Orchid Biology: Reviews and Perspectives X

Bys: Kull, Tiiu and Arditti, Joseph

Editors
Manuscripts and Publications Policy
Contributors
Persons to whom this volume is dedicated
Preface
BIOGRAPHIES: 1. Unsung Heroes of the Singapore-malaysian Orchid World (1951-2000); Eng Soon Teoh
HISTORY-PHYSIOLOGY: 2. Pollination Effects on Orchid Flowers and the first suggeston by Prof. Hans Fitting (1877-1970) that plants produce hormones; Tim Wing yam, Yong Neng Chow, Popuri Nageswara Avadhani, Choy Sin Hew, Joseph Arditti and Hubert Kurzweil
BIBLICAL AND TALMUDIC LITERATURE: 3. Are Orchids mentioned in the Bible?; Arnold S. Dunn and Joseph Arditti
MORPHOLOGY: 4. Food-hair Form and Diversification in Orchids; Kevin L. Davies
POLLINATION BIOLOGY: 5. Orchids pollen dispersal units and reproductive consequences; Ettore Pacini
ART: 6. A Rare Beauty: The Orchid in Western Art; Karen E. Quinn
HISTORY-POLLINATION: 7. Hand-pollination of Vanilla: How Many Discoverers?; Joseph Arditti, Adisheshappa Nagaraja Rao and Helen Nair
VIROLOGY: 8. Molecular biology of two orchid infecting viruses: Cymbidium mosaic potexvirus and Odontoglossum ringspot tobamovirus; Prabha Ajjikuttira and Sek Man Wong
APPENDIX: A list of Orchid Books; tim Wing yam, Benjamin Singer, Choy Sin Hew, Tiiu Kull, Irina Tatarenko and Joseph Arditti
Index of Persons
Index of Organism Names
Subject Index
Contents of Volumes I-IX

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402088019
• ISBN13: 9781402088018
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 446 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.4"