Botany Books

New and Published Books

1. Medicinal Plants

   Biodiversity and Drugs

   Edited by M. K. Rai, Geoffrey A. Cordell, Jose L. Martinez, Mariela Marinoff, Luca Rastrelli

   This volume provides a contemporary overview of new strategies for traditional medicine development, of the importance of cataloging ethnomedical information, of determining the active principles, and of examining the genetic diversity and range of actions of traditional medicines. It discusses the...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Science Publishers
2. CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants

   Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology (5 Volume Set)

   By Umberto Quattrocchi

   "Following on the successes of two previous dictionary projects, the CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names and the CRC World Dictionary of the Grasses, Umberto Quattrocchi has undertaken this dictionary of economically important plants…. He has done for these plants what was so admirably done in his...

   Published May 2nd 2012 by CRC Press
3. Fungal Cell Wall

   Structure, Synthesis, and Assembly, Second Edition

   By José Ruiz-Herrera

   Series: Mycology

   Fungal Cell Wall: Structure, Synthesis, and Assembly, Second Edition is a compendium of information on the chemical structure, synthesis, and organization of the cell wall of fungi. Reviewing the past 20 years of research in the field, it discusses experimental evidence that demonstrates the role...

   Published April 30th 2012 by CRC Press
4. Dates

   Production, Processing, Food, and Medicinal Values

   Edited by A. Manickavasagan, M. Mohamed Essa, E. Sukumar

   Series: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles

   Of the many varieties of date palms, the species Phoenix dactylifera Linn. is cultivated extensively and traded and consumed worldwide. Dates: Production, Processing, Food, and Medicinal Values draws from a broad spectrum of contributors to present a comprehensive survey of this particular species....

   Published April 19th 2012 by CRC Press
5. Handbook of Bioenergy Crop Plants

   Edited by Chittaranjan Kole, Chandrashekhar P. Joshi, David R. Shonnard

   As the world’s population is projected to reach 10 billion or more by 2100, devastating fossil fuel shortages loom in the future unless more renewable alternatives to energy are developed. Bioenergy, in the form of cellulosic biomass, starch, sugar, and oils from crop plants, has emerged as one of...

   Published March 21st 2012 by CRC Press
6. Biotechnology of Fungal Genes

   Edited by V. K. Gupta, M. Ayyachamy

   This volume focuses on filamentous fungi and highlights the advances of the past decade, both in methodology and in the understanding of genomic organization and regulation of gene and pathway expression. The approaches and techniques of molecular biology enable us to ask and answer fundamental...

   Published March 7th 2012 by Science Publishers
7. Plant Nutrition and Soil Fertility Manual, Second Edition

   By J. Benton Jones, Jr.

   As soil and crop management procedures have become more complex, County Agricultural Agents, farm advisors, consultants, and fertilizer and chemical dealers have had to specialize in some aspect of soil fertility and crop nutrition management procedures, limiting their ability to provide a range of...

   Published February 12th 2012 by CRC Press
8. Systematics and Evolution of Fungi

   Edited by J. K. Misra, J. P. Tewari, S. K. Deshmukh

   This book comprising 13 chapters, is the second of the four books planned for a series on Progress in Mycological Research. The chapters provide an overview of the progress and shifts that have taken place towards the understanding of the Systematics and Evolution of Fungi with the availability of...

   Published January 9th 2012 by Science Publishers
9. Dictionary of Natural Products on DVD

   Edited by John Buckingham

   The Dictionary of Natural Products on DVD provides today’s busy scientist with fast access to chemical, physical, and biological data on more than 230,000 compounds contained in over 68,000 entries. Continually reviewed to keep pace with the current literature, coupled with the inclusion of the...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Chapman and Hall/CRC
10. Plant Physiology

    Edited by Philip Stewart, Sabine Globig

    The field of plant physiology includes the study of all chemical and physical processes of plants. This includes everything from molecular-level interactions of photosyntheseis, to the diffusion of water, minerals, and nutrients within the plant, to the larger-scale processes of plant growth,...

    Published December 14th 2011 by Apple Academic Press