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P. Ahmad, Sri Pratap College, Srinagar, India; P. Ahmad, Sri Pratap College, Srinagar, India; P. Ahmad, Sri Pratap College, Srinagar, India; M. R. Wani, Govt. Degree College (Boys), Anantnag, M. R. Wani, Govt. Degree College (Boys), Anantnag, M. R. Wani, Govt. Degree College (Boys), Anantnag, India; M. M. Azooz, South Valley University, Qena, India; M. M. Azooz, South Valley University, Qena, India (Eds) Egypt; L.‑S. P. Tran, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Egypt; L.‑S. P. Tran, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan (Eds) Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan (Eds) Physiological Mechanisms and Improvement of Crops in the Improvement of Crops in the Adaptation Strategies in Plants Era of Climatic Changes Era of Climatic Changes Under Changing Environment Volume 1 Volume 1 Volume 2 Features Contents Nearly 70% of people suffering from hunger live 7 Written by a diverse group of internationally Citrus Rootstocks for Improving the Horticultural in rural areas, therefore the most relevant work in known scholars 7 Latest results, techniques, Performance and Physiological Responses under plant science is on increasing agricultural produc- and methods of plant mechanism and adaptation Constraining Environments.- Role of Silicon in tivity. This is a key factor in reducing the number to stress research 7 Climate change discussion Enrichment of Plant Nutrients and Protection of those suffering from hunger. related to this important subject from Biotic and Abiotic Stresses.- Transgenic Features Approaches for Phytoextraction of Heavy Metals.- Contents 7 Written by a diverse group of internationally Using an Allometric Model for the Accumulation Mechanisms and Adaptation of Plants to Envi- known scholars 7 Presents strategies for translat- of Mineral Nutrients in Crops Under Saline-Water ronmental Stresses: A Case of Woody Species.- ing current research into applied solutions 7 Il- Stress: A Field Experience in Fertigation.- Control Drought Tolerance: Roles of Organic Osmolytes, luminates various aspects of plant responses in of Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Cultivated Plants Growth Regulators and Mineral Nutrients.- Influ- molecular and biochemical ways to create strong by the Use of Biostimulant Microorganisms.- Cy- encing the Product Quality by Applying Drought yields and overall crop improvement clic Nucleotides and Nucleotide Cyclases in Plants Stress during the Cultivation of Medicinal Plants.- under Stress.- Breeding and Transgenic Approach- Contents Water Scarcity and Water Stress in Agriculture.- es for Development of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Improving nutrient deficiency tolerance in rice.- Biotechnology for Drought and Salinity Tolerance Rice.- Mineral Bioavailability Through Mutation Ozone stress in Plants: Present scenario and future of Crops.- Effect of Salinity on Plants and the Breeding In Pulse Crops: A Review.- Abiotic prospects.- Stomatal responses to drought stress.- Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Stress and Control of Yield in Cereals.- Improve- Brassica and heavy metal stress.- Chickpea and Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria in Allevia- ment of Crop Production under Saline Stress by a abiotic stress.- Molecular breeding for improving tion of Salt Stress.- Cash Crop Halophytes-The Bio-Hydraulic Approach.- Induced Mutagenesis abiotic stress tolerance in rice.- Soil pollutants: Ecologically and Economically Sustainable Use of for the Improvement of Pulse Crops with Special effects and approaches to detoxification includ- Naturally Salt Resistant Plants in the Context of Reference to Mungbean-A Review Update.- Crop ing Phytoremediation.- Recent advances in rapid Global Changes.- Effect of Heat Stress on Growth Improvement through Tissue Culture.- Agricul- and sensitive screening for abiotic stress toler- and Crop Yield of Wheat (Triticum aestivum).- tural Pollution: An Emerging Issue. ance.- Drought tolerance in plants: Biochemical Low Temperature Stress in Plants: An Overview of Fields of interest and Molecular Approach.- Induced Mutations Roles of Cryoprotectants in Defense.- Lignins and Abiotic Stress: An Overview.- Humic Substances Plant Sciences; Plant Physiology; Plant Breeding/ for the Improvement of Pulse Crops with Special and Plant Defense Metabolism.- Mitochon- Biotechnology Reference to Mungbean-A Review.- Agricultural pollution.- Alleviation of Abiotic Stress in Plants drial Respiration: Involvement of the Alternative Target groups by Microbial Endophytes. Respiratory Pathway and Residual Respiration in Research Abiotic Stress Responses. Fields of interest Product category Plant Sciences; Plant Physiology; Plant Breeding/ Fields of interest Contributed volume Biotechnology Plant Sciences; Plant Physiology; Plant Breeding/ Biotechnology Target groups Research Target groups Research Product category Contributed volume Product category Contributed volume
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P. Ahmad, Sri Pratap College, Srinagar, India; U. P. Albuquerque, Universidade Federal Rural de N. M. Allewell, University of Maryland, College M. R. Wani, Anantnag College, Srinagar, India (Eds) Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil; L. V. Cruz da Cunha, Park, MD, USA; L. O. Narhi, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil; Oaks, CA, USA; I. Rayment, University of Wisconsin - Physiological Mechanisms and R. F. Lucena, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Areia, Madison, Madison, WI, USA (Eds) Adaptation Strategies in Plants Brazil; R. R. Alves, Universidade Estadual da Paraiba, Molecular Biophysics for the Under Changing Environment Campina Grande, Brazil (Eds) Methods and Techniques Life Sciences Volume 2 in Ethnobiology and This volume provides an overview of the develop- Features ment and scope of molecular biophysics and 7 Written by a diverse group of internationally Ethnoecology in-depth discussions of the major experimental methods that enable biological macromolecules to known scholars 7 Latest results, techniques, Contents and methods of plant mechanism and adaptation be studied at atomic resolution. Selection of Research Participants.- Methods to stress research 7 Climate change discussion and Techniques Used to Collect Ethnobiological related to this important subject Features Data.- Participatory Methods in Ethnobiologi- 7 Provides an overview of major research themes Contents cal and Ethnoecological Research.- Oral History and research strategies in contemporary molecular Biochemical and Molecular Approaches for in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology.- Procedures biophysics 7 Introduces new investigators to Drought Tolerance in Plants.- Heavy-Metal At- for Documentary Analysis in the Establishment major areas of biophysics 7 Explains the goals of tack on Freshwater Side: Physiological Defense of Ethnobiological Information.- Use of Visual biophysical research, while offering the tools avail- Strategies of Macrophytes and Ecotoxicological Stimuli in Ethnobiological Research.- Methods in able for investigation, the relevance of biological Ops.- Secondary Metabolites and Environmental Research of Environmental Perception.- Methods research to other fields, and future opportunities Stress in Plants: Biosynthesis, Regulation and for Data Collection in Medical Ethnobiology.- In- in the field Function.- Major Phytohormones under Abiotic troduction to Botanical Taxonomy.- Analysis of Stress.- Nitric Oxide: Role in Plants under Abiotic Vegetation in Ethnobotanical Studies.- Techniques Contents Stress.- Brassinosteroids: Improving Crop Produc- for Collecting and Processing Plant Material and Introduction: Molecular Biophysics and the Life tivity and Abiotic Stress Tolerance.- Ethylene: Role their Application in Ethnobotany Research.- Sciences.- Structural, Physical, and Chemical in Plants under Environmental Stress.- Scenario An Introduction to Zoological Taxonomy and Principles.- Part I. The Experimental Tools of of Climate Changes in the Context of Agricul- the Collection and Preparation of Zoological Molecular Biophysics.- Optical Spectroscopic ture.- Importance of Protective Compounds in Specimens.- Sampling in Ethnobotanical Studies Methods for the Analysis of Biological Macro- Stress Tolerance.- Growth Patterns of Tomato of Medicinal Plants.- Indigenous Populations - molecules.- Diffraction and Scattering of X-Rays Plants Subjected to Two Non-Conventional Some Peculiarities.- Participatory Mapping of the and Neutrons.- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Abiotic Stresses: UV-C Irradiations and Electric Terrestrial Landscape in Brazil: Experiences and Spectroscopy.- Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Fields.- Rhizobacteria: Restoration of Heavy Metal Potentialities.- Chemical Tools Applied to Ethno- Spectroscopy.- Mass Spectrometry.- Single Mole- Contaminated Soils.- Potassium and Sodium botanical Studies.- In vitro and in vivo Antibacte- cule Methods.- Part II. Biological Macromolecules Transport Channels under NaCl Stress.- Jatropha rial and Antifungal Screening of Natural Plant as Molecular Machines: Three Examples.- Heli- curcas: An Overview. Products: Prospective Standardization of Basic case Unwinding at the Replication Fork.- Rotary Methods.- Urban Ethnobotany: Theoretical and Motor ATPases.- Biophysical approaches to Fields of interest Methodological Contributions.- The Dynamics of understanding the action of myosin as a molecu- Plant Sciences; Plant Physiology; Plant Breeding/ Use of Non-traditional Ethnobiological Products: lar machine.- Part III. Future Prospects.- Future Biotechnology Some Aspects of Study. [...] Prospects.
