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Description / Table of Contents: Part I – User manual and architectural concepts. Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. How to use this book 6 -- Chapter 3. Architectural concepts and key to the models -- Part II. Identification keys -- Chapter 4. Key to the groups of families of trees and shrubs (groups 1 to 52) -- Chapter 5. Keys to families of trees and shrubs -- Chapter 6. Supplementary keys -- Chapter 7. Keys to the groups of families of lianas and woody epiphytic (groups 53 to 57) -- Chapter 8. Keys to families of lianas and woody epiphytes -- PART III. Description of the families -- Chapter 9. Acanthaceae to Asteraceae -- Chapter 10. Bignoniaceae to Buxaceae -- Chapter 11. Cactaceae to Cycadaceae -- Chapter 12. Dichapetalaceae to Dipterocarpaceae -- Chapter 13. Ebenaceae to Euphorbiaceae -- Chapter 14. Fagaceae -- Chapter 15. Gentianaceae to Goupiaceae -- Chapter 16. Hamamelidaceae to Humiriaceae -- Chapter 17. Icacinaceae s.l. to Irvingiaceae -- Chapter 18. Juglandaceae -- Chapter 19. Lamiaceae to Lythraceae -- Chapter 20. Magnoliaceae to Myrtaceae -- Chapter 21. Nyctaginaceae,- Chapter 22. Ochnaceae to Oxalidaceae -- Chapter 23. Pandaceae to Putranjivaceae -- Chapter 24. Rhabdodendraceae to Rutaceae -- Chapter 25. Sabiaceae to Symplocaceae -- Chapter 26. Tetramelaceae to Torricelliaceae -- Chapter 27. Ulmaceae s.l. to Urticaceae -- Chapter 28. Verbenaceae to Vochysiaceae -- Chapter 29. Zygophyllaceae s.l -- Chapter 30. Herbaceous versus arborescent habit in the families and orders of flowering plants - evolutionary trends.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- A Historic Review of the D3 Dopamine System from D3 Cloning to Clinical Trials in Schizophrenia and Drug Addiction -- Location, Location, Location: The Expression of D3 Dopamine Receptors in the Nervous System -- Recent Advances in Dopamine D3 Receptor Heterodimers: Focus on Dopamine D3 and D1 Receptor-Receptor Interaction and Striatal Function -- Involvement of DA D3 Receptor and Mitochondrial Functions in Structural Neuroplasticity of the Emotional Brain Circuits: Possible Role in Depression -- Dopamine D3 Receptor in Parkinson Disease: A Prognosis Biomarker and an Intervention Target -- Dopamine D3 Receptors: A Potential Target to Treat Motivational Deficits in Parkinson’s Disease -- Therapeutic Challenges of Cognitive Dysfunctions in Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Focus on the Dopamine D3 Receptor -- Dopamine D3 Receptor in Stimulant and Opiate Use Disorders -- The Role of D3 Dopamine-Receptors in Nicotine Dependence: A Synthesis of the Pre-Clinical and Clinical Literature -- The Dopamine D3 receptor in Food Addiction -- The Dopamine D3 Receptor Pharmacology and the Therapeutic Use of D3 Receptor Ligands in Schizophrenia -- D3 receptors and Restless Legs Syndrome -- D3 receptors and PET imaging.

Description / Table of Contents: Reference genome sequence of flax -- Repeat DNA sequences in flax genomes -- Pale flax (Linum bienne): an underexplored flax wild relative -- Flax breeding -- QTL mapping: strategy, progress and prospects in flax -- Genetics of abiotic stress in flax. QTL and candidate genes for flax disease resistance -- Key stages of flax bast fiber development through the prism of transcriptomics -- Metabolomics and transcriptomics-based tools for linseed improvement.

Description / Table of Contents: The Biology of the Citron -- Citron Genomics -- Citron Phytochemistry -- Selected Aspects of Commercial Production in Etrog Orchards -- Preserving Etrog Quality After Harvest: Doctrine and Practice -- Citron Arthropod Pests in the Mediterranean, Their Origin and Notes On Their Biology and Management -- Diseases of the Etrog Citron and Other Citrus Trees -- The Citron ( Citrus medica L.) in China -- The Citron in Italy and Its cultivation in Calabria -- The Citron in Corsica -- The Citron in the United States -- The Citron in Mediterranean Food and Beverages -- 'Fruit of the Goodly Trees’: The Talmudic Discourse on the Etrog Citron -- From Theophrastus to the Present: The Citron in Medicine -- The Etrog Citron in Art -- The Etrog Citron in Midrashic and Kabbalistic Literature -- From ‘An Etrog’ to ‘One's Etrog’: A Literary Analysis of S.Y. Agnon’s Story -- History of the Citron in Ancient Israel and the Near East -- The Etrog Citron Trail to the North: Genoa and Trieste -- The Corfu Etrog Citron Polemic -- The Grafted Etrog Citron Controversy -- Etrog Citrons of the Land of Israel in Modern Times.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction-.What is a DMC?-. Is a DMC required?-. Who is On the DMC?-. What are the Legal and Ethical Aspects of DMC?-. How does the DMC work with SDAC and Sponsor and External Groups ? -- What Does a DMC Meeting Look Like -- What data is used for DMC outputs and who programs? -- What is Included in DMC Outputs? -- What does the DMC final DMC outputs look like and how is it delivered? -- What Types of Safety Outputs Does the DMC Receive? -- What types of efficacy outputs does the DMC receive? -- What types of other outputs does the DMC receive? -- What About In-Between DMC Meetings -- What types of formal interim analyses does the DMC review? -- What does the paperwork from meetings look like? -- How does the DMC assess risk-benefit for their decision making? -- What are some examples? -- Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 The History of Cannabis -- Chapter 2 The Bioactive Components of Plants -- Chapter 3 Chemical Constituents of Cannabis -- Chapter 4 The Bioactive Components of Cannabis -- Chapter 5 Neurological Effects of Cannabis -- Chapter 6 Psychotropic Effects of Cannabis -- Chapter 7 The Analgesic effects of Cannabis -- Chapter 8 Cannabis and Perinatal Development -- Chapter 9 Cannabis and Multiple Sclerosis -- Chapter 10 Cannabis and Cancer -- Chapter 11 Cannabis and Parkinson’s disease -- Chapter 12 Cannabis and the Skin -- Chapter 13 Antiviral Activities of Cannabis -- Chapter 14 Alkaline Phosphatase Stimulation.

Description / Table of Contents: 1 Introduction -- Part I: Forest and woodland biomes -- 2 White sand ecosystems in the Amazon basin: geographic distribution, distinctive features, and ecology. An overview -- 3 The forests of the Rio Negro basin in the north-western Amazon: a phytosociological classification -- 4 Amazon caatinga complex: sclerophyllous vegetation on nutrient-poor white sand soils -- Part II: Meadow biomes -- 5 Mapping white-sand ecosystems by integrating Global PALSAR-2 and SENTINEL-1 with NDVI (LANDSAT data) -- 6 The study areas: landscapes and soils -- 7 Soil properties, formation, distribution, and classification -- 8 Origin and sources of sand: from highlands to lowlands -- 9 Sand dynamics and distribution: a geo-sedimentological approach -- 10 Features and trends of meadow landscape evolution -- 11 Meadow phytodiversity: flora, endemism, vegetation types, and geographic distribution patterns -- 12 Synthesis: white-sand and meadow-vegetation relationships.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. What do we know about mammal movement in African tropical forests? -- 2. Movements patterns and population dynamics of giant forest hog groups in Kibale National Park, Uganda -- 3. Forest elephant movements in Central Africa – megafauna need megaspaces -- 4. Elephant movements, abundance and use of water sources in Kibale National Park, Uganda -- 5. Movement ecology and evolutionary history of forest buffalo -- 6. Site fidelity and home range shifts in a leaf-eating primate -- 7. Primate movements across the nutritional landscapes of Africa -- 8. Conditions facilitating a “landscape of fear from disease” in African forest mammals -- 9. Do seasonally frugivory and cognition shape foraging movements in wild western gorillas? -- 10. Females Move in Tight Crowds, Males Roam: Society and Movement Ecology of Mandrills -- 11. Linking Movement Ecology to Conservation Biology.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Practical Aspects of NMR-Based Metabolomics -- Compound Identification in Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics -- METABOLOMICS USING NMR – Avoiding the ‘Black-Box’ -- Natural products drug discovery: on silica or in silico?- Quantitative NMR Methods in Metabolomics -- Advancements in pulsed stable isotope resolved metabolomics -- Metabolomics in Cell Biology -- NMR-based metabolomics to evaluate individual response to treatments -- Pharmacometabolomics of Asthma as a road map to Precision Medicine -- Prospective metabolomic studies in precision medicine -- Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy -- Metabolomics of Respiratory Diseases.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Biomes: Concepts, Characteristics and Terminology -- Profiles of Angola’s Biomes and Ecoregiens -- Landscapes: Geology, Hydrology and Geomorphology.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Part 1 Modulation -- Cav1.1Calcium Channel Signaling Complexes in Excitation–Contraction Coupling: Insights from Channelopathies -- Mechanisms of Vascular CaV1.2 Channel Regulation During Diabetic Hyperglycemia -- Sympathetic Nervous System Regulation of Cardiac Calcium Channels -- Modulation of CaV1.2 Channel Function by Interacting Proteins and Post-Translational Modifications: Implications in Cardiovascular Diseases and COVID-19 -- Part 2 Pharmacological Approaches -- Pathophysiological Roles of Auxiliary Calcium Channel α2δ Subunits -- Design and Applications of Genetically-Encoded Voltage-Dependent Calcium Channel Inhibitors -- Part 3 Disease insight from channelopathies: consequences for pharmacology and therapeutic strategies -- CACNA1C-Related Channelopathies -- CACNA1D-Related Channelopathies: From Hypertension to Autism -- CACNA1A-Related Channelopathies: Clinical Manifestations and Treatment Options -- CaV3.2 (CACNA1H) in Primary Aldosteronism,- CaV3.3 Channelopathies -- Pathophysiological Roles of Auxiliary Calcium Channel α2δ Subunits.

Description / Table of Contents: Gasotransmitters signaling in plants under abiotic stress: An overview -- Influence of gasotransmitters on the physiology of plants with respect to abiotic stress tolerance -- Gasotransmitters and omics for abiotic stress tolerance in plants -- Advancement in the biology of gasotransmitters: H2S, NO, and ethylene -- Hydrogen sulfide: An evolving gasotransmitter regulating salinity and drought stress response in plants -- Ethylene synthesis and redox homeostasis in plants: Recent advancement -- Nitric oxide and cellular redox homeostasis in plants -- The function of hydrogen sulfide in plant responses to salinity and drought: new insights -- Hydrogen peroxide and its role in abiotic stress tolerance in plants -- Interaction of ethylene and H2S in plant stress management.

