Suitable for engineers in the chemical process and process plant sectors, or for those refreshing their skills in this area, this title provides a guide and reference to preparing a systematic methodology for converting a newly constructed plant, as well as streamlining equipment into an operational[...]

If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with cancer, you want to do everything possible to beat the disease. But with so much conflicting advice and so many options available, how do you decide on the best treatment plan for you? In this major new book, Professor Jane Plant and Professor Musta[...]

Outlines how to recognize, treat, and prevent plant diseases. This work covers plant diseases such as abiotic, fungal, viral, bacterial, nematode and others. It includes information on molecular techniques and biological control in plant diseases. It also covers the genetics of resistance and manage[...]

Presents the basic concepts and terminology of plant anatomy with a special emphasis on its significance and applications to other disciplines. This book also highlights the important contribution made by studying anatomy to the solutions of a number of problems. It is illustrated with line drawings[...]

Knowledge of plant names can give insight into largely forgotten beliefs. For example, the common red poppy is known as 'Blind Man' due to an old superstitious belief that if the poppy were put to the eyes it would cause blindness. Many plant names derived from superstition, folk lore, or primal bel[...]

Presents an overview of our knowledge of plant viruses including background information on plant viruses and aspects of virus biology and control. This title draws comparisons with viruses of other kingdoms, animals, fungi and bacteria. It is suitable for students of plant virology, plant pathology,[...]

"Plant Systematics" has made a substantial contribution to plant systematics courses at the upper-undergraduate and first year graduate level. This second edition continues to provide the basis for teaching an introduction to the morphology, evolution, and classification of land plants. A foundation[...]

Provides a reference source for scientists engaged in any aspect of plant research - chemistry, biochemistry or physiology. This book focuses on chemistry of phosphorus containing compounds that occur naturally in plant kingdom, and in higher plants. It is comprehensive with respect to nomenclature,[...]

Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations, 2e describes the principles of water relations within soils, followed by the uptake of water and its subsequent movement throughout and from the plant body. This is presented as a progressive series of physical and biological interrelations, even though [...]

The series, "Methods in Plant Biochemistry", provides an authoritative reference on current techniques in the various fields of plant biochemical research. Each volume in the series will, under the expert guidance of a guest editor, deal with a particular group of plant compounds. Each will describe[...]

Provides laboratory exercises in plant tissue culture that demonstrate major educational concepts. This book covers tissue culture laboratory setup, supplies, media, and explant preparation, and measurements. It includes supplementary sections and scheduling and interrelationships of exercises suita[...]