Overview
- At present no recent book on the subject
- Combines biodiversity and chemotaxonomy
- Helpful in sustainable resource identification and utilization
- Covers lower plants to angiosperms
Part of the book series: Sustainable Development and Biodiversity (SDEB, volume 24)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Plant classifications are based on morphological characters and it is difficult, particularly in small plants and grasses, to identify these below generic level on the basis of these characters using a dissecting microscope. Plant species have intra- and inter-specific variation in secondary metabolites which can be utilized as marker compounds for identification and classification of plants. Secondary metabolites are produced as a result of primary metabolism and the production of these compounds not only involves several genes but also it is an energy dependent process. Hence these products cannot be considered as insignificant for the plant and the environment. Modern tools of molecular biology and secondary metabolites present in them can definitively decide about classification of plants. Absence of correct identification of plant is associated to many problems of resource utilization. Due to wide availability of these tools, interest has revived in systematics and correct classification of plants based on these parameters for their sustainable utilization and resource management.
The purpose of this book is to assess the potential of phytochemical and molecular tools in the systematic and classification of plants. The topics covered include species concept, barcoding and phylogenetic analysis, chemotaxonomy use of polyketides, carotenes, cuticular wax, volatile oils, biodiversity of corals, metazoans, Ruta and Echinocereus.
It provides comprehensive and broad subject-based reviews, useful for students, teachers, researchers, and all others interested in the field. The field has been kept wide and general to accommodate the wide-ranging topics. This book will be useful to agriculturists, chemists, botanists, industrialists, and those involved in planning of crop plants.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biodiversity and Chemotaxonomy
Editors: Kishan Gopal Ramawat
Series Title: Sustainable Development and Biodiversity
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30746-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-30745-5Published: 20 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-30748-6Published: 20 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-30746-2Published: 10 November 2019
Series ISSN: 2352-474X
Series E-ISSN: 2352-4758
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 318
Number of Illustrations: 91 b/w illustrations, 46 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biodiversity, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Systems Biology, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology