Fungi (Progress in Mycological Research)
The book deals with the application of fungi and the strategic management of some plant pathogens. It covers fungal bioactive metabolites, with emphasis on those secondary metabolites that are produced by various endophytes, their pharmaceutical and agricultural uses, regulation of the metabolites, mycotoxins, nutritional value of mushrooms, prospecting of thermophilic and wood-rotting fungi, and fungi as myconano factories. Strategies for the management of some plant pathogenic fungi of rice an...
Tiger Wallahs (Oxford India Collection (Paperback))
by Geoffrey C. Ward and Diane Raines Ward
For many years historian and screenwriter Geoffrey C. Ward has been visiting the Indian jungles, drawn by their beauty and the mystery and power of the great endangered predator that has always ruled them--the tiger. In this intensely personal book, he combines history, biography and first-hand reporting to evoke the special appeal of India's forests and describes encounters with some of the 'tiger-wallahs' who have struggled against overwhelming odds to save the species from extinction. The rem...
Antologia, Vol. 17: Giornale di Scienze, Lettere e Arti; Gennaio 1825, Anno V (Classic Reprint)
by Gian Pietro Vieusseux
Bio-Geo Interactions in Metal-Contaminated Soils (Soil Biology, #31)
Metal contamination is an increasing ecological and eco-toxicological risk. Understanding the processes involved in metal mobilization, sorption and mineralization in soils are key features for soil bioremediation. Following an introduction to the physical, chemical and biological components of contaminated soils, various chapters address the interactions of soil, microorganisms, plants and the water phase necessary to transfer metals into biological systems. These include topics such as potent...
Recent Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Plant Diseases
This book is a compilation of the most challenging and significant chapters on the diagnosis and management of important bacterial, fungal, viral, viroid, phytoplasma, non parasitic diseases and various physiological disorders, in various crops. The chapters have been contributed by eminent plant pathologists, having wide experience of teaching and research on various crops with different types of diseases, which cause great economic losses. The book would be very useful for students, teachers a...
Responses of Plants to Environmental Stresses, Second Edition, Volume II: Water, Radiation, Salt, and Other Stresses focuses on the effects of stresses on plants. This book discusses how stresses produce their damaging effects and how living organisms defend themselves against stresses. Organized into six parts encompassing 12 chapters, this edition starts with an overview of the various responses of plants to the severities of all the other environmental stresses, with emphasis on the physical...
This popular and classic text chronicles America's roller-coaster journey through the decades since World War II. Considering both the paradoxes and the possibilities of post-war America, Chafe portrays the significant cultural and political themes which have coloured the country's past and present, including issues of race, class, gender, foreign policy, and economic and social reform.
L'Italia Nel Secolo Passato Sin 1789: Altro Frammento d'una Storia del Pensiero Ne Tempi Moderni (Classic Reprint)
by Tullio Dandolo
Handbook Of Plant Cytogenetics: Breeding And Evolution (2 Volumes)
1931 Price List, Evergreen, Tree, Shrub Seeds (Classic Reprint)
by Conyers B Fleu Jr
Recent Progress in Medicinal Plants Volume 28 Drug Plants II
by S Awaadv K Singhj N Govil Amani
Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins der Provinz Brandenburg, Vol. 48: Jahrgang 1906 (Classic Reprint)
by E Gilg
Notes on Philippine Orchids with Descriptions of New Species
by Oakes Ames