Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article:
Wetzel, Th. Integrierter Pflanzenschutz und Agroökosysteme.
The Indian Experience
Nagarajan, S. and K. Muralidharan Dynamics of Plant Diseases.
70. Geburtstages von Herrn Prof. Dr. J. Kranz Biochemie des Bodens.
McIntosh R. A., C. R. Welling, and R. F. Park . Wheat rusts—an Alias of Resistance Genes.
Haider, K. Biochemie des Bodens.
Kimber, D., McGregor, D. I., (eds) Brassica Oilseeds: Production and Utilization.
Oropeza, C, F. W. Howard, and G. R. Ashlninier (Eds); Lethal Yellowing: Research and Practical Aspects.
Kreuzer, J Kreuzers Gartenpflanzenlexikon 'Kurz und bũndig'.
Spatz, G. , Freiflächenpflege.
W. Eschiich , Rezension: Funktionelle Pflanzenanatomie .
Iecraemer, W. The family Trichodoridae: Stubby Root and Virus Vector Nematodes.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Gays/Justice by Richard Mohr.
Death:Beyond Whole-Brain Criteria , edited by Richard M. Zaner.
The Contraceptive Ethos:Reproductive Rights and Responsibilities Edited by S.F. Spicker, W.B. Bondeson, H.T. Englehardt, Jr., Dordrecht, Holland:D. Reidel.
Made to Order:The Myth of Reproductive and Genetic Progress Edited by Patricial Spallone and Deborah Lynn Steinberg.
Reproductive Technologies:Gender, Motherhood and Medicine Edited by Michele Stanworth.
For the Patient's Good:The Restoration of Beneficence in Health Care by Edmund D. Pellegrino and David C. Thomasma.
'The Physician as Captain of the Ship:A Critical Reappraisal', Philosophy and Medicine , vol. 29. Edited by Nancy M.P. King, Larry R. Churchill, and Alan W. Cross.     

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Books Review in this article:
Skorupinski, B.: Genetechnik für die Schädlingsbekämpfung.
Boss, L.: Research on viruses of legume crops and the international working group on Legume viruses; Historical facts and personal reminiscences.
Francl, L. J. and Neher, D. A. (eds): Exercises in Plant Disease Epidemiology.
Backhaus, G. F. (Bearbeitung) : Anwendung arbuskulärer Mykorrhizapilze im Pflanzenbau (Arbeitstagung am 13. and 14. Januar 1997 in Braunschweig).
Müller-Starck, G. (Hrsg.): Biodiversitä und nachhaltige Forst-wirtschaft.
Kranz, J.: Epidemiologie der Pflanzenkrankheiten.     

BOOK REVIEW SECTION

Book reviewed in this article:
Martinez-Palomo, Adolfo 1982. The Biology of Entamoeba histolytica.
Ristic, M. & Kreier, J. P., eds. 1981. Babesiosis .
Krylov, M. V., ed. 1981. The Evolution and Phylogeny of the Unicellular Animals .
Petrushevskaya, M. G. 1981. [ Radiolaria of the Order Nasselaria of the World's Oceans .]
Amos, W. B. & Duckett, J. G., eds. 1982. Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Flagella .
Matthes, Dieter 1982. Sesshafte Wimpertiere: Peritricha, Suctoria, Chonotricha .
Kaestner, Alfred, ed. 1980. Lehrbuch der Speziellen Zoologie . Band I: Wirbellose Tiere.
Rosowski, James R. & Parker, Bruce C., eds. 1982. Selected Papers in Phycology II.
Raikov, Igor B. 1982. The Protozoan Nucleus: Morphology and Evolution .     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Ethics and the Elderly by Mark R. Wicclair. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993
Abortion Regimes by Kerry A. Petersen. Aldershot: Dartmouth, 1993
Advance Directives and the Pursuit of Death with Dignity by Norman Cantor, Bloomington Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1993
Death to Dust: What Happens to Dead Bodies by Kenneth V. Iserson. Tucson, Arizona: Galen Press, 1994
Peter Singer in Deutschland. Zur Gefährdung der Diskussionsfreiheit in der Wissenschaft by Christoph Anstötz, Rainer Hegselmann and Hartmut Kliemt     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Forest Pathology . By J. S. Boyce.
Yearbook of Agriculture , 1937.
Physiological Genetics . By R. Goldschmidt.
The Study of Heredity . By E. B. Ford.
Tropical Fruits and Vegetables: an account of their Storage and Transport . By C. W. Wardlaw.
Erosion and Soil Conservation . By G . V. Jacks and R. O. Whyte.
Sixty Years of Botany in Britain (1875–1935). Impressions of an Eyewitness . By F. O. Bower.
Herbals: Their Origin and Evolution. A Chapter in the History of Botany , 1470–1670. By Agnes Arber.     

