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• Almond genome analysis and breeding
• Labelling Almond Genome: SAM, QTLs and Association mapping
• Identification of natural variation in almond target genes
• Recent advances on almond bitterness expression at genomic and trascriptomic level
• Recent advances on flower self-incompatibility expression at genomic and transcriptomic level
• Molecular basis of abiotic and biotic stresses in almond
• Genomics for fruit quality traits in almond: QTLs vs Association mapping
• Transcriptional changes associated with flower bud dormancy in almond and other Prunus species: DNA sequence motifs, mRNA and miRNA expression, transcription factors, chromatin modifications and phytohormone signaling
• Almond transcriptome analysis using high-throughput sequencing technologies
• Almond miRNA expression and horticultural implications

This book brings together the latest information on almond genomics and transcriptomics, with a particular focus on cutting-edge findings, tools, and strategies employed in genome sequencing and analysis with regard to the most important agronomic traits. Cultivated almond [(Prunus dulcis (Miller) D. A. Webb, syn. Prunus amygdalus Batsch., Amygdalus communis L., Amygdalus dulcis Mill.)] is a tree crop producing seeds of great economic interest, and adapted to hot and dry climates. Domesticated in Southeast Asia, its small diploid genome and phenotypic diversity make it an ideal model to complement genomics studies on peach, generally considered to be the reference Prunus species. Both represent consanguineous species that evolved in two distinct environments: warmer and more humid in the case of peach, and colder and xerophytic for almond. The advent of affordable whole-genome sequencing, in combination with existing Prunus functional genomics data, has now made it possible to leverage the novel diversity found in almond, providing an unmatched resource for the genetic improvement of this species

• Pt. 1. L'arbre rural devint urbain
• 1789
• 1. L'acte fondateur
• Les mâts de la colère
• La contagion des mais
• Le dessous des cartes
• 2. Arbres de l'espoir
• Fédérer les citoyens
• Rassurer les opinions
• Ordonner les festivités
• Sacraliser la plantation
• 3. Arbres en péril
• Les héros de la fête
• Excès de propagande
• La honte des populus
• Essai de réhabilitation
• Pt. 2. L'arbre conquit la ville
• XVIIe-XVIIIe siècle
• 4. Patrimoine en héritage
• La cité d'antan
• Le rôle des arbres
• Le charme des allées
• 5. Initiatives citoyennes
• Les devoirs de M. le Maire
• Les ordres de M. le Préfet
• Le téléthon des plantations
• La restauration de l'ouvrage
• 6. Tiercé gagnant
• Le trio des utilitaires
• Nouveautés en stock
• Les difficultés en vue
• Percée des outsiders
• Pt. 3. La ville s'adapte
• XVIIIe-XIXe siècle
• 7. Rattraper, imiter, innover
• Vent d'ouest, vent d'est
• Inspirations parisiennes
• Expositions universelles
• Déclinaisons provinciales
• 8. Survivre en ville
• Sacrifié
• Importun
• Mal à l'aise ?
• Protégé, enfin!
• 9. Résister au progrès
• Engagement militant
• Réponse parlementaire
• Nouveau métier : urbaniste
• Nouveau métier : paysagiste
• Pt. 4. La société se mobilise
• 10. Nostalgie rurale
• Vieux beaux en campagne
• Belles trognes, vilains têtards
• Paradis verts : haies et brise-vents
• 11. Les batailles du platane
• Arbre à tout faire
• Succès du platane
• Mortelle randonnée
• Massacre programmé
• 12. Magie verte partout et pour tout
• Espaces à bâtir
• Ensembles à verdir
• Des arbres pour plaire
• Des arbres pour être élu
• Épilogue : un ami qui nous fait du bien
• La marque du temps
• La vie et rien d'autre
• Le sauveur du monde
• Le chéri de ces dames.

"Autrefois, l'arbre en ville était cantonné aux enclos vivriers, il n'ombrageait pas nos routes ni nos fleuves et nos canaux. Vivant plutôt à la campagne, il procurait bois, fruits, fibres et feuilles. Aujourd'hui, le végétal entre en force dans nos cités par trop minérales ; il améliore nos conditions de vie, protège le sol, régule la température, purifie l'air et atténue les bruits. Comment l'arbre a-t-il conquis le pavé ? Cette histoire, moins utilitaire et monolithique qu'il n'y paraît, croise en fait celle de la modernité, et mérite d'être racontée. Car, bien avant la révolution industrielle et son introduction dans la cité pour assainir l'air, l'arbre s'y est fait une place dès la Révolution, comme symbole de la liberté. Récupéré dans le champ politique, il a depuis servi à commémorer un événement, à symboliser l'autorité, à améliorer l'aménagement urbain ou encore à satisfaire le besoin de nature des administrés. Ce faisant, il a suscité à la fois colères et affections. Une histoire qui est ainsi celle des hommes, de leurs revendications et de leurs aspirations. Mort ou vif, l'arbre fait partie du roman national."--Page 4 of cover.

