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Informationen zum Autor Park S. Nobel is Professor of Biology at the University of California! Los Angeles. He is the author of eight books! including Physicochemical and Environmental Plant Physiology (second edition! 1999)! Remarkable Agaves and Cacti (1994)! Environmental Biology of Agaves and Cacti (1988)! and! with A.C. Gibson! The Cactus Primer (1986). Klappentext "There is nothing in the world like this book. It should be in every library and on the bookshelves of all those interested in cacti. The book will be an important resource for plant physiology! agronomy! and horticulture classes at both the undergraduate and graduate level."-Bruce Smith! Brigham Young University " Cacti: Biology and Uses is a landmark publication of one of the world's most unique group of plants. Park Nobel! a leading authority on succulent plants! has assembled a collection of contributions that spans a wide range of issues extending from basic systematics! anatomy! physiology and ecology to considerations of conservation and human uses of this diverse group of plants. This nicely-produced and well-illustrated volume provides a resource that will be of great use to a wide range of scientists! practitioners! and enthusiasts of this plant group."-Harold Mooney! Paul S. Achilles Professor of Environmental Biology! Stanford University Zusammenfassung The Cactaceae family, with about 16 hundred species, is cultivated worldwide for fruits, forage, fodder, and even as a vegetable. This text compiles information on cactus biology, ecology, and uses, and covering topis from evolution to biotechnology. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors Preface 1. Evolution and Systematics Robert S. Wallace and Arthur C. Gibson 2. Shoot Anatomy and Morphology Teresa Terrazas Salgado and James D. Mauseth 3. Root Structure and Function Joseph G. Dubrovsky and Gretchen B. North 4. Environmental Biology Park S. Nobel and Edward G. Bobich 5. Reproductive Biology Eulogio Pimienta-Barrios and Rafael F. del Castillo 6. Population and Community Ecology Alfonso Valiente Banuet and Héctor Godínez-Alvarez 7. Consumption of Platyopuntias by Wild Vertebrates Eric Mellink and Mónica E. Riojas-López 8. Biodiversity and Conservation Thomas H. Boyle and Edward F. Anderson 9. Mesoamerican Domestication and Diffusion Alejandro Casas and Giuseppe Barbera 10.Cactus Pear Fruit Production Paolo Inglese! Filadelfio Basile! and Mario Schirra 11. Fruits of Vine and Columnar Cacti Avinoam Nerd! Noemi Tel-Zur! and Yosef Mizrahi 12. Forage! Fodder! and Animal Nutrition Ali Nefzaoui and Hichem Ben Salem 13. Nopalitos! Mucilage! Fiber! and Cochineal Carmen Sáenz-Hernández! Joel Corrales-Garcia! and Gildardo Aquino-Pérez 14. Insect Pests and Diseases Helmuth G. Zimmermann and Giovanni Granata 15. Cactus Breeding and Biotechnology Brad Chapman! Candelario Mondragon Jacobo! Ronald A. Bunch! and Andrew H. Paterson Index ...
