Published December, 2010
By Ashok Pandey, Colin Webb, Carlos Ricardo Soccol, Christian Larroche and MARCELO FERNANDES
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This book is a unique resource for state-of-the-art research findings on biotechnological innovations in the area of industrial and therapeutic enzymes.

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Published December, 2010
By George A. Bray, Louisiana State University and Donna Ryan
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Endocrine Updates
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This timely book provides an overview of topics related to obesity. These include associated health risks, childhood obesity, genetics, evaluation, treatment, behavioral strategies, and successes and failures in preventing obesity.

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Published December, 2010
By Martin Weidenborner and Martin Weidenboerner
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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All relevant toxin producing fungi, their natural occurence, the possible mycotoxicosis, further the biochemical and physiological effects of mycotoxins, their chemical data and toxicity are treated here comprehensively.

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Published December, 2010
By John W.G. Cairney and Susan M. Chambers
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Mycorrhiza - the symbiosis between plants and fungi - plays a key role in plant life. It is thus an invaluable reference source for researchers, students and practitioners in the fields of mycorrhizal biology, mycology, forestry, plant sciences and soil biology.

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Published December, 2010
By Robert Verpoorte, A. W. Alfermann, R. Verpoorte and A. Wilhelm Alfermann
Publisher: Springer
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Plant secondary metabolism is an economically important source of fine chemicals, such as drugs, insecticides, dyes, flavours, and fragrances. In this book, firstly a general introduction is given on plant secondary metabolism, followed by an overview of the possible approaches that could be used to alter secondary metabolite pathways.

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Published December, 2010
By M. J. Reigosa Roger
Publisher: Springer
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The Handbook of Plant Ecophysiology Techniques you have now in your hands is the result of several combined events and efforts. The birth of this handbook can be traced as far as 1997, when our Plant Ecophysiology lab at the University of Vigo hosted a practical course on Plant Ecophysiology Techniques.

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Published December, 2010
By Y.P. Abrol and A. Ahmad
Publisher: Springer
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Sulphur (S) plays a pivotal role in various plant growth and development processes being a constituent of sulphur-containing amino acids, cysteine and methionine, and other metabolites viz., glutathione and phytochelatins, co-factor of enzymes which contribute to stress repair and amelioration of heavy metal toxicity.

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Published December, 2010
By A. Vainstein
Publisher: Springer
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Since not only professional scientists, but also thousands of future scientists/students as well as amateur breeders around the world contribute heavily to the field of ornamental breeding, an introductory section dealing with the basics of molecular and classical genetics and the evolution of floral diversity is included.

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Published December, 2010
By Rajeev K. Upadhyay
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Microbial toxins are secondary metabolites that accumulate in the organism and, to a large extent, are metabolically inactive towards the organism that produces them.

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Published December, 2010
By Michael Hecker, D.J. Cahill, Stefan Müllner, P. Cash, S.J. Cordwell, M. Hecker, H.E. Meyer, M. Mreyen, S. Müllner, E. Nordhoff, A.S. Nouwens, W. Schubert, A. Sickmann, R.A. VanBogelen and B.J. Walsh
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology
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Although there was limited knowledge about the cell's molecular mechanisms, which are the basis for the formation of the desired products, products from fermentation and extraction of biological matrices were a success right from the start.

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