ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF DIFFERENT CLASSES OF PLANTS

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF DIFFERENT CLASSES OF PLANTS
Title ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF DIFFERENT CLASSES OF PLANTS PDF eBook
Author Dr. KAVITA CHAHAL
Publisher Krishna Publication House
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Genre Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN 9390627087

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Bioactive Compounds from Plants

Bioactive Compounds from Plants
Title Bioactive Compounds from Plants PDF eBook
Author Derek J. Chadwick
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 254
Release 2008-04-30
Genre Science
ISBN 0470514019

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Useful throughout history for their medical as well as other benefits, plant-derived compounds have gained particular importance recently, due to environmental factors. The isolation and characterization of plant products, the identification of their role in the plant, and ways of synthesizing identical compounds or more potent analogues are covered. Also includes methods of culturing plant tissues and genetic engineering as a means of increasing the yield of desired substances from plants. Special emphasis is placed on plants previously unknown to Western scientists.

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Molecular Biology of the Cell
Title Molecular Biology of the Cell PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 0
Release 2002
Genre Cells
ISBN 9780815332183

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Saplings

Saplings
Title Saplings PDF eBook
Author Noel Streatfeild
Publisher Persephone Books
Pages 0
Release 2009
Genre Bereavement
ISBN 9781906462086

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Plant-derived Natural Products

Plant-derived Natural Products
Title Plant-derived Natural Products PDF eBook
Author Anne E. Osbourn
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 588
Release 2009-07-07
Genre Science
ISBN 0387854983

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Plants produce a huge array of natural products (secondary metabolites). These compounds have important ecological functions, providing protection against attack by herbivores and microbes and serving as attractants for pollinators and seed-dispersing agents. They may also contribute to competition and invasiveness by suppressing the growth of neighboring plant species (a phenomenon known as allelopathy). Humans exploit natural products as sources of drugs, flavoring agents, fragrances and for a wide range of other applications. Rapid progress has been made in recent years in understanding natural product synthesis, regulation and function and the evolution of metabolic diversity. It is timely to bring this information together with contemporary advances in chemistry, plant biology, ecology, agronomy and human health to provide a comprehensive guide to plant-derived natural products. Plant-derived natural products: synthesis, function and application provides an informative and accessible overview of the different facets of the field, ranging from an introduction to the different classes of natural products through developments in natural product chemistry and biology to ecological interactions and the significance of plant-derived natural products for humans. In the final section of the book a series of chapters on new trends covers metabolic engineering, genome-wide approaches, the metabolic consequences of genetic modification, developments in traditional medicines and nutraceuticals, natural products as leads for drug discovery and novel non-food crops.

Economic Botany

Economic Botany
Title Economic Botany PDF eBook
Author G.E. Wickens
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 539
Release 2012-12-06
Genre Science
ISBN 9401009694

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The strength of this book is that it is written by someone who has spent a lifetime devoted to the science of economic botany. The author has brought together his vast experience in the field in Africa with his studies of arid land plants at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The result is an informative and reliable text that covers a vast range of topics. It is also firmly based upon the author's research and interest in plant taxonomy and therefore fully acknowledges the importance of correct naming and classification in the field of science of economic botany. The coverage is of economic botany in its broadest sense. I was delighted to find such topics as ecophysiology, plant breeding, the environment and conservation are included in the text. This gives the book a much more comprehensive coverage than most other texts on the subject. I was also glad to see that the book covers the use of various organisms that are no longer considered part of the plant kingdom such as various species of fungi and algae. It is indeed a broad ranging book that will be of use to many people interested in the uses of plants and fungi. Economic botany is once again being given more prominence as a discipline because of its enormous relevance to both conservation and sustainable development. Those people involved in those topics shOUld find this a most useful resource.

The Agronomy and Economy of Important Tree Crops of the Developing World

The Agronomy and Economy of Important Tree Crops of the Developing World
Title The Agronomy and Economy of Important Tree Crops of the Developing World PDF eBook
Author K.P. Prabhakaran Nair
Publisher Elsevier
Pages 366
Release 2010-04-22
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 0123846781

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Major tree crops contribute substantially to the economy of many developing countries on the Asian, African and Latin American continents. For example, coffee is the main revenue earner for Kenya. This book provides a comprehensive review of the agronomy, botany, taxonomy, genetics, chemistry, economics, and future global prospects of a range of crops that have great food, industrial and economic value such as cocoa, coffee, cashew, oil palm and natural rubber. - Discusses the major tree crops of great economic value to the developing world - The author is an eminent scientist who has won numerous awards for his work in this area