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R. Aseeva, B. Serkov, A. Sivenkov, State Fire M. J. Beilby, The University of New South Wales, W. B. Campbell, Colegio de Postgraduados, Veracruz, Academy Ministry of Civil Protection and Emergen, Sydney, NSW, Australia; M. T. Casanova, University of Mexico; S. Lopez Ortiz, Colegio de Postgrduados, Moscow, Russia Ballarat, Mt Helen, VIC, Australia Veracruz, C.P., Mexico (Eds) Fire Behavior and Fire The Physiology of Characean Sustainable Food Production Protection in Timber Buildings Cells Includes Human and
Contents This book describes the unique characean experi- Environmental Health Introduction.- Part 1 Behavior of timber at mental system, which provides a simplified model Contents high temperature heating and fire- Chapter 1: for many aspects of the physiology, transport and Foreword.- Acknowledgements.- Biosketches Specificity of structure and properties of different electrophysiology of higher plants. The first chap- of Editors and Contributing Authors.- Chapter timber species.- 1.1. Macro- and microstructure ter offers a thorough grounding in the morphol- 1: The Trading and Use of Agrochemicals.- . of deciduous and coniferous timber species.- 1.2 ogy, taxonomy and ecology of Characeae plants. The Rise of Agrochemicals and Their Benefits Biological and genetic aspects of timber species Research on characean detached cells in steady to Humanity.- 2. Problems Associated with diversity.- 1.3 Density and moisture of timber state is summarised in Chapter 2, and Chapter Agrochemicals.- 3. Limiting Agrochemical Use species.- 1.4 Thermal and physical properties of 3 covers characean detached cells subjected to - Integrated Pest Management.- Conclusions.- timber species.- 1.5 Effect of heating on mechani- calibrated and mostly abiotic types of stress: touch, References.- Chapter 2: Critical Evaluation of cal properties of timber.- Chapter 2: Pyrolisis and wounding, voltage clamp to depolarised and Genetic Manipulation for Improved Productivity: oxidative decomposition of timber.- 2.1 Mecha- hyperpolarised potential difference levels, osmotic Is This a Sustainable Agenda.- 1. Introduction: nism and macrokinetics of pyrolisis of timer.- 2.2 and saline stress. Chapter 4 highlights cytoplasmic Agricultural Paradigms.- 2. Agriculture, Biotech- Decomposition of different timber species at streaming, cell-to-cell transport, gravitropism, nology and Biodiversity.- 3. Genetically Modified thermal oxidation.- 2.3 Numerical models for cell walls and the role of Characeae in phytore- Crops, Biofuels and Sustainable Agriculture in the decomposition and charring of timber.- Chapter 3: mediation. The book is intended for researchers United States.- 4. The Ethical Socioeconomic and The ignition of timber.- 3.1 Smoldering and glow- and students using the characean system and will Political Issues of Biotechnology in Agriculture.- ing ignition of timber.- 3.2 Spontaneous flaming also serve as an invaluable reference resource for 5. Genetically Engineered Crops, Food Security ignition of different timber species.- 3.3 Piloted electrophysiologists working on higher plants. and Safety.- 6. Conclusions and Perspectives: ignition of timber from radiant heater.- Chapter Supporting Sustainable Agriculture and Develop- 4: Heat release characteristics and combustion Features ment.- Acknowledgements.- References.- Chapter heat of timber.- 4.1 Chemical composition and 7 A comprehensive review 7 Written by ex- 3: Organic Farming and Organic Food Quality – lowest heat of complete combustion of different perts 7 Richly illustrated Prospects and Limitations.- 1. Organic Farm- timber species.- 4.2 Effect of fire conditions on Contents ing.- 2. Food Quality.- Conclusions and Outlook.- heat release characteristics of timber.- Chapter 5: The Charophyte Plant.- Detached Cells in Steady- References.- Chapter 4: Veterinary Medicine: Flame propagation on timber surface.- 5.1 Model State – Electrophysiology and Transport.- Elec- The Value of Plant Secondary Compounds and approaches for flame propagation on carboniz- trophysiology of the Detached Cell Under Stress.- Diversity in Balancing Consumer and Ecological ing timber materials.- 5.2 Flame propagation on The Whole Plant and Cell-to-Cell Transport. Health.-1. Plant Diversity in Ecosystems.- 2. Plant timber surface towards to direction of oxidizer Diversity and Secondary Compounds.- 3. Plant flow.- 5.3 Flame propagation on timber surface Fields of interest Secondary Compounds as Medicines – Feedback at passing direction of oxidizer flow.- Chapter 6: Plant Physiology; Cell Biology; Biological Tech- Mechanisms.- 4. Plant Secondary Compounds as Generation of smoke and toxic products at fire of niques Preventive Agents: Feed-Forward Mechanisms.- 5. timber.- 6.1 Characteristics of smoking ability of Feedback (Treatment) vs. Feed-Forward (Preven- different timber species. [...] Target groups tion).- 6. Impacts of PSCs on Food Products. [...] Research Fields of interest Fields of interest Wood Science & Technology; Security Science and Product category Agriculture; Ecology; Environmental Management Technology; Materials Science, general Monograph Target groups Target groups Graduate Research Product category Product category Contributed volume Monograph
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D. P. Chaudhary, Indian Agricultural Research M. Chillón, A. Bosch, Universitat Autònoma de M. Dieuaide-Noubhani, INRA Bordeaux Université Institute Directorate of Maize Research, New Delhi, Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain (Eds) Bordeaux Segalen, Villenave d’Ornon, France; India; S. Kumar, Natl Bureau of Plant Genetic A. P. Alonso, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Resources, New Delhi, India; S. Singh, Indian Adenovirus Methods and OH, USA (Eds) Agricultural Research Institute Directorate of Maize Protocols Research, New Delhi, India (Eds) Plant Metabolic Flux Analysis Features Methods and Protocols Maize: Nutrition Dynamics and 7 Includes cutting-edge methods and protocols Novel Uses for adenovirus research 7 Provides step-by-step Contents detail essential for reproducible results 7 Con- Application of Metabolic Flux Analysis to Contents tains key notes and implementation advice from Plants.- Metabolic Network Reconstruction and Section A: Introductory chapter.- 1. Nutritive the experts Their Topological Analysis.- 14C pulse Labeling value of maize: Improvements, applications to Estimate External Fluxes and Turnovers in and constraints.- Section B: Protein quality of Contents Primary Metabolism.- Optimization of Steady- maize.- 2 Breeding challenges and perspectives Biophysical Methods to Monitor Structural state 13C-labeling Experiments for Metabolic Flux in developing and promoting quality protein Aspects of the Adenovirus Infectious Cycle.- Analysis.- Quantification of 13C Enrichments maize germplasm.- 3 Maize protein quality and Proteome Analysis of Adenovirus Using Mass and Isotopomer Abundances for Metabolic Flux its improvement- development of quality protein Spectrometry.- Capsid Modification Strategies for analysis using 1D NMR Spectroscopy.- Analysis of maize (QPM) in India.- 4 Molecular interventions Detargeting Adenoviral Vectors.- Use of Dodeca- Proteinogenic Amino Acid and Starch Labeling by for enhancing the protein quality of maize.- Sec- hedron “VLPs” as an Alternative to the Whole 2D NMR.- Analysis of Kinetic Labeling of Amino tion C: Nutritional quality of maize.- 5 Maize: Adenovirus.- Study of Adenovirus and CAR Axo- Acids and Organic Acids by GC-MS.- Quantify- Grain structure, composition, milling and starch nal Transport in Primary Neurons.- The Use of ing 13C-labeling in Free Sugars and Starch by characteristics.- 6 Oil improvement in maize: Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) to Study GC-MS.- Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass potential and prospects.- 7.Maize carotenoid the Binding of Viral Proteins to the Adenovirus Spectrometry for Measuring 13C-labeling in composition and biofortification for provitamin a Genome In Vivo.- DNA Microarray to Analyze Intermediates of the Glycolysis and Pentose-phos- activity.- Section D: Biotic and abiotic stresses in Adenovirus-Host Interactions.- Determination of phate Pathway.- In Vivo NMR for 13C metabolic maize.- 8 Insect pests and their management: cur- the Transforming Activities of Adenovirus Onco- Flux Analysis.