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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “amarjit basra”
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  • Mechanisms of Plant Growth and Improved Productivity Modern Approaches

    Edited by Amarjit Basra ...
    Series series Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment
    Discusses the mechanisms of plant productivity and the factors limiting net photosynthesis, describing techniques to isolate, characterize and manipulate specific plant genes in order to enhance productivity. The uptake of carbon and the practical aspects of plant nutrition are discussed. ... Read more

    $91.99 USD

  • Handbook of Seed Science and Technology

    Edited by Amarjit Basra ...
    A reference text with the latest information and research for educators, students, and researchers!World hunger and malnutrition remain an alarming concern that spurs researchers to develop quality technology. The Handbook of Seed Science and Technology is an extensive reference text for educators, students, practitioners, and researchers that focuses on the underlying mechanisms of seed biology ... Read more

    $224.99 USD

  • Crop Responses and Adaptations to Temperature Stress

    New Insights and Approaches

    Edited by Amarjit Basra ...
    Examine the ways in which various plants respond when exposed to high and low temperatures!The growing demand for food makes breeding for high-yielding crops with built-in resistance against environmental constraints one of the most important challenges for plant breeders today. Crop Responses and Adaptations to Temperature Stress investigates the adaptive mechanisms plants have evolved in ... Read more

    $94.99 USD

  • Plant Growth Regulators in Agriculture and Horticulture

    Their Role and Commercial Uses

    Edited by Amarjit Basra ...
    As agriculture becomes more mechanized and science increases the possibilities for using inputs to enhance production, the role of PGRs becomes more vital. Plant Growth Regulators in Agriculture and Horticulture provides agriculture professionals and researchers with the information needed to effectively tap these versatile resources to enhance crop production.Through discussions of the “classical ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Cotton Fibers

    Developmental Biology, Quality Improvement, and Textile Processing

    Edited by Amarjit Basra ...
    Explore new and proven information about cotton fibers!Cotton Fibers is an important reference source for anyone who produces, markets, and researches cotton fibers. This unique book is written by internationally renowned researchers who have pooled their immense knowledge to create this outstanding volume that deals with development, quality improvement, and textile/technological aspects of ... Read more

    $115.99 USD

  • Heterosis and Hybrid Seed Production in Agronomic Crops

    Edited by Amarjit Basra ...
    Heterosis and Hybrid Seed Production in Agronomic Crops discusses how heterosis or “hybrid vigor” has played a major role in improving crop productivity and quality in order to feed the ever-increasing human population, particularly in developing countries. Plant breeders, agronomists, seed producers, and farmers will discover why the development of hybrids in the world's major food crops and why ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Hybrid Seed Production in Vegetables

    Rationale and Methods in Selected Crops

    by Amarjit S. Basra ...
    Produce hardy, high-yield vegetables with hybrid seeds!From the Preface, by Amarjit S. Basra: “The phenomenon of heterosis, also referred to as 'hybrid vigor,’underlies much of the improvement in crop yields achieved in the twentieth century. The exploitation of heterosis in crop production is of vital importance in facing the challenge of providing food and nutritional security for an ever ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Mechanisms of Environmental Stress Resistance in Plants

    by Amarjit S. Basra, Ranjit K. Basra ...
    Plant growth and productivity are limited in many areas of the world by a wide variety of environmental stresses. This book discusses progress made toward the major goal of uncovering the plant resistance mechanisms to biotic and abiotic stresses; the purpose being to utilise this knowledge in genetic modification of plants for achieving improved stress resistance. This volume achieves a new ... Read more

    $400.00 USD

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    Edited by G. D. Robson, Pieter van West, Geoffrey Gadd ...
    Series Book 26 - British Mycological Society Symposia
    The fungi are a highly diverse kingdom of eukaryotic microbes. Recent advances in molecular genetics, together with the release of whole genome sequences of an increasing number of fungi, are facilitating their exploitation and commercialisation. Fungi have the ability to secrete large quantities of proteins of commercial value, and their complex secondary metabolic pathways produce a diverse ... Read more

    $106.59 USD

  • Seed Development and Germination

    Edited by Jaime Kigel ...
    Series series Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment
    This text is intended for plant physiologists, molecular biologists, biochemists, biotechnologists, geneticists, horticulturalists, agromnomists and botanists, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines. It integrates advances in the diverse and rapidly-expanding field of seed science, from ecological and demographic aspects of seed production, dispersal and ... Read more

    $580.00 USD

  • Pollen Biology and Biotechnology

    by K R Shivanna ...
    The author offers an overview of pollen biology and biotechnology for students and researchers in areas such as reproductive biology, biotechnology, aeropalynology, plant breeding, horticulture, and forestry. Citing more than 1,500 references to pollen research, the text covers topics including advances in understanding pollen tube growth, the use of pollen for gene transfer, and advantages and ... Read more

    $94.99 USD

  • Biology of Plant Volatiles

    Edited by Eran Pichersky, Natalia Dudareva ...
    Plant volatiles—compounds emitted from plant organs to interact with the surrounding environment—play essential roles in attracting pollinators and defending against herbivores and pathogenes, plant-plant signaling, and abiotic stress responses. Biology of Plant Volatiles, with contributions from leading international groups of distinguished scientists in the field, explores the major aspects of ... Read more

    $73.99 USD