• Chapter1. Research Background
• Chapter2. Methodological framework
• Chapter3. Fusarium Wilt of Bananas: A threat to the banana production systems in Venezuela
• Chapter4. Evaluation of the incidence of banana wilt and its relationship with soil properties
• Chapter5. Identification of the main soil variables correlated with banana productivity
• Chapter6. Potential use of soil morphological properties to differentiate levels of banana productivity
• Chapter7. Discussion and Conclusions

This book presents an important contribution to the knowledge of the banana soils of Venezuela. Banana, the edible fruit of Musaceae, is a staple food for more than 400 million people worldwide due to their nutritional and energy attributes. This makes Musaceae a crop of worldwide relevance, particularly in tropical regions, highlighting the impact of improved Musaceae cropping systems in the current efforts worldwide oriented towards a new agricultural revolution based on sustainable intensification. To achieve this, better practices for food production based on scientific and technical research capable to consider the complexity and variability within the agri-food sector are necessary. The research presented in this book is oriented towards providing answers to the causes of two aspects considered of high relevance for banana production, both affecting productivity and sustainability, always addressed for the Venezuelan conditions, one of the world’s largest producing countries: 1- The impact of phytosanitary risks related to Fusarium Wilt (FW) and the influence of the soil on the incidence of Banana Wilt (BW); and 2- An observed trend towards loss of productivity and decline of soil quality in some commercial farms of Aragua and Trujillo states in Venezuela. The book presents a pioneering study in the application of categorical regression (CATREG) in the characterization of banana soils and analyses soil morphological variables, such as texture, dry consistency, biological activity, reaction to HCl, and type of structure to characterize soil productivity for growing healthy bananas. It develops, for the first time in Venezuela, risk analysis and climatic suitability maps for lethal wilt disease in bananas caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) Tropical Race 4 (TR4) (syn. Fusarium odoratissimum). Innovative machine learning techniques are used to predict BW so that future crop development can be done more efficiently and sustainably

• Intro
• Preface
• Introduction
• Contents
• Part I: The Baobab
• Chapter 1: The Distinguishing Features of the Tree of Life and the Baobab
• Baobab Description
• The Tree of Life and the Kinds of Trees of Life
• Biblical Trees of Life
• The Edenic Tree of Life
• The Heavenly Jerusalem Tree of Life
• Representational Trees of Life
• Botanic Trees of Life
• Evergreens
• Palms
• Other Botanical Trees of Life
• The Baobab as the Exemplary Botanical Tree of Life
• Manifest Tree of Life
• Ecological Tree of Life
• Multipurpose Tree of Life
• Central-Place Tree of Life

• Inspirational Tree of Life
• The Baobab as Humanity's Ancestral Tree of Life
• The Evolutionary Origin of the Baobab
• The Baobab Tree in the Landscape of the Hadza
• Chapter 2: The Hadza and the Studies That Document Their Use of the Baobab
• Part II: Theoretical Framework: Societal Specialization and Bipedality
• Chapter 3: Hominin Adaptation as the Development of a Gendered Forager Division of Labor
• Division of Labor and Societal Specialization
• Societal Specialization and the Hadza/Baobab Relation
• When Did the Gendered Forager Division of Labor Develop in Hominin Evolution

• Exchange in Hominin Evolution
• Resource Transfer and Exchange
• Exchange in Foraging Societies
• The Importance of Exchange
• Summary
• Chapter 4: Bipedality as the Outcome of the Multidimensional Selective Pressure of the Developing Forager Way of Life
• A Change in the Method of Food Procurement
• Darwin and the Correlated Evolution of Handiness and Bipedality
• Savanna Adaptation
• Desiccating Climate Change
• Why Did the Descendants of an Arboriterrestrial Ape End Up on the Savanna?
• The Upright Advantages of Bipedalism
• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Raymond Dart