Description / Table of Contents: Background of Mulberry: Origin and Distribution, Domestication, Taxonomy, Cytology and Biodiversity -- Cultivation, Utilization and Economic benefits of mulberry in an Indian Context -- Mulberry Breeding for higher leaf Productivity -- Mulberry genome analysis: Current status, challenges, and future perspective -- Relationship between genome size and ploidy level in mulberry -- Transcriptomics: Current status and future prospects for identifying trait specific genes in mulberry -- Proteomics in mulberry -- Current status and importance of DUS testing in Mulberry -- Molecular diagnostics of soil borne and foliar diseases of mulberry: Present trends and future perspectives -- Transgenic Mulberry (Morus spp.) for Stress Tolerance: Current Status, Challenges and Future Perspectives -- Application of mulberry and mulberry silkworm by products for medical use -- Application of green synthesized nanoparticles in sustainable mulberry production: current trends and future perspectives -- Future Perspectives of Mulberry Genomic Research.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Introduction to squirrels of the world and their conservation trends. Chapter 1: The World’s Squirrel Taxonomy -- Chapter 2: Evolution, habitat trends, and extinction rate estimates of the world squirrels -- Part 2: Squirrels of the world in the Anthropocene. Chapter 3: Habitat Trends and the Squirrel-Human Interface -- Chapter 4: A Meta-analysis based on Open Access Big Data Mining of Global Predicted Squirrel Distribution Models with Machine Learning for IUCN Conservation Status and Trend Policy Assessments -- Chapter 5: Squirrels in Cities -- Chapter : Squirrels in the Tropics -- Chapter 7: Squirrels on Islands -- Chapter 8: Tree squirrels in old-growth forests? -- Chapter 9: Can squirrels be used as indicators to identify and protect old-growth forest reserves? -- Chapter 10: Squirrel Economics -- Part 3: Problems and governance in the squirrel world. Chapter 11: Squirrel Hunting Regulations and Enforcement (Or Lack Thereof) -- Chapter 12: Where do the World’s Squirrel Hotspots and Coldspots of 230+ species go with Climate change 2100? -- Chapter 13: Squirrel’s marginalization and modern lack of conservation and poor sustainability outlook as a call to good action -- Part 4: First conclusions and the way forward. Chapter 14: A Conservation Management SWOT analysis for over 300 Squirrels of the World using 132 GIS layers confirming the PESTLE assessment -- Chapter 15: First Conclusions, Success stories, and Calls-to-action for the conservation of the world’s squirrels.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction to Rangeland Wildlife Ecology and Conservation -- Part I Rangeland Ecosystems and Processes -- 2. Rangelands of Western North America -- 3. A History of North American Rangelands -- 4. Western Rangeland Livestock Production Systems and Grazing Management -- 5. Manipulation of Rangeland Wildlife Habitats -- 6. Role and Management of Fire in Rangelands -- 7. Water is Life: Importance and Management of Riparian Areas for Rangeland Wildlife -- 8. Rangeland Biodiversity -- Part II Species Accounts -- 9. Prairie Grouse -- 10. Sage-Grouse -- 11. Quails -- 12. Rangeland Songbirds -- 13. Wetland Birds of Rangelands -- 14. Avian Predators in Rangelands -- 15. Burrowing Rodents -- 16. Mesocarnivores of Western Rangelands -- 17. Black-tailed and Mule Deer -- 18. White-tailed Deer -- 19. Pronghorn -- 20. Elk -- 21. Feral Equids -- 22. Mountain Ungulates -- 23. American Bison -- 24. Large Carnivores -- 25. Amphibians and Reptiles -- 26. Insects in Grassland Ecosystems -- Part III Social-Ecological Considerations -- 27. Wildlife, Rural Communities, and the Rangeland Livelihoods they Share: Opportunities in a Diverse Economies Approach -- 28. Living with Predators: A 20-year Case Study in the Blackfoot River Watershed of Montana -- 29. A Perspective on Rangeland and Wildlife Disciplines: Similarities Over Differences -- 30. Future of Rangeland Wildlife in North America.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction: Impact of Nanotechnology on Plant Cell Biology -- Part I Cellular Mechanisms -- 2. Effect of Nanomaterials on Water and Solutes Translocation in Plants -- 3. Response of Plant Photosynthesis to Nanomaterials -- 4. Impact of Nanomaterials on Chlorophyll Content in Plants -- 5. Interactions of Nanomaterials with Plant Pigments -- 6. Impact of Nanomaterials on Plant Secondary Metabolism -- 7. Toxic Effects of Nanomaterials on Plant Cellular Mechanisms -- Part II Cellular Macromolecules -- 8. Interaction of Nanoparticles with Plant Macromolecules: Carbohydrates and Lipids -- 9. Interaction of Nanomaterials with Plant Macromolecules: Nucleic Acid, Proteins and Hormones -- 10. Influence of Nanomaterials on Non-Enzymatic Antioxidant Defense Activities in Plants -- 11. 2D-Nanosheets Based Hybrid Nanomaterials Interaction with Plants -- Part III Agricultural Implications -- 12. Nanomaterial Impact on Plant Morphology, Physiology and Productivity -- 13. Role of Nanomaterials in Improving Crop Productivity -- 14. Role of Nanomaterials in Plant Cell and Tissue Culture -- 15. Role of Nanomaterials in Improving the Nutritional Value of Crops -- 16. Role of Nanomaterials in Improving Crop Tolerance to Abiotic Stress -- 17. Plant Mediation to Tolerate Cadmium Stress with Selenium and Nano-selenium -- 18. Synthesis and Applications of Cellulose Nanomaterials Derived from Agricultural Waste and Byproducts.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I - Money and its role in the economy -- 1. Introduction: the world is on a collision course -- 2. What is money? -- 3. Money is like the ‘blood’ of the economy -- Part II Money and the unsustainability in stricto sensu -- 4. The growth imperative inherent in our financial system -- 5. The effect of the money interest rate on money supply, demand and growth -- 6. Economic growth in the long run is unsustainable -- 7. Economic growth or unemployment -- Part III. Money and inequality -- 8. Our current monetary system produces income inequality -- 9. Moral-ethic aspects of interest-induced inequality -- Part IV Natural money as solution -- 10. Gesell’s solution -- 11. Gesell’s Solution to achieve the SDGs -- 12. How to implement Gesell’s solution in today’s world -- 13. Alternatives to Gesell’s solution -- 14. Experiences with Gesell’s solution -- Part V Outlook and final considerations -- 15. Towards a Development at Human Scale -- 16. Economic resilience in presence of externals shocks -- 17. Final considerations.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1 Pharmacological Basic Principles -- The impact of sex and gender in medicine and pharmacology -- Sex differences in pharmacokinetics -- Clinical pharmacological considerations in transgender medicine -- Sex and gender differences in the pharmacology of the overactive urinary bladder -- Part 2 Pathologies of the Brain -- Sex differences in the evaluation and treatment of stroke -- Sex differences in pain and its treatment -- Therapeutics For Substance-Using Women: The Need To Elucidate Sex-Specific Targets For Better-Tailored Treatments -- Intersection of sex and depression: pathogenesis, presentation and treatments -- Biological and clinical implications of sex-specific differences in Alzheimer’s disease -- Part 3 Diabetes, metabolic diseases & cardiovascular risk -- Gender Differences In Cardiovascular Health: Hormonal Effects on Cardiovscular Risk And Management. - Sex Differences in Glucose Homeostasis -- Sex-gender-based differences in metabolic diseases -- Hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis disorders impacting fertility in both sexes and the potential of kisspeptin-based therapies to treat them.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Taxonomy and Evolution of the tribe Triticeae Dumort -- 3. Genome structure of Triticeae species -- 4. B Chromosomes -- 5. Orphan genera of the subtribe Triticineae Simmonds -- 6. Secale L -- 7. Classification of the wheat group (the genera Amblyopyrum, Aegilops, and Triticum) -- 8. Amblyopyrum (Jaub. &Spach) Eig -- 9. Aegilops L -- 10. Triticum L. -- 11. Evolution of the diploid species of the sub-tribe Triticineae -- 12. Evolution of the allopolyploid species -- 13. Evolution of wheat under cultivation -- 14. Future prospects -- 15. References. .

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India: A bridge from Traditions to modern wellbeing -- 2. Holy basil (Ocimum sanctum L.) - an important indian medicinal and aromatic plant: its properties, utilization and genetic improvement -- 3. Ethnomedicinal Importance of Common Weeds of the Family Asteraceae in the Tribal Belt of Rajasthan, India -- 4. Cydonia oblonga Mill. - Wound healing properties -- 5. Artemisia annua L. - A comprehensive review on pharmacological properties -- 6. Mesua ferrea L - Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology -- 7. Linum usitatissimum L. - Rich store house of pharmacologically active metabolites -- 8. Gymnema sylvestre R.Br.: - Phytochemicals and Medicinal Properties -- 9. Medicinal and Aromatic plants of India used in the treatment of skin disorders -- 10. Traditional uses and properties of Indian medicinal plants in the treatment of Vitiligo -- 11. Indian MAPs with hepato-protectant potentials -- 12. Selected Medicinal Plants for Treatment of Mucormycosis, in India -- 13. Selected Indian Medicinal And Aromatic Plants For Prophylactic Therapy -- 14. Conservation Strategies Of Indian Medicinal Plants.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to MAPs in Turkey -- Ethnobotany in Turkey: Retrospect and Prospect -- Natural Dye Plants in Turkey -- Phytochemical and Biological Characteristics of Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) Species from Turkey.-The genus Salvia in Turkey: Morphology, Ecology, Phytogeograpy, Endemism and Threat Categories -- Threatened Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and Conservation Studies in Turkey -- Cultivation and Breeding of MAPs in Turkey -- Traditional Uses and Cultivation of St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum L.) in Türkiye -- Turkish Oregano (Origanum spp.) – Biodiversity, Cultivation, Traditional & Commercial Uses -- Traditional Medicinal and Aromatic Trees in Turkiye: Laurel (Laurus nobilis), Sumac (Rhuscoriaria), Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.) and Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) -- Turkish Soaproot (Radix gypsophylae) -- Traditional Farming of Apiaceae Species in Turkiye: Pimpinella anisum L., Foeniculum vulgare Mill., Cuminum cyminum L.) -- Traditional Uses of Turkish Asteraceae Species -- Anti-aging effect of Turkish medicinal plants on skin: Focus on recent studies.

Description / Table of Contents: 1- Basic concepts of ecology applied on the neotropic ecosystems -- 2 - Natural resources and sustainable development in Peru -- 3 - Classification of the Peruvian Ecosystems -- 4 - Peruvian ecosystems geography -- 5 - Biodiversity and endemism of the Andes -- 6 - Ecological communities, populations and metapopulations -- 7 - Succession and change of the ecosystems -- 8 - Biodiversity of the Amazonia Basin -- 9 - Peruvian protected natural areas -- 10 - The paramo ecosystems -- 11 - The Humboldt National Forest -- 12 - The Northwest Biosphere Reserve -- 13 - Urban ecosystems and development -- 14 - Climate changes -- 15 - Traditional land-use systems and agrobiodiversity in Peru -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter. 1. Introduction to Phytosequestration - Strategies for Mitigation of Aerial Carbon Dioxide and Aquatic Nutrient Pollution -- Chapter. 2. Global Climate: Chronological Perspective -- Chapter. 3. Sources and Monitoring Tools of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide -- Chapter. 4. Global Warming: Impacts of Temperature Escalation -- Chapter. 5. Carbon Capture and Storage -- Chapter. 6. Future Climate through the Window of Climate Models -- Chapter. 7. Societal Responses to Anthropogenic Climate Change -- Chapter. 8. Monitoring of Nutrient Pollution in Water -- Chapter. 9. Impacts of Nutrient Pollution -- Chapter. 10. Phytomediation of Nuisance Pollution.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Physiological Functions of Endo-lysosomal Cation Channels -- NAADP-Mediated Ca2+ Signalling -- NAADP-Dependent TPC Current -- NAADP-Evoked Ca2+ Signaling: The DUOX2–HN1L/JPT2–Ryanodine Receptor 1 Axis -- TPC Functions in the Immune System -- Lysosomal Ion Channels and Lysosome– 1 Organelle Interactions -- TRPML1 and TFEB, an Intimate Affair -- Lysosomal Potassium Channels -- Part II Structure and Composition of TPC and TRPML Channels -- Structure and Function of Plant and Mammalian TPC Channels -- A Structural Overview of TRPML1 and the TRPML Family -- Endo-Lysosomal Two-Pore Channels and Their Protein Partners -- Part III: Tools and Methods to Characterize Endolysosomal Cation Channels -- Electrophysiological Techniques on the Study of Endolysosomal Ion Channels -- The Plant Vacuole as Heterologous System to Characterize the Functional Properties of TPC Channels -- Expanding the Toolbox: Novel Modulators of Endolysosomal Cation Channels -- Characterization of Endo-Lysosomal Cation Channels Using Calcium Imaging.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Mycotoxins and Their Producers: Diversity, Side Effects and Control -- Chapter 2. Seed-Borne Mycoflora and Their Management -- Chapter 3. Rhizosphere Mycobiome: Roles, Diversity, and Dynamics -- Chapter 4. Phyllosphere Mycobiome: Diversity and Function -- Chapter 5. Plant Mycobiome in Sustainable Agriculture -- Chapter 6. Plant-Fungus Interactions in Rust Diseases -- Chapter 7. Rust Haustoria -- Chapter 8. Recent Advancement in Fungal Biocontrol Agents -- Chapter 9. New Perspectives on Fungal Siderophores -- Chapter 10. Biogenic Synthesis of Nanoparticles Mediated by Fungi -- Chapter 11. Plant Growth-Promoting Fungi for Growth Improvement and Resistance Induction -- Chapter 12. An Insight into Fungi in Forest Ecosystems -- Chapter 13. Recent Progress on Fungal Enzymes -- Chapter 14. Endophytic Fungi as Sources of Novel Natural Compounds -- Chapter 15. Symbiotic Relationships with Fungi: From Mutualism to Parasitism -- Chapter 15. Symbiotic Relationships with Fungi: From Mutualism to Parasitism -- Chapter 16. Roles and Benefits of Mycorrhiza -- Chapter 17. Mycorrhizal Networks: A Secret Interplant Communication System -- Chapter 18. Impacts of Climate Change on Plant Mycobiome. .

