S.K Sinha

Plant physiology is a subdiscipline of botany concerned with the functioning, or physiology, of plants. Closely related fields include plant morphology (structure of plants), plant ecology (interactions with the environment), phytochemistry... Lire la suite

Plant body in Angiosperms is differentiated into root stem, leaf and flower. All these parts are made up of different types of tissues containing different cell types. A tissue is a mass of similar or dissimilar cells performing a common function.... Lire la suite

Plant pathology is the scientific study of plant diseases caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions. Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, viruses, viroids, virus-like organisms,... Lire la suite

The book celebrates the centenary of the discovery of insulin and traces the developments in the types of insulin preparations used by patients with diabetes today. It is written for the lay public and presents the drama of the discovery including... Lire la suite

Provides a comprehensive introduction to microprocessor architecture and programming concepts, using the Arm® Cortex®-M0 processor as an example The Microprocessor offers a supremely accessible and user-friendly introduction to microprocessor basics... Lire la suite

Taxonomy is the method by which scientists, conservationists, and naturalists classify and organize the vast diversity of living things on this planet in an effort to understand the evolutionary relationships between them. Modern taxonomy originated... Lire la suite

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, or APG, refers to an informal international group of systematic botanists who came together to try to establish a consensus on the taxonomy of flowering plants (angiosperms) that would reflect new knowledge about... Lire la suite

Master CNC macro programming CNC Programming Using Fanuc Custom Macro B shows you how to implement powerful, advanced CNC macro programming techniques that result in unparalleled accuracy, flexible automation, and enhanced productivity. Step-by-step... Lire la suite

Written for the lay public, this book describes innovations in the treatment of diabetes before and after the discovery of insulin through the life story of Dr Elliott P. Joslin who wrote the first English textbook on the treatment of diabetes... Lire la suite

There is in this slim treatise one message given in 1921, exactly one hundred years ago, which if followed may well have limited today's pandemic of diabetes. The aphorisms, selected by the author, an ex-Joslin Fellow, are from the writings of... Lire la suite

The concept of ‘biotech’ or ‘biotechnology’ encompasses a wide range of procedures (and history) for modifying living organisms according to human purposes — going back to domestication of animals, cultivation of plants, and “improvements” to these... Lire la suite

In the middle of the night on August 21, 1978 a 27-year old biochemist called Dave Goeddel used a recently developed revolutionary method to join two pieces of protein in a test tube to create modern insulin thus ending the need to sacrifice... Lire la suite

Diseases in plants are caused by either non-living environmental factors or living agents. Plant diseases may also be grouped based on the causal agent involved, the plant part affected or the type of symptoms. Understanding the disease cycle is... Lire la suite