Author: Luis Enrique Eguiarte
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2889711013
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Recent Advances and Future Perspectives for Agavoideae Research: Agave, Yucca and Related Taxa
Author: Luis Enrique Eguiarte
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2889711013
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2889711013
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Agaves of Continental North America
Author: Howard Scott Gentry
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816523955
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
New in paperback Spring 2004, this is an indispensable guide to agaves. The uses of agaves are as many as the arts of man have found it convenient to devise. At least two races of man have invaded Agaveland during the last ten to fifteen thousand years, where, with the help of agaves, they contrived several successive civilizations. The region of greatest use development is Mesoamerica. Here the great genetic diversity in a genus rich in use potential came into the hands of several peoples who developed the main agricultural center of the Americas. Perhaps, as the Aztec legends suggest, it was the animals that first showed man the edibility of agave. Evolution in use ranges all the way from the coincidental and spurious, through tool and food-drink subsistence with mystical overlay, to the practical specialties of modem industry and art. The historic period of agave will be outlined here as briefly as that complicated development will allow.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816523955
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
New in paperback Spring 2004, this is an indispensable guide to agaves. The uses of agaves are as many as the arts of man have found it convenient to devise. At least two races of man have invaded Agaveland during the last ten to fifteen thousand years, where, with the help of agaves, they contrived several successive civilizations. The region of greatest use development is Mesoamerica. Here the great genetic diversity in a genus rich in use potential came into the hands of several peoples who developed the main agricultural center of the Americas. Perhaps, as the Aztec legends suggest, it was the animals that first showed man the edibility of agave. Evolution in use ranges all the way from the coincidental and spurious, through tool and food-drink subsistence with mystical overlay, to the practical specialties of modem industry and art. The historic period of agave will be outlined here as briefly as that complicated development will allow.
The Agave Family in Sonora
Author: Howard Scott Gentry
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agavaceae
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Set includes revised editions of some issues.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agavaceae
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Set includes revised editions of some issues.
Maximizing Nitrogen Fixation in Legumes as a Tool for Sustainable Agriculture Intensification
Author: Pilar Irisarri
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2889740447
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2889740447
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Cactus and Succulent Plants
Author: Sara Oldfield
Publisher: World Conservation Union
ISBN: 9782831703909
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Found in a variety of forms, cacti and other succulents have elicited widespread interest and tremendous popularity worldwide. Although the subject of a certain amount of debate, about 10,000 species are recognized as belonging to the succulent group. Of these, an estimated 2,000 are threatened with global extinction in the wild and many more are regionally or nationally threatened mainly due to habitat destruction and collection for international trade.This Action Plan brings together from around the world current information on population status, threats and conservation of this particularly important group of plants. Prepared with conservationists, scientists, governments, protected area managers and grant-awarding bodies in mind, it suggests priorities for action and encourages collaboration among interested parties at all levels.
Publisher: World Conservation Union
ISBN: 9782831703909
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Found in a variety of forms, cacti and other succulents have elicited widespread interest and tremendous popularity worldwide. Although the subject of a certain amount of debate, about 10,000 species are recognized as belonging to the succulent group. Of these, an estimated 2,000 are threatened with global extinction in the wild and many more are regionally or nationally threatened mainly due to habitat destruction and collection for international trade.This Action Plan brings together from around the world current information on population status, threats and conservation of this particularly important group of plants. Prepared with conservationists, scientists, governments, protected area managers and grant-awarding bodies in mind, it suggests priorities for action and encourages collaboration among interested parties at all levels.
Neglected Crops
Author: J. Esteban Hernández Bermejo
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251032176
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
About neglected crops of the American continent. Published in collaboration with the Botanical Garden of Cord�ba (Spain) as part of the Etnobot�nica92 Programme (Andalusia, 1992)
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251032176
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
About neglected crops of the American continent. Published in collaboration with the Botanical Garden of Cord�ba (Spain) as part of the Etnobot�nica92 Programme (Andalusia, 1992)
Plants of Oceanic Islands
Author: Tod F. Stuessy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107180074
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
This book provides a comprehensive view of the origin and evolution of the plants of an entire oceanic archipelago.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107180074
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
This book provides a comprehensive view of the origin and evolution of the plants of an entire oceanic archipelago.
Sustainable Bioresource Management
Author: Ratikanta Maiti
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000008339
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
This new volume emphasizes the drastic quantitative and qualitative transformation of our surrounding environment and looks at bioresource management and the tools needed to manageenvironmental stresses. This unique compilation and interpretation of concrete scientific ventures undertaken by environmental specialists at the global level explores research dedicated to the management of natural resources by controlling biotic and abiotic factors that make the earth vulnerable to these stresses. The chapter authors look at all types of bioresources on earth and their management at times of stress/crisis, focusing on the need for documentation, validation, and recovery of ethnic indigenous knowledge and practices that could have great impact in stress management. The book looks at topics in nature and changing climate management, adaptation, and mitigation, such as the effects of climate change on agriculture and horticulture, on timber harvesting, and on forest resources. Also specifically discussed are crop resources management, seed crops, tree seedlings, soil management, and conservation practices. The volume also includes chapters on animal resources management.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000008339
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
This new volume emphasizes the drastic quantitative and qualitative transformation of our surrounding environment and looks at bioresource management and the tools needed to manageenvironmental stresses. This unique compilation and interpretation of concrete scientific ventures undertaken by environmental specialists at the global level explores research dedicated to the management of natural resources by controlling biotic and abiotic factors that make the earth vulnerable to these stresses. The chapter authors look at all types of bioresources on earth and their management at times of stress/crisis, focusing on the need for documentation, validation, and recovery of ethnic indigenous knowledge and practices that could have great impact in stress management. The book looks at topics in nature and changing climate management, adaptation, and mitigation, such as the effects of climate change on agriculture and horticulture, on timber harvesting, and on forest resources. Also specifically discussed are crop resources management, seed crops, tree seedlings, soil management, and conservation practices. The volume also includes chapters on animal resources management.
Crassulacean Acid Metabolism
Author: Klaus Winter
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642790607
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) represents one of the best-studied metabolic examples of an ecological adaptation to environmental stress. Well over 5 % of all vascular plant species engage in this water-conserving photosynthetic pathway. Intensified research activities over the last 10 years have led to major advances in understanding the biology of CAM plants. New areas of research reviewed in detail in this book include regulation of gene expression and the molecular basis of CAM, the ecophysiology of CAM plants from tropical environments, the productivity of agronomically important cacti and agaves, the ecophysiology of CAM in submerged aquatic plants, and the taxonomic diversity and evolutionary origins of CAM.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642790607
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) represents one of the best-studied metabolic examples of an ecological adaptation to environmental stress. Well over 5 % of all vascular plant species engage in this water-conserving photosynthetic pathway. Intensified research activities over the last 10 years have led to major advances in understanding the biology of CAM plants. New areas of research reviewed in detail in this book include regulation of gene expression and the molecular basis of CAM, the ecophysiology of CAM plants from tropical environments, the productivity of agronomically important cacti and agaves, the ecophysiology of CAM in submerged aquatic plants, and the taxonomic diversity and evolutionary origins of CAM.
The Alcohol Textbook
Author: K. A. Jacques
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alcohol
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alcohol
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description