Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANT HORMONES . BY T. C. M OORE
STRESS PHYSIOLOGY IN CROP PLANTS . Edited by H. M USSELL & R. C. S TAPLES
CYCLIN PHENOMENA IN MARINE PLANTS AND ANIMALS , Edited by E. N AYLOR & R. G. H ARTNOLL
THE LIFE OF THE GREEN PLANT . By A. W. G ALSTON , P.J. D AVIES & R. L. S ATTER
KNOTT'S HANDBOOK FOR VEGETABLE GROWERS . 2nd Edition, by O SCAR A. L ORENZ & D ONALD N. M AYNARD
BIOGENESIS AND FUNCTION OF PLANT LIPIDS . Edited by P. M AZLIAK , P. B ENVENISTE , G. C OSTES & R. D OUCES
POTASSIUM RESEARCH—REVIEW & TRENDS . Proceedings of the 11th Congress of the International Potash Institute, Bern, Switzerland     

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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     

21st century zoo design

A review of Conservation Centres for the New Millennium. Proceedings of the 5^th International Symposium on Zoo Design, edited by Amy B. Plowman and Peter M.C. Stevens. Paignton, Devon, U.K.: Whitely Wildlife Conservation Trust, 1999, 181 pp., paperback.     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Phylogenetic Analysis of DNA Sequences -M. M. Miyamoto and J. Cracraft(eds.)
Phylogenetic Analysis of DNA Sequence -Michael M. Miyamoto and Joel Cracraftv (eds.)
Phylogeny and the Classfication of Ffossil and Recent Organisms: Proceedings of A Symposium Organized by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.-N. Schmidt Kittler and R. Willmann (eds.)     

Reviews

Book Reviewed in this article:
Fluorescence Techniques in Cell Biology. Proceedings of the conference on 'Quantitative Fluorescence Techniques as Applied to Cell Biology' held at Batelle Research Centre, Seattle, in March 1972. Editors: A. A. T haer and M. S ernetz .
Genetics of Host-Parasite Interaction. By P. R. DAY. Edited by A. Kelman and L. Sequeira.
Advances in Plant Morphology (Professor V. Puri Commemoration Volume). Ed. by Y. S. M urty , B. M. J ohri , H. Y. M ohan R am and T. M. V arghese .
Biology of the Land Plants. Ed. by V. P uri , Y. S. M urty , P. K. G upta and D. B anerji .     

Measuring a mitotic oscillator: The ARC discontinuity

Mitosis occurs synchronously in up to 10⁸ nuclei in the syncytial plasmodium ofPhysarum polycephalum. Any two phases of the mitotic cycle may be mixed by fusing plasmodial pairs. A topological property of the synchronized phase of the fused pair as a function of parental phases, the arc discontinuity, characterizes the underlying oscillator, and indicates mitosis is controlled by a moderate relaxation oscillator which rotates more rapidly near its singularity than its limit cycle. A model oscillator is briefly described. Proceedings article from the Dissipative Structures Section of the Tenth Symposium on Biomathematics and Computer Science in the Life Sciences, University of Texas, Houston. March 29–31, 1973. Symposium Chairman: Stuart O. Zimmerman. Session Chairman and Proceedings Editors: Charles Walter and Hugo M. Martinez.     

Reviews of publications

Insects-Plants. Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Insect—Plant Relationships, Pau, France, 1986, edited by V. Labeyrie, G. Fabres & D. Lachaise. Dordrecht: W. Junk, 1987
In vitro Culture of Higher Plants , by R. L. M. Pierik     

BUCHBESPRECHUNGEN

D ickinson , W. J.; S ullivan , D.T.: Gene-Enzyme Systems in Drosophila.
K ampmann , H.: Der Waschbär.
B aron , ST.: Die achte Plage.
O hno , S., Animal cytogenetics. Vol. 4, 1.
The Early Life History of Fish. The Proceedings of an International Symposium Held at the Dunstaffnage Marine Research Laboratory of the Scottish Marine Biological Association at Oban, Scotland, from May 17-23, 1973.
H ays , H. R.: Forscher entdecken die Tierwelt. Aus dem Amerikanischen übers. von D. J ensen .
H eymer , A.: Verhaltensstudien an Prachtlibellen. Fortschr. d. Verhaltensforsch. 11. Berlin u. Hamburg: Paul Parey 1973.
S tern /T igerstedt : Ökologische Genetik. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer Verlag 1974.
Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft. Proceedings of the German Zoological Society. 67. Jahresversammlung vom 3.-8. 6. 1974 in Bochum. Mit Bei-tragen von zahlreichen namhaften Fachspezialisten. Im Auftrage der Gesellschaft her-ausgegeben von Prof. Dr. WERNER R athmeyer , Konstanz 1975. XII.
Mechanisms of Spatial Perception and Orientation as Related to Gravity.
A utrum , H.; J ung , R.; L oewenstein , W. R.; M ac K ay , D. M.; T euber , H. L.: Handbook of Sensory Physiology. 3, Part 3
H ayman , D. L.; M artin : Animal Cytogenetics. 4, 4.
S chmidt -N ielsen , K.: Physiologische Funktionen bei Tieren. Aus dem Amerikani-schen von Dr. R uth B artels . Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer 1975. VIII     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia . By F. W hite , assisted by A. A ngus .
Tools of Biological Research . Edited by H edley J. B. A tkins .
Eigenschaften und Wirkungen der Gibberelline . Symposium der Oberhessischen Gesell-schaft für Nature- und Heilkunde, Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung zu Gieszen vom I bis 3 Dezember, 1960. Edited by R. K napp .
Regeneration . Edited by D orothea R udnick .
Marsilea . By K. M. G upta .
Diseases of Sorghum, Sudan Grass and Broom Corn. By S. A. J. T arr .
Proceedings of the IX International Botanical Congress. Vol. 3. Plenary Sessions; Nomenclature .
Mutations and Polyploidy in Plant Breeding . By A rne H agberg and E rik Å kerberg .
Nitrogen Metabolism in Plants . By H. S. M c K ee .     