Reviews

Book Reviewed in this article:
Annual Review of Plant Physiology , Vol. 22 Ed. by L. M achlis .
Microbes and Biological Productivity. (Society for General Microbiology Symposium 21). Ed. by D. E. H ughes and A. H. R ose .
Crop Production: Cereals and Legumes. By B. F. B land .
Potential Crop Production. Ed. by P. F. W areing and J. P. C ooper .
Pollen: Development and Physiology. Ed. by J. H eslop -H arrison .
Chromosomal Evolution in Higher Plants. By G. L. S tebbins .
Integrated Experimental Ecology: Methods and Results of Ecosystem Research in the German Soiling Project. Ed. by H. E llenberg .
Evolutionary Ecology. By H erbert P. R iley .     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
The Ethics of Reproductive Technology edited by Kenneth D. Alpern. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992
Medical Confidentiality and Legal Privilege by Jean V. McHale. London and New York: Routledge, 1993
The Codes of Codes , edited by Daniel J. Kevles and Leroy Hood. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992
The Troubled Dream of Life: Living with Mortality by Daniel Callahan. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1993
International Directory of Bioethics Organizations. Anita L. Nolen and Mary Carrington Coutts, editors. Bioethics Resource Series, Volume 1. Washington, DC: Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, 1993
The Codification of Medical Morality, Volume One: Medical Ethics and Etiquette in the Eighteenth Century , edited by Robert Baker, Dorothy Porter and Roy Porter. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1993
Pursuing Parenthood: Ethical Issues in Assisted Reproduction by Paul Lauritzen. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1993     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Beginning Lives , by Rosalind Hursthouse.
On Moral Medicine:Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics , edited by Stephen E. Lammers and Allen Verhey.
Quantitative Risk Assessment , edited by James M. Humber and Robert F.
A Theory of Value and Obligation , by Robin Attfield.
Ethical Issues at the Outset of Life , edited by William B. Weil Jr. and Martin Benjamin.
Legal Frontiers of Death and Dying by Norman L. Cantor
Having Your Baby By Donor Insemination:A Complete Resource Guide , by Elizabeth Noble     