- Steady State and Instationary rent status and future need of research in quality genes.- Oncolytic Adenovirus Characterization: Modeling of Proteinogenic and Free Amino Acid maize.- 9. Physiological response of maize under Activity and Immune Responses.- The Analysis Isotopomers for Flux Quantification.- Isotopically rising atmospheric CO2 and temperature.- Section of Innate Immune Response to Adenovirus Us- Nonstationary MFA (INST-MFA) of Autotrophic E: Value addition in maize.- 10 Maize utilization ing Antibody Arrays.- Engineering Adenovirus Metabolism.- Simulating Labeling to Estimate in food bioprocessing: An overview.- 11 Maize Genome by Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Kinetic Parameters for Flux Control Analysis.- malting: Retrospect and prospect.- 12. Value ad- (BAC) Technology.- Construction, Production, High-throughput Data Pipelines for Metabolic dition in maize.- 13. Fodder quality of maize: its and Purification of Recombinant Adenovirus Flux Analysis in Plants.- Analysis of Enzyme Ac- preservation. Vectors.- Scalable Production of Adenovirus Vec- tivities.- Analytical Kinetic Modeling: A Practical tors.- Canine Adenovirus Downstream Processing Procedure.- Flux Balance Analysis as an Alterna- Fields of interest Protocol.- Production of High-Capacity Adenovi- tive Method to Estimate Fluxes Without Labeling.- Agriculture; Plant Biochemistry; Protein Science rus Vectors.- Production of Chimeric Adenovirus. Flux Variability Analysis: Application to Develop- ing Oilseed Rape Embryos using Toolboxes for Target groups Fields of interest Constraint-Based Modeling.- Plant Genome-Scale Research Microbiology; Virology; Laboratory Medicine Modeling and Implementation. [...]
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J. Gorodkin, University of Copenhagen IBHV, A. A. Guglielmone, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología B. Hedwig, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Frederiksberg C, Denmark; W. L. Ruzzo, University of Agropecuaria, Rafaela, Argentina; R. G. Robbins, (Ed) Washington Dept. Computer Science & Engineering, Armed Forces Pest Management Board, Silver Seattle, WA, USA (Eds) Spring, MD, USA; D. A. Apanaskevich, U.S. National Insect Hearing and Acoustic Tick Collection Georgia Southern University, Communication RNA Sequence, Structure, and Statesboro, GA, USA; T. N. Petney, Karlsruhe Institute Function: Computational and of Technology Institute of Zoology, , Germany; This volume provides a comprehensive selection A. Estrada-Peña, University of Zaragoza, , Spain; of recent studies addressing insect hearing and Bioinformatic Methods I. G. Horak, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, acoustic communication. The variety of signal- ling behaviours and hearing organs makes insects Contents South Africa highly suitable animals for exploring and analys- Concepts and Introduction to RNA Bioinformat- The Hard Ticks of the World ing signal generation and hearing in the context of ics.- The Principles of RNA Structure Architec- neural processing, ecology, evolution and genetics. ture.- The Determination of RNA Folding Nearest (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) Neighbor Parameters.- Energy Directed RNA This book has been designed to summarize cur- Features Structure Prediction.- Introduction to Stochastic rent, essential information for every one of the 7 A comprehensive collection of expert papers Context Free Grammars.- An Introduction to world’s 700+ hard tick species. on acoustic communication and sound processing RNA Databases.- Energy-based RNA Consen- in insects 7 Covers recent scientific progress and sus Secondary Structure Prediction in Multiple Features addresses key points of current research 7 Richly Sequence Alignments.- SCFGs in RNA Secondary 7 A single-source reference to essential taxonom- illustrated Structure Prediction: A Hands-on Approach.- ic and biological information for every species of Annotating Functional RNAs in Genomes using hard tick in the world 7 A global overview of Contents Infernal.- Class-specific Prediction of ncRNAs.- ixodid zoogeography and host associations 7 A Introduction.- Evolutionary and Phylogenetic Abstract Shape Analysis of RNA.- Introduction compendium of current literature on ixodid tick Origins of Tympanal Hearing Organs in In- to RNA Secondary Structure Comparison.- RNA taxonomy and biology, arranged by species sects.- Hearing and Sensory Ecology of Acoustic Structural Alignments, Part I: Sankoff Based Communication in Bladder Grasshoppers.- Approaches for Structural Alignments.- RNA Contents Auditory Parasitoid Flies Exploiting Acoustic Structural Alignments, Part II: Non-Sankoff Ap- Introduction.- Part I – The Genus Ixodes.- Part Communication of Insects.- Adaptive Sounds proaches for Structural Alignments.- De novo Dis- II – THE GENUS Haemaphysalis.- Part III – THE and Silences: Acoustic Anti-Predator Strategies in covery of Structured ncRNA Motifs in Genomic GENUS Amblyomma.- Part IV – THE GENUS Insects.- Acoustic Communication in the Noctur- Sequences.,- Phylogeny and Evolution of RNA Rhipicephalus.- Part V – THE GENUS Dermacen- nal Lepidoptera.- Cicada Acoustic Communica- Structure.- The Art of Editing RNA Structural tor.- Part VI – THE GENUS Hyalomma.- Part VII tion.- Towards an Understanding of the Neural Alignments.- Automated Modeling of RNA 3D – The Genera Anomalohimalaya, Bothriocroton, Basis of Acoustic Communication in Crickets.- Structure.- Computational Prediction of RNA- Cosmiomma, Compluriscutula, Cornupalpatum, Neural Processing in the Bush-Cricket Auditory RNA Interactions.- Computational Prediction of Margaropus, Nosomma and Rhipicentor.- Part Pathway.- Evolution of Call Patterns and Pattern microRNA Genes.- MicroRNA Target Finding by VIII – SYNOPSIS.- Ticks feeding on humans.- Recognition Mechanisms in Neoconocephalus Comparative Genomics.- Bioinformatics of siRNA Distribution.- Hosts.- Species with broad distribu- Katydids.- Processing of Species-Specific Signals Design.- RNA-protein Interactions: An Overview. tions.- Type Depository Acronyms. in the Auditory Pathway of Grasshoppers.- Sound Communication in Drosophila. Fields of interest Fields of interest Bioinformatics; Human Genetics Entomology; Invertebrates; Animal Systematics/ Fields of interest Taxonomy/ Biogeography Invertebrates; Animal Genetics and Genomics; Target groups Neurobiology Professional/practitioner Target groups Research Target groups Product category Research Contributed volume Product category Monograph Product category Contributed volume
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R. J. Henry, The University of Queensland QAAFI, I. Faridah-Hanum, Universiti Putra Malaysia, V. Kagan-Zur, N. Roth-Bejerano, Y. Sitrit, Ben- St. Lucia, QLD, Australia; A. Furtado, Southern Cross Selangor, Malaysia; A. Latiff, Universiti Kebangsaan Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel; A. Morte, University Ctr. for Plant Conservation Genetics, Malaysia, Banji, Malaysia; K. R. Hakeem, Universiti Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain (Eds) Lismore, NSW, Australia (Eds) Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia; M. Ozturk, Ege Desert Truffles Cereal Genomics University, Izmir, Turkey (Eds) Mangrove Ecosystems of Asia Phylogeny, Physiology, Distribution and Methods and Protocols Domestication Status, Challenges and Management Contents Strategies Features DNA Extraction from Vegetative Tissue for Next 7 Gives a modern approach of this new Generation Sequencing .- DNA Extraction from Contents topic 7 Integrates scientific and applied as- Rice Endosperm (Including a Protocol for Extrac- Chapter 1: Mangrove Ecosystems of Malaysia: pects 7 With contributions by an international tion of DNA from Ancient Seed Samples) .- RNA Status, Challenges and Management Strate- board of experts Extraction from Cereal Vegetative Tissue.- RNA gies.- Chapter 2: Distribution and Rarity of Extraction from Developing or Mature Wheat Rhizophoraceae in Peninsular Malaysia.- Chapter Contents Seeds.- cDNA Library Preparation.- Preparation 3: Distribution and Current Status of Mangrove Hypogeous desert fungi.- Nomenclatural history of High Molecular Weight gDNA and Bacte- Forests in Indonesia.- Chapter 4: Mangrove and Genealogies of Desert Truffles.- Cryptic and rial Artificial Chromosome (BAC) Libraries in Forests in Thailand.- Chapter 5: Philippines’ Man- new species.- Soil Properties.