Air pollution and plant metabolism: Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Air Pollution and Plant Metabolism,Munich, 1987

Book reviews

Air pollution and plant metabolism: Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Air Pollution and Plant Metabolism, Munich, 1987S. Schulte-Hostede, N.M. Darrall, L.W. Blank and A.R. Wellburn (Eds.), London and New YorkL Elsevier Applied Science, 1988. xiv + 381 pages. £44.00. ISBN 1-85166-2830-8.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
FOOD MICROSCOPY (1979). Edited by J. C. Vaughan.
A GUIDE TO IDENTIFYING AND CLASSIFYING YEASTS (1979) J. A. Barnett, R. W. Payne and D. Yarrow.
CURRENT PROCEDURES IN CLINICAL BACTERIOLOGY (1978). P. D. Ellner.
YEAR BOOK OF PATHOLOGY AND CLINICAL PATHOLOGY (1979). Edited by F. A. Carone and R. B. Conn.
METHODS IN MICROBIOLOGY Volume 12 (1979). Edited by T. Bergan and J. R. Norris.
THE BACTERIA—A TREATISE ON STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, VOLUME VII (1979). MECHANISMS OF ADAPTATION. Editor-in-Chief, L. C. Gunsalus.
PROCEEDINGS IN LIFE SCIENCES—MICROBIAL ECOLOGY (1978). Proceedings of the 1st International Microbial Ecology Symposium, 1977. Edited by M. W. Loutit and J. A. R. Miles.     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Die Orchideen. By R udolf S chlechter . Ed. by F. G. B rieger , R. M aatsch and K. S enghas .
A Gardener's Dictionary of Plant Names . By A. W. S mith . Revised and enlarged by W illiam T. S tearn and I. L. L. S mith .
Plant Geography of the Pacific. By M. M. J. van B algooy .
Einführung in die Pflanzensoziologie. By R. K napp .
Taxonomy of Fungi Imperfecti (Proceedings of the First International Specialists' Workshop Conference on Criteria and Terminology in the Classification of Fungi Imperfecti, Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada). Ed. by B ryce K endrick .
Introduction to Plant Biochemistry. By T. W. G oodwin and E. I. M ercer .
Symposium on the Biochemical and Ecological Aspects of Plant-Parasite Relations. Ed. by Z. K iráaly and L. S zalay -M arzsó .
IVth Meeting of the International Council for the Study of Viruses and Virus Diseases of Grapevine, Colmar.
Some Common Flowering Plants of Uganda. By E. M. L ind and A. C. T allantire .     

REVIEWS

Atlas of Mapped Distributions of Dominance and Modern Pollen Percentages for Important Tree Taxa of Eastern North America . By P. A. D elcourt , H. R. D elcourt and T. W ebb III.
New Manual of Bryology. Volume 1. Edited by R. M. S chuster .
The Ecology and Physiology of the Fungal Mycelium. Edited by D. H. J ennings and A. D. M. R ayner .
Isotopes and Radiation in Agricultural Sciences. Edited by M. E. L'A nnunziata and J. O. L egg .
The Physiology of Flowering Plants : their growth and development . Third edition. By H. E. S treet and H. Ö pik .
Reconstructing Quaternary Environments. By J. J. L owe and M. J. C. W alker .
European Mires. Edited by P. M oore .
Compartments in Algal Cells and Their Interaction. (Proceedings in Life Sciences Series.) Edited by W. W iessner , D. G. R obinson and R. C. S tarr .
Chloroplast Metabolism. By B arry H alliwell .
Flooding and Plant Growth. Ed. by T. T. K ozlowski .
Mode of Action of Antifungal Agents. Ed. by A. P. J. T rinci and J. F. R yley .
Disease Resistance in Plants. By J. E. V anderplank .     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Lehrbuch der speziellen Zoology. Begründet von A lfred K aestner .
D e S ilva , S. S. (Ed.): Exotic Aquatic Organisms in Asia.
J oseph , M. M. (Ed.): The first Indian Fisheries Forum, Proceedings.
K eshavanath , P.; R adhakrishnan , K. V. (Eds.): Carp Seed Production Technology.
H olcík , J. (Ed.): The Freshwater Fishes of Europe.
H oechstand , H. (Ed.): The Freshwater Fishes of Europe.
H alen , H., R osado C ouoh , J.-L., M icha , J.-C., M eyer , J.: Caractéristiques et fonctionnement d'un écosystème agro-piscicole aménagé dans les marais du Tabasco (Mexique).
S chlotfeldt , H.-J., P fortmüller , K., H erbst , J., K leingeld , D. W., S chwister , J.: Was tun wenn …?     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Geier , P. W., Clark , L. R., Anderson , D. J. and Nix, H. A. (Editors). Insects: Studies in population management. V. P. RAO, M. A. GHANI, T. SANKARAN and K. C. MATHUR: A Review of the biological control of insects and other pests in South-East Asia and the Pacific Region. F. G. MAXWELL & F. A. HARRIS (Eds.) Proceedings of the summer institute on biological control of plant insects and diseases.     