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Book Reviewed in This Article:
Tropische Nutzpflanzen. By H einz B rücher .
The Molecular Biology of Plant Cells. Ed. by H. S mith .
Plant Metabolism. By H. D. K umar and H. N. S ing h.
The Ribonucleic Acids. Ed. by P. R. S tewart and D. S. L etham .
Transport Phenomena in Plants. By D. A. B aker .
Transport of Ions and Water in Animals. Ed. by B. L. G upta , R. B. M oreton , J. L. O scham and B. J. W all .
Water in Plants Bibliography. Ed. by J. P ospisilova and J. S olarova .
Advances in Botanical Research. Vol. 4. Ed. by R. D. P reston and H. W. W oolhouse .
Progress in Botany: Morphology: Physiology: Genetics: Taxonomy: Geobotany. Ed. by H einz E llenerg , K arl E sser , H ermann M erxmuller , E berhard S chnepf and H ubert Z eigler .
Progress in Botany – Morphology, Physiology, Genetics, Taxonomy, Geobotany. Ed. by H. E llenberg , K. E sser , H. M erxmüller , E. S chnepf and H. Z iegler .
Plant Root Systems. By R. S cott R ussell .
Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises. Edited by K enneth S. N orris .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Crop Evolution, Adaptation and Yield. By L. T. EVANS.
The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants. By P rzemyslaw PRUSINKIEWICZ and A ristid LINDENMAYER.
Plant–Soil Interactions at Low pH: Principles and Management. Ed. by R. A. DATE, N. J. GRUNDON, G. E. RAYMENT and M. E. PROBERT.
Soils, Sustainability and the Natural Heritage. Ed. by A. G. TAYLOR, J. E. GORDON and M. B. USHER.
Crassulacean Acid Metabolism: Biochemistry, Eco-physiology and Evolution (Ecological Studies: vol. 114). Ed. by K. WINTER and J. A. C. SMITH.
Centres of Plant Diversity. A Guide and Strategy for their Conservation. WWF and IUCN.
Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants, Vol. 3: Gymnosperms. Ed. by S. M. JAIN, P. K. GUPTA AND R.J. NEWTON.
In Vitro Embryogenesis in Plants. Ed. by T. THORPE.
The Cambial Derivatives. Ed. by M. IQBAL.
Leaf Structure: Montane Regions of Venezuela with an Excursion into Argentina. By I ngrid ROTH.
The Plant Viruses (vol. 5: Polyhedral Virions and Bipartite RNA Genomes). Ed. by B. D. HARRISON and A. F. MURANT.     

Reviews of publications

Book reviewed in this article:
Marine fish larvae-morphology, ecology and relation to fisheries , edited by Reuben Lasker.
Environmental Physiology of Plants , by A. H. Fitter & R. K. M. Hay.
Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics , by Clive A.
Dinosaurs , by L. B. Halstead &Jenny Halstead.
Large White Butterfly. The biology, biochemistry and physiolosy of Pieris brassicae ( Linnaeaus ), by John Feltwell.
Omnivorous primates: Gathering and hunting in human evolution , edited by Robert S. O. Harding and Geza Teleki.
Handbook of Zoo Medicine , by Heinz George Klös & Ernst Lang.
Cetacean behaviour: Mechanisms and functions , edited by L. M. Herman Wiley     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviews in this Article:
Accountability of Bioethics Committees and Consultants by Sigrid Fry Revere.
Research Ethics in Practice : The Animal Ethics Committees in Sweden,
The Beginning of Human Life edited by Fritz K. Beller and Robert F. Weir. Dordecht
Dementia und Aging: Ethics, Values, ad Policy Choices , edited by Robert H. Binstock, Stephen G. Post and Peter J. White-house.
Least Worst Death — Essays in Bioethics on the End of Life by Margaret Pabst Battin.
All God's Mistakes — Genetic Counseling in a Pediatric Hospital by Charles L. Bosk.
Informed Consent: Patient Autonomy and Physician Beneficence within Clinical Medicine by Stephen Wear.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Introduction to Social Psychology. E. Llewellyn Queener.
The Development of Human Behavior. Richard Dewey and W. J. Humber.
Social Psychology. Solomon E. Asch.
Social Psychology: An Analysis of Human Behavior. Leonard W. Doob.
Social Psychology. Robert E. L. Faris.
Fundamentals of Social Psychology. Eugene L. and Ruth E. Hartley.
Readings in Social Psychology. Prepared for the Committee on the Teaching of Social Psychology of The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Revised Edition. Editorial Committee: Guy E. Swanson, Theodore M. Newcomb, Eugene L. Hartley, and others.     

Reviews of publications

Ecology, Community and Lifestyle: Outline of an Ecosophy , by Arne Naess (translated and edited by David Rothenberg).
Restoration Ecology: A Synthetic Approach to Ecological Research , edited by W. R. Jordan, M. E. Gilpin and J. D. Aber.
Plankton Ecology: Succession in Plankton Communities , edited by Ulrich Sommer.
Biological Control of Pests, Pathogens and Weeds: Development and Prospects , edited by R. K. S. Wood and M.J. Way.
Large Scale Cell Culture Technology , edited by Bjorn K. Lydersen.
The Story of Silk , by J. Feltwell.
Ecological Experiments: Purpose, Design and Execution , by N. G. Hairston.N 0 5
Molecular Genetics and Comparative Evolution , by J. Langridge.     

