| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 386 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION -- CONTRIBUTION OF FERNS TO UNDERSTANDING OF PLANT DEVELOPMENT -- Chapter 2 Cellular, molecular and genetic changes during the development of Ceratopteris richardii gametophytes -- Chapter 3 Laboratory-induced Apogamy and Apospory in Ceratopteris richardii -- Chapter 4 Sexual reproduction in ferns -- Chapter 5 Gibberellic acid and ethylene control male sex determination and development of Anemia phyllitidis gametophytes -- Chapter 6 The sporophytes of seed-free vascular plants -major vegetative developmental features and molecular genetic pathways -- PROPAGATION, CONSERVATION AND CONTROL OF GENETIC VARIABILITY IN FERNS -- Chapter 7 Form spore to sporophyte: How to proceed in vitro -- Chapter 8 In vitro regeneration systems of Platycerium -- Chapter 9 Stipule propagation in five Marattioid species native to Taiwan (Marattiaceae; Pteridophyta) -- Chapter 10 Tree ferns biotechnology: from spores to sporophytes -- Chapter 11 In Vitro Propagation of Rare and Endangered Serpentine Fern Species -- Chapter 12 Conservation of fern spores -- Chapter 13 Exploration of cryo-methods to preserve tree and herbaceous fern gametophytes -- Chapter 14 Pteridophyte spores viability -- Chapter 15 Microsatellites: a powerful genetic marker for fern research -- Chapter 16 Diversity in natural fern populations: dominant markers as genetic tools -- ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY: ECOTOXICOLOGY AND BIOREMEDIATION IN FERNS -- Chapter 17 Mitochondrial activity of fern spores for the evaluation of acute totoxicity in higher plant development -- Chapter 18 Chronic phytotoxicity in gametophytes: DNA as biomarker of growth and chlorophyll autofluorescence as biomarker of cell function -- Chapter 19 Arsenic hyperaccumulator fern Pteris vittata: Utilities for arsenic phytoremediation and plant biotechnology -- Chapter 20 Aerobiology of Pteridophyta spores: preliminary results and applications -- THERAPEUTICAL/MEDICINAL APPLICATIONS -- Chapter 21 Studies on Folk Medicinal Fern: An example of "Gusuibu" -- Chapter 22 Ecdysteroids in Ferns: diversity, distribution, biosynthesis and functions -- Chapter 23 Ferns -- from traditional uses to pharmaceutical development; chemical identification of active principles -- Chapter 24 Functional activities of ferns for human health -- Chapter 25 Toxicological and medicinal aspects of the most frequent fern species Pteridium aquilinum |
| Summary |
This well timed volume features a selection of chapters composed by experts in their respective fields. It covers a broad range of topics, from its fundamental biology to the fern's population genetics and environmental and therapeutic applications |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Ferns.
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Ferns
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Pteridophyta (division)
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NATURE -- Plants -- General.
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Biomédecine.
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Sciences de la vie.
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Ferns
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fernández, Helena
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Ashwani Kumar, 1946-
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Revilla, Maria Angeles
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| ISBN |
9781441971623 |
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1441971629 |
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