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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792175603321

Autore

McNamara Ken

Titolo

Prehistoric mammals of Western Australia [[electronic resource] /] / Ken McNamara and Peter Murray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Welshpool DC, W.A., : Western Australian Museum, 2010

ISBN

1-920843-60-4

Edizione

[Rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (112 p.)

Collana

Factfocus

Altri autori (Persone)

MurrayPeter (Peter F.)

Disciplina

560.00

Soggetti

Mammals, Fossil - Australia - Western Australia

Paleontology - Australia - Western Australia

Western Australia History

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 (p. 105-107).

Nota di contenuto

Introduction; The Fossil Remains: Their Occurrence and Preservation; Age of the Western Australian Fossil Remains; Diprotodontids; Thylacoleonids; Wombats; Thylacines; Kangaroos; Echidnas; Mammal Extinctions in Western Australia; Acknowledgements; Further Reading

Sommario/riassunto

In 1909 a rich accumulation of many thousands of bones was excavated from Mammoth Cave in Australia's south-west. Many of the bones far exceeded in size any modern-day native mammal, evidence that in prehistoric times giant mammals had roamed the Australian bush. They included a marsupial the size of a buffalo, kangaroos more than two metres tall, wallabies much bigger than any living species, a marsupial 'lion' about the size of a leopard, giant echidnas and wombats, plus the thylacine (Tasmanian tiger). What did these animals look like and how did they live? And how did they become extinct i



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910373919203321

Autore

Parray Javid Ahmad

Titolo

Sustainable Agriculture: Biotechniques in Plant Biology / / by Javid Ahmad Parray, Mohammad Yaseen Mir, Nowsheen Shameem

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

981-13-8840-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 547 p. 13 illus., 10 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

630

Soggetti

Agriculture

Metabolism

Botanical chemistry

Plant physiology

Metabolomics

Plant Biochemistry

Plant Physiology

Agricultura sostenible

Biologia molecular vegetal

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Plant Biotechnology: Tool for sustainable agriculture -- Chapter 2. Plant metabolomics: Sustainable approach towards crop productivity -- Chapter 3. Rhizosphere engineering and agricultural productivity -- Chapter 4. Plant Genetic engineering and GM crops: Merits and Demerits -- Chapter 5. Stress Management: Sustainable approach towards resilient agriculture -- Chapter 6.Soil Health and Food security -- Chapter 7. Nanotechnology and sustainable agriculture -- Chapter 8. Bioenergy: Plants and products -- Chapter 9.Sustainable agriculture: Future of Plant Biotechnology -- Chapter 10. Advancement in sustainable agriculture: Computational and Bioinformatics tools.

Sommario/riassunto

This book will be of immense helpful to the students of plant biotechnology, Agricultural sciences, Microbiology of both



undergraduate and postgraduate levels in universities, colleges, and Research institutes. Besides the book will be quite supportive researchers who work in the field of plant biotechnology and agricultural sciences. In this book, the main focus will be on advanced genome editing approaches for the production of GM crops besides their socioeconomic, ethical and risk-biosafety assessments. Nanotechnology is the new emerging and fascinating field of science finds its application in almost all the major research areas and its uses in agriculture and food sectors are incipient.The books seems to be first in summarizing the two way interactive approach in the field of plant biotechnology and setting of a new arena in shaping the new bio techniques towards the sustainable cause.