- Types of Mycor- Plants.- The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) grove Ecosystem: Status, Threats and Conserva- rhizal Association.- Pre-symbiotic interactions - General Methods.- Mutation and Mutation tion.- Chapter 6: Distribution, Characteristics between the desert truffle Terfezia boudieri and its Screening.- The Quantitative Real-Time Poly- and Economic Importance of Mangrove Forests host plant Helianthemum sessiliflorum.- Benefits merase Chain Reaction for the Analysis of Plant in Iran.- Chapter 7: Plant Diversity and Forest conferred on plants.- Ecology and Distribution of Gene Expression.- Cloning of DNA Fragments: Structure of the Three Protected Areas (Wildlife Desert Truffles in Western North America.- The Ligation Reactions in Agarose Gel.- Rapid Cloning Sanctuaries) of Bangladesh Sundarbans: Current European desert truffles.- Mediterranean Basin: of Genes and Promoters for Functional Analy- Status and Management Strategies.- Chapter 8: North Africa.- Asian Mediterranean Desert ses.- Genome Walking.- Functional Analysis by Mangrove Fauna of Asia.- Chapter 9: Mangrove Truffles.- Non mediterranean Asian desert coun- Protein Biochemistry.- Genomic Southern Blot Forests of Timor-Leste: Ecology, Degradation, and tries.- Ecology and Distribution of Desert Truffles analysis.- Northern Hybridization: A Proficient Vulnerability to Climate Change.- Chapter 10: in the Kalahari of southern Africa.- Ecology and Method for Detection of Small RNAs and MicroR- Vulnerability of Mangroves to Climate Change.- Distribution of Desert Truffles in the Australian NAs.- Protein Blotting-Protocol for Beginners.- Chapter 11: Impacts of Climate Change on Asian Outback.- The History of Desert-Truffle Use.- Genetic Transformation of Wheat via Particle Mangrove Forests.- Chapter 12: Quantification of Enzymes in Terfezia claveryi ascocarps.- Nutri- Bombardment.- Sorghum Genetic Transformation Soil Organic Carbon Storage and Turnover in Two tional and antioxidant properties of Terfezia and by Particle Bombardment.- Genetic Transfor- Mangrove Forests Using Dual Carbon Isotopic Picoa.- Nutritional and antioxidant Properties of mation of Wheat via Agrobacterium-mediated Measurements.- Chapter 13: The Relationship the white desert truffle Tirmania nivea (Zubaidi)..- DNA Delivery.- A Protocol for High-throughput between Mangrove Deforestation and Economic Preservation of Truffles.- The Medicinal Value of Agrobacterium-mediated Barley Transforma- Development in Thailand.- Chapter 14: Remote Desert Truffles.- Domestication: Preparation of tion.- Agrobacterium-mediated Transformation- Sensing Technology: Recent Advancements for mycorrhizal seedlings.- Preparation and mainte- Rice Transformation.- Agrobacterium-mediated Mangrove Ecosystems.- Chapter 15: Management nance of both man-planted and wild plots. Transformation of Maize (Zea mays) Immature Strategies for Sustainable Exploitation of Aquatic Fields of interest Embryos.- A Technical Platform for PCR-based Resources of the Sundarbans Mangrove, Bangla- Agriculture; Fungus Genetics; Plant Breeding/ SNP Screening in Cereals and Other Crops. [...] desh. [...] Biotechnology Fields of interest Fields of interest Target groups Plant Sciences; Plant Genetics & Genomics; Ecosystems; Forestry; Forestry Management Transgenics Research Target groups Product category Target groups Research Professional/practitioner Contributed volume Product category Product category Contributed volume Contributed volume
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G. C. Lamb, N. DiLorenzo, University of Florida North M. Lewandoski, National Cancer Institute Frederick M. M., Indian Institute Horticultural Research, Florida Research and Education Ctr, Marianna, FL, Cancer Research & Development, Frederick, MD, USA Bangalore, India; S. C., Ind. Grassland & Fodder USA (Eds) (Ed) Research Inst., Dharwad, India; N. K. S., Ind. Current and Future Mouse Molecular Embryology Grassland and Fodder Research Inst., Dharwad, India The Grape Entomology Reproductive Technologies and Contents World Food Production In situ Hybridization Methods for Mouse Whole Intensive and extensive cultivation of grapes Mounts and Tissue Sections with and Without (Vitis vinifera L.) leads to serious pest problem Contents Additional â-galactosidase Staining.- Two Color in vineyards in major grape growing areas of the Chapter 1. Current and future assisted repro- In Situ Hybridization of Whole-Mount Mouse world. Climatic conditions in India are favorable ductive technologies for mammalian farm Embryos.- Detection and Monitoring of Mi- for high production of table and wine grapes, and animals.- Chapter 2. Current and future assisted croRNA Expression in Developing Mouse Brain thus also for incidence of variety of pests. These reproductive technologies for avian species.- and Fixed Brain Cryosections.- Laser Capture include the sucking insect pests namely thrips, Chapter 3. Current and future assisted reproduc- Microdissection of Embryonic Cells and Prepara- hoppers, mealybugs etc., and beetle pests like stem tive technologies for fish species.- Chapter 4. tion of RNA for Microarray Assays.- EMAGE: borer, stem girdler, flea beetles, chafer beetles, Incorporation of genetic technologies associated Electronic Mouse Atlas of Gene Expression.- Real- shot hole borer and several lepidopteron, mites, with applied reproductive technologies to enhance time PCR Quantification of gene Expression in nematodes and vertebrate pests. Pests of grapes in world food production.- Chapter 5. Impacts of Embryonic Mouse Tissue.- Identifying Essential other countries relevant to Indian conditions are Reproductive Technologies on Beef Production in Genes in Mouse Development Via an ENU-based also dealt herewith since they may get introduced the United States.- Chapter 6. Impact of Repro- Forward Genetic Approach.- Generation of Mouse in India in future. Up to date information on biol- ductive Technologies on Dairy Food Production Embryos with Small Hairpin RNA-mediated ogy, damage, seasonal development, management in the Dairy Industry.- Chapter 7. Impact of swine Knockdown of Gene Expression.- Generation practices of the pests are covered in this book. reproductive technologies on pig and global food of Tissue Organoids by Compaction Reaggrega- Some of the pest management practices followed production.- Chapter 8. Impacts of reproduc- tion.- Ultra-Rapid Vitrification of Mouse Oocytes in other countries are also given, which will be tive technologies on beef production in South and Embryos.- Mammalian Preimplantation useful to Indian conditions. America.- Chapter 9. An Australasian perspective Embryo Culture.- Serum-Free Culture of Mid- on the role of reproductive technologies in world Gestation Mouse Embryos: A Tool for the Study of Features food production.- Chapter 10. A perspective on Endoderm-Derived Organs.- Genetically Encoded 7 The scope of the book covers the main insects the impact of reproductive technologies on food Probes Provide a Window On Embryonic Ar- and mite pests of viticulture 7 Color illustrations production in Africa.- Chapter 11. International rhythmia.- Microscopic Computed Tomography- provide insights into the pests and their biol- perspectives on impacts of reproductive technolo- based Skeletal Phenotyping for Genetic Model ogy 7 Contains reviews of current pest manage- gies to world food production in Asia.- Chapter Organisms.- Gene Transfer Techniques in Whole ment practices as well as new directions for future 12. International perspectives on impacts of repro- Embryo Cultured Post-Implantation Mouse Em- research ductive technologies to world food production in bryos.- Segmentation and Quantitative Analysis Contents Asia associated with poultry production.- Chapter of Individual Cells in Developmental Tissues.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Grape cultivation.- 3. Pests.- 4. 13. Beef Cattle in the Year 2050. Protein/Peptide Transduction in Metanephric Pesticides used in grape pest management.- 5. Explant Culture.- Direction of Cells Programmed Biopesticides and biocontrol agents used in Fields of interest to Die in Mouse Embroys.- Microscopic Com- vineyards.- 6. Pesticide residue management in Animal Physiology; Reproductive Medicine; Food puted Tomography-based Virtual Histology of grapes.- 7. Annexure.- 8 General precautions.- 6. Science Embryos.- Collection and Preparation of Rodent Index. Embryonic Samples for Transcriptome Study. [...] Target groups Fields of interest Research Fields of interest Agriculture; Entomology; Plant Ecology Cell Biology; Embryology Product category Target groups Contributed volume Target groups Research Professional/practitioner Product category Product category Monograph Contributed volume