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Development, anatomy and histology of the mesentery -- The mesenteric intersitium -- Mesnteric organ lymphatics -- The mesentery as an immunological organ -- Bacterial translocation to the mesentery -- The microbiome of mesenteric lymh nodes -- Mesenteric Adenopathy and adenitis -- The effects of mesenteric inflammation on the intestine -- The mesentery as an ADME organ -- Targteing the mesentery using surgery -- Future directions.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Agro-biodiversity across the food chain -- 2. Emerging risks to plant health -- 3. Future-proofing Plants against Climate Change- A path to ensure Sustainable Food Systems -- 4. The role of Integrated Pest Management for sustainable food production: The soybean example -- 5. (Alternative approaches to pesticide use): Plant-derived pesticides -- 6. Antimicrobial use in animal food production -- 7. Impacts of environment-friendly unit operations on the functional properties of bee pollen -- 8. Microbiome applications for sustainable food systems -- 9. Healthier and sustainable food systems: integrating underutilized crops in a ‘Theory of Change Approach -- 10. Alternative proteins for food and feed.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1. Pharmacogenomics -- Building evidence in RCTs Implementation of pharmacogenomics in healthcare in the UK -- Part 2. Precision medicine in clinical entities -- Precision medicine in therapy of non-solid cancer -- Molecular Mechanisms of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Resistance in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia -- Precision medicine in Asthma -- Precision medicine in Diabetes -- Precision Medicine in Antidepressants Treatment -- Precision Medicine in Neuropathic Pain -- Part 3. Techniques in Precision Medicine -- Imaging techniques in pharmacological precision medicine -- Challenges to use NGS data to optimize drug therapy -- Part 4. Economics -- Pharmacoeconomics in precision medicine. .

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction. Randall W. Myster -- 2. Mountain gradients in the Neotropics, a bracken fern perspective. Jorge Luis Avila Nuñez, Maria Pia Calcagno-Pissarelli, Miguel E. Alonso-Amelot -- 3. Effects of agricultural expansion on lotic benthic macroinvertebrate communities: a review and case study from Brazil. Elaine C. Corrêa and Ryan M. Utz -- 4. Plant competition across topographic gradients in Neotropical Cerrado savannas: an isotopic approach. Davi R. Rossatto and Augusto C. Franco -- 5. Diversity of aquatic macroinvertebrates along altitudinal gradients in Colombian. Cesar E. Tamaris-Turizo, Gabriel A. Pinilla-A and Juan D. González-Trujillo -- 6. Intraspecific trait variability of emblematic grass and tree species from Venezuelan savannas across extended physical gradients. Zdravko Baruch -- 7. Latitudinal trends in scorpion assemblages of Brazilian Atlantic Forest: do the Rapoport’s and Bergmann’s rules apply? André F.A. Lira, Alessandra R.S. Andrade and Stênio I.A. Foerster -- 8. Species diversity of three faunal communities along a successional cloud forest gradient. Juan Manuel Díaz-García, Fabiola López-Barrera, Eduardo Pineda, Jorge Valenzuela-González and Adriana Sandoval-Comte -- -- 9. Ecohydrological gradient in Neotropical montane ecosystems: From tropical montane forests to glacier. Conrado Tobón, Erick Castro, and Jorge Luís Ceballos -- 10. Communities of small terrestrial arthropods change rapidly along a Costa Rican elevation gradient. M. Alex Smith, Connor Warne, Kate Pare, Sarah Dolson, Elyssa Loewen, Kelsey Jones, Megan McPhee, Lauren Stitt, Lauren Janke, Rebecca M. Smith, Heather Coatsworth, Alexandre M. M. C. Loureiro, Angel Solis, Carlos F. Viquez, Josephine Rodriguez, Jose Fernandez-Triana, Michael J. Sharkey, James Whitfield, Alejandro Masís, María Marta Chavarría, Roger Blanco, Felipe Chavarria, Eugenie Phillips-Rodríguez, Roberto Fernández, Dunia Garcia, Guillermo Pereira, Harry Ramirez, Manuel Pereira, Winnie Hallwachs and Daniel H. Janzen -- 11 Neotropical gradients of insect groups in Brazilian mountains. Lucas Neves Perillo, Frederico de Siqueira Neves, Flávio Siqueira de Castro and Ricardo Ribeiro de Castro Solar -- 12. Altitudinal Pattern of Soil Organic Carbon and Nutrients in a Tropical Forest in Puerto Rico. Dingfang Chen, Mei Yu, Grizelle González, Qiong Gao -- 13. Elevational and latitudinal species richness patterns of dung beetles in North and South America and the role played by historical factors. Jorge M. Lobo and José Gutiérrez -- 14. Diversity patterns of vascular plant groups along gradients of elevation and disturbance in Mexico. Jorge A. Gómez-Díaz, Alma P. Bautista-Bello, César I. Carvajal-Hernández, Valeria Guzmán-Jacob, María Leticia Monge-González and Thorsten Krömer -- 15 Gradients and the Structure of Neotropical Metacommunities: Effects of Disturbance -- Elevation, Landscape Structure, and Biogeography. Steven J. Presley, Michael R. Willig -- 16. Socioecological gradients: contesting traditional ecoclines to explain the high biocultural diversity of the Andean verdant. Fausto Sarmiento, Andreas Haller, Domenico Branca, Christiam Aguirre, Vladimir Kremsa, Carla Marchant, Masahito Yoshida -- 17. Conclusions, synthesis and future directions. Randall W. Myster.

Description / Table of Contents: Plant Evolution and Systematics 1982–2022: Changing Questions and Methods as Seen by a Participant -- Plants in Space: Novel Physiological Challenges and Adaptation Mechanisms -- Terrestrialization: The Conquest of Dry Land by Plants -- Legacies of Human Land Use Impacts in Central European Forests -- Global Forest Biodiversity: Current State, Trends, and Threats -- An Overview on Dendrochronology and Quantitative Wood Anatomy Studies of Conifers in Southern Siberia (Russia) -- Holobionts in the Plant Kingdom -- Evolution of Holobiont-Like Systems: From Individual to Composed Ecological and Global Units -- Plant Proteolysis in Development: Insights and Functions -- Experimental Evidence for Fruit Memory and Its Applications to Post-harvest Physiology and Technology: An Overview -- Movement of Aquatic Oxygenic Photosynthetic Organisms -- An Overview of the Ability to Capture Nutritional and Water resources through the Leaves and Roots of Epiphytic Bromeliads -- Phi Thickenings: Their History, Current Status and Role(s) in Mechanically Strengthening the Plant Root.

Description / Table of Contents: Origin of watermelon -- Whole genome sequencing of watermelon and other relevant genomic resources -- Watermelon Genetic Resources and Diversity -- Watermelon genomic resources for disease resistance -- - The NLR family of disease resistance genes in cultivated watermelon and other cucurbits: opportunities and challenges -- Mapping of economic and quality related loci in watermelon -- Genetics and genomics of fruit and quality traits of watermelon -- Genetics and genomics of host resistance and develop disease tolerant cultivars of watermelon -- Molecular and Metabolic Regulation of Nutraceuticals in Watermelon -- Challenges of Traditional breeding in watermelon.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Quality by Design (QbD) -- Chapter 1. Pharmaceutical Quality by Design (QbD) overview and major elements -- Chapter 2. Fundamentals of design of experiments and optimization: designs for factor screening and data analysis in pre-response surface methodology -- Chapter 3. Fundamentals of design of experiments and optimization: experimental designs in response surface methodology -- Chapter 4. Fundamentals of design of experiments and optimization: data modeling in response surface methodology -- Chapter 5. Quality by Design in pharmaceutical product and process development -- Chapter 6. A Quality by Design update on nano-drug delivery systems -- Chapter 7. Control strategies of solid dosage forms by PAT tools -- Part 2: Analytical Quality by Design (AQbD) -- Chapter 8. Analytical Quality by Design Fundamentals, Compendial and Regulatory Perspectives -- Chapter 9. Analytical Target Profile (ATP) and Method Operable Design Region (MODR) -- Chapter 10: Quality by Design applications to development of analytical methods for quality control of pharmaceuticals -- Chapter 11. Design of Experiments Applied to the Extraction of Active Compounds. .

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- I. Melatonin as an antioxidant -- Chapter 1. Melatonin and the metabolism of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in higher plants -- II. Melatonin, biosynthesis, plant growth, development and reproduction -- Chapter 2. Melatonin in Plants: Biosynthesis, Occurrence and Role in plants -- Chapter 3. Abiotic stress-induced modulation of melatonin biosynthesis accompanying phytohormonal crosstalk in plants -- Chapter 4. Role of melatonin in embryo, seed development and germination -- Chapter 5. Melatonin metabolism in seeds: physiological and nutritive aspects -- Chapter 6. Melatonin in plant growth and signaling -- Chapter 7. Functions and prospects of melatonin during pre-fertilization reproductive stages in plants -- Chapter 8. Melatonin and fruit ripening physiology: crosstalk with ethylene, nitric oxide, hydrogen peroxide and hydrogen sulfide -- Chapter 9. Melatonin and postharvest biology of fruits and vegetables: augmenting the endogenous molecule by exogenous application -- Chapter 10. Melatonin language in postharvest life of horticultural crops -- III. Melatonin and its signaling in biotic and abiotic stress -- Chapter 11. Melatonin-mediated regulation of biotic stress responses in plants -- Chapter 12. Emerging roles of melatonin in mitigating pathogen stress -- Chapter 13. Eco-physiological and morphological adaptive mechanisms induced by melatonin and hydrogen sulfide under abiotic stresses in plants -- Chapter 14. Melatonin in plants under UV stress conditions -- Chapter 15. Molecular physiology of melatonin induced temperature stress tolerance in plants -- Chapter 16. Melatonin-mediated salt tolerance in plants -- Chapter 17. Role of phytomelatonin in promoting ion homeostasis during salt stress -- Chapter 18. Positive regulatory role of melatonin in conferring drought resistance to plants -- Chapter 19. Potential, mechanism and molecular insight of melatonin in phytoremediation.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 01: The Role of Gas Transmitters in Plant Hormonal Responses to Abiotic Stress -- Chapter 02: Understanding the involvement of gasotransmitters in the regulation of cellular signalling and adaptive responses against UV-B mediated oxidative stress in plants -- Chapter 03 Signaling Pathways of Gasotransmitters in Heavy Metal Stress Mitigation -- Chapter 04: Volatile signaling molecules in plants and their interplay with the redox balance under challenging environments: new insights -- Chapter 05: Alleviation of Plant Stress by Molecular Hydrogen -- Chapter 06: Understanding the role of nitric oxide and its interactive effects with phytohormones in mitigation of salinity stress -- Chapter 07 Nitric oxide – a small molecule with big impacts on plants under heavy metal stress -- Chapter 08: Nitric oxide: a key modulator of postharvest fruit and egetable physiology -- Chapter 09: Interaction of hydrogen sulfide with other phytohormones during physiological and stress conditions -- Chapter 10: Gasotransmitter hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and its role in plant development and defense responses -- Chapter 11 Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) signaling in plants responding to abiotic stresses -- Chapter 12 Hydrogen sulfide metabolism and its role in regulating salt and drought stress in plants -- Chapter 13 Functional Roles of Hydrogen Sulphide in Postharvest Physiology of Fruit and Vegetables -- Chapter 14: Carbon compounds as gasotransmitters in plants under challenging environment -- Chapter 15: Carbon monoxide (CO) and its association with other gasotransmitters in root development, growth and signaling.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter Two. Theories and Models -- Chapter 3. The Structure of Macroecological Data -- Chapter 4. Structure and Dynamics of Geographic Ranges -- Chapter 5. The Macroecological Understanding of Ecological Niches -- Chapter 6. Richness and Diversity Patterns -- Chapter 7. Macroecological Assemblages -- Chapter 8. Patterns in Body Size -- Chapter 9. From Theoretical to Applied Macroecology -- Chapter 10. Concluding Remarks. .

