Orchid Biology

ISBN 10: 9048179920 / ISBN 13: 9789048179923

Editore: Springer, 2010

pp. xxviii + 452. Codice articolo 263094514

Riassunto:

As stated many times before the purpose of Orchid Biology, Reviews and Perspectives (OB) is to present reviews on all aspects of orchids. The aim is not to balance every volume, but to make a balanced and wide ranging presentation of orchids in the series as a whole. The chapters in this, the last volume of the series, range over a number of topics which were not covered before. Singapore is justly famed for its orchids. They can be seen on arrival (or dep- ture) in its modern, highly efficient and comfortable Changi Airport and on the way from it to town. Vanda Miss Joaquim, the first hybrid to come from Singapore became its National Flower. This natural hybrid can be seen on its currency, stamps, and public and private decorations. Many excellent breeders, starting with Prof. Eric Holttum who bred the first man made hybrid (Spathoglottis Primrose), produced numerous magnificent hybrids and won countless awards in Singapore and elsewhere. These hybrids served to enrich the country’s orchid mystique. In the opening chapter of this volume Dr. Teoh Eng Soon (Western style: Eng Soon Teoh), himself a prize winning orchid breeder, grower and author writes about some of the breeders who contributed to the Singapore orchid fame. Prof. Hans Fitting was one of the best known plant physiologists of his time. As a young man he studied the effects of pollen on orchid flowers.

Contenuti:

Editors
Manuscripts and Publications Policy
Contributors
Persons to whom this volume is dedicated
Preface
BIOGRAPHIES: 1. Unsung Heroes of the Singapore-malaysian Orchid World (1951-2000); Eng Soon Teoh
HISTORY-PHYSIOLOGY: 2. Pollination Effects on Orchid Flowers and the first suggeston by Prof. Hans Fitting (1877-1970) that plants produce hormones; Tim Wing yam, Yong Neng Chow, Popuri Nageswara Avadhani, Choy Sin Hew, Joseph Arditti and Hubert Kurzweil
BIBLICAL AND TALMUDIC LITERATURE: 3. Are Orchids mentioned in the Bible?; Arnold S. Dunn and Joseph Arditti
MORPHOLOGY: 4. Food-hair Form and Diversification in Orchids; Kevin L. Davies
POLLINATION BIOLOGY: 5. Orchids pollen dispersal units and reproductive consequences; Ettore Pacini
ART: 6. A Rare Beauty: The Orchid in Western Art; Karen E. Quinn
HISTORY-POLLINATION: 7. Hand-pollination of Vanilla: How Many Discoverers?; Joseph Arditti, Adisheshappa Nagaraja Rao and Helen Nair
VIROLOGY: 8. Molecular biology of two orchid infecting viruses: Cymbidium mosaic potexvirus and Odontoglossum ringspot tobamovirus; Prabha Ajjikuttira and Sek Man Wong
APPENDIX: A list of Orchid Books; tim Wing yam, Benjamin Singer, Choy Sin Hew, Tiiu Kull, Irina Tatarenko and Joseph Arditti
Index of Persons
Index of Organism Names
Subject Index
Contents of Volumes I-IX

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Titolo: Orchid Biology
Casa editrice: Springer
Data di pubblicazione: 2010
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: New