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L. K. Marsh, Global Conservation Institute, Santa Fe, H. Nojiri, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; I. T. Paulsen, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, NM, USA; C. Chapman, Montreal, QC, Canada (Eds) M. Tsuda, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; Australia; A. J. Holmes, University of Sydney, M. Fukuda, Nagaoka University of Technology, Camperdown, NSW, Australia (Eds) Primates in Fragments Nagaoka, Japan; Y. Kamagata, Nat’l Inst of Adv Complexity and Resilience Industr Sci and Tech, Sapporo, Japan (Eds) Environmental Microbiology Methods and Protocols Contents Biodegradative Bacteria Section I: Introduction.- 1. Because Conservation How Bacteria Degrade, Survive, Adapt, and Contents Counts: Primates and Fragmentation.- 2. Assess- Evolve Methods for Isolation and Cultivation of Filamen- ing Habitat Fragmentation Effects for Primates: tous Fungi.- Rapid Extraction of PCR-Competent The Importance of Evaluating Questions at the Contents DNA from Recalcitrant Environmental Samples.- Correct Scale.- Section II: Long-term and Re- Part 1 Genetic and genomic systems.- 1 Rhodo- Quantitative PCR for Detection of mRNA and gional Studies.- 3. One Hundred Years of Solitude: coccus multiple-enzyme and parallel-degradation gDNA in Environmental Isolates.- Analysis of Effects of Long-Term Forest Fragmentation on system for aromatic compounds.- 2 Appearance Community Dynamics in Environmental Samples the Primate Community of Java, Indonesia.- 4. A and evolution of gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane- Using Denaturing Gradient Gel Electropho- Region-Wide Review of Mesoamerican Primates: degrading bacteria.- 3 Diversity of 2,4-dichlo- resis.- Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Prioritizing for Conservation.- 5. Primates of the rophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D)-degradative genes Polymorphism (T-RFLP) Profiling of Bacterial 16S Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project: and degrading bacteria.- 4 Genetic system of rRNA Genes.- Profiling the Diversity of Microbial A History.- 6. Lessons From Los Tuxtlas: 30 Years organohalide-respiring bacteria.- 5 Mobile Communities with Single-Strand Conformation of Research Into Primates in Fragments.- 7. Going, catabolic genetic elements in pseudomonads.- 6 Polymorphism (SSCP).- Human Fecal Source Going, Gone: A 15-year History of the Decline of Adaptation to xenobiotics and toxic compounds Identification with Real-Time Quantitative PCR.- Primates in Forest Fragments Near National Park, by Cupriavidus and Ralstonia with special refer- Next Generation Barcode Tagged Sequencing for Uganda.- Section III: Landscape, Metapopulations, ence to Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34 and Monitoring Microbial Community Dynamics.- and the Matrix.- 8. Primate Populations in Frag- mobile genetic elements.- 7 Conjugative ele- Analysis of Methanotroph Community Structure mented Tropical Dry Forest Landscapes in South- ments: Host chromosome function modifiers.- Using a pmoA-Based Microarray.- Biolog Pheno- western Nicaragua.- 9. Living on the Edge: Habitat Part 2 Enzyme systems.- 8 On-line monitoring type MicroArrays for Phenotypic Characterization Fragmentation at the Interface of the Semi-Arid of biodegradation processes using enzymatic of Microbial Cells.- Visualization of Metabolic Zone of the Brazilian Northeast.- 10. Do Patch biosensors.- 9 Structure and function of aromatic- Properties of Bacterial Cells Using Nanoscale Size and Dispersal Distance Influence the Dis- ring hydroxylating dioxygenase system.- 10 The Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (NanoSIMS).- tribution of Brown Howler Monkeys (Alouatta protocatechuate 4,5-cleavage pathway: Overview Single-Cell Raman Sorting.- Bacterial Whole Cell guariba clamitans) in a Fragmented Landscape in and new findings.- 11 Toluene tolerance systems Biosensors for the Detection of Contaminants in South Brazil?.- 11. Status Monitoring of Isolated in Pseudomonas.- 12 Diversity and evolution of Water and Soils.- Stable Isotope Probing to Study Populations of Macaques and Other Non-Human aromatic degradation pathway enzymes in an acti- Functional Components of Complex Microbial Primates in Thailand.- 12. An Eight-Year Life vated sludge.- Part 3 Bacterial behavior in natural Ecosystems.- Metagenomics Using Next-Gener- History of a Primate Community in Fragments in environmental systems.- 13 Syntrophic interac- ation Sequencing.- Targeted Genomics of Flow Colombian Llanos.- 13. A Critically-Endangered tions in biodegradative consortia.- 14 Strategies to Cytometrically Sorted Cultured and Uncultured Capuchin (Sapajus apella margaritae) Living in reveal genomic function in natural soil systems.- Microbial Groups.- Quantitative Microbial Meta- Mountain Forest Fragments on Isla de Margarita, 15 Monitoring microbial community dynamics to transcriptomics.- Quantitative Metaproteomics: Venezuela. Section IV: Feeding and Behavioral evaluate bioremediation. [...] Functional Insights into Microbial Communities. Ecology.- 14. “Specialist” Primates Can Be Flexible In Response To Habitat Alteration. 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H. Rai, D. K. Upreti, Council for Scientific and R. Rozzi, University of North Texas, Denton, USA; Industrial Research, Lucknow, India (Eds) New Series S. T. Pickett, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Ecology and Ethics Millbrook, NY, USA; C. Palmer, Texas A&M University, Terricolous Lichens in India College Station, USA; J. J. Armesto, Pontificia Volume 1: Diversity Patterns and Distribution Series editor: R. Rozzi Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Ecology J. B. Callicott, University of North Texas, Denton, USA This series is devoted to continuing research at (Eds) Terricolous lichens, a habitat specialist group the interfaces of ecology and ethics (embedded of lichens play a vital role in maintenance and in the multiple fields of philosophy and ecology) Linking Ecology and Ethics for a ecological stability of soil crusts with reference to broaden our conceptual and practical frame- Changing World to their physical stability, hydrology and growth works in this transdisciplinary field. Confronted Values, Philosophy, and Action of soil microflora. Terricolous lichens in Indian with global environmental change, the aca- lichenological studies haven’t been taken up as a demic community still labors under a tradition of strong disciplinary dissociation that hinders To comprehensively address the complexities of functional group. Terricolous Lichens in India, current socio-ecological problems involved in Volume 1: Diversity Patterns and Distribution the integration of ecological understanding and ethical values to comprehensively address the global environmental change, it is indispiseble to Ecology is the first ever publication dealing with achieve an integration of ecological understand- soil lichens of India. complexities of current socio-ecological problems. During the 1990s and 2000s, a transdisciplinary ing and ethical values. Contemporary science Features integration of ecology with social disciplines, proposes an inclusive ecosystem concept that 7 Provides a thoroughly comprehensive study on especially economics, has been institutionalized recognizes humans as components. Contemporary terricolous lichens in India, a relatively unexplored via interdisciplinary societies, research programs, environmental ethics includes eco-social justice region in lichenological studies 7 Includes a and mainstream journals. Work at this interface and the realization that as important as biodiver- wide variety of visual content, including photo- has produced novel techniques and protocols for sity is cultural diversity, inter-cultural, inter-insti- graphs and graphs 7 In depth analysis of various assessing monetary values of biodiversity and eco- tutional, and international collaboration requiring patterns and drivers of Terricolous lichen diversity system services, as illustrated by the Millennium a novel approach known as biocultural conserva- in Indian habitats Ecosystem Assessment. At the beginning of the tion. Right action in confronting the challenges of 2010s, however, an equivalent integration between the 21st century requires science and ethics to be Contents ecology and philosophy still remains elusive. seamlessly integrated. Lichenological studies in India with reference to This series undertakes the task to develop crucial Features terricolous lichens.