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This book collates the latest information on Kappaphycus and Eucheuma seaweeds. The edited volume provides an important companion to anyone studying or working with what is the world’s largest cultivated marine plant biomass. The contributing authors have excelled in...
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Springer
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2017-10-17
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This book describes the latest advances in systems biology in four plant-based marine ecosystems: seaweeds, seagrasses, microalgae, and corals. Marine organisms that inhabit the oceanic environment experience a diverse range of environmental fluctuations, anthropogenic...
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Springer
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2017-10-17
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This book reviews and synthesizes the recent advances in exploiting host plant resistance to insects, highlighting the role of molecular techniques in breeding insect resistant crops. It also provides an overview of the fascinating field of insect-plant relationships,...
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Springer
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2017-10-16
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Begomoviruses are one of the most interesting plant viruses to study for basic and applied research as they cause huge economic losses to agriculture industries and farmers all over the world. They belong to family Geminiviridae and are emergent plant viral...
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Springer
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2017-10-14
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In diesem Buch finden Sie die von Willy Kükenthal, dem berühmten deutschen Zoologen und Forschungsreisenden, erhaltenen Briefe, die er während seiner Reise in den Malaiischen Archipel Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts an seine Frau geschrieben hat und ein auf Borneo...
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Springer Spektrum
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2017-10-14
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This book provides an overview of the current state of knowledge of the genetics and genomics of the agriculturally important Cucurbitaceae plant family, which includes crops such as watermelon, melon, cucumber, summer and winter squashes, pumpkins, and gourds. Recent...
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Springer
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2017-10-13
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Die Autorinnen und Autoren führen interdisziplinär Wissensbestände zum Thema Altersforschung zusammen. Neben unterschiedlichen Perspektiven bieten sie in kompakten Beiträgen einen Einblick zu Prozessen des Alterns und über Erkenntnisse zu gesundem Altern. Darüber hinaus...
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Springer VS
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2017-10-13
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An important resource that reviews the various infectious diseases that affect bats and bat populations Bats and Human Health: Ebola, SARS, Rabies and Beyond covers existing literature on viral, bacterial, protozoan, and fungal infections of bats and how these...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2017-10-11
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This book offers an essential introduction for all graduate students and researchers who are working on or interested in mechanotransduction using fruit flies as their model organisms. Designed for accessibility, it follows a simple five-chapter structure, beginning...
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Springer
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2017-10-11
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Describes the basics of ROS metabolism in plants and examines the broad range of ROS signaling mechanisms New discoveries about the effects of reactive oxygen species (ROS) on plants have turned ROS from being considered a bane into a boon, because their roles have...
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Wiley
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2017-10-11
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Mira Menzfeld explores dying persons’ experiences of their own dying processes. She reveals cultural specificities of pre-exital dying in contemporary Germany, paying special attention to how concepts of dying ‘(un)well’ are perceived and realized by dying persons. Her...
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Springer VS
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2017-10-10
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Dieses Buch ist eine praktische, kompakte Anleitung zur Bestimmung von häufig vorkommenden tropischen und subtropischen Zierpflanzen anhand der Blütenfarbe. Es richtet sich an alle, die sich für Pflanzen interessieren und auf Reisen gern die attraktiven Blütenpflanzen...
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Springer Spektrum
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2017-10-09
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This book presents in-depth insights into strategies involving plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), including symbiotic/asymbiotic nitrogen fixers and associative/endophyte bacteria, phosphate-solubilizing microbes, as well as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and...
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Springer
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2017-10-09
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In this book, the latest tools available for functional metagenomics research are described.This research enables scientists to directly access the genomes from diverse microbial genomes at one time and study these “metagenomes”. Using the modern tools of...
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Springer
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2017-10-09
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Intended as a guide for wildlife managers and ecotourism operators, as well as interested ecotourists, this book addresses the biological principles governing how ecotourism affects wildlife. The introductory chapters focus on four key responses to human...
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Springer
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2017-10-09
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This book comprehensively discusses the latest research in the area of metabolic engineering. Metabolic engineering solutions for bioactive compounds are now being derived by means of heterologous gene expression, in a wide range of organisms. The book provides an...
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Springer
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2017-10-07
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This volume reviews our current knowledge and novel research areas on Pochonia chlamydosporia, a cosmopolitan fungus occurring in soils as a saprophyte yet capable of colonizing the rhizosphere of crops as an endophyte and behaving as a parasite of eggs of...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-10-07
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Sustainability in Plant and Crop Protection
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As a society, we use more than 100,000 different industrial compounds to promote health and treat disease, to grow food and to access clean water. While technological developments have improved our lives, most of these compounds end up in our oceans where they threaten...
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OUP Oxford
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2017-10-06
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Essential Fish Biology provides an introductory overview of the functional biology of fish and how this may be affected by the widely contrasting habitat conditions within the aquatic environment. It describes the recent advances in comparative animal physiology which...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-10-06
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This book presents an up-to-date review of the ecology of yeast communities in natural ecosystems. It focuses on their biological interactions, including mutualism, parasitism, commensalism and antagonistic interactions, and is closely connected with the volume Yeasts...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-10-05
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