Book Reviews

Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor: Structure and Function (NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series H: Cell Biology, Vol. 3) Edited by A. MAELICKE Springer-Verlag, Berlin

The Chemical Basis of Radiation Biology C. Von Sonntag Taylor & Francis

Advances in Free Radicals in Disease Corongiu, F.P., Tomasi, A. and Vannini

Modern Biological Theories of Aging Aging Series Vol. 31. WARNER, H.R., BUTLER, R.N., SPROTT, R.L. and SCHNEIDER     

Book Reviews

Peroxisomes in Biology and Medicine Edited by HD Fahimi and H Sies Springer-Verlag

Molecular Biology of DNA Methylation (In Springer Series in Molecular Biology, Series Editor: A Rich) By R.L.P. Adams and R.H. Burdon.     

Book Reviews

Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor: Structure and Function (NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series H: Cell Biology, Vol. 3) Edited by A. MAELICKE Springer-Verlag, Berlin

The Chemical Basis of Radiation Biology C. Von Sonntag Taylor & Francis

Advances in Free Radicals in Disease Corongiu, F.P., Tomasi, A. and Vannini

Modern Biological Theories of Aging Aging Series Vol. 31. WARNER, H.R., BUTLER, R.N., SPROTT, R.L. and SCHNEIDER     

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Structure, Function and Genetics of Ribosomes Edited by Boyd Hardesty and Gisela Kramer.

Application of Hplc In Biochemistry [Series Laboratory techniques in biochemistry and molecular biology] A. Fallon, R.F.G. Booth and L. D. Bell.     

Book Reviews

Oxygen, Gene expression and Cellular Function, Vol 105 Lung Biology in Health and Disease L. B. Clerch and D. J. Massaro Marcel Dekker, 1997

Food and Free Radicals Edited by Midori Hiramatsu, Toshikazu Yoshikawa and Masayosu Inoue Plenum Press, 1997, ISBN 0-306-45493-9 vii + 169 pages

Preventing Coronary Heart Disease: The Role of Antioxidants, Vegetables and Fruit Ed Lesley Rogers and Imogen Sharp National Heart Forum 1997 The Stationery Office London

Inducible Gene Expression Volume 1 Environmental Stresses and Nutrients Volume 2 Hormonal Signals Ed by PA Baeuerle, Birkhauser Verlag AG, Basel, 1997

Antioxidants in Science, Technology, Medicine and Nutrition Gerald Scott Albion Chemical Science Series, Ellis Horwoood Publishing Ltd, Chichester, UK, 1997

Flavonoids in Health and Diseases Eds C A Rce-Evans and L Packer Marcel Dekker Inc, New York, 1997     

Book Reviews

The Biology of Nitric Oxide, vol. 3. Physiological and Clinical Aspects; vol. 4. Enzymology, Biochemistry and Immunology, Portland Press, 1994

Mitochondrial Diseases Editors: L. Ernster, R. Luft and S. Orrenius Publishers: Elsevier

Biothiols in Health and Disease Editors: Lester Packer & Enrique Cadenas Publishers: Marcel Dekker, Inc.     

