• Photosynthesis
    Photosynthesis NEW
    Editor Zvy Dubinsky
    ISBN 978-953-51-1161-0
    371 pages, June, 2013
    Downloads: 252
    Among the myriads of volumes dedicated to various aspects of photosynthesis, the current one is singular in integrating an update of the most recent insights on this most important biological process in the biosphere. While photosynthesis fuels all t ...
  • Biodegradation - Life of Science
    Biodegradation - Life of Science NEW
    Editor Rolando Chamy and Francisca Rosenkranz
    ISBN 978-953-51-1154-2
    370 pages, June, 2013
    Downloads: 139
    This book contains a collection of different biodegradation research activities where biological processes take place. The book has two main sections: A) Polymers and Surfactants Biodegradation and B) Biodegradation: Microbial Behaviour.
  • Genetic Engineering
    Genetic Engineering NEW
    Editor Idah Sithole-Niang
    ISBN 978-953-51-1099-6
    128 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 556
    The book, while having only five chapters, covers a wide range of topics in genetic engineering of microorganisms, plants and animals. Specifically it covers both the natural and social sciences. In the natural sciences topics ranging from the geneti ...
  • Biodegradation of Hazardous and Special Products
    Biodegradation of Hazardous and Special Products NEW
    Editor Rolando Chamy and Francisca Rosenkranz
    ISBN 978-953-51-1155-9
    178 pages, June, 2013
    Downloads: 111
    This book contains a collection of different research activities that include the biodegradation compounds with contaminant characteristics and special products of different interests as an added value product or that allows following up various biol ...
  • Herbicides - Current Research and Case Studies in Use
    Herbicides - Current Research and Case Studies in Use NEW
    Editor Andrew J. Price and Jessica A. Kelton
    ISBN 978-953-51-1112-2
    652 pages, June, 2013
    Downloads: 127
    Herbicide use is a common component of many weed management strategies in both agricultural and non-crop settings. However, herbicide use practices and recommendations are continuously updated and revised to provide control of ever-changing weed com ...
  • Plant Breeding from Laboratories to Fields
    Plant Breeding from Laboratories to Fields NEW
    Editor Sven Bode Andersen
    ISBN 978-953-51-1090-3
    288 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 382
    Breeding of crop plants to make them more adapted to human agricultural systems has been on-going during domestication the last 10 000 years. However, only recently with the invention of the Mendelian principles of genetics and the subsequent develo ...
  • Protein Engineering - Technology and Application
    Protein Engineering - Technology and Application NEW
    Editor Tomohisa Ogawa
    ISBN 978-953-51-1138-2
    187 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 287
  • Oxidative Stress and Chronic Degenerative Diseases - A Role for Antioxidants
    Oxidative Stress and Chronic Degenerative Diseases - A Role for Antioxidants NEW
    Editor José A. Morales-González
    ISBN 978-953-51-1123-8
    501 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 364
    This work responds to the need to find, in a sole document, the affect of oxidative stress at different levels, as well as treatment with antioxidants to revert and diminish the damage. Oxidative Stress and Chronic Degenerative Diseases - a Role for ...
  • Agricultural Science
    Agricultural Science
    Editor Godwin Aflakpui
    ISBN 978-953-51-0567-1
    252 pages, April, 2012
    Downloads: 3848
    This book covers key areas in agricultural science, namely crop improvement, production, response to water, nutrients, and temperature, crop protection, agriculture and human health, and animal nutrition. The contributions by the authors include mani ...
  • Abiotic Stress - Plant Responses and Applications in Agriculture
    Abiotic Stress - Plant Responses and Applications in Agriculture
    Editor Kourosh Vahdati and Charles Leslie
    ISBN 978-953-51-1024-8
    410 pages, March, 2013
    Downloads: 860
    "This book is not intended to cover all known abiotic stresses or every possible technique used to understand plant tolerance but, instead, to describe some of the widely used approaches to addressing such major abiotic stresses as drought, salinity, ...
