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Lycium Barbarum and Human Health
This book seeks to unravel the mysteries of wolfberry, and systematically introduces its mechanisms in preventing aging-associated diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, inflammation, liver and neurodegenerative diseases. Wolfberry, the dried fruit of Lycium barbarum, is an anti-aging herbal medicine. There have been numerous reports investigating the underlying mechanisms of its anti-aging…
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- 978-94-017-9658-3
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Drought stress in Maize (Zea mays L.) : effects, resistance mechanisms, globa…
This book focuses on early germination, one of maize germplasm most important strategies for adapting to drought-induced stress. Some genotypes have the ability to adapt by either reducing water losses or by increasing water uptake. Drought tolerance is also an adaptive strategy that enables crop plants to maintain their normal physiological processes and deliver higher economical yield despite…
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Lycium Barbarum and Human Health
This book seeks to unravel the mysteries of wolfberry, and systematically introduces its mechanisms in preventing aging-associated diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, inflammation, liver and neurodegenerative diseases. Wolfberry, the dried fruit of Lycium barbarum, is an anti-aging herbal medicine. There have been numerous reports investigating the underlying mechanisms of its anti-aging…
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- 978-94-017-9658-3
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Echinacea : herbal medicine with a wild history
This work provides detailed overviews and offer new insights into the biology, life histories, cultivation, markets, legal protection, chemistry and medical use of Echinacea species. The extensively detailed maps in this text are the most accurate of any produced, based on verified herbarium records. The information on ethnobotanical uses of Echinacea species, and especially E. angustifolia, is…
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- 9783319181561
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- xix, 238 pages
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Molecular Phylogeny, Biogeography and an e-Monograph of the Papaya Family (Ca…
Fernanda Antunes Carvalho addresses an issue of key importance to the field of systematics, namely how to foster taxonomic work and the dissemination of scientific knowledge about species by taking full advantage of electronic data and bioinformatics tools. The first part focuses on the development of an electronic monograph of the papaya family (Caricaceae) using existing infrastructures of In…
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- 978-3-658-10266-1
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- XIV, 147
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Tree and Forest Measurement
Affordable introduction to the practices of forest measurement for everyone who works with trees from the farmer to the forest Includes latest developments in forest biomass measurement and remote sensing Fully revised edition with many tips and insights into forest mensuration
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- 978-3-319-14708-6
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- XII, 214
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Switching on Plant Innate Immunity Signaling Systems
This book presents the ways and means to switch on plant immune signaling systems using PAMP-PIMP-PRR signaling complex for crop disease management. It also describes bioengineering approaches to develop transgenic plants expressing enhanced disease resistance using genes encoding PAMPs, PRRs and transcription factors and genes involved in generation of PIMPs/HAMPs. It also discusses recent com…
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- 978-3-319-26118-8
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- XIII, 358
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- Signaling and Communication in Plants
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Sustainable Intensification of Crop Production
The green revolution (by using high-yielding crop varieties, mono-cropping, fertilization, irrigation, and pesticides) has led to enormous gains in food production and improved world food security. In many countries, however, intensive crop production has had negative impacts on production, ecosystems and the larger environment, putting future productivity at risk. In order to meet the projecte…
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- 978-981-10-2702-4
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- XXIV, 405
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Medicinal Plants of Northern Thailand for the Treatment of Cognitive Impairme…
This book provides a description of cognitive impairment in the elderly population through the lens of Thai Traditional Medicine as it is practiced in northern Thailand. It provides an overview of Thai Traditional Medicine and the memory loss presented in elderly dementia. Some medicinal plants used by traditional Thai healers to treat cognitive decline and memory issues in the elderly are revi…
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- 978-3-319-10240-5
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- XI, 84
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- Series Title SpringerBriefs in Plant Science
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