Reviews

Inducible Plant Proteins. Their Biochemistry and Molecular Biology . Society for Experimental Biology Seminar Series, Vol. 49. Ed. by J. L. W ray .
The Action Plant. Movement and Nervous Behaviour in Plants . By P aul S imons .
Plants and Microclimate. A Quantitative Approach to Environmental Plant Physiology , 2nd edn. By H. G. J ones .
Acidic Deposition. Its Nature and Impacts . By F. T. L ast and R. W atling .
Biology of the Grapevine . By M ichael G. M ullins , A lain B ouquet and L arry E. W illiams .
Sweet Potato – An Untapped Food Resource . By J. A. W oolfe .
Algae and Symbioses: Plants, Animals, Fungi, Viruses, Interactions Explored . Ed. by W. R eisser .
Vegetation of New Zealand . By P. W ardle .
Microspores: Evolution and Ontogeny . Ed. by S. B lackmore and R. B. K nox .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Heitefuß, R., K. König, A. Obst und M. Reschke , Pflanzenkrankheiten und Schädlinge im Ackerbau.
Fahy, P. C., and G. J. Persley , Plant Bacterial Diseases, A Diagnostic Guide.
Palti, J., and R. Ausher (Eds) , Advisory work in crop pest and disease management. Crop Protection Monographs.
Sommer, B., und H. Marschner , Pflanzenverfügbarkeit von Schwermetallen nach langjähriger Düngung mit Klärschlämmen. Agrar- und Umweltforschung in Baden-Württemberg, Band 13.
Thalmann, A. , Fusarientoxine in Futtermitteln und Lebensmittelrohstoffen.
Bailey, E. J. A. , Biology and Molecular Biology of Plant-Pathogen Interactions (NATO ASI Series H: Cell Biology, Vol. 1).
Köhler, J. K. (Ed.) , Advanced Techniques in Biological Electron Microscopy III.
Hickey, K. D. (Ed.) , Methods for Evaluating Pesticides for Control of Plant Pathogens.     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, New Series, Volume 18. Higher Plant Cell Respiration. Ed. by R. D ouce and D. A. D ay
Hormones, Receptors and Cellular Interactions in Plants. Ed. by C. M. C hadwick and D. R. G arrod
Nitrogen Fixation in Plants, Tertiary Level Biology Series. By R. O. D. D ixon and C. T. W heeler     

The greening of the land

The Origin and Early Diversification of Land Plants-A Cladistic Study by P. Kenrick and P.R. Crane Smithsonian Institution Press (Smithsonian Series in Comparative Evolutionary Biology), 1997. ￡42.95 hbk, ￡21.50 pbk (xi+441 pages) ISBN 1 56098 730 8/1 56098 729 4.     

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Senile Dementia: Outlook for the Future (Modern Aging Research, Vol. 5) edited by J. Wertheimer and M. Marois. Alan R. Liss
Nucleic Acid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology by W. I. P. Mainwaring, J. H. Parish, J. D. Pickering, and N. H. Mann.
Modulation of Sensorimotor Activity During Alterations in Behavioural States edited by R. Bandler. Alan R. Liss
Monoamine Innervation of Cerebral Cortex (Neurology and Neurobiolgy, Vol. 10) edited by L. Descarries, T. R. Reader, and H. H. Jasper, Alan R. Liss
Neurocommunications: An Introduction by I. C. Whitfield
Ionic Channels of Excitable Membranes by B. Hille
Metabolic Probes of Central Nervous System Activity in Experimental Animals and Man (Magnes Lecture Series, Vol. 1) by Louis Sokoloff
Neurobiology (The Clinical Neurosciences, Vol. V) edited by R. N. Rosenberg, R. G. Grossman, S. S. Schochet Jr., E. R. Heinz, W. D. Willis Jr.     

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ELECTRON TRANSPORT AND PHOTOPHOS-PHORYLATION, TOPICS IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS , VOL. 4. Edited by J. B arber
THE MATHEMATICS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND PRODUCTIVITY . Experimental Botany. An International Series of Monographs, Vol. 16. By D. A. C harles -E dwards
DIFFERENTIATION IN VITRO . Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium of the British Society for Cell Biology. Edited by M. M. Y eoman & D. E. S. T ruman
PLASMALEMMA AND TONOPLAST: THEIR FUNCTIONS IN THE PLANT CELL . Edited by D. M armè , E. M arrè & R. H ertel
THE PLANT COMMUNITY AS A WORKING MECHANISM , Special Publications Series of the British Ecological Society 1. Edited by E. I. N ewman
THE NATURAL COUMARINS: OCCURRENCE, CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY . By R D. H. M urray , J. M endez & S. A. B rown
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL IN CROP PRODUCTION . Edited by G. C. P apavizas     