• Feeding Behaviors Leading to Obligate Bipedalism
• Postural Feeding
• Arboreal Bipedality to Terrestrial Bipedality
• Physiological Adaptions and the Savanna Origin of Bipedalism
• Bipedality and Tool Use, Weapons, and Other Kinds of Equipment
• Carrying Things as the Selective Advantage of Bipedality
• Food Carrying
• Carrying and the Things Carried
• Gender-Specialized Foraging as a Unifying Explanation of Bipedality
• Summary
• Part III: Material Culture and Technology
• Chapter 5: Africa's Premier Fiber Tree
• Hadza Use of Baobab Bark Fiber
• Cordage
• Hadza Bowstrings

• Hadza Bead Stringing
• The Use of Animal Skins Versus Baobab Fiber
• Summary
• Chapter 6: The Baobab and Containers
• The Development of Container Use in Hominin Evolution
• The Baobab as a Container Structure
• The Baobab as a Source of Handling Containers
• Hadza Container Use in General
• Baobab Resources That Generate the Need for Containers
• Handling Containers as a Hominin-Specific Trait
• Chapter 7: The Baobab and Fire in Hominin Evolution
• The Three Key Moments of the Hominin/Fire Relation
• The Timeline of the Human/Fire Relation

Modern humans, descendants of a founding population that separated from chimpanzees some five to eight million years ago, are today the only living representative of a branching group of African apes called hominins. Because of its extraordinary size and shape, the baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) has long been identified as the most striking tree of Africas mosaic savanna, the landscape generally regarded as the environment of hominin evolution. This book makes the case for identifying the baobab as the tree of life in the hunter-gatherer adaptation that was the economic foundation of hominin evolution. The argument is based on the significance of the baobab as a resource-rich environment for the Hadza of northeastern Tanzania, who continue to be successful hunter-gatherers of the African savanna

Takeshi Moro documents sixty bonsai grown by seed by the Issei (first-generation Japanese Americans) post-World War II

• Cover
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• The bigger picture
• Recent times
• The fight back
• Managing land for native wildlife
• Why is biodiversity important?
• Putting wildlife first
• Different approaches
• Does size matter?
• A work in progress
• What does the future hold?
• Setting the Scene
• Humble beginnings
• Pamber: a country parish
• The cottage and garden
• Environmental Decline and Fall
• Overview
• Basingstoke
• The parish of Pamber
• The cottage and garden
• Practical Biodiversity Gardening
• Basic principles
• Soil
• Grassland
• Woodland

• Freshwater
• The cottage as a habitat
• Managed retreat from conventional gardening
• The New Naturalist
• A Biodiversity Gardener's Wildlife Overview
• Garden wildlife classification
• Flowering plant life histories, structure and tips for identification
• Terrestrial Invertebrate classification and identification
• Introducing Arthropods
• The New Naturalist
• A Closer Look at Garden Wildlife
• Butterflies
• Moths
• Bees, wasps and allied insects
• Beetles
• True bugs and allies
• True flies
• Orthoptera
• Terrestrial insect also-rans
• Spiders and allies

• Invertebrates of the underworld
• Pond life
• Amphibians and reptiles
• Birds
• Mammals
• Pets and domesticated animals
• Plants: a botanical overview
• Fungi
• Monitoring and Recording Wildlife
• Making the Most of Your Garden, Both for Biodiversity and for You
• Nets
• Pond-dipping
• Binoculars
• Photography
• Foes become friends
• Botanical survey and study
• Fieldcraft
• Keeping and submitting records
• Freshwater pollution
• A Call to Action
• Troubling developments
• Is resistance futile?
• Escape to what was the country
• Plan of action
• Challenging planning

• Protected and notable species
• Statutory nature conservation bodies
• The moral of the story
• I Am Not Alone
• Manor Farm by Adam Rattray and Jenna Burlingham
• The Hughes Family Wilding Project by Karl Hughes and Nicola Hughes
• An oak wood on the edge of Dartmoor by Mic Cady
• Ask Not What Nature Can Do for You, Ask What You Can Do for Nature
• Historical perspective
• Synergy
• What's to be done
• References
• List of species

• Capsicum Origin and Evolution--Biological Features of Capsicum--Capsaicinoids, the Origin of Pungency--Bioactive Specialised Metabolites of Capsicum--Sensory Attributes of Capsicum--Nutritional Aspects of Capsicum--Capsicum Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics--Capsicum Oleoresins--Analytical Methods Applied in Capsicum--Peppers as Non-lethal Weapons--Commercial Applications of Capsicum.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

