Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences

Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences, Second Edition presents both foundational and applied information on plants used by humans as sources of food, raw materials, and amenity purposes. It highlights how the underlying science and information links through to applications in practical situations.

Since the last edition was published, the role of applied science in agricultural production has been brought into greater focus as fluctuations in global food production feed through into prices and availability to consumers. At the same time, technological advances are changing the way plant science is done.

This Second Edition has been expanded to include specific chapters on the leading crops and crop-types, as well as updated chapters on plant development, photosynthesis, metabolism, nutrition, reproduction, seed biology, plant pests and diseases, weed biology, and responses to environmental stresses. The updated chapters reflect progress, particularly in genome sequencing and molecular genetics and biotechnology, including genetic modification, that have taken place since the first edition was published. In addition, the book places these developments in the wider context of biodiversity, food security, intellectual property, and ethical considerations.

• Presents complete, up-to-date, authoritative information on over 25 separate areas of plant science, covering both theory and applications
• Edited and written by a distinguished international group of editors and contributors
• Provides concise, easy to read gateway entries to topics, each supplemented with a further reading list that allows practitioners, students, and researchers to delve deeper into each topic

Plant Scientists, Botanists, Horticulturalists, Research institutes, Academic and industrial libraries

Includes:
Abiotic Stresses
Biology of Recalcitrant Seeds
Crop Improvement and Biotechnology
Environmental Regulation of Growth and Development
Ethics
Genetics of Crop Improvement
Methods in Plant Breeding
Organic Farming; Photosynthesis
Phytoremediation
Plant Diversity and Usage
Plant Growth and Development
Plant Nutrition
Plant Pests and Diseases
Plant Tissue Culture
Plants and the Environment
Pollination (including Insect and Wind Pollination
Postharvest Physiology
Primary Products
Primary Products of Photosynthesis
Production Systems/Agronomy
Regulators of Growth
Secondary Products
Seed Development
Water Relations of Plants
Weeds