1.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIASUN0033946

Autore

Jury, William A.

Titolo

Transfer functions and solute movement through soil : theory and applications / William A. Jury, Kurt Roth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, : Birkhäuser, 1990

ISBN

37-643-2509-7

Descrizione fisica

226 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Altri autori (Persone)

Roth, Kurt

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910144665703321

Titolo

Origins and development of adaptation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Pitman

Newark, N.J., : Distributed in North America by CIBA Pharmaceutical Co., Medical Education Division, 1984

ISBN

9786613694539

9781280784149

1280784148

9780470720837

0470720832

9780470718537

0470718536

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 102

Disciplina

575

Soggetti

Adaptation (Biology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Symposium on Origins and Development of Adaptation held at the



Ciba Foundation, London, 12-14 April 1983"--P. v.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Origins and development of adaptation; Contents; Chairman's introduction; Adaptation of plants to soils containing toxic metals-a test for conceit; Discussion; Adaptation of plants to mineral stress in problem soils; Discussion; Plant-plant interactions; Discussion; Adaptation of plants to atmospheric pollutants; Discussion; Evolution of herbicide-resistant weeds; Discussion; GENERAL DISCUSSION Relative fitness and the stability of resistance; Phytoalexins and disease-resistance mechanisms from a perspective of evolution and adaptation; Discussion

Insect-plant interactions: endocrine defencesDiscussion; Insect-plant adaptations; Discussion; Adaptation of insects to insecticides; Discussion; Biochemical mechanisms of resistance to insecticides; Discussion; Adaptation of fungi to fungitoxic compounds; Discussion; Bacterial resistance to antibiotics; Discussion; Evolutionary relationships among genes for antibiotic resistance; Discussion; Accessory DNAs in the bacterial gene pool: playground for coevolution; Discussion; FINAL GENERAL DISCUSSION; Chairman's closing remarks; Index to contributors; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.