The Capsicum genus comprises the botanic species known as chili peppers, the most widely consumed natural product by humankind. Their usage is diverse and varies from food additives to defensive devices and medicines. Providing a comprehensive overview of the great popularization and socioeconomic importance of Capsicum, this book includes a holistic description of the properties of Capsicum and how this correlates with the chemical profile. Several of their specialized metabolites, such as capsaicinoids and carotenoids, are in fact responsible for peppers characterization as a functional food as they provide pungency, deterrent properties and outstanding biological activities such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimutagenic and chemopreventive. This book shows the big picture behind peppers featuring as functional foods using a biochemistry background to elucidate how the chemical composition of this genus can affect its unique bioactivity and sensorial characteristics. In addition, the state-of-art regarding Capsicum exploitation is also emphasized. Intended for all types of audiences, it is a resource for those curious about peppers pungency, for graduate students aiming to improve their skills and professional who need to update their knowledge regarding peppers chemistry and pharmacology.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

"Cover crops are used to shield and enrich soil between crop harvests, rather than be planted for financial gain. Cover crops, such as clovers, alfalfa, and rye, are usually planted between two harvested (cash) crops, or between crop production periods, to perform multiple functions, such as managing soil quality, preventing soil erosion, increasing soil fertility, and weed, pest, and disease management. With their ability to boost yields, improve soil health, and provide feed for grazing animals, farmers can benefit from both financial savings and gains by using cover crops"-- Provided by publisher

• Intro
• Preface
• Contents
• Editors and Contributors
• 1: Soil-Borne Viruses: Outlook on Community and Recent Advances in Detection
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Transmission of Soil-Borne Viruses (SBVs)
• 1.2.1 Chytrid Fungi
• 1.2.1.1 Mechanism of Transmission.
• 1.2.2 Plasmodiophorids
• 1.2.2.1 Life Cycle
• 1.2.2.2 Plasmodiophorid-Vectored Viruses
• 1.3 Nematodes
• 1.3.1 Transmission of Viruses by Nematodes
• 1.3.1.1 Trichodorid-Transmitted Viruses
• 1.3.1.2 Longidorid-Transmitted Viruses
• 1.4 Detection of Soil-Borne Viruses (SBVs)
• 1.5 Management of SBVs
• 1.6 Conclusion

• 2.4.1.4 Capture Probe Design
• 2.4.1.5 Target Preparation
• 2.4.1.6 Signal Amplification
• 2.4.1.7 Hybridization, Washing, and Scanning of Arrays
• 2.4.2 Novel Formats and Nonplanar Arrays
• 2.5 Precision Metabolism for Plant Pathogens
• 2.6 Artificial Intelligence-Based Methods for Plant Disease Detection
• 2.6.1 Supervised Learning
• 2.6.2 Unsupervised Learning
• 2.6.3 Semi-Supervised Learning
• 2.6.4 Reinforcement Learning
• 2.7 Conclusion
• References
• 3: Emergent Tools and Techniques in Diagnosis of Soil-Borne Phytopathogens
• 3.1 Introduction

• 3.2 Advanced Techniques for Diagnosis of Soil-Borne Phytopathogens
• 3.2.1 Nucleic Acid-Based Diagnostic Techniques
• 3.2.1.1 Multiplex PCR
• 3.2.1.2 Real-Time PCR
• 3.2.1.3 Magnetic Capture Hybridization PCR
• 3.2.1.4 End-Point PCR
• 3.2.1.5 Nested PCR
• 3.2.1.6 BIO-PCR
• 3.3 DNA/RNA Probe-Based Assays-In Situ Hybridization
• 3.3.1 Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization
• 3.4 Next-Generation Sequencing
• 3.5 DNA Fingerprinting
• 3.5.1 PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP)
• 3.5.2 Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD)
• 3.5.3 Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP)

• 3.5.4 Simple Sequence Repeats (SSR)
• 3.6 Protein-Based Approach
• 3.6.1 Elisa
• 3.6.2 Lateral Flow Devices
• 3.7 Multi-omics Approaches for Plant Disease Diagnosis
• 3.7.1 Genomic Approaches
• 3.7.2 Transcriptomics Approaches
• 3.7.3 Proteomic Approaches
• 3.7.4 Metabolomic Approaches
• 3.7.5 Metallomic Approaches
• 3.7.6 Databases and Software Tools for Multi-omics Study
• 3.8 Conclusion
• 3.9 Future Prospective
• References
• 4: Diagnosis and Detection of Soil-Borne Fungal Phytopathogens in Major Crops
• 4.1 Introduction