- Distribution ecology of soil theoretical and practical linkages between ecology 7 Model of and guidance for the conduct of crust lichens in India: a comparative assessment and ethics through interdisciplinary, international, interdisciplinary environmental research 7 Clear with global patterns.- Terricolous lichens in Hima- collaborative teamwork. It aims to establish a new introduction to environmental thinking in layas: patterns of species richness along elevation forum and research platform to work on this vital, humanities, social science and scientific dis- gradient.- Photobiont diversity in Indian Cladonia but until now insufficiently researched intersec- ciplines 7 Leading authors in each field in lichens, with special emphasis on the geographical tion between the descriptive and normative dialogue with one another patterns. domains. The scope of this series is to help ef- fectively to guide society toward more sustainable Fields of interest Contents and just ways of co-inhabitation among diverse I. Integrating philosophy and ecology: Biocultural Plant Sciences; Plant Biochemistry; Plant Anato- humans, and among them and other-than-human my/Development interfaces.- II. Ecological worldviews: aesthetic, co-inhabitants with whom we share our habitats metaphors, and conservation.- III. Environmental Target groups in the heterogeneous regions of the planet. It will Philosophy: ethics, epistemology, justice.- IV. Eco- address topics such as biocultural homogeniza- Professional/practitioner systems: science, values, and action.- Index. tion, Planetary or Earth Stewardship or Long-term Product category Socio-Ecological Research. Fields of interest Monograph Ecology; Ethics; Climate Change Target groups Research
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T. Seifert, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South A. Sigel, Universität Basel Inorganic Chemistry, J. C. Stockert, Autonomous University of Madrid Africa (Ed) Basel, Switzerland; H. Sigel, Universität Basel Inst. Faculty of Sciences, Madrid, Spain; J. Espada, Anorganische Chemie, Basel, Switzerland; R. K. Sigel, Autonomous University of Madrid High Council of Bioenergy from Wood University of Zürich Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Scientific Research, Madrid, Spain; A. Blázquez- Sustainable Production in the Tropics Zürich, Switzerland (Eds) Castro, Autonomous University of Madrid Faculty of Sciences, Madrid, Spain (Eds) This book is written for scientists and practitioners Interrelations between interested in deepening their knowledge of the Essential Metal Ions and Human Functional Analysis of DNA and sustainable production of bio-energy from wood Chromatin in tropical and sub-tropical countries. Utilising the Diseases value chain concept, this book outlines the neces- Contents Features sary aspects for managing sustainable bio-energy Predictive Binding Geometry of Ligands to DNA 7 Up-to-date review on the relationships between production. Minor Groove: Isohelicity and Hydrogen-Bonding essential metals and human diseases 7 Covers Pattern.- Using Microchip Gel Electrophoresis to the bulk metals sodium, potassium, magnesium, Features Probe DNA-Drug Binding Interactions.- Identify- and calcium, plus the trace elements manganese, 7 It’s the first book written for bio-energy pro- ing Different Types of Chromatin using Giemsa iron, cobalt, copper, zinc, molybdenum, and duction from wood in tropical and sub-tropical Staining.- Analysis of DNA Damage and Repair selenium. Also covered are chromium, vanadium, countries 7 The book covers the full value by Comet Fluorescence in situ Hybridization nickel, silicon, and arsenic 7 Insight into metal chain from the forest to the conversion including (Comet-FISH).- Alkaline Nuclear Dispersion As- homeostasis and role for life, including deficiency important socio-economic and environmental says for the Determination of DNA Damage at the or overload, and the links of metals to illnesses, effects 7 Many practical examples, some in R- Single Cell Level.- Polarization Microscopy of Ex- including cancer and neurological disorders code, provide the reader with enough background tended Chromatin Fibres.- DNA Labeling in Vivo: for his own management of a sustainable bio- Contents Quantification of Epidermal Stem Cell Chromatin energy value chain from the plant to the product Metal Ions and Infectious Diseases. An Overview Content in Whole Mouse Hair Follicles Using Fiji Image Processing Software.- A Historical Contents from the Clinic.- Sodium and Potassium in Health Overview of Bromo-Substituted DNA and Sister 1. Bioenergy from wood in the tropics.- 2. Locali- and Disease.- Magnesium in Health and Disease.- Chromatid Differentiation.- Image Analysis of sation of biomass potentials.- 3. Modelling and Calcium in Health and Disease.- Vanadium. Its Chromatin Remodelling.- FISH Methods in Cy- simulation of tree biomass.- 4. Managing Southern Role for Humans.- Chromium: Is It Essential, togenetic Studies.- Ultrastructural and Immuno- African woodlands for biomass production: The Pharmacologically Relevant or Toxic?- Manganese fluorescent Methods for the Study of the XY Body potential challenges and opportunities.- 5. Bio- in Health and Disease.- Iron: Effect of Deficiency as a Biomarker.- Atomic Force Microscopy for mass production in intensively managed forests.- and Overload.- Cobalt: Its Role in Health and Dis- Analyzing Metaphase Chromosomes. Compari- 6. Biomass Harvesting and logistics.- 7. Biomass ease.- Nickel and Human Health.- Copper: Effects son of AFM Images with Fluorescence Labeling conversion to bioenergy products.- 8. Biomass of Deficiency and Overload.- Zinc and Human Images of Banding Patterns.- Selective Detection Quality.- 9 Socio-economic aspects of rural bio- Disease.- Molybdenum in Human Health and of Phagocytic Phase of Apoptosis in Fixed Tissue energy production.- 10. Ecological impacts of Disease.- Silicon: The Health Benefits of a Metal- Sections.- Transport of Cationized Fluorescent biomass production at stand and landscape levels.- loid.- Arsenic. Can this Toxic Metalloid Sustain Topoisomerase into Nuclei of Live Cells for DNA 11. Determination of the environmental implica- Life?.- Selenium. Role of the Essential Metalloid Damage Studies.- Visualization and Interpretation tions of bio-energy production using a life-cycle in Health. of Eukaryotic DNA Replication Intermediates in assessment approach. Fields of interest vivo by Electron Microscopy. [...] Fields of interest Life Sciences, general; Biomedicine general; Fields of interest Forestry Management; Renewable and Green Chemistry/Food Science, general Cell Biology; Human Genetics Energy; Forestry Target groups Target groups Target groups Research Professional/practitioner Research Product category Product category Product category Contributed volume Contributed volume Contributed volume