Description / Table of Contents: How the three organ-produced signals: auxin, cytokinin and gibberellin, induce and regulate wood formation and adaptation -- Role of plant growth regulators in the plant-environment interaction and epigenetic regulation of auxin -- The role of auxin and cytokinin signaling components in de novo shoot organogenesis -- Mechanism of crosstalk between cytokinin and gibberellin -- In vitro responses of some Mediterranean fruit crops to auxin, cytokinin and gibberellin treatments -- Integrative approach of the root architecture by interaction between auxin and nutrients -- Insights into Biosynthesis and Signaling of Cytokinins during Plant Growth, Development and Stress Tolerance -- Cytokinin signaling in plants under salt stress -- Auxin and Cytokinin Signaling in Plant Stress Response -- Gibberellins' cross talk and signal transduction in plant stress response -- Crosstalk between Salicylic acid and Auxins, Cytokinins and Gibberellins under biotic stress -- Understanding the crosstalk between chromatin remodeling mechanism and phytohormones signaling for maintenance of plant developmental plasticity: an insight -- Phytohormone-mediated regulation of sprouting in tuber and storage root crops -- Role of phytohormones in plant-microbial interaction -- Iron toxicity tolerance in rice: roles of auxins and gibberellins -- New auxin and cytokinin related compounds based on synthetic low molecular weight heterocycles.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter. 1. Molecular Farming in Plants: Introduction and Applications -- Chapter. 2. Tools and Techniques Used in Plant Molecular Farming -- Chapter. 3. Production of plant natural products in heterologous microbial species -- Chapter. 4. Sustainable Manufacturing of Vaccines, Antibodies, and other Pharmaceuticals -- Chapter. 5. Limitations, Biosafety, ethics, regulatory issues in molecular farming in plants -- Chapter. 6. Conclusion and Perspectives.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. History of medicinal plants research in India -- Chapter 2. Importance of medicinal and aromatic plants in our day-to-day life -- Chapter 3. Major diseases of important medicinal and aromatic plants An Indian subcontinent perspective -- Chapter 4. Introduction to MAPs in India : Distribution , diversity and conservation and uses -- Chapter 5. Diversity of MAPs in India and its potential -- Chapter 6. Ethnomedicinal , phytochemistry and pharmacological properties of Arnebia species -- Chapter 7. Diversity of medicinal and aromatic plants with special reference to endemic plants of India -- Chapter 8. Distribution, chemical composition and ethnomedicinal appraisal of endangered medicinal plants of Kashmir Himalaya , India -- Chapter 9. Chemical diversity and ethnobotanical survey of Indian MAP species -- Chapter 10. Traditional uses of medicinal and aromatic plants among Indian tribes -- Chapter 11. Opportunities and challenges in ethnobotanical survey of Indian medicinal and aromatic plants -- Chapter 12. Breeding of MAPs in India : Achievements and prospects -- Chapter 13. Conservation of wild MAPs : Constraints achievements and prospects -- Chapter 14. Quality assurance and quality control of MAPs in India -- Chapter 15. Chromatographic analysis of medicinal plants for quality control -- Chapter 16. Expanding horizones : Role of biotechnology in MAP research, production and utilization -- Chapter 17. Role of biotechnology in MAP research, production and utilization -- Chapter 18. Integrated transcriptomics and proteomics approaches to study secondary metabolic pathways in medicinal plants: Recend trends -- Chapter 19. Demand and use of medicinal plants of India -- Chapter 20. Major diseases of medicinal and aromatic plants : An overview of constraints in production and management strategies -- Chapter 21. Role of medicinal and aromatic plants in the cosmetic industry -- Chapter 22. Harbouring the potential of medicinal and aromatic plants of India: A biotechnological approach -- Chapter 23. Quality assurance of cultivated and aromatic plants : Good agricultural and collection practices (GAP and GCP) -- Chapter 24. Breeding and Germplasm preservation of medicinal and aromatic plants of India.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Brassica juncea: A Crop for Food and Health -- Chapter 2. Botanical Descriptions of Brassica juncea: Taxonomy, Cytology, Cytogenetics and Phylogenetic Relationships -- Chapter 3. Chemical Composition of Oil and Cake of Brassica juncea: Implications on Human and Animal Health -- Chapter 4. Genepools of Brassica -- Chapter 5. Genetic Diversity Characterization and Population Structure in Brassica juncea -- Chapter 6. Classical Genetics and Traditional Breeding in Brassica juncea -- Chapter 7. Heteroploidy in Brassica juncea: Basics and Applications -- Chapter 8. Introgression Breeding in Brassica juncea -- Chapter 9. In vitro Culture for Micropropagation, Somatic Embryogenesis, Somatic Mutation, and Somatic Hybridization in Brassica juncea -- Chapter 10. Genetic Modification of Brassica juncea: Current Scenario and Future Prospects -- Chapter 11. Molecular Linkage Mapping in Brassica juncea: Founding the basis for Marker Assisted Selection -- Chapter 12. Brassica juncea Genome Sequencing: Structural and Functional Insights -- Chapter 13. Brassica juncea Genome Assemblies – Characteristics and Utilization -- Chapter 14. Resequencing in Brassica juncea for Elucidation of Origin and Diversity -- Chapter 15. Large Scale Genome Analysis: Genome Sequences, Chromosomal Reorganization, and Repetitive DNA in Brassica juncea and Relatives -- Chapter 16. Brassica juncea L. : Chloroplast Genome -- Chapter 17. Transcriptomics Research and Resources in Brassica spp -- Chapter 18. Metabolomics of Brassica juncea -- Chapter 19. Proteomics Approach to Uncoverkey Signaling Pathways in Brassica juncea in Abiotic and Biotic stress -- Chapter 20. Genomics Approaches to Understand the Evolution of Brassica juncea -- Chapter 21. Regulatory Genes in Development and Adaptation, and Their Utilization in Trait Improvementin Brassica juncea: Challenges and Opportunities -- Chapter 22. Advanced Molecular Breeding for Yield -- Chapter 23. Advanced Breeding for Oil and Oil Cake Quality in Brassica juncea -- Chapter 24. Advances in Breeding Strategies for Improving Stress Tolerance in Brassicas -- Chapter 25. Genome Editing in Polyploid Brassica Crops.

Description / Table of Contents: Adverse effects of herbal medicines -- Interactions between herbal and conventional medicines -- Molecular basis of herbal adverse drug reactions (ADRs) -- Detecting and assessing signals of herbal safety concerns -- Spontaneous reporting of suspected herbal ADRs: national and global perspectives -- Herbal-sector: initiated schemes for reporting herbal ADRs -- Industry and regulatory perspectives on herbal ADRs and ADR reporting -- Applying pharmacoepidemiological methods to investigating safety of herbal medicines -- Impact of traditional herbal medicinal products directive on pharmacovigilance of herbal medicines -- Communication of herbal safety concerns -- Risk management strategies for herbal medicines -- Pharmacogenomics and herbal medicines -- Nomenclature and quality of herbal medicines. .

Description / Table of Contents: PART I. Polypharmacology as a New Branch of Pharmacology: Concept and Principles -- Basics of Polypharmacology -- Polypharmacology in Clinical Applications: Multitarget Multidrug-combination (MTMD-C) -- Polypharmacology in Clinical Applications: Multitarget Multidrug-single-formulation (MTMD-SF) -- Polypharmacology in Clinical Applications: Multitarget Single-drug (MTSD) -- Polypharmacology in Drug Discovery: Designed Epigenetic MTSD and Small-molecule MTSD -- Anti-cancer Polypharmacology -- Cardiovascular Polypharmacology -- Neuronal Polypharmacology -- Pulmonary Polypharmacology -- Polypharmacology of Metabolic Disease -- Polypharmacology of Infectious Disease -- Polypharmacology of Inflammation -- Anti-psychotics Polypharmacology -- Anti-aging Polypharmacology -- Polypharmacology in Drug Repurposing -- Polypharmacology and Unintended Drug Promiscuity -- Polypharmacology Pharmacokinetics -- The Future of Polypharmacology -- PART II. Polypharmacology in New Drug Development: Strategies and Protocols -- Designed MTSD Discovery Process -- Designed MTSD Discovery Strategies -- Designed MTSD Discovery Technologies -- Designed MTSD Discovery Databases -- Designed MTSD Target Deconvolution.-Designed MTSD Target Validation -- Designed MTSD Lead Identification and Optimization -- Designed MTSD Discovery Protocols -- Natural Products in MTSD Discovery -- Polypharmacology Procedures for Drug Repurposing -- Polypharmacology Procedures for Drug Promiscuity Discovery.

Description / Table of Contents: Genomic Designing For Abiotic Stress Tolerant Soybean -- Designing the Rapeseed Genome for Abiotic Stress Tolerance -- Sunflower and Abiotic Stress: Genetics and Breeding for Resistance in the Post-Omics Era -- Integration of Genomics Approaches in Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.): An overview -- Drought Tolerance in Rape and Mustard: Conventional and Molecular Approaches -- Genomic Designing For Sesame Resistance To Abiotic Stresses -- Abiotic Stresses in Castor Plant -- Designing Genomic Solutions to Enhance Abiotic Stress Resistance in Flax.

Description / Table of Contents: 1 General Introduction -- 2 Peace Ecology in the Anthropocene for Africa -- 3 Civil Society, Climate Change, Security Risks Management and Peacebuilding in the Anthropocene -- 4 Faith-based Organisations and Environmental Peace: Impact of Laudato Si’ and Its Relevance in the Anthropocene -- 5 Healing Nature and Creation in the Anthropocene: A Reflection on the Role of Religion -- 6 Empowering Women to Build Peace: A Case Study of Grace to Heal Trust in Lupane District -- 7 Peacebuilding through Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Lessons from Civil Society Organisations in Zimbabwe -- 8 Civil Society and Peacebuilding in the Kivu Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo -- 9 Zimbabwe’s National Peace and Reconciliation Commission and Civil Society: Partners in Peacebuilding? -- 10 Civil Society and Peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Opportunities, Challenges and Recommendations -- 11 Promoting Democratisation in DR Congo: The Case Study of Act for Transparent and Peaceful Elections -- 12 Civil Society Organisations and School Peace Clubs in South Africa: An Outcome Evaluation -- 13 The Challenges and Opportunities for Civil Society in Peacebuilding: Lessons from the Matabeleland Collective, Zimbabwe -- 14 The Role of Civil Society Participation in Social Cohesion Processes in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.-15 Building the Capacity of Civil Society Organisations in Nonviolent Campaigning: A Case Study from South Sudan -- 16 How Informal Peace Committees Complement Macro-infrastructures for Peace in Zimbabwe -- 17 Protecting and Nurturing Children Born from Rape in South Kivu Communities: A Challenge for Civil Society -- 18 Indigenous Peacebuilding Approaches and the Accountability of Former Child Soldiers: African Case Studies -- 19 Navigating Channels for Civil Society Participation in Conflict Prevention and Peace-Making in the African Peace & Security Architecture -- 20 Centre-periphery Relations Between Civil Society Organisations and External Funding Partners: A Case Study of South Kivu’s Peace and Development Agenda. .

Description / Table of Contents: Part I Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology of Macrophages -- Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology of Macrophages from Drug Delivery Perspective -- Introduction to Pharmacology of Macrophages from Drug Delivery Perspective -- Mechanisms and Ways of Macrophage Delivery -- Macrophage Associated Disorders: Pathophysiology, Treatment Challenges and Possible Solutions -- Understanding Macrophage Associated Diseases and Applications of Nano Drug Delivery Systems -- Part II Polymeric Nanoparticles for Macrophage Targeting -- Targeting of Macrophages: Basic and therapeutic Role of Polymeric Nanoparticles -- Polymeric Nanoparticles Based Drug and Gene Delivery to Macrophages -- Surface Modification of Nanoparticles for Macrophage Targeting -- Part III Lipid Nanoparticles for Macrophage Targeting -- Liposomes as Delivery System for Macrophage Targeting -- Solid Lipid Nanoparticles Based Drug and Gene Delivery to Macrophages -- In vivo Fate of Colloidal Carriers Undergoing Macrophage Targeting -- Nanoparticle-based Theranostics for Macrophage-associated Diseases -- Part IV Targeting Macrophages for Treatment of Various Diseases -- Tumor Associated Macrophages as Therapeutic Target for Drug/immune Therapy of Cancer -- Macrophage Targeting for Therapy of Autoimmune Diseases -- Macrophage Targeting for Therapy of Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) -- Macrophage targeting for therapy of intracellular infections -- Targeting Drugs and Nucleic Acids to Macrophages for Therapy of Inflammatory Diseases -- Macrophage Targeted Chemotherapy for Tuberculosis and other Respiratory Disease. -- Part V Specific Formulations and Clinical Trials on Macrophage Targeted Delivery -- Nano- and Microparticles Based Dry Powder Inhalers for Pulmonary Macrophage Drug Delivery -- Recent Trends in Clinical Studies on Macrophage Targeted Delivery -- Future Directions and Challenges in Macrophage Targeting. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chap 1: Disturbance ecology: a guideline -- Chap 2: Definitions and quantifications -- Chap 3: Concepts -- Chap 4: Abiotic disturbances -- Chap 5: Biotic disturbances -- Chap 6: Anthropogenic disturbances -- Chap 7: Disturbances in global change -- Chap 8: Disturbances and management.