This edited book provides an overview of omics technologies and methods for integration across multiple omics layers used in the plant disease diagnosis and developing management strategies. The book concentrates on the prevalence of soil-borne disease management in various important crops with use of different strategies, including host resistance and biological control etc. The special focus is on the resolving practical problems encountered after the resistance development in the pathogens against several chemical pesticides. Further, special attention is given to the emergence of new diseases or the re-emergence of old ones on several crops, and on the results and problems encountered by using microbial inoculants, biofumigation and other non-chemical control methods. This book has 18 contributory chapters from the eminent experts in the field of plant pathology, microbiology and biotechnology working on different aspects of soil-borne diseases of important agricultural crops. This edited volume is of interest and useful to researchers in plant pathology, agriculture sciences, plant genomics ecology, policy makers, also it is a valuable source of reference to the relevant researchers and students globally.

• Introduction
• Concept of Digital Landscape Architecture
• Logic of Digital Landscape Architecture
• Structure of Digital Landscape Architecture
• Method of Digital Landscape Architecture
• Application of Digital Landscape Technology and Methods
• Epilogue.

Closely related to the frontier research field of digital technology, this book reshapes the planning and design process of landscape architecture from theoretical and practical levels. It gives a full-scale discussion to the logic, structure, method, and application of digital landscape architecture, leading this field to a new era of perception-quantification research mode. Readers will get a comprehensive understanding of digital landscape architecture, know about multiple digital methods for landscape planning and design, and learn a lot of practical projects with digital technology. And it will inspire the readers to think about new patterns and approaches to landscape planning, rather than traditional ways. This book is organized under a clear logic, which helps the readers easily get the core of the work. A lot of logic diagrams showing between the theoretical paragraphs highly summarize the key points of the book, providing a better readability and acceptability. This book also contains many detailed drawings and graphics for the project cases, which gives a good demonstration of how digital methods could be applied in practice.

• 1. Key contributors to postharvest losses and the scale of the problem
• 2. Geographical and climatic limitations for the implementation of evaporative coolers for the storage of postharvest produce
• 3. Influence of Evaporative coolant structure on the post-harvest attributes of Climacteric fruits
• 4. Influence of Evaporative coolant structure on post-harvest attributes on non-climacteric fruits
• 5. Effect of Evaporative coolant structure towards the reduction of ripening stages in fruits and vegetables
• 6. Application of edible coatings in Porous Evaporative Cooling
• 7. Recent advances in evaporative cooling
• 8. Health benefits derived from fruits and vegetable stored using Evaporative coolers
• 9. Post-harvest management of Aflatoxin in Fruits and vegetables
• 10. Synergetic effect of edible coatings from natural materials on the shelf-life extension of fruits and vegetables
• 11. Effect of Evaporative coolant structure on chemical, bio-chemical and physiological changes of fruits and vegetables
• 12. Effect of Evaporative coolant structure on the sensory attributes and consumers acceptability of fruits and vegetables
• 13. Effect of Evaporative coolant structure in reducing spoilage Microorganisms
• 14. Farmers' awareness on edible coatings and other dissemination measures
• 15. The Effect of Evaporative coolant structure on Ornamental Plants
• 16. The Effect of Evaporative coolant structure on Tropical and Subtropical Fruit and Nuts
• 17. Effect of Evaporative coolant structure as a storage technique in the preservation of fresh produce/horticulture to benefit Human Health
• 18. Effect of Evaporative coolant structure for Roots and Tubers.

"Based in the agrarian world of commercial sesame farming in northern Paraguay, Forecasts tells a story about what happens when global insurance companies promise financial safety nets to local farmers struggling with the effects of climate change. This striking graphic novel brings together original ethnographic research and Paraguayan gothic art to confront the limitations of finance to respond to a deteriorating environment. Taking a human-centered approach to complex weather and financial models, Forecasts offers new ways of looking at overlapping speculative futures in a more-than-human landscape. Based on more than a year of fieldwork in Paraguay, the book follows one man's possible journeys through a season of planting and harvesting, buffeted by losses and sustained by the hope that he can cultivate conditions that will help his family thrive. Forecasts makes a sweeping account of environmental and financial risk accessible through the intimate story of one family's triumphs, heartbreaks, and hopes for the future. The graphic novel is followed by appendices that provide historical, anthropological, and methodological insights, as well as classroom guides, exercises, and questions that make this book ideal for teaching."-- Provided by publisher