Desert Plants: Biology and Biotechnology

By Kishan Gopal Ramawat

Book Overview

Section A: General biology.- 1 Biodiversity, Biology and conservation of medicinal plants of Thar desert.- Arora J, Goyal S and Ramawat KG.- 2 Potentiality of hydrocarbon yielding plants for future energy and chemicals Kalita D.- 3 Biology and biotechnology advances in Jatropha curcas- A biodiesel plant Reddy MP.- 4 Biology of annual plants in arid and semi-arid desert regions of China Li X.- 5 Soil biology in traditional agroforestry systems of Indian Desert Sundaramoorthy S, Mehar SK, Suthar MS.- 6 Aspects of mycorhizae in desert plants Apple ME.- 7 Anatomical variations in woody plants of arid areas Yang S, Ikiuo F, Jiang Z.- 8 Diversity and conservation in cactus family P. Ortega-Baes et al.- Section B: Reproductive biology.- 9 Reproductive biology of some gum producing Indian desert plants.- Tandon R, Shivanna KR, Mahan Ram HY.-10 Reproductive biology of Cactaceae.- Mandujano MDC, Carillo-Angeles I, Martinez-Peralta C, Golubov J.- 11 Parthenocarpy and seed production in Burseraceae Ramos-Ordonez MF, Marquez-Guzman J, Coro-Arizmendi MD.- Section C: Ecophysiological studies.- 12 Photosynthesis of C 4 desert plants.- Su P.- 13 Polyamines and plant adaptation to saline environment.- Kuznetsov VV, Shevyakova NI.- 14 Ecology of Inland saline plants Kasera PK, Mohammed S.- 15 Ecophysiology of Prosopis species from arid land of Argentina: what do we know about adaptation to stressful environments? Villagra PE, Vilela A, Giordano C, Alvarez JA.- 16 Plant growth inhibitors from mesquite (Prosopis juliflora).- Nakano H.- Section D: Biotechnological studies.- 17 Genetic variation in Tunisian date-palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.).- Rhouma S, Zehdi -Azouzi S, Dakhlaoui-Dkhil S, Ould Mohamed Salem AOB, Othmani A, Cherif E, Marakachi M, Trifi M .- 18 Biology and muliplication of Prosopis species grown in.- Thar Desert.- Raj Bhansali R.- 19 Biotechnology advances in jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis).- Reddy MP, Chikara J.- 20 DatePalm Cultivation in Changing scenario of Indian Arid Zone: Challenges and Prospects.- Raj Bhansali R.- 21 Runoff-rainwater for sustainable desert farming.- L?ttge U.- 22 Biotechnological approaches to aphrodisiac plants of Rajasthan, India .- Jain N, Goyal S, Ramawat KG.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642426123
• ISBN13: 9783642426124
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 503 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"