"Common Wetland Plants in China" by Zhang Shuren. 2009. [book review]

Book Review: Comment on Sternberg’s Review of Zhang

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Book Review: China and Orientalism

Diversity of wetland plants used traditionally in China: a literature review

BACKGROUND In comparison with terrestrial plants, those growing in wetlands have been rarely studied ethnobotanically, including in China, yet people living in or near wetlands can accumulate much knowledge of the uses of local wetland plants. A characteristic of wetlands, cutting across climatic zones, is that many species are widely distributed, providing opportunities for studying general pa...

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Book Review: Oxidative Damage to Plants-Antioxidant Networks and Signaling

Plants, having sessile nature have to interact with immediate environment for sustaining their lives. Since biotic and abiotic stresses are dominating the favorable growth conditions, plants have to deal with their impact (such as oxidative stress: an imbalance between production and metabolisms of reactive oxygen species, ROS), and maintain their genetic potential to maximally grow and produce...