Discoveries In Plant Biology

Author : Shain-Dow Kung
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 981449478X
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discoveries in Plant Biology written by Shain-Dow Kung and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2000-06-12 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific progress hinges on continual discovery and the extension of previous discoveries. The important series of volumes Discoveries in Plant Biology is specially compiled to provide a microcosmic atlas of the landmark discoveries that span the breadth of plant biology. Written by renowned plant biologists, the papers describe how classic discoveries were made and how they have served as the basis for subsequent breakthroughs. The 24 chapters in this third volume describe discoveries which contribute to the foundations of modern plant biology. The contributors, many of whom personally lit the way, bring readers back in time as if on a journey to retrace the paths and rethink the ideas they followed. These guided tours on how to decipher the natural laws will lead to an appreciation of the development of each field from simple concepts to an advanced multidisciplinary field of today. This volume will be of special interest to botanists, biochemists, plant physiologists and geneticists, and of general interest to those who are still fascinated by how discoveries are made. Contents:The Discovery of the Essential Elements (E Epstein)The Discovery of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylic Acid as the Immediate Precursor of Ethylene (D O Adams)Discovery of Auxin (Y Masuda & S Kamisaka)Non-Reducing Saccharides: Floridosides and Sucrose (J-C Su)Chlorophyll Biosynthesis I: From Analysis of Mutants to Genetic Engineering of the Pathway (D von Wettstein)Chlorophyll Biosynthesis II: Adventures with Native and Recombinant Enzymes (D von Wettstein)Discovery of the Two Parallel Pathways for Isoprenoid Biosynthesis in Plants (H K Lichtenthaler)Structure and Biosynthesis of Cellulose. Part I: Structure (A D French)Structure and Biosynthesis of Cellulose. Part II: Biosynthesis (D P Delmer)The Discovery of Starch Biosynthesis (J Preiss & M N Sivak)Seed Storage Proteins from the 1700s to the Present (M Ogawa & T W Okita)The Discovery of 2S Albumins as Abundant Storage Proteins in Seeds (A H C Huang & R J Youle)The Discovery of Maternal Inheritance of Large Subunit of Rubisco (S-D Kung)Chloroplast Cytochromes: Discovery and Characterization (J C Gray)Discovery of Plasma Membrane Proton Pumping ATPase: Our Point of View (R T Leonard & T K Hodges)Plant Ubiquitin (R D Vierstra)Thirty Years of Fun with Antenna Pigment-Proteins and Photochemical Reaction Centers: A Tribute to the People Who Have Influenced My Career (J P Thornber)The Discovery of the Heat Shock Response in Plants (P-F L Chang & C-Y Lin)Discovery of Photoregulated Gene Expression (J C Watson)Organization and Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation Genes: 1974–1995 (S C Shen)The Ti-Plasmid and Plant Molecular Biology (J Schell & C Koncz)Active Ion Transport in Plants (A J Bloom & A R Taylor)Discovery of Chilling Injury (M E Saltveit)In Vitro Induced Haploids in Plant Genetics and Breeding (H Hu & X-R Guo) Readership: Botanists, biologists, biochemists, geneticists, plant physiologists and students. Keywords:Plant Biology;DiscoveriesReviews: “The different chapters not only provide excellent overviews into the development of essential discoveries in plant biology, they also help the reader to better understand the background, current status and future direction of the research in each of the areas covered.” Journal of Plant Physiology

Author : Shain-dow Kung
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9789810213138
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discoveries in Plant Biology written by Shain-dow Kung and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1998 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This excellent book should be present in all central libraries and in those of plant biology institutions. The book is recommended to advanced students and researchers".Journal of Plant Physiology, 1999

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309046793
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plant Biology Research and Training for the 21st Century written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1992-02-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faster progress in plant biology research could benefit agriculture, the environment, medicine, and our understanding of basic biological processes. This book clearly and directly describes the impediments to greater achievements in plant science and suggests solutions. It presents an innovative plan that would create a comprehensive federal system of management and financial support for plant biology research and training.

Author : Shain-dow Kung
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789810213138
Total Pages : pages
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Author : Lincoln Taiz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190490268
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flora Unveiled written by Lincoln Taiz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex in animals has been known for at least ten thousand years, and this knowledge was put to good use during animal domestication in the Neolithic period. In stark contrast, sex in plants wasn't discovered until the late 17th century, long after the domestication of crop plants. Even after its discovery, the "sexual theory" continued to be hotly debated and lampooned for another 150 years, pitting the "sexualists" against the "asexualists". Why was the notion of sex in plants so contentious for so long? "Flora Unveiled" is a deep history of perceptions about plant gender and sexuality, beginning in the Ice Age and ending in the middle of the nineteenth century, with the elucidation of the complete plant life cycle. Linc and Lee Taiz show that a gender bias that plants are unisexual and female (a "one-sex model") prevented the discovery of plant sex and delayed its acceptance long after the theory was definitively proven. The book explores the various sources of this gender bias, beginning with women's role as gatherers, crop domesticators, and the first farmers. In the myths and religions of the Bronze and Iron Ages, female deities were strongly identified with flowers, trees, and agricultural abundance, and during Middle Ages and Renaissance, this tradition was assimilated into Christianity in the person of Mary. The one-sex model of plants continued into the Early Modern Period, and experienced a resurgence during the eighteenth century Enlightenment and again in the nineteenth century Romantic movement. Not until Wilhelm Hofmeister demonstrated the universality of sex in the plant kingdom was the controversy over plant sex finally laid to rest. Although "Flora Unveiled" focuses on the discovery of sex in plants, the history serves as a cautionary tale of how strongly and persistently cultural biases can impede the discovery and delay the acceptance of scientific advances.

