide scientists did an outstanding
job to drawn Jatropha out of its semi-wild status and bring it on
the industrial scene. Problems remains, but we have now a
comprehensive picture of this crop and almost every technological
challenged were addressed. From now, the job will have to
concentrate on breeding in order to domesticate this species.
Therefore, it is the right time to sum up worldwide contributions
in a comprehensive book with a breeding looking to improve the
chance of this plant to stabilize as a crop and to fulfil with the
expectations that humans invested in it. A book with this
perspective will help international community to give a step on.
The book will be a broad and comprehensive look on Jatropha until
the details since the book is being contributed by international
experts worldwide that have already published works in the
international press of Science. Illustrations, tables geographic
maps, GPS location, etc are added by each contributors according to
the feeling they have concerning what they think their contribution
should be.
The book will be a broad and comprehensive look on Jatropha until
the details since the book is being contributed by international
experts worldwide that have already published works in the
international press of Science. Illustrations, tables geographic
maps, GPS location, etc are added by each contributors according to
the feeling they have concerning what they think their contribution
should be. This book will benefit the scientific community
immensely. Being aware of any challenges related to Jatropha, i.e.
(i) its economy in Asia (India, China) and South America (Brazil),
(ii) basics of biofuel technology, (iii) physiology, (iv) farming,
(v) byproducts, (vi) biotechnology, (vii) genetic resource
(germplasm) and their benefit for the crop by genetic transfer,
(viii) genetic map, (ix) comparative genetics, (x) genomics.
Breeders and technologist will have access to a complete digested
view on Jatropha to decide where and how they should move on with
their investigations.
Jatropha curcas or Physic Nut is a small tree (bush plant) that
produces fruits under tropical climate. The fruits contained seed
that are 40 percent oil rich. This oil is excellent for biodiesel.
The bush is a now new coming crop because it may cope with harsh
environmental conditions such as semi-aridity and poor land. It is
considered as one alternative for climate mitigation that does not
compete with arable land normally dedicated to food crop and can be
used to regain degraded land or fight desertification. This bush
has been considered seriously by the international community only
recently (2006-2008), but worldwide scientists did an outstanding
job to drawn Jatropha out of its semi-wild status and bring it on
the industrial scene. Problems remains, but we have now a
comprehensive picture of this crop and almost every technological
challenged were addressed. From now, the job will have to
concentrate on breeding in order to domesticate this species.
Therefore, it is the right time to sum up worldwide contributions
in a comprehensive book with a breeding looking to improve the
chance of this plant to stabilize as a crop and to fulfil with the
expectations that humans invested in it. A book with this
perspective will help international community to give a step on.
The book will be a broad and comprehensive look on Jatropha until
the details since the book is being contributed by international
experts worldwide that have already published works in the
international press of Science. Illustrations, tables geographic
maps, GPS location, etc are added by each contributors according to
the feeling they have concerning what they think their contribution
should be.
The book will be a broad and comprehensive look on Jatropha until
the details since the book is being contributed by international
experts worldwide that have already published works in the
international press of Science. Illustrations, tables geographic
maps, GPS location, etc are added by each contributors according to
the feeling they have concerning what they think their contribution
should be. This book will benefit the scientific community
immensely. Being aware of any challenges related to Jatropha, i.e.
(i) its economy in Asia (India, China) and South America (Brazil),
(ii) basics of biofuel technology, (iii) physiology, (iv) farming,
(v) byproducts, (vi) biotechnology, (vii) genetic resource
(germplasm) and their benefit for the crop by genetic transfer,
(viii) genetic map, (ix) comparative genetics, (x) genomics.
Breeders and technologist will have access to a complete digested
view on Jatropha to decide where and how they should move on with
their investigations.
Community Forestry (CF) in Nepal represents arguably the most
advanced and progressive model worldwide for the participatory
management of natural resources. Given the importance of CF
resources, we have surprisingly little empirically based knowledge
on absolute and relative importance of CF income generated to the
households and the influencing factors for their participation on
resource management. Therefore, this book attempts to fill this gap
using the primary data collected through household survey and
analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics.
Findings suggest that CF income contributed an average of 7.4% of
the total household income, which is equal to 56% of the total
forest income. Level of participation on forest management and
their dependence on CF resources are influenced by several social,
economic and biophysical factors. The results and arguments
presented in this book are imperative to the policy- makers and
will also be of interest to students and professionals working in
the sector of natural resource management, or else who have
interest on socio-economic issues of CF in Nepal.
