Table of Contents

Part I: Plant Biodiversity – An Overview 1: New Challenges to Promote Botany’s Practice Using Botanic Gardens: The Case Study of the Lisbon Botanic Garden 2: New Horizons in Diversification of Temperate Fruit Crops 3: Asteraceae of India and its Diversity and Phytogeographical Affinity 4: Maintenance of Plant Species Diversity in Forest Ecosystems Part II: Plant Biodiversity and Ethnobotany 5: Plant Diversity of the Drylands in Southeast Anatolia-Turkey: Role in Human Health and Food Security 6: Observations on Some Ethnomedicinal Plants of Jharkhand Part III: Plant Biodiversity and Biochemical Parameters 7: Plant Diversity: Envisioning Untold Nanofactories for Biogenic Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Their Applications 8: Plant Diversity Repertoire of Bioactive Triterpenoids Part IV: Plant Biodiversity and Climatic Factors 9: Roles of Secondary Metabolites in Protection and Distribution of Terrestrial Plants under Climatic Stresses 10: Summer Semi-Deciduous Species of the Mediterranean Landscape: A Winning Strategy of Cistus Species to Face the Predicted Changes of the Mediterranean Climate Part V: Plant Biodiversity and Environmental Studies 11: Aquatic Plant Biodiversity: A Biological Indicator for Monitoring and Assessment of Water Quality 12: Gymnosperm Diversity of Kashmir Himalayas Part VI: Cross Talk between Plant and Microbial Biodiversity 13: Diversity of Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Pulses 14: The Influence of Soil Microbes on Plant Diversity 15: Plant Associated Endophytic Plethora: An Emerging Source of Antimicrobial Potentials Part VII: Plant Biodiversity: Monitoring and Assessment 16: Biodiversity, Bioindicators and Biogeography of Freshwater Algae 17: Quantitative Description of Upper Storey Vegetation at a Foothill Forest in Indian Eastern Himalayas 18: Significance of Permanent Sample Plots (PSPs) Established in Different Forest Ecosystems in Monitoring Ecological Attributes and Conservation of Biodiversity: A Review 19: Effects of Harvesting Plan on Tree Species Diversity: An Evaluation of Two Logged Forest Compartments 20: Diversity of Angiospermic Flora of West Bengal, India 21: Status of Invasive Plants in Tamil Nadu, India – Its Impacts and Significance 22: Patterns of Plant Endemism and Forest Regeneration Processes in Northern Western Ghats 23: DNA Barcoding as a Molecular Tool for the Assessment of Plant Biodiversity Part VIII: Plant Biodiversity: Conservation 24: Onion and Related Taxa: Ecogeographical Distribution and Genetic Resources in India 25: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Plant Biodiversity Conservation in a European Transfrontier Landscape 26: Cryoconservation Methods for Extended Storage of Plant Genetic Resources 27: Interspecific Chemical Differentiation within the Genus Astragalus (Fabaceae) Based on Sequential Variability of Saponin Structures 28: Implementing Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Conservation Efforts 29: Conserving Forest Biodiversity 30: Invasive Alien Weed Species: A Threat to Plant Biodiversity

About the Author

Abid A. Ansari is with University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Sarvajeet S. Gill is with MD University, India.