Two collector books from the Sweeney Library at The Kampong!

Crassulacean Acid Metabolism - Biochemistry, Ecophysiology and Evolution

Editors: Winter, Klaus, Smith, J.Andrew C. (Eds.)

Hardcover, 1996

Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) represents one of the best-studied metabolic examples of an ecological adaptation to environmental stress. Well over 5 % of all vascular plant species engage in this water-conserving photosynthetic pathway. Intensified research activities over the last 10 years have led to major advances in understanding the biology of CAM plants.
New areas of research reviewed in detail in this book include regulation of gene expression and the molecular basis of CAM, the ecophysiology of CAM plants from tropical environments, the productivity of agronomically important cacti and agaves, the ecophysiology of CAM in submerged aquatic plants, and the taxonomic diversity and evolutionary origins of CAM.

Research Priorities in Tropical Biology

Softcover, 1980

1oo% of the proceeds from this item to benefit The Kampong of NTBG