BUCHBESPRECHUNGEN

Book reviewed in this article:
reviews type of article–
M ason , J. L. (ed.): Evolution of domesticated animals . London, New York: Longman 1984.
G riffiths , G. C. D. (ed.): Flies of the Nearctic Region . Vol. VIII: Cyclorrhapha II (Schizophora: Calyptratae), Part 2 Anthomyiidae, Number 1 by G. C. D. G riffiths . Stuttgart: E. Schweitzerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 1982.
S impson , G. G.: Penguins . Past and Present, Here and There. New Haven and London: Yale University Press 1983.
G ans , E.; P ouch , F. H. (eds.): Biology of the Reptilia . Vol. 12. New York – London: Academic Press 1982. 564 S. DM 353,–. G ans , E. (ed.):
M atsuno , K.; D ose , K.; H arada , K.; R ohlfing , D. L. (eds.): Molecular Evolution and Protobiology . New York, London
F elsenstein , J. (ed.): Numerical Taxonomy . Nato AS1 Series. Series G Ecological Sciencesxs
S meets , W. J. A. J.; N ieuwenhuys , R.; R oberts , B. L.: The Central Nervous System of Cartilaginous Fishes . Structure and Functional Correlations. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer 1983
H echt , M. K.; W allace , B.; P range , G. T. (eds.): Evolutionary Biology . Vol. 18. New York and London     

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Grazing in Terrestrial and Marine Environments (British Ecological Society Symposium No. 4). Edited by D. J. C risp
Fundamentals of Botany Series . Edited by W. A. J ensen and L. G. K avaljian
Multivariate Statistical Analysis for Biologists . By H ilary S eal
Differenciation des Cellules Sexuelles et Eécondation chez les Cryptogames (Protoplasmatologia , Vol. VII/3b). By B. V azart
Allgemeine Botanik . By W. N ultsch
Piante Medicinali, Chimica, Farmacologia e Terapia . Vol. II. By R. B enigni , C. C apra and P. E. C attorini
Thermophilic Fungi . By D onald G. C ooney and R alph E merson
The Genera of Flowering Flants (Angiospermae). Based Principally on the Genera Plantarum of G. Bentham and J. D. Hooker. Dicotyledones . vol. 1. By J. H utchinson
Algal Cultures and Phytoplankton Ecology . By G. E. F ogg
Flora Europaea, Vol . 1. Eycopodiaceae to Plantanaceae . Edited by T. G. T utin , V. H. H eywood , N. A. B urges , D. H. V alentine , S. M. W alters and D. A. W ebb
The Biology of the Algae . By F. E. R ound
Flora of the British Isles Illustrations . Part 4. Monocotyledons . Drawings by S ybil J. R oles
Plants and the Ecosystem . By W. D. B illings . (Fundamentals of Botany Series, edited by W. A. J ensen and L. G. K avaljian
Essays on Crop Evolution . Edited by S ir J oseph H utchinson     

Signalling Plant Development

Cellular Integration of Signalling Pathways in Plant Development (1998). Lo Schiavo F, Last RL, Morelli G, Raikhel NV (Eds). NATO ASI Series. Series H, Cell Biology; Vol. 104. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, DM 198 hardback; ISBN 3 540 64014 2     

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The Living Tundra. By Yu. I. C hernov . Translated by D. L öve .
Cell Ageing and Cell Death. Society for Experimental Biology Seminar Series 25. Ed. by I. D avies and D. C. S igee .
Lake Sediments and Environmental History: Studies in Palaeolimnology in Honour of Winifred Tutin. Ed. by E. Y. H aworth and J. W. G. L und .
Plant Molecular Biology (Tertiary Level Biology). By D. G rierson and S. C ovey .     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
Herbicides and Plant Metabolism (Seminar series 38 Society for Experimental Biology) Ed. by A. D. D odge
Physical Methods in Plant Sciences 3. Vol. 11, Modern Methods of Plant-Analysis – New Series. Ed. by H.-F. L inskens and J. F. J ackson
Analyses of Growth and Development of Xanthium. By R. M aksymowich
Anatomy of European Woods – an atlas for the identification of European trees, shrubs and dwarf shrubs. By F. H. S chweingruber
Chromosomes Today , Volume 10. Ed. by K. F redga , B. A. K ihlman and M. D. B ennett
Pests of Stored Products and their Control. By D. S. H ill
Prospects in Systematics. (Systematics Association Special Volume No. 36.) Ed. by D. L. H awks -W orth
Aquatic Plant Book. By C hristopher D. K. C ook
Biological Invasions of Europe and the Mediterranean Basin. Ed, by F. D e C astri , A. J. H ansen and M. D ebussche
Geography Through Botany. By G. K unkel
Phytoarchaeology. By R. R. B rooks and D. J ohannes     

