Biodiversity and Chemotaxonomy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ramawat, Kishan Gopal (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Sustainable Development and Biodiversity, 24
• Subjects: Biodiversity.; Conservation biology.; Ecology .; Plant systematics.; Plant taxonomy.; Systems biology.; Plant breeding.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Systems Biology.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.

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 metabol...

Table of Contents:

• 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.