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Biodiversity and chemotaxon...
Plant classifications are based on morphological characters and it is difficult, particularly in small plants and grasses, to identify these below generic level on the basis of these characters using a dissecting microscope. Plant species have intra- and inter-specific variation in secondary metabolites which can be utilized as marker compounds for identification and classification of plants. Secondary metabolites are produced as a result of primary metabolism and the production of these compounds not only involves several genes but also it is an energy dependent process. Hence these products cannot be considered as insignificant for the plant and the environment. Modern tools of molecular biology and secondary metabolites present in them can definitively decide about classification of plants. Absence of correct identification of plant is associated to many problems of resource utilization. Due to wide availability of these tools, interest has revived in systematics and correct classification of plants based on these parameters for their sustainable utilization and resource management. The purpose of this book is to assess the potential of phytochemical and molecular tools in the systematic and classification of plants. The topics covered include species concept, barcoding and phylogenetic analysis, chemotaxonomy use of polyketides, carotenes, cuticular wax, volatile oils, biodiversity of corals, metazoans, Ruta and Echinocereus. It provides comprehensive and broad subject-based reviews, useful for students, teachers, researchers, and all others interested in the field. The field has been kept wide and general to accommodate the wide-ranging topics. This book will be useful to agriculturists, chemists, botanists, industrialists, and those involved in planning of crop plants
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monografia Rebiun24470768 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun24470768 m o d cr |n||||||||| 191113s2019 sz o 000 0 eng d 1127659938 9783030307462 electronic bk.) 3030307468 electronic bk.) 303030745X 9783030307455 UPNA0511421 UEM 117901 UPVA 997035429803706 UAM 991007867832404211 UCAR 991008171493304213 CBUC 991012561029806708 YDX eng YDX GW5XE OCLCF ESU 581.7 23 Biodiversity and chemotaxonomy electronic resource] Kishan Gopal Ramawat, editor Cham Springer 2019 Cham Cham Springer 1 online resource 1 online resource Sustainable development and biodiversity 2352-474X v. 24 1. Introduction -- Part I: Biodiversity -- 2. Generation of Data on Reproductive Ecology is Important for Effective Conservation of Our Plant Diversity -- 3. Molecular Approaches to Explore Coastal Benthic Metazoan Diversity -- Success and Constraints -- 4. Soft Corals Biodiversity in the Egyptian Red Sea -- 5. Assessment of Grasslands in Indian Desert -- a Holistic Approach -- Part II: Chemotaxonomic Markers -- 6. Chemotaxonomy Significance of Alkaloids in Plants -- 7. Iridoids as Chemotaxonomic Marker -- 8. Chemosystematic Significance of Flavonoids -- 9. Isoquinoline Alkaloids as Chemotaxonomic Markers -- 10. Saponin Diversity in Plants -- 11. Chemotaxonomy and Chemodiversity of Fungal Polyketides -- 12. Chemotaxonomic Profiling for High-Value Caretonoids in Microalgae -- 13. Fungi -- Part III: Diversity and Phylogeny -- 14. Plant Barcoding and Phylogenetic Analysis: Advances, Challenges and Future Trends -- 15. Molecular Techniques to Assess Plant Diversity -- 16. Diversity of the Genus Ocimum -- 17. Phylogeny in Echinocereus (Cactaceae): Taxonomic Implications -- 18. Genetic Variation in Brassica and Allied Genera -- Part IV: Case Studies in Chemotaxonomy -- 19. Chemotaxonomic Survey on the Genus Sedum L. (Crassulaceae) Based on Distribution and Variability of the Epicuticular Wax Constituents -- 20. Chemotaxonomic Study of Volatile Oils from Rhizomes of Zingiber species (Zingigeraceae) -- 21. Chemical Variability in Essential Oils from Ruta Species and its Taxonomic and Ecological Significance -- 22. Conclusions Plant classifications are based on morphological characters and it is difficult, particularly in small plants and grasses, to identify these below generic level on the basis of these characters using a dissecting microscope. Plant species have intra- and inter-specific variation in secondary metabolites which can be utilized as marker compounds for identification and classification of plants. Secondary metabolites are produced as a result of primary metabolism and the production of these compounds not only involves several genes but also it is an energy dependent process. Hence these products cannot be considered as insignificant for the plant and the environment. Modern tools of molecular biology and secondary metabolites present in them can definitively decide about classification of plants. Absence of correct identification of plant is associated to many problems of resource utilization. Due to wide availability of these tools, interest has revived in systematics and correct classification of plants based on these parameters for their sustainable utilization and resource management. The purpose of this book is to assess the potential of phytochemical and molecular tools in the systematic and classification of plants. The topics covered include species concept, barcoding and phylogenetic analysis, chemotaxonomy use of polyketides, carotenes, cuticular wax, volatile oils, biodiversity of corals, metazoans, Ruta and Echinocereus. It provides comprehensive and broad subject-based reviews, useful for students, teachers, researchers, and all others interested in the field. The field has been kept wide and general to accommodate the wide-ranging topics. This book will be useful to agriculturists, chemists, botanists, industrialists, and those involved in planning of crop plants Plant diversity Plant chemotaxonomy Plant chemotaxonomy Plant diversity Electronic books Ramawat, K. G. Original 303030745X 9783030307455 (OCoLC)1111946716 Sustainable development and biodiversity v. 24