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Record Nr.

UNINA9910703081903321

Titolo

Commerce, Justice, science, and related agencies appropriations for 2011 [[electronic resource] ] : hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session / / Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, : U.S. G.P.O., 2010-

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (v. <5-8 >) : illustrations

Soggetti

Executive departments - United States - Appropriations and expenditures

Administrative agencies - United States - Appropriations and expenditures

United States Appropriations and expenditures, 2011

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Sept. 10, 2010).

Nota di contenuto

pt. 5. Dept. of Commerce FY 2011 budget overview; NOAA FY 2011 budget overview; NIST FY 2011 budget overview; Economic Development Admn. FY 2011 budget overview; Economic Development Admn. grantees; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office FY 2011 budget overview -- pt. 6. DOJ FY 2011 budget overview; FBI FY 2011 budget overview; ATF FY 2011 budget overview; Bureau of Prisons FY 2011 budget overview; American Federation of Government Employees-Council of Prisons Local; OJP FY 2011 budget overview; Legal Services Corp. FY 2011 budget overview -- pt. 7. Science, technology, engineering, and math education - pt. 1 & 2; Office of Science and Technology Policy FY 2011 budget overview; NASA FY 2011 budget overview; NSF FY 2011 budget overview -- pt. 8. Statements of members of Congress and other interested individuals and organizations.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791071203321

Autore

Jefferson Lara Vanessa

Titolo

Ecology of plant-derived smoke : its use in seed germination / / Lara Vanessa Jefferson, Marcello Pennacchio, and Kayri Havens-Young ; illustrations by David S. Sollenberger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-19-026783-6

0-19-939346-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PennacchioMarcello

Havens-YoungKayri

SollenbergerDavid S

Disciplina

571.8/62

Soggetti

Germination

Plants - Effect of smoke on

Smoke - Physiological effect

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chemicals That Affect Germination; Multiple Cues; Evolution; Mechanism of Action; Plant Growth and Vigor; Methods for Using Smoke; Conservation and Land Management and Other Implications; List of Plants; Glossary; References; Subject Index; Species Index; Index of Common Names

Sommario/riassunto

Ecology of Plant-Derived Smoke is the continuation of the research and discussion presented in Uses & Abuses of Plant-Derived Smoke, published in 2010. Both books are the first of their kind in what is now an ever-expanding and exciting field of research. This volume focuses on the use of plant-derived smoke as a tool, used for promoting seed germination and growth. Our ancestors may have used smoke in this capacity for centuries. Only recently has the scientific community delved into understanding the ecology of smoke as a seed dormancy-breaking mechanism in fire-prone environments. Most rese