Ethnobotany of India: Volume 1: Eastern Ghats and Adjacent Deccan,
the first of a five-volume set, provides an informative overview of
human-plant interrelationships in this southern area of India. The
volume looks at the ethnic diversity, ethnobotany, ethnomedicine,
ethnoveterinary medicine, and ethnic food of the region. With
chapters written by experts in the field, the book provides
comprehensive information on the tribals (the indigenous
populations of the region) and knowledge on plants that grow around
them.
Ethnobotany of India, Volume 5: The Indo-Gangetic Region and
Central India is the fifth of a five-volume set on the ethnobotany
of India. Bringing together in one place information on the
ethnobotany of the Indo-Gangetic Region and Central India, this
volume presents the valuable details of the ethnobotanical aspects
of many plants of the region. Competent authors have been selected
to summarize information on the various aspects of ethnobotany of
India, such as ethnoecology, traditional agriculture, cognitive
ethnobotany, material sources, traditional pharmacognosy,
ethnoconservation strategies, bioprospection of ethno-directed
knowledge, and documentation and protection of ethnobotanical
knowledge. With chapters written by experts in the field, the book
provides comprehensive information on the tribals (the indigenous
populations of the region) and knowledge on plants that grow around
them. The volume looks at ethnic diversity of people of the region
ethnic food plants and food preparation ethnomedical aspects of
plants of the region, including hepatoprotective properties, uses
to alleviate skin diseases, contraceptive uses, the trade in Indian
medicinal plants mulitidisciplinary approaches for herbal medicine
exploration The volume includes the details of the plants studies,
their medicinal uses, their scientific names, the specific parts
used, and how the plants are used, providing the what, how, and why
of plant usage. The book is well illustrated with 23 color and 6
b/w illustrations. Together, the five volumes in the Ethnobotany of
India series presents the available ethnobotanical knowledge of
India in one place. India's ancient and culturally rich and diverse
information and use of ethnobotany will be valuable to those in the
fields of botany and plant sciences, pharmacognosy and
pharmacology, nutraceuticals, and others. The books also consider
the threat to plant biodiversity imposed by environmental
degradation, which impacts cultural diversity.
Ethnobotany of India: Volume 4: Western and Central Himalayas is
the 4th volume of the 5-volume set, an informative book series on
the ethnobotanical aspects of India. The books cover different
regions, including Volume 1: Eastern Ghats and Deccan Volume 2:
Western Ghats and West Coast of Peninsular India Volume 3:
North-East India and Andaman and Nicobar Islands Volume 4: Western
and Central Himalayas Volume 5: The Indo-Gangetic Region Each
volume looks at the important ethnic plants of the specific region.
Volume 4 covers the Western and Central Himalayas, the well-known
mountain range on the Indian subcontinent. The unique flora and
fauna of the Himalayas are varied, affected by climate, rainfall,
altitude, and soils, and are vulnerable to impacts from climate
change. The editors espouse that because indigenous non-Western
societies form the vast majority of people now as well as in the
past, a study of their plant interrelationships is necessary, and
India is one of the most important regions of the old world for its
ancient and culturally rich and diverse knowledge of ethnobotany.
With this in mind, these volumes share a great deal of information
that will be valuable to plant botanists and others working in and
interested in ethnobotany. This important volume covers the
ethnobotanical aspects of many plants of the region. It looks at
ethnic diversity of people ethnic food plants and food preparation
ethnomedical aspects of plants psychedelic plants and their
possible link to soma, a vedic ritual drink whose plant origins are
a mystery ethnoveterinary medicinal plants ethno-conservation
practices biodiversity heritage sites The volume includes the
details of the plants used, their scientific names, the parts used,
and how the plants are used, providing the what, how, and why of
plant usage. The book is well illustrated with 20 color and 67 b/w
illustrations. Together, the five volumes in the Ethnobotany of
India series presents the available ethnobotanical knowledge of
India in one place. India's ancient and culturally rich and diverse
information and use of ethnobotany will be valuable to those in the
fields of botany and plant sciences, pharmacognosy and
pharmacology, nutraceuticals, and others. The books also consider
the threat to plant biodiversity imposed by environmental
degradation, which impacts cultural diversity.
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