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Advances in botanical research. Volume seventy one, Sea plants / volume editor, Nathalie Bourgougnon ; Paula Ximena Arata [and eighty six others], contributors.

Contributor(s): Series: Advances in botanical research ; v. 71.Publisher: London : Academic Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (593 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780124081079
  • 012408107X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Advances in botanical research. Volume seventy one, Sea plants.LOC classification:
  • QH541.5.S3 .A383 2014eb
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Contents:
Front Cover; ADVANCES IN BOTANICAL RESEARCH; Sea Plants; Copyright; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; Chapter One -- Selected Comments on the Role of Algae in Sustainability; 1.1 GENERAL ELEMENTS ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY; 1.2 PHYCOLOGY: A MAJOR SCIENCE, WITH POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE MADE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?; 1.3 THE ALGONAUTS' ROAD: AN EXAMPLE OF PHYCOLOGY AT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN SCIENCE, SOCIETY AND SUSTAINABILITY; 1.4 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter Two -- Seaweed Metabolomics: A New Facet of Functional Genomics; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 SAMPLE COLLECTION.
2.3 ANALYTICAL PLATFORMS FOR METABOLITE SEPARATION AND IDENTIFICATION2.4 INTEGRATION OF METABOLOMICS DATA WITH FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter Three -- Chondrus crispus -- A Present and Historical Model Organism for Red Seaweeds; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 HISTORY; 3.3 ECOLOGY; 3.4 LIFE CYCLE; 3.5 GENETICS, POPULATION STRUCTURE AND THE MATING SYSTEM; 3.6 ECOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BIOTIC INTERACTIONS; 3.7 PHOTOSYNTHESIS; 3.8 GENES AND GENOMES; 3.9 PERSPECTIVES ON PRIMARY METABOLISM; 3.10 CELL WALL BIOLOGY; 3.11 COMMERCIAL USES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES.
Chapter Four -- Salinity and Desiccation Induced Oxidative Stress Acclimation in Seaweeds4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 ALTERATIONS IN PHYSIOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE OF SEAWEEDS UNDER SALINITY AND DESICCATION STRESS; 4.3 ROS GENERATION AND ANTIOXIDANT SYSTEMS; 4.4 ACCLIMATION STRATEGIES TO SALINITY AND DESICCATION STRESS IN SEAWEEDS; 4.5 CONCLUSION AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter Five -- Plant Growth Regulators in Seaweeds: Occurrence, Regulation and Functions; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 AUXINS; 5.3 CYTOKININS; 5.4 GIBBERELLINS; 5.5 ABSCISIC ACID; 5.6 ETHYLENE; 5.7 BRASSINOSTEROIDS.
5.8 JASMONATES5.9 SALICYLIC ACID; 5.10 STRIGOLACTONES; 5.11 POTENTIAL USES OF PGRS IN SEAWEED BIOTECHNOLOGY; 5.12 CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter Six -- The Status of Kelp Exploitation and Marine Agronomy, with Emphasis on Macrocystis pyrifera, in Chile; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 KELP FISHERIES IN CHILE; 6.3 THE DEVELOPMENT OF KELP AQUACULTURE; 6.4 KELP GENETICS AND STRAIN SELECTION; 6.5 DISEASES; 6.6 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF LARGE-SCALE AQUACULTURE; 6.7 LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA) OF KELP AQUACULTURE; 6.8 CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES.
Chapter Seven -- Seaweeds (Macroalgae) and Their Extracts as Contributors of Plant Productivity and Quality: The Current Status of Our Understand ... 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 THE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF SEAWEED EXTRACTS ON GERMINATION AND EARLY PLANT GROWTH AND ESTABLISHMENT; 7.3 SEAWEEDS AND THEIR EXTRACTS IMPROVE PLANT NUTRIENT CONTENT/BIOFORTIFICATION; 7.4 SEAWEED EXTRACTS AS BIOSTIMULANTS OF STRESS TOLERANCE IN PLANTS; 7.5 BIOTIC STRESS; 7.6 CHEMICAL COMPONENTS OF SEAWEEDS THAT MITIGATE PLANT STRESSES; 7.7 THE FUTURE OF SEAWEEDS AND SEAWEED EXTRACTS IN AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE.
Summary: Advances in Botanical Research publishes in-depth and up-to-date reviews on a wide range of topics in plant sciences. The series features several reviews by recognized experts on all aspects of plant genetics, biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, physiology and ecology. This thematic volume, number 71, features reviews on sea plants. Its chapters cover topics such as the role of algae in sustainability; the status of kelp exploitation and marine agronomy; potential applications for enzymatic recovery of metabolites from seaweeds; and many more.
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Advances in Botanical Research publishes in-depth and up-to-date reviews on a wide range of topics in plant sciences. The series features several reviews by recognized experts on all aspects of plant genetics, biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, physiology and ecology. This thematic volume, number 71, features reviews on sea plants. Its chapters cover topics such as the role of algae in sustainability; the status of kelp exploitation and marine agronomy; potential applications for enzymatic recovery of metabolites from seaweeds; and many more.

