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Record Nr.

UNINA9910137091703321

Titolo

Advances in seed biology / / edited by: Paolo A. Sabelli and Brian A. Larkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Lausanne, Switzerland] : , : Frontiers Media SA, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

9782889196753

2889196755

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Frontiers Research Topics.

Frontiers in plant science.

Soggetti

Seeds - Microbiology

Seeds - Physiology

Seeds - Development

Plant molecular biology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

The seed plays a fundamental role in plant reproduction as well as a key source of energy, nutrients and raw materials for developing and sustaining humanity. With an expanding and generally more affluent world population projected to reach nine billion by mid-century, coupled to diminishing availability of inputs, agriculture is facing increasing challenges to ensure sufficient grain production. A deeper understanding of seed development, evolution and physiology will undoubtedly provide a fundamental basis to improve plant breeding practices and ultimately crop yields. Recent advances in genetic, biochemical, molecular and physiological research, mostly brought about by the deployment of novel high-throughput and high-sensitivity technologies, have begun to uncover and connect the molecular networks that control and integrate different aspects of seed development and help determine the economic value of grain crops with unprecedented details. The objective of this e-book is to provide a compilation of original research articles, reviews, hypotheses and



perspectives that have recently been published in Frontiers in Plant Science, Plant Evolution and Development as part of the Research Topic entitled "Advances in Seed Biology". Editing this Research Topic has been an extremely interesting, educational and rewarding experience, and we sincerely thank all authors who contributed their expertise and in-depth knowledge of the different topics discussed. We hope that the information presented here will help to establish the state of the art of this field and will convey how exciting and important studying seeds is and hopefully will stimulate a new crop of scientists devoted to investigating the biology of seeds.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817891703321

Autore

Beck Sigrid

Titolo

Contrasting English and German grammar : an introduction to syntax and semantics / / Sigrid Beck, Remus Gergel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

3-11-037352-1

3-11-034619-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Collana

Mouton Textbook

Classificazione

ET 750

Disciplina

425

Soggetti

English language - Grammar, Comparative - German

German language - Grammar, Comparative - English

Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax

Semantics, Comparative

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I. Structure and Meaning: An Introduction to Syntax and Semantics -- Chapter I-1 Introduction to the field: Syntax and semantics -- Chapter I-2 Categories, phrases and phrase structure rules -- Chapter I-3 A systematic way of constructing phrases -- Chapter I-4 Clause structure and movement -- Chapter I-5 Goals and methods in semantics -- Chapter I-6 Composing sentence



meanings - first steps -- Chapter I-7 Extending the theory -- Chapter I-8 NP semantics -- Appendix: Syntactic and semantic rules from Part I -- Part II. Extending the Theory and Applying it to Cross linguistic Differences -- Chapter II-1 Introduction and roadmap to the second part -- Chapter II-2 Clause structure - English and German -- Chapter II-3 Quantifiers and scope -- Chapter II-4 Negation and polarity -- Chapter II-5 Focus -- Chapter II-6 Ellipsis -- Chapter II-7 Tense and aspect -- Chapter II-8 Conclusions -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers an introduction to the derivation of meaning that is accessible and worked out to facilite an understanding of key issues in compositional semantics. The syntactic background offered is generative, the major semantic tool used is set theory. These tools are applied step-by-step to develop essential interface topics and a selection of prominent contrastive topics with material from English and German.