Description / Table of Contents: Flowering phenology in a restinga community: seven years of study -- Dioecy: the dimorphic sexual system and pollination in restinga vegetation -- Male and female sterility in flowering plants -- Broad-scale variation of phytoplankton richness in Brazilian inland waters -- The Importance of Palynology to Taxonomy -- Ecological Palynology -- Scientific Exploration Commission (1859-1861): Freire Allemão and the invisible network of collaborators -- The former Imperial Plant Nursery of Quinta da Boa Vista -- Medicinal plants used in Quilombola communities in Piranga, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil -- From mulungu to mamulengo”: The sharing of knowledge among teachers, academic researchers and mamulengueiros (traditional puppeteers) in a participatory workshop -- Biocultural heritage through museological narrative as a way of return on research in historical ethnobotany -- Conclusion of the reflections on Aspects of Brazilian Floristic Diversity: From Botany to Traditional Communities.

Description / Table of Contents: Tomato -- Potato -- Capsicums -- Eggplant -- Vegetable Brassica -- Cucurbits -- Allums -- Amaranth.

Description / Table of Contents: Genomics of Abiotic Stress Resistance in Malus domestica -- Genomic Designing for Abiotic Stress Resistant Banana -- Genetic Improvement of Citrus Limon (L. Burm f.) for Resistance to Mal Secco Disease -- Genomic Designing for Abiotic Stress Resistant Grapevine -- Wild and Related Species as a Breeding Source for Abiotic Stress Resistance of Peach Cultivars and Rootstocks -- Genomic Designing of new Almond-Peach Rootstock-variety Combinations Resistance to Plum pox virus -- Genomic Designing of New Plum Pox Virus Resistant Plumcot -- Integrated Genomic Designing and Insights for Disease Resistance and Crop Protection against Pathogens in Cherry -- Development of Abiotic Stress Tolerant Berries.

Description / Table of Contents: Therapeutic and toxic concentration of drugs in biological matrices -- Analytical techniques for therapeutic drug monitoring and clinical toxicology -- Plasma therapeutic drug monitoring and clinical toxicology -- Dried blood spots in therapeutic drug monitoring and toxicology -- The role of artificial intelligence in therapeutic drug monitoring and clinical toxicity -- Therapeutic drug monitoring and optimal pharmacotherapy with medicines of narrow therapeutic index -- Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) and toxicological studies in alternative biological matrices -- Analyzing data from therapeutic drug monitoring, pharmacokinetics, and clinical toxicology studies -- Reducing toxicity in critically ill patients by using therapeutic drug monitoring -- Quality assurance of samples for therapeutic drug monitoring and clinical toxicology -- Therapeutic drug monitoring and toxicology of anticancer drugs -- Therapeutic drug monitoring and toxicology of immunosuppressant -- Therapeutic drug monitoring and toxicology: relevance of measuring metabolites -- Recent advances in nanosensors for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) -- Organ toxicity by immunosuppressive drugs in solid organ transplantation -- Artificial intelligence-based techniques to assess drug toxicity in drug induced liver injury (DILI) disease -- Drug dose and therapy individualization -- Models for drug individualization: patient to population level -- Toxicity evaluation of nanomedicine -- Biochemical indices of drug toxicity -- Therapeutic drug monitoring and clinical toxicology: challenges and future directions.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The Broomcorn Millet Genome -- Chapter 2. Buckwheat Genome and Genomics -- Chapter 3. Tef [Eragrostistis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] -- Chapter 4. The Apricot Genome -- Chapter 5. Chinese Jujube: Crop Background and Genome Sequencing -- Chapter 6. The Longan (Dimocarpus longan) Genome -- Chapter 7. The Mangosteen Genome -- Chapter 8. The Passion Fruit Genome -- Chapter 9. The Soursop Genome (Annona muricata L., Annonaceae) -- Chapter 10. Underutilised Fruit Tree Genomes from Indonesia -- Chapter 11. The Bambara Groundnut Genome: From the Crop to the Genome -- Chapter 12. Grasspea -- Chapter 13. The Lablab Genome -- Chapter 14. The Perennial Horse Gram (Macrotyloma axillare) Genome, Phylogeny, and Selection Across the Fabaceae -- Chapter 15. Breeding and Genomics of Pigeonpea in the Post-NGS Era -- Chapter 16. Rice Bean -- Chapter 17. The Winged Bean Genome: One Species Supermarket -- Chapter 18. Castor Bean: Recent Progress in Understanding the Genome of this Underutilized Crop -- Chapter 19. Genome Resources for Ensete Ventricosum (enset) and Related Species -- Chapter 20. Yam Genomics -- Chapter 21. The African Eggplant -- Chapter 22. Sequencing of the Bottle Gourd Genomes Enhances Understanding of the Ancient Orphan Crop -- Chapter 23. Advances and Prospects in Genomic and Functional Studies of the Aquatic Crop, Sacred Lotus -- Chapter 24. Utilising Public Resources for Fundamental Work in Underutilised and Orphan Crops.

Description / Table of Contents: Biosystematics and Botanical Descriptions of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae Sp.) in India -- Genetic Diversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Seabuckthorn -- Current Status of Chromosome-based Gender Determination in Seabuckthorn -- Analytical Techniques for the Biochemical Profiling in Seabuckthorn -- Effect of Processing and Storage on Seabuckthorn Products -- Metabolomic Diversity of Seabuckthorn Collections from Different Geographical Regions -- Deciphering the Proteomes and Nanotechnological Potential of an Unexplored Plant Seabuckthorn -- Biotechnological Approaches for Seabuckthorn Improvement -- Repertoire of Molecular Markers and their Applications in Seabuckthorn -- Barcoding-based Identification of Hippophae species -- Transcriptome Sequencing and Analysis of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae Sp.) -- Mining of Microsatellites and Transcription Factors in Seabuckthorn (Hippophae Sp.) Transcriptomes -- Frankia – The Endo-micro-symbiont of Hippophae Sp -- Medicinal and Nutraceutical Properties of Seabuckthorn -- Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of the Anti-oxidative Activity of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) -- Knowing More About Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides)- A Promising Source of Safe and Effective Medical Radiation Countermeasure -- Methods in Seabuckthorn Breeding -- Global Distribution of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae Sp.) Resources and their Utilization .

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Grape Species -- Grape Rootstocks Breeding -- Grape Scion And Rootstock -- Biotic Stresses And Rootstock Selection -- Abiotic Stresses And Rootstock Selection -- Rootstocks And Vineyard Design Considerations -- Function Of Grape Rootstock -- Choosing Grape Rootstock -- Nursery Stock Certification And Testing Programs -- Commercial Grape Rootstocks Selections. .

Description / Table of Contents: Intracellular TLRs (TLR3, TLR7, and TRL9) in host defense or TLRs in mast cells -- Toll-like receptors as drug targets in the intestinal epithelium -- Innate immune memory-priming, tolerance and exhaustion-in health and disease -- TLRs in brain immunity -- TLRs in cerebrovascular diseases -- TLRs in stem cells or progenitor cells -- TLRs in adaptive immunity -- Overview on TLRs in immunity -- TLR10 and its role in immunity.

Description / Table of Contents: Review of the Pathophysiology of the Alloimmune response -- A Comprehensive Review of Calcineurin Inhibitors Used for Immunosuppression in Cardiac Transplantation -- Anti-proliferative Agents -- Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) Inhibitors -- Corticosteroids -- Induction therapy and antibodies -- Immunosuppression and Heart Transplantation -- Immunosuppression and Lung Transplantation -- Immunosuppression and renal transplant recipients -- Immunosuppression in Rheumatologic and Auto-immune Disease -- Immunosuppression in Bone Marrow Transplantation -- Immunosuppression in Multiple Sclerosis and Other Neurologic Disorders -- Novel immunosuppressive agents for the treatment of organ transplants -- Adverse Effects of Immunosuppression: Infections -- Malignancy: An Adverse Effect of Immunosuppression -- Adverse Effects of Immunosuppression:Nephrotoxicity, Hypertension and Metabolic Disease.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I Obesity. Epidemiology of Obesity -- The Circadian Clock and Obesity -- Nutrition and Microbiome -- From Obesity to Diabetes: The Role of the Adipose Organ -- Targeting Epicardial Fat in Obesity and Diabetes Pharmacotherapy -- The Enteroendocrine System in Obesity -- Insights from Studies of White Adipose Tissue Using Single-Cell Approaches -- Obesity-Related Insulin Resistance: The Central Role of Adipose Tissue Dysfunction -- Obesity, Senescence, and Senolytics -- Obesity and Obstructive Sleep Apnea -- Part II Diabetes and Complications. Inter-Organ Crosstalk in the Development of Obesity-Associated Insulin Resistance -- Islet Inflammation and β Cell Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes -- NAFLD and NASH: The Metabolically Diseased Liver -- Diabetic Kidney Disease: From Pathogenesis to Novel Treatment Possibilities -- Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy -- Part III Lifestyle Modifications and Future Treatments. Weight Loss Strategies -- Physical Activity, Obesity and Weight Loss Maintenance -- Bariatric/Metabolic Surgery -- Drugs for Treating Obesity -- Novel Drugs for Diabetes Therapy -- Novel Approaches to Restore Pancreatic Beta-Cell Mass and Function -- Precision Medicine and Obesity -- Targeting the Enteroendocrine System for Treatment of Obesity.

Description / Table of Contents: From the contents. Preface.-Part I: Molecular aspects of KOR -- Part II: Preclinical research on pharmacology of KOR agonists and antagonists in animals -- Part III: KOR agonists and antagonists in clinical use and in past and present clinical trials.

Description / Table of Contents: Designing Commonbean (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.)For Abiotic Stress Tolerance -- A Scintillating Journey Of Genomics In Simplifying Complex Traits And Development Of Abiotic Stress Resilient Chickpeas -- Genomic Designing for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Pea (Pisum sativum L.) -- Advanced Breeding Strategies For Abiotic Stress Tolerance In Cowpea -- Breeding For Abiotic Stress Tolerance In Lentil In Genomic Era -- Genomic Design For Abiotic Stress Resistance In Pigeonpea -- Genetic and Genomic Research for Abiotic stresses in faba bean -- Genomic Designing For Abiotic Stress Tolerance In Mungbean And Urdbean -- Genomic Designing Towards Development of Abiotic Stress Tolerant Grass Pea for Food and Nutritional Security.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. History, Botanical and Taxonomic Description, Domestication and Spread -- Chapter 2. Economic, Nutritional and Health Importance -- Chapter 3. Genetic and Genomic Resources for Crop Improvement in Finger Millet -- Chapter 4. Paradigm Shift from Genetics to Genomics: Characterization of Diversity and Prospects of Molecular Markers -- Chapter 5. Molecular Mapping in Finger Millet -- Chapter 6. The Complete Genome Sequence of Finger Millet -- Chapter 7. Comparative Genomics in Finger Millet -- Chapter 8. Finger Millet Transcriptome Analysis Using High Throughput Sequencing Technologies -- Chapter 9. Seed Biology and Packaging of Finger Millet Using Omics Approaches for Nutritional Security -- Chapter 10. A Nutritional Crop Factory of Quality Seed Storage Proteins for Combating Malnutrition -- Chapter 11. Finger Millet Genome Analysis and Nutrient Transport -- Chapter 12. Finger Millet as Input Use Efficient and Organic By Default Crop -- Chapter 13. Molecular Basis of Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Finger Millet -- Chapter 14. Genetic Transformation for Crop Improvement and Biofortification -- Chapter 15. Novel Prospective On Suppression of Ageing By The Consumption of Finger Millet -- Chapter 16. Finger Millet Holistic Value Chain Approach.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The Model Legume, Medicago truncatula in the Genomic Era: Speeding Up Discoveries in Legume Biology -- Chapter 2. Genome-Wide Association Studies in Medicago truncatula -- Chapter 3. Tnt1 Insertional Mutagenesis In Medicago truncatula for Gene Function Analysis -- Chapter 4. Fast Neutron Bombardment (FNB)-Induced Mutant Resources in Medicago truncatula -- Chapter 5. Medicago Truncatula as s Model to Decipher Powdery Mildew Resistance in Legumes -- Chapter 6. Transcriptional Networks in Medicago truncatula: Genomic and Functional Overview During Root Nodule Symbiosis -- Chapter 7. Understanding of Root Nodule Development at Level of Systems Biology as Obtained by High Throughput Transcriptomic Approach -- Chapter 8. Whole Genome Sequencing Identifies a Medicago truncatula Tnt1 Insertion Mutant in the VIT8 Gene that is Essential for Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation -- Chapter 9. Regulation of Leaf Blade Outgrowth: In Medicago truncatula -- Chapter 10. Function of Medicago truncatula WOX Genes and their Diversity -- Chapter 11. Early Stages of Seed Development In Medicago truncatula: Lessons from Genomic Studies -- Chapter 12. Seed Maturation Events in Medicago truncatula: Focus on Desiccation Tolerance -- Chapter 13. Functional Genomic and Genetic Studies of Organ Size Control in Medicago truncatula: An Overview.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: values of pollution free atmosphere -- Plant and Algae Classes Recognition, Biomass Production and Potential Source of Biofuel -- Plant and Algae Metabolites Alternative and Clean Source of Energy -- Mechanism and methods of extraction of biofuels -- Metabolic routes to biofuels extraction -- Optimizations on steps involved on biofuel obtainment and their validation -- Economic consideration on biofuel and energy security -- Technical challenges of biofuel obtainment -- Conclusion and Future Perspectives.

Description / Table of Contents: Experimental evidence for pesticide contribution in the pathogenesis of Parkinsonism: an update -- Epidemiological evidence for pesticide involvement in the etiology of Parkinson’s Disease: current state of affairs?” -- Manganese induced Parkinsonism: cellular and molecular mechanisms -- Manganese overexposures in occupational and environmental settings and Parkinsonism: where do we stand -- Aberrant dopamine metabolism as a focal point in the mechanism of environmental contaminant-induced dopaminergic dysfunction -- Emerging contaminants as contributors to Parkinsonism: focus on PhiPs -- Emerging contaminants as contributors to Parkinsonism: focus on PhiPs -- Protein kinase C-delta (PKC-delta): a major molecular target for disparate dopaminergic toxicants -- Environmental contribution to redox dyshomeostasis in Parkinsonism.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 - Introduction to Plant Histopathology -- Chapter 2 - Sample Preparation for light and Electron microscopy -- Chapter 3 - Plant Histopathology techniques -- Chapter 4 - Fungal detection Chapter 5 - Bacteria detection -- Chapter 6 - Virus detection.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Achillea biebersteinii Afan -- Chapter 2: Aesculus hippocastanum L. -- Chapter 3: Berberis crataegina DC. -- Chapter 4: Calendula officinalis L. -- Chapter 5: Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze -- Chapter 6: Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. -- Chapter 7: Capsicum annuum L. -- Chapter 8: Cedrus libani A.Rich. -- Chapter 9: Chelidonium majus L. -- Chapter 10: Cichorium intybus L. -- Chapter 11: Cistus laurifolius L. -- Chapter 12: Coriandrum sativum L. -- Chapter 13: Cornus mas L. -- Chapter 14: Curcuma longa L..-Chapter 15: Cydonia oblonga Mill. -- Chapter 16: Cynara scolymus L. -- Chapter 17: Equisetum arvense L. -- Chapter 18: Foeniculum vulgare Mill. -- Chapter 19: Fraxiınus ornus L. -- Chapter 20: Fumaria officinalis L. -- Chapter 21: Helichrysum plicatum DC. -- Chapter 22: Hyoscyamus niger L. -- Chapter 23: Juglans regia L. -- Chapter 24: Laurus nobilis L. -- Chapter 25: Liquidambar orientalis Miller -- Chapter 26: Matricaria chamomilla L. -- Chapter 27: Melissa officinalis L. -- Chapter 28: Momordica charantia L. -- Chapter 29: Nigella sativa L. -- Chapter 30: Olea europaea L. -- Chapter 31: Papaver somniferum L. -- Chapter 32: Rheum ribes L. -- Chapter 33: Rosa canina L. -- Chapter 34: Rosmarinus officinalis L. -- Chapter 35: Silybum marianum L. Gaertn. -- Chapter 36: Urtica dioica L -- Chapter 37: Valeriana officinalis L. -- Chapter 38: Viburnum opulus L.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I Understanding and management of abiotic and biotic stress in plants -- 1. Plant responses under abiotic stress and mitigation options towards agricultural sustainability -- 2. Plant viruses: Factors involved in emergence and recent advances in their management -- 3. Crop plants under metal stress and its remediation -- 4. Exploiting host resistance in management of vascular wilt in major pulses of India -- 5. Atmospheric nitric oxide (NO) regulates ozone (O3)-induced stress in plants: Ally or Foe? -- 6. Brassinosteroids: A wonder growth regulator to alleviate abiotic stresses in plants -- 7. Structural and functional role of plant dehydrins in enhancing stress tolerance -- 8. Adaptation of microalgae to temperature and light stress -- 9. Halopriming: Sustainable approach for abiotic stress management in crops -- 10. Naturally growing native plants of wastelands: Their stress management strategies and prospects in changing climate -- 11. Vulnerability and resilience of sorghum to changing climatic conditions: Lessons from the past and hope for the future -- 12. Recent updates in plant disease management -- 13. Heat stress in wheat: Impact and management strategies towards climate resilience -- Part II Potential of microbes in plant stress management -- 14. Plant-microbe interactions in combating abiotic stresses -- 15. Cadmium stress management in plants: Prospects of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria -- 16. Harnessing the power of microbes to overcome heavy metal stress in crop plant -- 17. Halotolerant plant growth promoting rhizobacteria: A futuristic direction to salt stress tolerance -- 18. Outside the cell surface: Encoding the role of Exopolysaccharide producing rhizobacteria to boost the drought tolerance in plants -- 19. Potential of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria for enhancement of plant growth and its role in improving soil health under abiotic stress -- 20. Soil application of plant growth promoting fungi for sustainable agriculture in the new decade -- 21. Deep insights into the role of endophytic fungi in abiotic stress tolerance in plants -- 22. Post-green revolution degradation of agricultural land in India: Role of mycorrhizae in the sustainability of agriculture and ecosystems -- Part III Strategies and technological advances for crop improvement -- 23. Integrated OMICS approaches to ameliorate the abiotic stress in Brassica napus -- 24. Proteomics – A powerful tool for understanding saline stress response in germinating seed -- 25. Role of secondary metabolites and prospects of engineering secondary metabolite production for crop improvement -- 26. Interventions of nanotechnology for the growth and stress tolerance in crop plants -- 27. Remote Sensing Technology: A new dimension in the detection, quantification and tracking of abiotic and biotic stresses.

Description / Table of Contents: Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Cassava -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Cocoa -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Coconut -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Coffee -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Cotton -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Ornamental Crops -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Jute -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Mulberry -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Sugarcane -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Tobacco -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Yam.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Hulun Buir Steppe floristic features and vegetation classification -- Chapter 2. The atlas of main communities on the Hulun Buir Steppe -- Chapter 3. The atlas of main rangeland plants on the Hulun Buir Steppe.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. History and Current Status of Worldwide Production -- Chapter 2. Origin, Evolution, Taxonomy, and Germplasm -- Chapter 3. Scion Cultivar Breeding -- Chapter 4. Rootstock Breeding and Propagation -- Chapter 5. D. lotus Genome -- Chapter 6. D. oleifera Genome -- Chapter 7. Chloroplast Genome of Diospyros Species -- Chapter 8. Sexual System and Its Evolution -- Chapter 9. Sex Expression in Chinese Persimmons -- Chapter 10. Chinese PCNA -- Chapter 11. Japanese PCNA -- Chapter 12. Fruit Size Control -- Chapter 13. Transcriptomics During Artificial Deastringency Treatment.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Conceptualizing human-nature interactions -- Chapter 1. Conceptualizing human-nature interactions – an overview -- Chapter 2. Environmental Values and Nature’s Contributions to People: Towards methodological pluralism in evaluation of sustainable ecosystem services -- Chapter 3. Disentangling trade-offs between the state of coastal ecosystems with human well-being and activities as a strategy addressing sustainable tourism -- Chapter 4. From human-nature dualism towards more integration in socio-ecosystems studies -- Chapter 5. A network approach to Green Infrastructure: how to enhance ecosystem services provision? -- Chapter 6. Transformations of urban coastal nature(s): Meanings and paradoxes of Blue Urbanism and nature-based solutions for climate adaptation in Southeast Asia -- Part II: Mountain systems -- Chapter 7. Values of mountain landscapes: Insights about the Blue Mountains National Park, Australia from Twitter -- Chapter 8. Earth observations of human-nature interactions from a cultural ecosystem service perspective -- Chapter 9. Gendered Values, Roles, and Challenges for Sustainable Provision of Forest-based Ecosystem Services in Nepal -- Chapter 10. Environmental [in]equity: Accessibility to green spaces in a rapidly urbanizing mountain-city -- Chapter 11. Ecosystem services and sustainable development in the European Alps: spatial patterns and mountain-lowland relationships -- Chapter 12. Human-nature relationships for the Flathead Wild and Scenic River System: Analyzing diversity, synergies, and tensions in a mountainous region of Montana, USA -- Chapter 13. Resilience and sustainability of the Maloti-Drakensberg mountain system: a case study on the upper uThukela catchment -- Chapter 14. Invasive alien plants in the montane areas of South Africa: impacts and management options -- Part III: Urban systems -- Chapter 15. Ecosystem service flows across the rural-urban spectrum -- Chapter 16. A typology for green infrastructure planning to enhance multifunctionality incorporating peri-urban agricultural land -- Chapter 17. Urban green spaces in a post-apartheid city: challenges and opportunities for nature-based solutions -- Chapter 18. Green infrastructure and ecosystem services within spatial structure of city – examples from Poznań, Poland -- Chapter 19. Accessibility to and fragmentation of urban green infrastructure: importance for adaptation to climate change -- Chapter 20. Social Demand for Urban Wilderness in Purgatory -- Chapter 21. The Role of Allotment Gardens for Connecting Nature and People -- Chapter 22. Green spaces and their social functions: specific challenges in urban spaces of arrival -- Chapter 23. The link between urban green space planning tools and distributive, procedural and recognition justice -- Part IV: Coastal-marine systems -- Chapter 24. Can local knowledge of Small-scale fishers be used to monitor and assess changes in marine ecosystems in a European context? -- Chapter 25. Marine ecological democracy: participatory marine planning in Indigenous marine areas in Chile -- Chapter 26. The Socio-Ecological Dimension of Ocean Multi-Use -- Chapter 27. Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals for marine and coastal management in Norway: A venture overdue -- Chapter 28. Coastal-Marine ecosystem accounting to support Integrated Coastal Zone Management -- Chapter 29. Exposure of coastal ecosystem services to natural hazards in the Bangladesh coast -- Chapter 30. Adaptations to climate variability in fisheries and aquaculture social-ecological systems in the Northern Humboldt Current Ecosystem: challenges and solutions -- Chapter 31. Socio-Ecological transformations in coastal wetlands: an approach from the south-central zone of Chile -- Chapter 32. A Nature-based Solution for coastal foredune restoration: The Case Study of Maghery, County Donegal, Ireland.