  • The Mechanisms of DNA Replication
    The Mechanisms of DNA Replication
    Editor David Stuart
    ISBN 978-953-51-0991-4
    485 pages, February, 2013
    Downloads: 1011
    DNA replication is a fundamental part of the life cycle of all organisms. Not surprisingly many aspects of this process display profound conservation across organisms in all domains of life. The chapters in this volume outline and review the current ...
  • Earth and Environmental Sciences
    Earth and Environmental Sciences
    Editor Imran Ahmad Dar and Mithas Ahmad Dar
    ISBN 978-953-307-468-9
    630 pages, December, 2011
    Downloads: 4672
    We are increasingly faced with environmental problems and required to make important decisions. In many cases an understanding of one or more geologic processes is essential to finding the appropriate solution. Earth and Environmental Sciences are by ...
  • Abiotic Stress Response in Plants - Physiological, Biochemical and Genetic Perspectives
    Abiotic Stress Response in Plants - Physiological, Biochemical and Genetic Perspectives
    Editor Arun Shanker and B. Venkateswarlu
    ISBN 978-953-307-672-0
    346 pages, August, 2011
    Downloads: 5353
    Plants, unlike animals, are sessile. This demands that adverse changes in their environment are quickly recognized, distinguished and responded to with suitable reactions. Drought, heat, cold and salinity are among the major abiotic stresses that ad ...
  • Environmental Change and Sustainability
    Environmental Change and Sustainability
    Editor Steven Silvern and Stephen Young
    ISBN 978-953-51-1094-1
    301 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 335
    Environments around the globe are undergoing human-induced change. Human population growth, rapid urbanization, expanding global economy, and the diffusion of western consumer lifestyles are placing increasing pressure on natural and social systems. ...
  • Plants and Environment
    Plants and Environment
    Editor Hemanth KN. Vasanthaiah and Devaiah Kambiranda
    ISBN 978-953-307-779-6
    272 pages, October, 2011
    Downloads: 4700
    Changing environmental condition and global population demands understanding the plant responses to hostile environment. Significant progress has been made over the past few decades through amalgamation of molecular breeding with non-conventional bre ...
  • Antimicrobial Agents
    Antimicrobial Agents
    Editor Varaprasad Bobbarala
    ISBN 978-953-51-0723-1
    422 pages, September, 2012
    Downloads: 2104
    This book contains precisely referenced chapters, emphasizing antibacterial agents with clinical practicality and alternatives to synthetic antibacterial agents through detailed reviews of diseases and their control using alternative approaches. The ...
  • Viral Replication
    Viral Replication
    Editor German Rosas-Acosta
    ISBN 978-953-51-1055-2
    144 pages, February, 2013
    Downloads: 818
    This book provides a collection of in-depth reviews broadly related to the mechanisms of viral replication as applied to various viruses of critical relevance for human or animal disease. Specifically, this book contains six different chapters: 1) In ...
  • Economic Effects of Biofuel Production
    Economic Effects of Biofuel Production
    Editor Dr.-Ing. Marco Aurélio dos Santos Bernardes
    ISBN 978-953-307-178-7
    452 pages, August, 2011
    Downloads: 4550
    This book aspires to be a comprehensive summary of current biofuels issues and thereby contribute to the understanding of this important topic. Readers will find themes including biofuels development efforts, their implications for the food industry, ...
  • Chromatin Remodelling
    Chromatin Remodelling
    Editor Danuta Radzioch
    ISBN 978-953-51-1087-3
    223 pages, April, 2013
    Downloads: 435
    The term "chromatin remodelling" is widely used to describe changes in chromatin structure which is controlled by histone-modifying enzymes, chromatin remodelling complexes, non-histone DNA-binding proteins and noncoding RNAs. Many human diseases suc ...
  • Sustainable Degradation of Lignocellulosic Biomass - Techniques, Applications and Commercialization
    Sustainable Degradation of Lignocellulosic Biomass - Techniques, Applications and Commercialization
    Editor Anuj K. Chandel and Silvio Silvério da Silva
    ISBN 978-953-51-1119-1
    275 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 242
    This book provides important aspects of sustainable degradation of lignocellulosic biomass which has a pivotal role for the economic production of several value-added products and biofuels with safe environment. Different pretreatment techniques and ...