Hollow heart of pea (Pisum sativum)

Book reviewed in this article: The Way Ahead in Plant Breeding. Proceedings of the Sixth Congress of Eucarpia. Edited by F. G. H. Lupton , G. Jenkins and R. Johnson . Basic Electron Microscope Techniques. By M. A. Hayat . The Logit Transformation (with special reference to its uses in bioassay). By W. D. Ashton . Families of Frequency Distributions. By J. K. Ord .     

BUCHBESPRECHUNGEN

Book reviewed in this article:
Hartmann, G. (Hrsg.): Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Evolution of Post-Paleozoic Ostracoda.
Coelenterate Ecology and Behavior. Ed. by G. O. Mackie.
LETHMATE, J.: Problemloseverhalten von Orang-Utans (Pongo pygmaeus). H. 19, Fortschritte der Verhaltensforschung - Advances in Ethology". Beih. z. Z. f. Tierpsych.
Heymer, A.: Ethologisches Worterbuch. Deutsch - Englisch - Franzosisch. Berlin und Hamburg: Paul Parey 238 S.
Halder, U.: Ökologie und Verhalten des Banteng (Bos javanicus) in Java. Eine Feldstudie. H. 10 d. „Mammalia depicta", Beih. zur Z. Saugetierkunde.
Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologisdien Gesellschaft. Proceedings of the German Zoological Society. 69. Jahresversammlung vom 7.-12. Juni 1976 in Hamburg.
Ali, M. A.; Anctil, M.: Retinas of Fishes. An Atlas. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York
Phillips, I. R.: The Embryology of the Common Maroset (Callithrix jacchus). Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology - Ergebnisse der Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte - Revues anatomie et de morphologie expeiimentale. Vol. 52, part 5. Eds.: Brodal, A.; Hild, W.; Limborgh, J. van; Ortmann, R.; Schieb-ler, T. H.; Tondury, G. und Wolff, E. Berlin, Heidelberg
Nachtsheim, H.; Stengel, H.: Vom Wildtier zum Haustier. 3., neubearb. Aufl. Berlin u. Hamburg: Paul Parey 1977.
Linnert, G.: Cytogenetisches Praktikum. Stuttgart: G. Fischer Verlag 1977.     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The Way Ahead in Plant Breeding. Proceedings of the Sixth Congress of Eucarpia. Edited by F. G. H. L upton , G. J enkins and R. J ohnson .
Basic Electron Microscope Techniques. By M. A. H ayat .
The Logit Transformation (with special reference to its uses in bioassay). By W. D. A shton .
Families of Frequency Distributions. By J. K. O rd .     

Book Notices

Butterflies of Lebanon. By T orben B. L arsen
Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trichoptera, Lunz am See ( Austria ), September 16–20, 1974. Edited by H ans M alicky
Mosquito Ecology: Field Sampling Methods. By M. W. S ervice
Butterflies: their World, their Life Cycle, their Behaviour. By T homas C. E mmel
Butterfly Culture: a Guide to Breeding Butterflies, Moths and Other Insects. By J ohn L. S. S tone and H. J. M idwinter , with a foreword by J ohnny M orris
Annual Review of Entomology , Vol. 21. Edited by R ay F. S mith , T homas E. M ittler and C arroll N. S mith     

Book reviews

Book Reviewed in this article: Statistics for Biology. Microcomputer Edition O. N. Bishop Field Guide to Eucalypts — Volume 1, Southeastern Australia M. 1. H. Brooker and D. A. Kleinig Paleolimnology. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Paleolimnology, held at Joensuu, Finland. Developments in Hydrobiology 15 . Edited by J. Merilainen, P. Huttunen and R. W. Battarbee, Dr W. Junk B V The Gastric Brooding Frog Edited by Michael J. Tyler