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F. Vanni, INEA, Rome, Italy R. Tuberosa, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; R. Tuberosa, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; A. Graner, IPK, Gatersleben, Germany; E. Frison, A. Graner, IPK, Gatersleben, Germany; E. Frison, Agriculture and Public Goods Bioversity International, Rome, Italy (Eds) Bioversity International, Rome, Italy (Eds) The Role of Collective Action Genomics of Plant Genetic Genomics of Plant Genetic The debate on the future orientation of the EU Resources Resources Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is increas- ingly shaped by the role of agriculture in providing Volume 1. Managing, sequencing and mining Volume 2. Crop productivity, food security public goods, and there is a broad consensus genetic resources and nutritional quality that this approach will be particularly relevant in Contents Contents legitimating the policy intervention in agriculture in the future. Managing genetic resources.- Building a global Harnessing plant genetic diversity for enhancing plant genetic resources system.- Genomic Ap- crop production and its sustainability.- Genetics Features proaches to Encouraging the Development of New and genomics of flowering time regulation in sug- 7 High debated topic but largely unexplored in Cro Varieties through the Granting of Intellectual ar beet.- Mining the genus Solanum for increasing the context of developed countries 7 Innovative Property Protection: A Perspective from the Pri- disease resistance.- Dissection of potato complex theoretical approach on public goods, based on vate Sector.- The Use of Molecular Marker Data to traits by linkage and association genetics as basis institutional economics 7 Review of different Assist in the Determination of Essentially Derived for developing molecular diagnostics in breed- types of collective action for agri-environmental Varieties.- Application of molecular markers in ing programs.- Introgression libraries with wild public goods in different countries (Germany, the spatial analysis to optimize in situ conservation of relatives of crops.- High-throughput phenomics Netherlands and Australia) plant genetic resources.- Historical and prospec- tools for interactions of barley with fungal patho- tive applications of ‘quantitative genomics’ in gens.- Genomics of low-temperature tolerance for Contents utilising germplasm resources.- Platforms and an increased sustainability of wheat and barley Introduction.- 1. Agriculture and public goods.- 2. approaches to investigate plant genetic resourc- production.- Bridging conventional breeding and The role of collective action.- 3. Collective agri- es.- High-throughput SNP profiling of genetic genomics for a more sustainable wheat produc- environmental strategies.- 4. The project “Custody resources in crop plants using genotyping arrays.- tion.- Genetic Dissection of Aluminium Tolerance of the Territory” in Media Valle del Serchio Paleogenomics as a guide for traits improvement.- in the Triticeae.- Maintaining Food Value of Wild (Tuscany).- 5. The agri-environmental agreement Non-invasive phenotyping methodologies enable Rice (Zizania palustris L.) Using Comparative in Valdaso (Marche).- 6. Collective action for the accurate characterization of growth and per- Genomics.- Genomics-assisted crop improvement public goods: institutional and policy innovation.- formance of shoots and roots.- Association map- for food security.- Genomics-assisted allele min- Conclusions.- Appendix: methodology.- Episte- ping of genetic resources: achievements and future ing and its integration into rice breeding.- New mological approach.- Participatory methods: an perspectives.- Exploiting barley genetic resources insights arising from genomics for enhancing rice overview.- Data collection and analysis: Rapid for Genome Wide Association Scans (GWAS.- resistance against the blast fungus.- Enhancing Rural Appraisal (RRA).- Overview of the RRA Production and molecular cytogenetic identifica- abiotic stress tolerance in plants by modulating methods.- Grounded theory and analysis of the tion of wheat-alien hybrids and introgression properties of stress responsive transcription fac- qualitative data.- Strengths and limitations of the lines.- Radiation hybrids: A valuable tool for tors.- The Borlaug Global Rust Initiative: Reducing proposed methodology.- The Interviews. genetic, genomic and functional analysis of plant the genetic vulnerability of wheat to rust.- Ge- genomes.- FISHIS: a new way in chromosome nomes, chromosomes and genes of the wheatgrass Fields of interest flow sorting widens the chromosome approach genus Thinopyrum: the value of their transfer into Agriculture; Agricultural Economics; Forestry and makes complex genomes more accessible.- wheat for gains in cytogenomic knowledge and Target groups Mining genetic resources via Ecotilling.- Genome sustainable breeding. 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T. G. Villa, University of Santiago de Compostela, D. E. Walter, Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton, Y.‑X. Wang, Albany Medical College Center for Santiago de Compostela, Spain; P. Veiga-Crespo, AB, Canada; H. C. Proctor, University of Alberta, Cardiovascular Sciences, Albany, NY, USA (Ed) Lund University, Lund, Sweden (Eds) Edmonton, AB, Canada Calcium Signaling In Airway Antimicrobial Compounds Mites: Ecology, Evolution & Smooth Muscle Cells Current Strategies and New Alternatives Behaviour Contents Since penicillin and salvarsan were discovered, a Life at a Microscale Ryanodine and Inositol Trisphosphate Receptors/ number of new drugs to combat infectious diseas- Ca2+ Release Channels in Airway Smooth Muscle More than 40,000 species of mites have been es have been developed, but at the same time, the Cells.- Kv7 (KCNQ) Potassium Channels and L- described, and up to 1 million may exist on earth. number of multi-resistant microorganism strains type Calcium Channels in the Regulation of Air- These tiny arachnids play many ecological roles is increasing. Thus, the design of new and effective way Diameter.- Transient Receptor Potential and including acting as vectors of disease, vital play- antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal agents will Orai Channels in Airway Smooth Muscle Cells.- ers in soil formation, and important agents of be a major challenge in the next years. Large-conductance calcium-activated potassium biological control. But despite the grand diversity channels.- Calcium-activated Chloride Chan- of mites, even trained biologists are often unaware Features nels.- Local Calcium Signaling in Airway Smooth of their significance. Mites: Ecology, Evolution and 7 Written by recognized experts in their field Muscle Cells.- Regulation of Airway Smooth Behaviour (2nd edition) aims to fill the gaps in with own hands-on experience 7 Combines Muscle Contraction by Ca2+ Signaling: Physiol- our understanding of these intriguing creatures. It basic research with clinical applications 7 Of- ogy Revealed by Microscopy Studies of Lung surveys life cycles, feeding behaviour, reproductive fers the current state-of-the-art in antimicrobial Slices.- Temporal Aspects of Ca2+ Signaling in biology and host-associations of mites without research Airway Myocytes.- Mechanisms Underlying Ca2+ requiring prior knowledge of their morphology or Store Refilling in Airway Smooth Muscle.- Novel Contents taxonomy. Mechanisms in Ca2+-homeostasis and Internal Strategies for the design and discovery of novel Store Refilling of Airway Smooth Muscle.- The antibiotics using genetic engineering and genome Features Role of Mitochondria in Calcium Regulation in mining.- X-ray and Neutron Scattering Founda- 7 Aimed at the general naturalist and other Airway Smooth Muscle.- Role of Caveolae in the tions for the Research in Antimicrobials.- Anti- non-experts 7 Ideal for students and researchers Airway.- CD38 – Cyclic ADP-ribose-mediated bacterial, Antiviral and Antifungal Activity of Es- unfamiliar with mites 7 Lavishly illustrated with Calcium Signaling in Airway Myocytes.- The Path- sential Oils: Mechanisms and Applications.- New drawings and electron micrographs 7 The only ways and Signaling Cross-talk with Oxidant in antimicrobial agents of plant origin.- Advances introductory book on mite behaviour and ecology Calcium Influx in Airway Smooth Muscle Cells.- in beta-lactam antibiotics.- The Cornerstone of in English Role of RhoA/Rho-kinase and Calcium Sensitivity Nucleic Acid-affecting Antibiotics in Bacteria.- Contents in Airway Smooth Muscle Functions.- Role of Genetic analysis and manipulation of polyene Preface to the second edition.- 1. What good Integrins in the Regulation of Calcium Signaling.- antibiotic gene clusters as a way to produce more are mites?.- 2. The origin of mites: fossil history Sex Steroid Signaling in the Airway.- Regulation effective antifungal compounds.- Enzybiotics: The and relationships.- 3. Systematic and morpho- of Contractility in Immature Airway Smooth rush towards prevention and control of multi- logical survey.- 4. Life cycles, development and Muscle.- Mathematical Modeling of Calcium Dy- resistant bacteria (MRB).- New cell wall-affecting size.- 5. Sex and celibacy.- 6. Mites in soil & litter namics in Airway Smooth Muscle Cells.- Effects of antifungal antibiotics.- Perspectives in the research systems.- 7. Acari underwater, or, why did mites Inflammatory Cytokines on Ca2+ Homeostasis in on Antimicrobial peptides.- Glycopeptides and take the plunge?.- 8. Mites on Plants.- 9. Animals Airway Smooth Muscle Cells.- Ca2+ Signaling and bacterial cell walls. as habitats.- 10. Mites that cause and transmit dis- P2 Receptors in Airway Smooth Muscle. [...] Fields of interest ease.- 11. Mites & biological diversity.- 12. Mites Fields of interest Microbiology; Medical Microbiology; Microbial as models. Cell Biology; Biochemistry, general; Human Genetics and Genomics Fields of interest Physiology Target groups Entomology; Parasitology; Ecology Target groups Research Target groups Research Product category Graduate Product category Contributed volume Product category Contributed volume Graduate/Advanced undergraduate textbook