Reviews of publications

Book reviewed in this article:
The North American Grasshoppers:Volume II Acrididae, Oedipodinae , by D. Otte.
Animal Behavior and ils Applicaiions, by Derek V. Ellis.
Bracken:Ecology, Land Use and Control Technology, edited by R. T. Smith and J. A. Taylor.
Functional Vertebrate Morphology, edited by M. Hildebrand, D. M. Bramble, K. F. Liem and D. B. Wake.
Air Pollution by Pholochemical Oxidants, edited by R. Guderian.
Physiological Ecology of Lichens (Cambridge Studies in Ecology), by Kenneth A. Kershaw.
The Evolutionary Ecology of Ant-Plant mutualisms , by A. J. Beattie.
Fundamentals of Insect Physiology, edited by Murray S. Blum.
The Leajhppers and Planthoppers, edited by L. R. Nault and J. G. Rodriguez.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Recent Advances in Cytology. By C. D. D arlington .
Order and Life. By J oseph N eedham .
The Plant Diseases of Great Britain: A Bibliography. Compiled and annotated by G. C. A insworth .
Handbuch der Pflanzenkrankheiten. Herausgegeben von Prof. Dr O. A ppel .
Three Thousand Mycological Terms. By W. H. S nell .
The Pests of Fruits and Hops. By A. M. M assee .
Yearbook of Agriculture , 1936.     

Book Reviews

Narayanasamy, P :Plant Pathogen Detection and Disease Diagnosis ("Series: Books in Soils, Plants and the Environment).
Scheffer, R. P. : The Nature of Disease in Plants.
Michaelis, W. : Air Pollution: Dimensions, Trends and Inter actions with a Forest Ecosystem.
Kearney, P. C. and Kaufman, D. D. (eds) : Herbicides: Chemistry, Degradation and Mode of Actio, Vol. 3.
Sandermann, H., Wellburn, A. R., Heath, R. L. (eds) : Forest Decline and Ozone[A Comparison of Controlled Chamber and Field Experiments] Ecological Studies, Vol. 127.
Vogel, G. : Handbuch des speziellen Gemüsebaues. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, 1996.
Hall, R. (ed.): Principles and Practice of Managing Soilborne Plant Pathogens.     

European and Mediterranean Studies, an Overview

Social Change in a Peripheral Society: The Creation of a Balkan Colony . Daniel Chirot. Studies in Social Discontinuity
People of the Mediterranean: An Essay in Comparative Social Anthropology . J. Davis.
Catholics and Protestants: Agricultural Modernization in Two German Villages . Gunter Golde.
Family and Inheritance: Rural Society in Western Europe, 1200–1800 . Jack Goody, Joan Thirsk , and E. P. Thompson.
The One Blood: Kinship and Class in an Irish Village . Elliott Leyton.
Mediterranean Family Structures . J. G. Peristiany. Studies in Social Anthropology, 13
Kinship and Modernization in Mediterranean Society . J. G. Peristiany.
The Fate of Shechem: Or the Politics of Sex . Julian Pitt-Rivers.
East European Peasantries: Social Relations: An Annotated Bibliography of Periodical Articles . Irwin T. Sanders and Walter C. Bisselle
Culture and Political Economy in Western Sicily . Jane Schneider and Peter Schneider. Studies in Social Discontinuity
Three Bells of Civilization: The Life of an Italian Hill Town . Sydel Silverman.
Peasant Wisdom: Cultural Adaptation in a Swiss Village . Daniela Weinberg.     

Book Reviews

Book Reviwed in this article:
Hemleben, V.: Molekularbiologie der Pflanzen.
Haug, G., and H. Hoffmann (managing editors): Chemistry of Plant Protection.
Mielke, H.: Untersuchungen zur Typhula-Fäle unter Berücksichtigung ihrer Bekämpfung.
Spaar, D., H. Kleinhempel, und R. Fritzsche (Hrsg.): Getreide, Mais und Futtergräser.