Book ID: 99202
Fernandez, Helena, Ashwani Kumar and Maria Angeles Revilla (eds.)
Working with Ferns. Issues and Applications. 2010. XX, 386 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
This volume brings a selection of chapters dealing with 'Working onFerns'. Chaptersincluded cover a broad range from the knowledge of its biology and contribution to understanding of plant development, useful protocols for propagation and conservation purposes, genetic variability as well as environmental and therapeutical applications. This wide spectrum of the contributions gives to the reader a rapid idea of the enormous potential of this plant group. The originality of this book is to expose the most recent tendencies in their investigation, which is far from the traditional perspective usually followed. The collected articles in this volume incorporate most of the novel techniques used nowadays routinely to resolve traditional questions.