General introduction: a personal reflection on the use of liquid media for in vitro culture -- Bioreactors -- Application of bioreactor design principles to plant micropropagation -- Bioreactor design for propagation of somatic embryos -- Practical aspects of bioreactor application in mass propagation of plants -- Simple bioreactors for mass propagation of plants -- Application of bioreactor sy…
In search of an operational lexicon for biological invasions -- Ecological aspects -- The ecology of biological invasions: past, present and future -- Ecological niche models and the geography of biological invasions: a review and a novel application -- Importance of species replication in understanding plant invasions into North American grasslands -- Residence time determines the distribution…
State of the Art -- In Vitro Culture of Mycorrhizas -- Systematics -- The Monoxenic Culture of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi as a Tool for Germplasm Collections -- The Monoxenic Culture of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi as a Tool for Systematics and Biodiversity -- Life Cycle of Glomus Species in Monoxenic Culture -- Life History Strategies in Gigasporaceae: Insight from Monoxenic Culture -- In Vi…
Preparation of High Dilutions of Drugs -- Evidences for High Dilution Effects -- Physical Basis of Drugs at High Dilution -- Mechanism of Action of Potentized Drugs.Since the subject of high dilution effects is still a subject for debate, this volume provides evidence in support of effects from control clinical studies, clinical records from veteran physicians, controlled experiments on animals…
Overview of Haploidy -- Pathways to Microspore Embryogenesis -- The Role of Stress in the Induction of Haploid Microspore Embryogenesis -- Microspore Embryo Induction and Development in Higher Plants: Cytological and Ultrastructural Aspects -- Biochemical and Molecular Aspects of Haploid Embryogenesis -- Storage Product Metabolism in Microspore-Derived Cultures of Brassicaceae -- Chromosome Dou…
The Encyclopedia of Entomology brings together the talents of over 350 distinguished entomologists from 36 countries to provide a detailed, global overview of insects and their close relatives, including taxonomy, behavior, ecology, physiology, history, and management. All the major groups of arthropods are treated, as are many important families and individual species. The Encyclopedia also co…
Editorials -- Overviews and Timelines -- Tributes -- Excitation Energy Transfer -- Reaction Centers -- Oxygen Evolution -- Light-Harvesting and Pigment-Protein Complexes -- Electron Transport and ATP Synthesis -- Techniques and Applications -- Biogenesis and Membrane Architecture -- Reductive and Assimilatory Processes -- Transport, Regulation and Adaptation -- Genetics -- Evolution -- Laborato…
to the Genus Coryphantha -- Ecology of Coryphantha spp. -- Morphology of Coryphantha -- History of the Genus Coryphantha -- Position and Delimitation of the Genus Coryphantha -- Key to the Genus Coryphantha -- The Genus Coryphantha (Engelmann) Lemaire — Descriptions of the Species -- Coryphantha sp. in Cultivation.This unique reference work presents the first comprehensive taxonomy of Corypha…
Cereal Genomics: An Overview -- Molecular Marker Systems and Their Evaluation for Cereal Genetics -- Molecular Maps in Cereals: Methodology and Progress -- Organization of Retrotransposons and Microsatellites in Cereal Genomes -- Comparative Genomics in Cereals -- Population Genetic Structure of Wild Barley and Wheat in the Near East Fertile Crescent: Regional and Local Adaptive Patterns -- Gen…
Tissue Engineering -- Bio-Artificial Organs -- Bioartificial Pancreas: An Update -- Bioartificial Skin -- Bioartificial Liver -- Tissue-Engineered Blood Vessels and the Future of Tissue Substitutes -- Tissue Engineering of Cartilage and Myocardium -- Tissue Engineered Heart -- Bone Tissue Engineering -- Stem Cells — Potential for Tissue Engineering -- Microencapsulation for Disease Treatment …