Front Cover; ADVANCES IN BOTANICAL RESEARCH; Sea Plants; Copyright; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; Chapter One -- Selected Comments on the Role of Algae in Sustainability; 1.1 GENERAL ELEMENTS ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY; 1.2 PHYCOLOGY: A MAJOR SCIENCE, WITH POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE MADE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?; 1.3 THE ALGONAUTS' ROAD: AN EXAMPLE OF PHYCOLOGY AT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN SCIENCE, SOCIETY AND SUSTAINABILITY; 1.4 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter Two -- Seaweed Metabolomics: A New Facet of Functional Genomics; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 SAMPLE COLLECTION.

2.3 ANALYTICAL PLATFORMS FOR METABOLITE SEPARATION AND IDENTIFICATION2.4 INTEGRATION OF METABOLOMICS DATA WITH FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter Three -- Chondrus crispus -- A Present and Historical Model Organism for Red Seaweeds; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 HISTORY; 3.3 ECOLOGY; 3.4 LIFE CYCLE; 3.5 GENETICS, POPULATION STRUCTURE AND THE MATING SYSTEM; 3.6 ECOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BIOTIC INTERACTIONS; 3.7 PHOTOSYNTHESIS; 3.8 GENES AND GENOMES; 3.9 PERSPECTIVES ON PRIMARY METABOLISM; 3.10 CELL WALL BIOLOGY; 3.11 COMMERCIAL USES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES.

Chapter Four -- Salinity and Desiccation Induced Oxidative Stress Acclimation in Seaweeds4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 ALTERATIONS IN PHYSIOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE OF SEAWEEDS UNDER SALINITY AND DESICCATION STRESS; 4.3 ROS GENERATION AND ANTIOXIDANT SYSTEMS; 4.4 ACCLIMATION STRATEGIES TO SALINITY AND DESICCATION STRESS IN SEAWEEDS; 4.5 CONCLUSION AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter Five -- Plant Growth Regulators in Seaweeds: Occurrence, Regulation and Functions; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 AUXINS; 5.3 CYTOKININS; 5.4 GIBBERELLINS; 5.5 ABSCISIC ACID; 5.6 ETHYLENE; 5.7 BRASSINOSTEROIDS.

5.8 JASMONATES5.9 SALICYLIC ACID; 5.10 STRIGOLACTONES; 5.11 POTENTIAL USES OF PGRS IN SEAWEED BIOTECHNOLOGY; 5.12 CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter Six -- The Status of Kelp Exploitation and Marine Agronomy, with Emphasis on Macrocystis pyrifera, in Chile; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 KELP FISHERIES IN CHILE; 6.3 THE DEVELOPMENT OF KELP AQUACULTURE; 6.4 KELP GENETICS AND STRAIN SELECTION; 6.5 DISEASES; 6.6 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF LARGE-SCALE AQUACULTURE; 6.7 LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA) OF KELP AQUACULTURE; 6.8 CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES.

Chapter Seven -- Seaweeds (Macroalgae) and Their Extracts as Contributors of Plant Productivity and Quality: The Current Status of Our Understand ... 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 THE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF SEAWEED EXTRACTS ON GERMINATION AND EARLY PLANT GROWTH AND ESTABLISHMENT; 7.3 SEAWEEDS AND THEIR EXTRACTS IMPROVE PLANT NUTRIENT CONTENT/BIOFORTIFICATION; 7.4 SEAWEED EXTRACTS AS BIOSTIMULANTS OF STRESS TOLERANCE IN PLANTS; 7.5 BIOTIC STRESS; 7.6 CHEMICAL COMPONENTS OF SEAWEEDS THAT MITIGATE PLANT STRESSES; 7.7 THE FUTURE OF SEAWEEDS AND SEAWEED EXTRACTS IN AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE.

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