Description / Table of Contents: Tomato -- Potato -- Capsicums -- Eggplant -- Vegetable Brassicas -- Cucurbits -- Allium -- Amaranth -- Carrot.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Melastomataceae diversity and distribution -- 2. History of Classification of the Melastomataceae -- 3. General morphology and terminology -- 4. Historical biogeography of Melastomataceae -- 5. An overview of Melastomataceae classification and phylogenetics -- 6. Revisiting character evolution in the Myrtales and its bearing on classification: Should the circumscription of Melastomataceae include the “memecyloids”? -- 7. Systematics of Kibessieae -- 8. Systematics of Astronieae -- 9. Phylogeny and systematics of Henrietteeae -- 10. The tribe Miconieae: many genera or one genus? -- 11. Systematics and taxonomy of the Merianieae -- 12. Systematics of Bertolonieae and Trioleneae -- 13. Systematics of Blakeeae -- 14. The tribe Cyphostyleae; exceptions that prove the rules -- 15. Systematics of Sonerileae and Dissocheteae: creating order out of chaos -- 16. Systematics of Cambessedesieae -- 17. Systematics of Rhexieae -- 18. Systematics of Microlicieae -- 19. Systematic studies in the Neotropical tribe Marcetieae -- 20. Melastomateae: a review on the taxonomic history- morphology- molecular phylogeny and biogeography -- 21. Comparative floral ontogeny of Melastomataceae -- 22. Seed morphological features in Melastomataceae -- 23. Patterns of Chromosome Number Diversity and Evolution in the Melastomataceae -- 24. Apomixis in Melastomataceae: Diversity of developmental mechanisms and ecological consequences -- 25. Pollination syndromes and flower diversification in Melastomataceae -- 26. Stamen diversity in Melastomataceae: morphology- color and function -- 27. Patterns of diversification of Miconia (Miconieae) in the Greater and Lesser Antilles -- 28. Colonization by Melastomataceae and its diversification in the Atlantic Forest -- 29. A review of the paleobotanical record of Melastomataceae -- 30. Shapes of species responses to soil fertility in lowland Amazonian Melastomataceae -- 31. Seed germination ecology in Neotropical Melastomataceae -- 32. Seed dispersal ecology in Neotropical Melastomataceae -- 33. Myrmecophytism in the Melastomataceae -- 34. How non-native invasive Melastomataceae inform a greater understanding of the biology and genetics of the family -- Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: C ontents -- Part 1. Theory -- To Understand Economics, Follow the Money: To Understand Ecosystems, Follow the Energy -- Two Views of Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation -- Why I Wrote this Book -- Dualities Still Impede Conservation Efforts -- The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform of Biodiversity -- Targets for Conservation -- Evolving Objectives -- Literature Review -- Updating Ecosystem Ecology -- References -- What Can We Learn by Studying Ecosystems that We Can’t Learn from Studying Populations? -- The Predator-Prey Conundrum -- The Serengeti Ecosystem -- Evolution in the “Ecological Theater” -- Predator-Prey Interactions Tell Only Part of the Story -- Evolution in the “Thermodynamic Theater” -- References -- A Thermodynamic Definition of Ecosystems -- Ecosystems in the 20th Century -- Cycling of Strontium-90 -- Cesium-137 in Food Chains -- Recycling of Isotopes in Norwegian Sheep -- Ecological Energetics -- Is it Time to Bury the Ecosystem Concept? -- A Thermodynamic Definition of Life -- A Thermodynamic Definition of Ecosystems -- The Phase Transition between Order and Chaos -- References -- Thermodynamic Characteristics of Ecosystems -- Equilibrium -- The Equilibrium Law -- Thermodynamic Equilibrium -- Open Thermodynamic Systems -- Ecosystems are Thermodynamically Open Non-Equilibrium Systems -- Work is Performed by Non-equilibrium Systems -- Advantage of a Thermodynamically Open System -- 4.3 Ecosystems are Entropic -- 4.4 Ecosystems are Cybernetic -- Cybernetic Systems -- Economic Systems are Cybernetic Ecosystems are Cybernetic -- The Ecosystem Feedback Function -- Indirect vs. Direct Feedback -- Deviation Dampening and Amplifying Feedback -- Set Points -- Ecosystems are Autocatalytic -- Ecosystems have Boundaries -- Ecosystems are Hierarchical -- Hierarchy in Physical Systems -- Hierarchy in Ecological Systems -- Common Currencies -- Macro-and Micro-System Models -- Why an Ecosystem Model that Includes Everything is not Possible -- A Nested Marine Community -- Ecosystems are Deterministic -- Ecosystems are Information Rich -- An Engineering Definition of Information -- Information to Facilitate Exchange -- High Energy Information -- Low Energy Information -- Information Theory -- Genetic Information -- Ecosystems are Non-Teleological -- Criticisms of Ecosystem Models -- References -- Ecosystem Control: A Top-Down View -- Two Ways to Look at Systems -- Composing and Decomposing Trophic Webs -- Decomposers in Soil Organic Matter -- Decomposers in Marshes and Mangroves -- Control of Systems -- Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up -- Top-Down Exogenous Control -- Exogenous Impacts and Stability -- Top-Down Endogenous Control -- Endogenous Control through Nutrient Recycling -- Autocatalysis -- Control of Microbial Activity -- Inhibition of Microbial Activity by Leaf Sclerophylly -- Inhibition of Microbial Activity Chemical Defenses -- Inhibition of Microbial Activity by Ecological Stoichiometry -- The Synchrony Principle -- The Decay Law -- Direct Nutrient Cycling -- The Role of Animals -- Indirect Interactions -- Marine Systems -- Nutrient and Energy Recycling -- Exogenous Control -- Control in Lakes -- Control in Managed Ecosystems -- References -- Ecosystem Control: A Bottom-Up View -- Species as Arbitrageurs of Energy -- Relation Between Rate of Flow and Mass in Hydraulic Systems -- Relation Between Population Biomass and Rate of Energy Flow -- Equilibrium -- Mechanisms of Adjustment -- Adjustments and Climate Change -- Bird Populations -- Dis-equilibrium -- Population Instability vs. Ecosystem Instability -- Control by Interactions: Direct vs. Indirect -- Indirect Interactions -- Direct Interactions -- Predator – Prey -- Mutualisms -- Competition -- Decomposition -- Parasitism and Disease -- Commensalism and Amensalism -- Persistence of Negative Interactions -- References -- Ecosystem Stability -- Background -- A Thermodynamic Definition -- Regime Shift -- Metastability -- Pulsed Stability -- Resistance and Resilience -- Species Richness and Functional Stability -- Species Richness and Cultural Values -- Keystone Species, and Population and Ecosystem Stability -- 7.5.1 Keystone Species in the Yellowstone region of Wyoming -- References -- 8. Case Studies of Ecosystem Control and Stability -- Walden -- “Harmony in Nature” -- Feedback Produces Nature’s “Harmony” -- Feedback Mechanisms -- Perturbations in Amazon Rain Forests -- Top-Down Control -- The San Carlos Project: A Small-scale, Low Intensity, Short Duration Disturbance -- 8.3.2 The Jarí Project: A Large-scale, High Intensity, Long Duration Disturbance -- Bottom-Up Control -- The El Verde Project -- The Long-Term Ecological Research Project in Puerto Rico -- The Lago Guri Island Project -- The Biological Dynamics of Tropical Rainforest Fragments Project -- What have Case Studies Taught us about Stability of Tropical Ecosystems? -- Tropical Ecosystems are Stable -- Tropical Ecosystems are Unstable -- Energy Flow in Tropical Savannas and Rain Forests -- Insects in Tropical Ecosystems -- Application of Lessons to Other Regions -- Relevance to Temperate Zones -- Relevance to Aquatic Ecosystems -- The Experimental Lakes Project (Ecosystem Control of Species) -- Lake Mendota Studies (Species Control of Ecosystems) -- 8.7 Case Studies as Tests of Thermodynamic Theory -- References -- Entropy and Maximum Power -- Entropy -- 9.2 Entropy in a Steel Bar -- Thermodynamic Equilibrium -- Entropic Gradients -- Capturing and Storing Entropy -- Evapotranspiration and Entropy Reduction -- Life is a Balance between Storing and Releasing Entropy -- The Law of Maximum Entropy Production -- Energy for Metabolism as well as Growth -- Unassisted Entropy Capture is a Unique Characteristic of Life.-9.6Entropy Storage by Ecosystems -- 9.6.1 What Causes Entropy to be Stored? -- 9.7 Capturing Pressure -- 9.8 Entropy and Time -- 9.8.1 Time’s Speed Regulator -- Efficiency of Energy Transformations -- Passage of Time for Cats -- 9.9The Maximum Power Principle.-9.10 Optimum Efficiencies for a Truck and its Driver.-9.11 Sustainability -- References -- A Thermodynamic View of Succession -- 10.1 The Population View -- 10.2 The Thermodynamic View -- 10.2.1 Leaf Area Index and Succession -- 10.2.2 Power Output as a Function of Leaf Area Index -- 10.2.3 What Causes Changes in Leaf Area Index? -- 10.2.4 Maximum Entropy Production Principle -- 10.2.5 Successional Ecosystems Move Further from Thermodynamic Equilibrium -- 10.2.6 Entropy Storage by Animals -- 10.3 The Strategy of Ecosystem Development -- A Problem with Odum’s Strategy -- Why Power Output Continues to Increase -- Revised Definition of Maximum Power -- Costs of Ecosystem Stabilization -- Transactional Costs -- Succession, Power Output, and Efficiency -- 10.5.1 Kleiber’s Law -- Are Ecosystems Spendthrifts? -- Interactions Between Species Facilitate Increase in Power Output -- Facilitation -- Tolerance -- Inhibition -- Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis -- Nutrient Use Efficiency during Succession -- Succession Following Logging vs Following Agriculture -- 10.10 Thermodynamic View of Succession: Implications for Resource Management -- References -- Panarchy -- The Universal Cycle of Systems -- Panarchy -- Thermodynamic Interpretation of the Sacred Rules -- 11.2.1 Growth and Consolidation -- 11.2.2 Collapse -- Renewal -- Sub-systems -- Panarchy over 2 Billion Years of Evolution -- Consolidation, Bureaucracy and System Collapse -- Bureaucracy in Action (Case Studies) -- Case Study: Panarchy in the Georgia Piedmont -- Thermodynamic Interpretation -- References -- 12. A Thermodynamic View of Evolution -- 12.1 Life – A Physicist's View -- 12.1.1 Life is Produced by Capturing Entropy -- 12.1.2 The Origin of Life -- 12.2 Two Approaches to Evolution -- 12.2.1 The Eco-Evo-Devo View -- 12.2.2 The Thermodynamic View -- 12.2.3 Fitness -- 12.2.4 The “Goal” of Evolution -- 12.3 The Relationship between Species and Environment -- 12.3.1 Evolution’s “Theater” -- 12.3.2 Is Evolution Stochastic or Deterministic? -- 12.4 Ecosystem Evolution -- 12.4.1 Succession was the Clue -- 12.4.2 Ecosystems Moved away from Equilibrium -- 12.4.3 Thermodynamic Mechanisms -- 12.4.4 Biological Mechanisms -- 12.4.5 Ecosystem Fitness -- 12.4.6 Ecosystems Evolve One Step at a Time -- 12.5. The Origin of Ecosystems -- 12.5.1 Origin of Feedback Loops -- 12.5.2 Origin of Trophic Levels -- 12.5.3 Why are there Trophic Levels? -- 12.6 The “Goal” of Ecosystem Evolution -- 12.6.1 Conflicting Goals? -- 12.6.2 “Motivations” of Species -- 12.6.3 The Earth Ecosystem -- 12.6.4 Why is there Resistance to the Idea of Ecosystem Evolution? -- 12.6.5 Evolution of Economic Systems -- 12.7 A Thermodynamic Model of Ecosystem Evolution -- 12.7.1 Network Models -- 12.7.2 Increase in Complexity of Trophic Webs -- 12.7.3 Evolution of Trophic Webs -- 12.7.4 Life Moves Ashore -- 12.8 Biodiversity and the Five Great Extinctions -- 12.8.1 The Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) Boundary Extinction -- 12.8.2The Amazing Sustainability of Trophic Chains -- 12.8.3 A Test of Thermodynamic Theory -- 12.9 Panarchy and Evolution -- 12.10 Thermodynamic Requirements for Living Systems on Other Planets -- References -- -- Why is Species Diversity Higher in the Tropics? -- 13.1 Tropical Explorations -- 13.2 A Few Theories -- 13.3 A Thermodynamic Explanation -- 13.3.1 The Latitudinal Energy Gradient -- 13.3.2 The Latitudinal Productivity Gradient -- 13.3.3 The Data -- 13.3.4 Other Factors Affecting Productivity -- 13.4 Empirical Evidence for a High Productivity High Diversity Correlation -- 13.5 Humboldt’s Enigma -- 13.5.1 Are Productivity and Species Richness Correlated on Tropical -- Mountains? -- 13.6 The Mechanism Linking Productivity and Diversity -- 13.7 Answer to “Why is Species Diversity Higher in the Tropics?” -- 13.7.1 Differences within the Tropics -- 13.8 Why is Species Diversity Low at High Latitudes? -- 13.9 An Economic Perspective on D.

Description / Table of Contents: Genomic Design for Biotic Stresses in Soybean -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistance In Rapeseed.-Designing Sunflower For Biotic Stress Resilience: Everlasting Challenge -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Peanut -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistance In Rape And Mustard -- Genomic Designing For Resistance To Biotic Stresses In Sesame -- Biotic Stresses In Castor Plant -- Genomic Designing For Genetic Improvement Of Biotic Stress Resistance In Flax.

Description / Table of Contents: Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Crops -- Chickpea Biotic Stresses -- Development of Biotic Stress Resistant Pea in the Post-Genomics Era -- Development of Biotic Stress Resistant Cowpea -- Tackling Lentil Biotic Stresses in the Genomic Era -- Development of Biotic-stress Resistant Pigeonpea -- Application of Genetic and Genomic Strategies to Address the Biotic Stresses in Faba Bean -- Genomic Designing Towards Biotic Stress Resistance in Mungbean and Urdbean -- Genomic Designing for Biotic Stress Resistance in Grasspea.

Description / Table of Contents: Genomics of Biotic Stress Resistance in Malus domestica -- Genomic Designing for Biotic Stress Resistant Banana -- Genetic Improvement of Citrus Limon (L. Burm f.) for Resistance to Mal Secco Disease -- Genomic Designing for Biotic Stress Resistant Grapevine -- Wild and Related Species as a Breeding Source for Biotic Stress Resistance of Peach Cultivars and Rootstocks -- Genomic Designing of new Almond-Peach Rootstock-variety Combinations Resistance to Plum pox virus -- Genomic Designing of New Plum Pox Virus Resistant Plumcot -- Integrated Genomic Designing and Insights for Disease Resistance and Crop Protection against Pathogens in Cherry -- Development of Biotic Stress Tolerant Berries.