Book reviews

Book reviews in this article. Encyclopaedia of Plant Physiology, New Series, Vol. 12, Part C, Physiological Plant Ecology III. Responses to the Chemical and Biological Environment Edited by O. L. Lange, P. S. Nobel, C. B. Osmond and H. Ziegler The Ethics of Environmental Concern Robin Attfield The Evolutionary Biology of Colonizing Species P. A. Parsons Ecological Genetics D. J. Merrell Phytotelmata: Terrestrial Plants as Hosts for Aquatic Insect Communities Edited by J. H. Frank and L. P. Lounibos Lake Chad — Ecology and Productivity of a Shallow Tropical Ecosystem. Monographiae Biologicae 53 Edited by J. P. Carmouze, J. R. Durand and C. Lévèque, Dr. W. Junk Guidelines for the Management of Large Mammals in African Conservation Areas Edited by A. A. Ferrar     

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Book review in this article Ecological Communities. Conceptual Issues and the Evidence Edited by D. R. Strong Jr, D. Simberloff, L. G. Abele and A. B. Thistle M. P. AUSTIN The Evolutionary Ecology of Ant-Plant Mutualisms Andrew Beattie Environmental Chemistry Peter O'Neill J. S. BURGESS Biology of Chrysopidae. Series Entomologica, Volume 27 Edited by M. Canard, Y. Semeria and T. R. New, Dr W. Junk K. LAMBKIN The Dynamic Partnership: Birds and Plants in Southern Australia Edited by H. A. Ford and D. C. Paton, D. J. Woolman G. H. PYKE Hot Deserts and Arid Shrublands, A. Ecosystems of the World 12A Edited by M. Evenari, I. Noy-Meir and D. W. Goodall Hot Deserts and Arid Shrublands, B. Ecosystems of the World 12B Edited by M. Evenari, I. Noy-Meir and D. W. Goodall B. H. WALKER Tropical Zooplankton. Developments in Hydrobiology 23 Edited by H. J. Dumont and Tundisi IAN A. E. BAYLY Landscape Ecology. Theory and Application Zev Naveh and Arthur S. Lieberman R. A. PERRY     

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Advances in Plant Nutrition, Vol. 2. Edited by B ernard T inker and A ndré L äuchli .
Molecular Biology and Crop Improvement. By R. B. A ustin with R. B. F lavell , I. E. H enson and H. J. B. L owe .
Crop Productivity – Research Imperatives Revisited (International Conference held at Boyne Highlands Inn, 1–318 October 1985 and Airlie House, 11–13 December, 1985). Edited by M artin G ibbs and C arla C arlson
Haploids of Higher Plants in Vitro. Edited by H. Hu and H.-Y. Y ang
Die Blüte. Eine Einführung in Struktur und Funktion, Ökologie und Evolution der Blüten. By D ieter H ess .
Mechanisms of Resistance to Plant Diseases. Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology, Volume 17. Edited by R. S. S. F raser .
British Fungus Flora, Volume 4, Pluteaceae: Pluteus and Volvariella. By P. D. O rton .
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Modern Methods of Plant Analysis, New Series, Volume 2. Edited by H. F. L insjens and J. F. J ackson .
Immunology in Plant Science. Edited by T revor L. W ang .