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This book focuses on modules and emergence with self-organization in the life sciences. As Aristotle observed so long ago, the whole is more than the sum of its parts. However, contemporary science is dominated by reductionist concepts and tends to neglect the non-reproducible features of complex systems, which emerge from the interaction of the smaller units they are composed of. The book is divided into three major parts; the essays in part A highlight the conceptual basis of emergence, linking it to the philosophy of science, systems biology and sustainability. This is subsequently exemplified in part B by applying the concept of emergence to various biological disciplines, such as genetics, developmental biology, neurobiology, plant physiology and ecology. New aspects of emergence come into play when biology meets the technical sciences, as revealed in a chapter on bionics. In turn, part C adopts a broader view, revealing how the organization of life follows a hierarchical order in terms of scalar dimensions, ranging from the molecular level to the entire biosphere. The idea that life is primarily and exclusively shaped by processes at the molecular level (and, in particular, by the information encoded in the genome) is refuted; rather, there is no hierarchy with respect to the level of causation in the cross-talk between the levels. In the last two chapters, the evolutionary trend toward ever-increasing complexity in living systems is interpreted in terms of the Gaia hypothesis sensu Lovelock: the entire biosphere is viewed as a functional unit (or ‘holobiont-like system’) organized to develop and sustain life on Earth.

Systems biology. --- Computational biology --- Bioinformatics --- Biological systems --- Molecular biology --- Biological models. --- Science --- Endangered ecosystems. --- Botany. --- Systems Biology. --- Philosophy of Science. --- Ecosystems. --- Plant Sciences. --- Philosophy. --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Biology --- Natural history --- Plants --- Threatened ecosystems --- Biotic communities --- Nature conservation --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Models, Biological --- Philosophy and science. --- Plant science. --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Ecology --- Population biology --- Science and philosophy --- Floristic botany

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This book was established after closing the special issue “Water and Ion Transport in Plants: New and Older Trends Meet Together” edited by Dr. Vadim Volkov, Professor Lars Wegner and Dr Mary Beilby as Guest Editors and Mr. Everett Zhu as Manager Editor. This book represents a small collection of bright papers related to water and ion transport in plants; these exceptionally wide topic cannot be covered within a single Book, so the aim was to recall the main concepts established for water and ion transport, to introduce new ideas, including controversial ones, and to link these ideas for generating directions of potential future research and progress. The goal was reached pointing to the main traditionally studied ion transport systems: ion channels, ion transporters, sodium and proton ATPases and macroscopic effects of their activity. Water transport in roots was shown in full complexity with its links to ion transport systems and aquaporins. Nonconventional use of silicon particles as addition to fertilizers is a subject of a paper within the collection. We hope that the Book will be a good reading with excellent examples of modern research; we are also assured that the Book will stimulate the future interest in water and ion transport in plants.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- vacuole --- potassium --- homeostasis --- NHX --- auxin distribution --- PIN --- intracellular trafficking --- root pressure --- exudation --- xylem embolism --- mechanosensitive ion channels --- ion transporters --- aquaporins --- water transport --- silicon fertiliser --- wheat --- osmotic stress --- drought stress --- landraces --- genotypic variation --- Dunaliella --- cloning --- expression --- H+-ATPase --- microalgae --- Na+-ATPase --- qRT-PCR --- salt shock --- salt tolerance --- Suaeda altissima --- anion transporters --- chloride channel family --- CLC family --- halophytes --- molecular cloning --- SaCLCd --- SaCLCf --- SaCLCg

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This book was established after closing the special issue “Water and Ion Transport in Plants: New and Older Trends Meet Together” edited by Dr. Vadim Volkov, Professor Lars Wegner and Dr Mary Beilby as Guest Editors and Mr. Everett Zhu as Manager Editor. This book represents a small collection of bright papers related to water and ion transport in plants; these exceptionally wide topic cannot be covered within a single Book, so the aim was to recall the main concepts established for water and ion transport, to introduce new ideas, including controversial ones, and to link these ideas for generating directions of potential future research and progress. The goal was reached pointing to the main traditionally studied ion transport systems: ion channels, ion transporters, sodium and proton ATPases and macroscopic effects of their activity. Water transport in roots was shown in full complexity with its links to ion transport systems and aquaporins. Nonconventional use of silicon particles as addition to fertilizers is a subject of a paper within the collection. We hope that the Book will be a good reading with excellent examples of modern research; we are also assured that the Book will stimulate the future interest in water and ion transport in plants.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- vacuole --- potassium --- homeostasis --- NHX --- auxin distribution --- PIN --- intracellular trafficking --- root pressure --- exudation --- xylem embolism --- mechanosensitive ion channels --- ion transporters --- aquaporins --- water transport --- silicon fertiliser --- wheat --- osmotic stress --- drought stress --- landraces --- genotypic variation --- Dunaliella --- cloning --- expression --- H+-ATPase --- microalgae --- Na+-ATPase --- qRT-PCR --- salt shock --- salt tolerance --- Suaeda altissima --- anion transporters --- chloride channel family --- CLC family --- halophytes --- molecular cloning --- SaCLCd --- SaCLCf --- SaCLCg