Description / Table of Contents: 1)Sources of selenium and nano-selenium in soil and plants -- (2)Use of selenium and nano-selenium in agro-biotechnologies -- (3)Selenium and nano-selenium as a new frontier of biostimulants -- (4)Selenium and nano-selenium in plant nutrition and crop quality -- (5)Uptake and metabolism of selenium in plants: recent progress and future perspectives -- (6)Synthesis and characterization of nano-selenium using plant biomolecules and their potential applications -- (7)Selenium and nano-selenium mediated salt stress tolerance in plants -- (8)Selenium and nano-selenium mediated drought stress tolerance in plants -- (9)Selenium and nano-selenium mediated heat stress tolerance in plants -- (10)Selenium and nano-selenium mediated cold stress tolerance in plants -- (11)Selenium and nano-selenium mediated heavy metal stress tolerance in plants -- (12)Selenium and nano-selenium mediated biotic stress tolerance in plants -- (13)Selenium bioavailability and nutritional improvements in crop plants -- (14)Effect of selenium application on quality improvements of seeds and fruits -- (15)The genetics of selenium accumulation by plants: recent progress and future perspectives -- (16)Agronomic bio-fortification crops with exogenous selenium application -- (17)Selenium toxicity and tolerance in plants: recent progress and future perspectives -- (18) Selenium bio-fortification for quality and nutritional improvements -- (19)Manipulation of selenium metabolism in plants for tolerance and accumulation -- (20)Selenium hyper-accumulation and phytoremediation: recent progress and future perspectives -- (21) Selenium in food chain in relation to human and animal nutrition and health.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: Taxonomy, distribution and conservation status of wild guanaco’s populations -- 1. Zooarchaeological and socio-anthropological perspective of the human - guanaco (Lama guanicoe) interaction over the last 6000 years in the Patagonia, Argentina -- 2. Interspecific competition between guanacos and livestock and its impact on Patagonian rangelands: review and synthesis -- 3. Health status of Patagonian guanaco and its relevance for conservation -- 4. Patagonian pumas and their ungulate prey in the 21st century, a key interaction in a degraded environment -- 5. International policies and national legislation concerning guanaco conservation, management and trade in Argentina -- 6. Guanaco sustainable management as a conservation strategy and socioeconomic rural development -- 7. Historical perspective and current advances in ecology, conservation and management of the guanaco in the Chilean Patagonia -- 8. Lessons for the future of conservation and sustainable use of guanacos.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: About Environmental Education -- Chapter 1 - Training and dissemination about the Environment: keys to impulse the abiotic component of Environmental Education -- Chapter 2 Educating to deliver environmentally focused social innovation -- Chapter 3 - Environmental education for sustainable development: working for fundamental rights -- Chapter 4 - Nature as a teaching resource and the nature of learning -- Part II: Environmental Education and it´s Teaching -- Chapter 5 - The importance of Nature-based solutions to enhance Cabo Verde's Environment -- Chapter 6- Development of Scientific Literacy and the impact of environmental attitudes of citizens in a geological natural space -- Chapter 7- A PBL approach to Environmental Education through a Field Trip and a Science Centre Visit -- Chapter 8- Living labs in higher education: sustainable buildings technologies -- Chapter 9 - What is doing Latin America regarding the teaching of Nature-based solutions to boost Environmental Education? -- Chapter 10 - Lessons learned from including aquaponic experiments into five different tertiary education curricula -- Chapter 11 - Recommendations for promoting Environmental Education through Nature-based solutions at Turkish Higher Education Institutes -- Part III: Environmental Education and Social Engagement -- Chapter 12 - Bees and Society: native biodiversity as a strategy for environmental education based on the processes of nature -- Chapter 13- Perceptions about Sustainable Development of visitants in an Environmental Education Natural Park -- Chapter 14 - Start Park project: co-designing green-blue infrastructures to build resilient communities to climate change -- Chapter 15 - Societal embedding in geoparks: a case study in Portugal -- Chapter 16 - Environmental Education in Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geopark (Portugal): a nature-based approach -- Part IV: – Environmental Education and Nature-Based Solutions -- Chapter 17- Green Roof and walls technology standardisation and market across Europe -- Chapter 18- How Nature-Based Solutions can Contribute to Enhance Circularity in Cities -- Chapter 19- Nature-based solutions to promote environmental education on integral ecological sanitation -- Chapter 20 - Nature-based solutions for environmental education in the East Asian context -- Chapter 21- Decarbonizing the European energy sector: frameworks, examples and how education plays a key role -- Chapter 22- Nature-based solutions for water pollution control: promoting environmental education through case studies.

Description / Table of Contents: Drying -- Mixing -- Comminution -- Filtration -- Pharmaceutical Packaging -- Oral Emulsion -- Oral Suspensions -- Tablets and Capsules -- Oral Inhalers -- Topically Applied Products -- Sterile Products -- Industrial Hazards -- Modified Release Drug Delivery Systems -- Novel Drug Delivery System -- Polymer for Biomedical Applications -- Biotechnology Based Drugs.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Social aspects of opioid use -- Chapter 1: A brief history of opioids and the evolution of concepts associated with substance use disorders -- Chapter 2: The two sides of opioid use: Unmet needs of opioids for pain management and the role of opioids in substance use disorders -- Chapter 3: Opioid markets and special populations -- Chapter 4: Towards a new drug policy agreement -- Chapter 5: The opioid crises -- Chapter 6: Persons who misuse opioids -- Chapter 7: The need for structural interventions for persons who misuse opioids -- Part II. Pharmacological and medical aspects of opioid use -- Chapter 8: Opioid effects and classification -- Chapter 9: Opioid receptors and neuronal signal transduction -- Chapter 10: Opioids in Pain -- Chapter 11: Opioids in Palliative Care -- Chapter 12: Opioids and the immune system -- Chapter 13: Opioid dependence, tolerance, and withdrawal -- Chapter 14: Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) 1: Opioid substitution therapy -- Chapter 15: Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders 2. Detoxification -- Chapter 16: Synthetic Opioids as New Psychoactive Substances (NPS).

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1. Organic Management of Nematodes: Paradigms and Mechanisms -- 1. Biochemical Biopesticides for Phytonematode Sustainable Management: Status and Future Prospects (Thales Lima Rocha; Vera Lucia Perussi Polez; Lívia Cristina de Souza Viol; Reinaldo Rodrigues Pimentel, Danielle Biscaia; Jadir Borges Pinheiro) -- 2. Organic Nematicides: A Green Technique and its Overview for the Nematode Disease Management (Faryad Khan, Mohammad Shariq, Mohd Asif, Taruba Ansari, Saba Fatima, Arshad Khan, Mohd Ikram, Mansoor Ahmad Siddiqui) -- 3. Nematode Management Through Compost (Fisayo Yemisi Daramola, Samuel B. Orisajo and Omorefosa Osarenkhoe Osemwegie) -- 4. Biochemical/Molecular Mechanisms Associated with Nematode Management Through Organic Amendments: A critical Review (John Fosu-Nyarko, Rhys G. R. Copeland, Sadia Iqbal, Michael G. K. Jones) -- 5. Organic By-Products in the Suppression of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes (Alixelhe Pacheco Damascena, Marylia Gabriella Silva Costa, Júlio César Antunes Ferreira, Silvia Renata Siciliano Wilcken) -- 6. Nematode Management by Humic Acid (Seenivasan Nagachandrabosea, Sankaranarayanan Chellappab, and Devrajan Kandasamya) -- 7. Conventional and Organic Management as Divergent Drivers for Plant Parasitic Nematodes (PPNs) control (Kanika Khanna, Vandana Gautam, Dhriti Kapoor, Nandni Sharma, Pooja Sharma, Tamanna Bhardwaj, Puja Ohri, Renu Bhardwaj) -- Part 2. Organic Management of Nematodes: Global Case studies and Success Stories -- 8. Plant Extracts and Their Effect on Plant-parasitic nematodes: Case Studies from Africa (Ebrahim Shokoohi) -- 9. Organic Management of the Citrus, Pine and Related Nematodes (Reza Ghaderi, Manouchehr Hosseinvand) -- 10. Organic Management of Rice Root-Knot Nematode Meloidogyne graminicola (Ziaul Haque and Mujeebur Rahman Khan) -- 11. Strategies for the Organic Management of the Root-Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne spp.) in Grapevine Under Desert Conditions in the North Coast of Peru (César Augusto Murguía Reyes) -- 12. Organic Fumigant Alternatives for Nematode Management in High-Value Crops in Florida (Johan Desaeger, Kaydene Williams, and Erin Rosskopf) -- 13. The False Root-Knot Nematode Nacobbus aberrans and its Ecological Management (Edgar Villar-Luna, Olga Gómez-Rodríguez, Hernán Villar-Luna, Liliana Aguilar-Marcelino, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq Al-Ani, and Ernesto Fernández-Herrera) -- 14. Plant Extracts, Sorghum and Crucifers Amendments and Pochonia chlamydosporia for the Management of Meloidodyne spp. and Nacobbus aberrans in Tomato and Chile Crops: the Mexican Experience (Ignacio Cid del Prado-Vera, Marco Antonio Magallanes-Tapia, Raúl Velasco-Azorsa, Arely Pérez-Espíndola) -- 15. Non-Conventional Management of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes in Musaceas Crops (Donald Riascos–Ortiz, Ana Teresa Mosquera–Espinosa, Francia Varón De Agudelo, Claudio Marcelo Gonçalves De Oliveira, Jaime Eduardo Muñoz–Florez) -- 16. Neem Cake Amendment Changes Soil Nematode Spatio-temporal Dynamics Across a Guava Orchard in the Brazilian Semiarid Region (Diego Arruda Huggins de Sá Leitão, Ana Karina dos Santos Oliveira, Douglas Barbosa Castro, Elvira Maria Régis Pedrosa).

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- The miracle of amber -- Floral characteristics -- Chapter1. Burmese amber flowers -- Chapter2. Baltic amber flowers -- Chapter3. Dominican amber flowers -- Chapter4. Mexican amber flowers -- General conclusions -- References.

Description / Table of Contents: Cassava -- Cocoa -- Coconut -- Coffee -- Cotton -- Ornamental -- Jute -- Mulberry -- Sugarcane -- Tobacco -- Yam.

Description / Table of Contents: Crocus sativus saffron: A 360 degree overview -- Reference genome of Saffron “The Golden condiment” -- “SaffronOMICS: Novel approaches towards putting saffron data at work” -- Bioinformatics for saffron-omics and crop improvement -- Genetic mapping and molecular markers in Saffron -- Soil Classification, Nutrient Management and Land Cover of Saffron Growing Areas of Kashmir Valley -- Cultromic and metabarcodic insights into saffron-microbiome associations -- “Saffron, bacteria and mycorrhiza” -- Diversity and bioprospection of fungal endophytic microbiome of Crocus sativus L. (saffron) -- Epidemiology and Management of Corm Rot of Saffron -- Pathogenicity and genetic diversity of microbes in Crocus sativus L. and various strategies combating diseases -- Tissue culture techniques for Saffron improvement -- Saffron production under control condition -- Saffron: Metabolomics and quality points of view -- Saffron in phytotherapy : Pharmocological properties and medicinal uses -- Economic Aspects of Saffron in the World -- Marketing prospects for Saffron in domestic market: the case of Moroccan PDO.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Advances in The Genomic and Transcriptomic Sequencing of North American Pines -- Chapter 2. Advances in Genetic Mapping in Pines -- Chapter 3. Transposable Elements in Pines -- Chapter 4. Genomics of Climate Adaptation in Pinus Lambertiana -- Chapter 5. Maritime Pine Genomics in Focus -- Chapter 6. Understanding the Genetic Architecture of Complex Traits in Loblolly Pine -- Chapter 7. Genomics of Disease Resistance in Loblolly Pine -- Chapter 8. Genomic Advances in Research on Genetic Resistance to White Pine Blister Rust in North American White Pines -- Chapter 9. Functional Genomics of Mediterranean Pines -- Chapter 10. Pinus Sylvestris as a Reference Plant Species in Radiation Research: Transcriptomics of Trees from the Chernobyl Zone -- Chapter 11. Genomic Selection in Scots (Pinus Sylvestris) and Radiata (Pinus Radiata) Pines -- Chapter 12. Community-Based Genome Resource Needs in Pines.

Description / Table of Contents: From the contents: Preface -- Part I: Background on the Blood Brain Barrier – structure/function.-Part II: Challenges with finding drugs to cross the BBB/not cross BBB -- Part III: Experimental Methods to study BBB – in vitro and in vivo -- Part IV: BBB and Diseases: Novel treatment approaches from a BBB perspective. .