Germination: Types, Process and Effects is a book that brings together the contribution of new and relevant information from many experts in the fi...

The use of medicinal plants or natural products increased in the last decades all over the world. One of the most popular herbal plants is Ginkgo b...

Areas with high agricultural potential include arid zones, which make up 43% of the world's total area. In these areas the scarce precipitation and...

For thousands of years, plants show great importance in applications such as condiments, medicines, fragrances, colorants, ornaments, and thus thro...

This book presents 847 compounds isolated and identified from plants that present antioxidant activity. These substances have been classified by ch...

Cassava produces about 10 times more carbohydrates than most cereals per unit area, and are ideal for production in marginal and drought prone area...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of herbaceous plants and nicotiana. Topics include the role of diversity of herbace...

Herbs are any plants with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavouring, food, medicine, or perfume or parts of such a plant as used in cooking. He...

The genus Hypericum is the most important of the Hypericaceae family, widespread all over the world, with about 400 species. It is a herbaceous per...

Identification of the Larger Fungi is ecologically biased in order to emphasize a rather neglected aspect of the higher fungi. The book is arranged...

This book is based on one unifying concept – the concept of a three-plane corpuscular-wave organization of biological systems, using the example of...

An "invasive" species (alternatively known as an alien, exotic, injurious, introduced or naturalised, non-native, non-indigenous, nuisance or noxio...

Jasmonic acid (JA) is an essential phytohormone for plant development and stress response. It not only acts as the regulatory molecule in root elon...

Jatropha curcas Linnaeus is a multipurpose plant belonging to the Euphorbiaceae family. It has social, agricultural, environmental, industrial, pha...

This is the story of Jean Galbraith, one of Australia's most influential botanists and writers on nature, plants and gardens. During a writing care...

In this very special story of transcendent revelations and global repercussions, track the full course of L. Ron Hubbard's scientific horticultural...

The Lactuca genus, which is characterized by a variety of forms including annual, biennial and perennial, glabrous or pubescent herbs with abundant...

Nowadays, the world is turning toward herbal medicine for health improvement. This system of medicine is not new; it has roots in the beginning of ...

Lianas (woody vines) are iconic symbols of tropical forest ecosystems around the world. Forest climbers take advantage of the biologically-expensiv...

This book consists of seven chapters on various aspects related to linseed. Linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) commonly known as 'alsi' is a member o...

Luteolin belongs to a group of naturally occurring compounds called flavonoids that are found widely in the plant kingdom. Luteolin is widely prese...

Aquatic plants play a significant role in maintaining water quality, due to their ability of absorbing nutrients. This book aims to show the value ...

"Windburned, eyes closed, this: beneath the keening of bergs, a deeper thresh of glaciers calving, creaking with sun. Sound of earth, her bones, wi...

Mangrove ecosystems are tropical or subtropical communities of mainly tree species which can be found on low, muddy, usually intertidal coastal are...

Following the publication of Part One of this work, "Coast Plants", a self-appointed committee consisting of Rolf Nordhagen, Johannes Lid, Knut Fae...

Cannabis sativa is the scientific name for the widely used drug commonly known as marijuana. Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug in th...

Phytogeographically and climatically West Greenland includes parts of the low arctic and high arctic areas. The present vegetation and a summary of...

This book contains reviews covering studies in pharmacological research on the medicinal properties of essential oils and their chemical constituen...

Microalgae are primary producers of oxygen and exhibit an enormous potential for biotechnological applications. Microalgae cultivation is also an i...

Plant micropropagation is one of the most classical and widespread biotechnological tools used around the world. Undoubtedly, this technique brough...

Micropropagation through an in vitro culture technique is a reliable biotechnological tool that holds a better scope and future for the propagation...

Why don't trees get tired holding their limbs out for a hundred years? Why can a single African Violet leaf produce a dozen identical new plants? A...

Traditional societies have always exploited edible wild plants to provide an adequate level of nutrition. These plant resources play a significant ...

Moringa oleifera is a widely cultivated and highly valuable tree belonging to the family Moringaceae, originating in India. This compilation explor...

Terrestrial moss communities are widely distributed among the Earth's major biomes, including equatorial to polar latitudes. Because of their high ...

Mycorrhizae represent a symbiotic relationship between a fungus and plant roots. The fungus colonises the roots of the host plant, either intracell...

Worldwide, human life is headed for longevity. On the other hand, humans have a desire to stay healthy and live longer. However, synthetic drugs ar...

Since its discovery by Captain John Smith in 1608, the Nanticoke has never been particularly hospitable to the outsider. Flowing thirty-six miles f...

Floral nectar is a sweet, aqueous secretion that mainly consists of sugars and to a lesser extent amino acids. It is offered by plants to entice po...

Allelopathy refers to the beneficial or harmful effects of one plant on another, including both crop and weed species. Mushrooms is one such exampl...

One of the most important topics in evolutionary biology concerns the origin and evolution of sex-determining systems and sex chromosomes. Certain ...

Plant physiology is a sub-discipline of botany concerned with the function, or physiology of plants. Closely related fields include plant morpholog...

Forest ecology includes within its scope the components and functions of forest ecosystems -- a community of organisms interacting with each other ...

New Zealand Seaweeds is the first photographic identification guide to New Zealand’s unique marine algae, by the country’s pre-eminent seaweed expe...

A fully revised and completely redesigned edition of the first photographic identification guide to New Zealand's unique marine algae, by the count...

This book outlines current knowledge on the nutritive value of Nigella sativa (black cumin). N. sativa has many therapeutic effects and is consider...

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