Author : James Nardi
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022653183X
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discoveries in the Garden written by James Nardi and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-03-05 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A learned romp through plant biology; solar energy and soil nutrients; the movement of vines; and ‘fellow gardeners’ . . . a wealth of stunning images.” —Nature At the tips of our trowels, a sun-driven world of microbes, insects, roots, and stems awaits—and it is a world no one knows better than James Nardi. A charming guide to all things green and growing, Nardi is as at home in prairies, forests, and wetlands as he is in the vegetable patch. And with Discoveries in the Garden, he shows us that these spaces aren’t as different as we might think, that nature flourishes in our backyards, schoolyards, and even indoors. To find it, we’ve only got to get down into the dirt. Leading us through the garden gate, Nardi reveals the extraordinary daily lives and life cycles of a quick-growing, widely available, and very accommodating group of study subjects: garden plants. Through close observations and simple experiments we all can replicate at home, we learn the hidden stories behind how these plants grow, flower, set seeds, and produce fruits, as well as the vital role dead and decomposing plants play in nourishing the soil. From pollinators to parasites, plant calisthenics to the wisdom of weeds, Nardi’s tale also introduces us to our fellow animal and microbial gardeners, the community of creatures both macro- and microscopic with whom we share our raised beds. Featuring a copse of original, informative illustrations that are as lush as the garden plants themselves, Discoveries in the Garden is an enlightening romp through the natural history, science, beauty, and wonder of these essential green places.

Author : Gokhan Hacisalihoglu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book From Growing to Biology written by Gokhan Hacisalihoglu and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Karl J. Niklas
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226586340
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plant Physics written by Karl J. Niklas and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-02-06 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Galileo, who used the hollow stalks of grass to demonstrate the idea that peripherally located construction materials provide most of the resistance to bending forces, to Leonardo da Vinci, whose illustrations of the parachute are alleged to be based on his study of the dandelion’s pappus and the maple tree’s samara, many of our greatest physicists, mathematicians, and engineers have learned much from studying plants. A symbiotic relationship between botany and the fields of physics, mathematics, engineering, and chemistry continues today, as is revealed in Plant Physics. The result of a long-term collaboration between plant evolutionary biologist Karl J. Niklas and physicist Hanns-Christof Spatz, Plant Physics presents a detailed account of the principles of classical physics, evolutionary theory, and plant biology in order to explain the complex interrelationships among plant form, function, environment, and evolutionary history. Covering a wide range of topics—from the development and evolution of the basic plant body and the ecology of aquatic unicellular plants to mathematical treatments of light attenuation through tree canopies and the movement of water through plants’ roots, stems, and leaves—Plant Physics is destined to inspire students and professionals alike to traverse disciplinary membranes.

Author : Govindjee
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402033249
Total Pages : 1304 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discoveries in Photosynthesis written by Govindjee and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-07-15 with total page 1304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Life Is Bottled Sunshine" [Wynwood Reade, Martyrdom of Man, 1924]. This inspired phrase is a four-word summary of the significance of photosynthesis for life on earth. The study of photosynthesis has attracted the attention of a legion of biologists, biochemists, chemists and physicists for over 200 years. Discoveries in Photosynthesis presents a sweeping overview of the history of photosynthesis investigations, and detailed accounts of research progress in all aspects of the most complex bioenergetic process in living organisms. Conceived of as a way of summarizing the history of research advances in photosynthesis as of millennium 2000, the book evolved into a majestic and encyclopedic saga involving all of the basic sciences. The book contains 111 papers, authored by 132 scientists from 19 countries. It includes overviews; timelines; tributes; minireviews on excitation energy transfer, reaction centers, oxygen evolution, light-harvesting and pigment-protein complexes, electron transport and ATP synthesis, techniques and applications, biogenesis and membrane architecture, reductive and assimilatory processes, transport, regulation and adaptation, Genetics, and Evolution; laboratories and national perspectives; and retrospectives that end in a list of photosynthesis symposia, books and conferences. Informal and formal photographs of scientists make it a wonderful book to have. This book is meant not only for the researchers and graduate students, but also for advanced undergraduates in Plant Biology, Microbiology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Biophysics and History of Science.

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Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080528392
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book C4 Plant Biology written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1998-12-21 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to many issues related to long-term carbon dynamics, an improved understanding of the biology of C4 photosynthesis is required by more than the traditional audience of crop scientists, plant physiologists, and plant ecologists. This work synthesizes the latest developments in C4 biochemistry, physiology, systematics, and ecology. The book concludes with chapters discussing the role of C4 plants in the future development of the biosphere, particularly their interactive effects on soil, hydrological, and atmospheric processes.