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P. W. West, SciWest Consulting, Goonellabah, NSW, J. Yamagiwa, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; J. A. Yeakley, Portland State University, Portland, OR, Australia L. Karczmarski, The University of Hong Kong, Shek USA; R. M. Hughes, Corvallis, USA; K. Maas-Hebner, Growing Plantation Forests O, Hong Kong SAR (Eds) Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA (Eds) Primates and Cetaceans Wild Salmonids in the This book describes the scientific principles that are used throughout the world to ensure the rapid, Field Research and Conservation of Complex Urbanizing Pacific Northwest healthy growth of forest plantations. As the popu- Mammalian Societies Contents lation of the world increases so does the amount of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction to Wild Salmonids in the wood people use. Large areas of natural forests are Urbanizing Pacific Northwest (Yeakley).- Chapter being cleared every year and converted to other Part 1: Social Ecology.- 1 How ecological condi- 2. Global and Regional Context of Salmonids uses. Almost as large an area of plantation forests tions affect the abundance and social organization and Urban Areas (Yeakley, Hughes).- Chapter 3. is being established annually to replace those lost of folivorous monkeys.- 2 Dusky dolphins: Flex- Regulatory and Planning Approaches to Pro- natural forests. Eventually, plantations will pro- ibility in foraging and social strategies.- 3 Socio- tecting Salmonids in Urbanizing Environments duce a large proportion of the wood used around ecological flexibility of gorillas and chimpanzees.- (Molina).- Chapter 4. Socio-Ecological Context the world for firewood, building, the manufacture 4 You are what you eat: Foraging specializations of Salmonids in the City (Shandas).- Chapter 5. of paper and bioenergy. Forest plantations can also and their influence on the social organization and Urban Hydrology in the Pacific Northwest.- Chap- provide various environmental benefits includ- behaviour of killer whales.- 5 Japanese macaques: ter 6. Urbanization Impacts on Pacific Northwest ing carbon storage, rehabilitation of degraded Habitat-driven divergence in social dynamics.- 6 Aquatic and Riparian Habitats (Maas-Hebner, land, serving as disposal sites for various forms Shark Bay bottlenose dolphins: A case study for Dunham).- Chapter 7. Fish Passage through of industrial or agricultural waste and enhanc- defining and measuring sociality.- Part 2: Life His- Urban and Rural-Residential Areas (Hughes, ing biodiversity in regions that have been largely tory and Social Evolution.- 7 Female coexistence Dunham).- Chapter 8. Water Quality in Pacific cleared for agriculture. Whatever their motivation, and competition in ringtailed lemurs: A review Northwest Urban and Urbanizing Aquatic Ecosys- plantation forest growers want their plantations of a long-term study at Berenty, Madagascar.- 8 tems (Yeakley).- Chapter 9. Toxic Contaminants to be healthy and grow rapidly to achieve their Social structure and life history of bottlenose in the Urban Aquatic Environment (Foster, Curtis, purpose as soon as possible. This book discusses dolphins near Sarasota Bay, Florida: Insights from Gundersen).- Chapter 10. Wastewater Treatment how this is done. four decades and five generations.- 9 Life history tactics in monkeys and apes: Focus on female dis- and the Urban Aquatic Environment (Dun- Features persal species.- 10 Social conflict management in ham).- Chapter 11. Aquatic Biota in Urban Areas 7 New edition of the textbook 7 Describes how primates: Is there a case for dolphins?.- 11 Evolu- (Hughes, Dunham).- Chapter 12. Wild Salmonids plantations may be grown responsibly and profit- tion of small-group territoriality in gibbons.- Part in the Urban Environment: Lethal and Sublethal ably 7 Interesting for a worldwide audience, 3: Demography, Genetics, and Issues in Conserva- Effects (Maas-Hebner, Hughes, Schreck).- Chapter from forestry professionals and scientists through tion.- 12 Northern muriqui monkeys: Behavior, 13. Rehabilitating Aquatic Ecosystems in Devel- to small plantation growers demography, and conservation.- 13 Indo-Pacific oped Areas (Maas-Hebner).- Chapter 14. Prioritiz- humpback dolphins: A demographic perspective ing, Monitoring, Assessing, and Communicating Contents of a threatened species.- 14 Mountain gorillas: A Rehabilitation Efforts in Urbanized Watersheds Plantation Forests.- Biology of Plantation shifting demographic landscape.- 15 Population (Maas-Hebner).- Chapter 15. Market-Based Growth.- Growth Rates and Wood Quality.- genetics in the conservation of cetaceans and Strategies to Offset New Development Impacts on Choosing the Species and Site.- Establishment.- primates.- 16 Eco-toxicants: A growing global Aquatic Ecosystems (Maas-Hebner and Dunham). Nutrient Management.- Stand Density and Initial threat.- Part 4: Selected Topics in Comparative [...] Spacing.- Thinning.- Pruning.- Pests.- Diseases.- Behavior. [...] Tree Breeding.- 13 Mixed-Species Plantations.- Fields of interest Silviculture and Sustainability. Fields of interest Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management; Fresh- Zoology; Behavioural Sciences; Animal Ecology water & Marine Ecology; Conservation Biology/ Fields of interest Ecology Forestry Management; Forestry; Tree Biology Target groups Research Target groups Target groups Research Professional/practitioner Product category Monograph Product category Product category Contributed volume Graduate/Advanced undergraduate textbook
Due October 2013 Due September 2013 Due November 2013 2nd ed. 2013. XII, 232 p. 44 illus., 15 in color. 2013. XII, 470 p. 60 illus., 27 in color. (Primatology Hardcover Monographs) Hardcover 2014. VIII, 286 p. 55 illus., 46 in color. Hardcover 7 $99.00 7 $209.00 7 $189.00 9
S. L. Young, North Platte, NE, USA; F. J. Pierce, Washington State University, Prosser, WA, USA (Eds) Automation: The Future of Weed Control in Cropping Systems
Contents Forward; Simon Blackmore.- Preface; Stephen L. Young.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction: Scope of the Problem – Rising Costs and Demand for Environmental.- Safety for Weed Control; Stephen L. Young, Francis J. Pierce, and Pete Nowak.- Part I Agricultural Production Systems.- Current State of Organic and Conventional Cropping Systems; Alec F. McErlich and Rick A. Boydston.- Part II Principles and Merging of Engineering and Weed Science.- Engineering Advancements; John K. Schueller.- Plant Morphology and the Critical Period of Weed Control; J. Anita Dille.- The Bio- logical Engineer: Sensing the Difference between Crops and Weeds; David C. Slaughter.- Part III Primary Weed Control Tools for Automation.- Precision Planting and Crop Thinning; Scott A. Shearer and Santosh K. Pitla.- Automated Mechanical Weeding; M. Taufik Ahmad, Lie Tang, and Brian L. Steward.- Targeted and Micro-Dose Chemical Applications; Stephen L. Young and D. Ken Giles.- Part IV Field Applications.- Field Ap- plications of Automated Weed Control: Western Hemisphere; Steven A. Fennimore, Bradley D. Hanson, Lynn M. Sosnoskie, Jayesh B. Samtani, Avishek Datta, Stevan Z. Knezevic, and Mark C. Siemens.- Field Applications of Automated Weed Control: Northwest Europe; Jan Willem Hofstee and Ard T. Nieuwenhuizen.- Field Applications of Automated Weed Control: Asia; Hiroshi Okamoto, Yumiko Suzuki, and Noboru Noguchi.- Part V Economies for Automated Weed Control. [...]
Fields of interest Agriculture; Robotics and Automation; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics
Target groups Lower undergraduate
Product category Contributed volume
Due October 2013
2013. XIII, 243 p. 82 illus., 49 in color. Hardcover 7 $189.00 9