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Both climate change and air pollution have large negative impacts on physiological processes and functions at the individual tree level and on whole forest ecosystems. The objective of climate change and air quality monitoring is to make decisions, based on scientific knowledge, regarding how to best manage and improve the current state of the environment. Our ability to take urgent measures to combat climate change and its impact on forest ecosystems and conserve forest biodiversity depends upon our knowledge of the latest scientific results on the status of forest ecosystems. Unfortunately, there are a lot of gaps in our knowledge of the detection and monitoring of their effects on forest ecosystems. This book presents relevant results from scientific research in the fields of climate change, air pollution, forest conservation, protection and monitoring that can contribute to a better science–policy interaction and to the elaboration of specific strategies, in accordance with the areas of forest sciences from IUFRO RG 8.04.00 - Impacts of air pollution and climate change on forest ecosystems.

silver fir --- radial growth --- wood characteristics --- drought response --- climate change --- current annual increment --- percentage volume increment --- basal area --- tree diameter --- tree form-height --- air pollution --- increment cores --- Norway spruce --- radial growth series --- gas exchange --- ecosystem restoration --- mountain forests --- photosynthesis --- diagnostic assessment --- forest ecosystem --- reference information --- restoration plan --- biodiversity --- forests --- valuing ecosystem services --- policy making --- SWAT --- hydrological model --- sensitivity analysis --- calibration --- validation --- small forested watershed --- temperate forests --- climate change effects --- Southern Carpathian forest management --- forest growth --- forest biomass --- virgin forests --- ecosystem services --- natural capital --- socio-economic system --- ecological indicators --- terrestrial laser scanning --- aerial laser scanning --- LANDIS-II --- PnET --- Southern Carpathians --- production --- species composition --- species abundance --- Romanian temperate forests --- n/a

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This volume presents recent research achievements concerning the molecular genetic basis of agronomic traits in rice. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the most important food crop in the world, being a staple food for more than half of the world’s population. Recent improvements in living standards have increased the worldwide demand for high-yielding and high-quality rice cultivars. To develop novel cultivars with superior agronomic performance, we need to understand the molecular basis of agronomically important traits related to grain yield, grain quality, disease resistance, and abiotic stress tolerance. Decoding the whole rice genome sequence revealed that ,while there are more than 37,000 genes in the ~400 Mbp rice genome, there are only about 3000 genes whose molecular functions are characterized in detail. We collected in this volume the continued research efforts of scholars that elucidate genetic networks and the molecular mechanisms controlling agronomically important traits in rice.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Technology, engineering, agriculture --- grain number per panicle --- grain yield --- phase transition --- rachis branch --- rice panicle --- spikelet specialisation --- rice --- flowering time --- ambient temperature fluctuation --- chromosome segment substitution line (CSSL) --- quantitative trait locus (QTL) --- drought tolerance --- cold tolerance --- Oryza sativa --- OsCRP1 --- chloroplast ribonucleoproteins --- NAD(P)H dehydrogenase (NDH) complex --- nitrogen use efficiency --- transcriptional regulation --- nitrate reductase --- nitrate transporter --- glutamate synthase --- potassium chlorate --- QTL --- food shortage --- yield --- grain size --- OsBRKq1 --- genome editing --- homozygous --- proteomics --- C4 rice --- proto-Kranz --- photosynthetic efficiency --- crop improvement --- spike-stalk injection --- transcription factor --- OsWRKY55 --- drought response --- plant growth --- OsAP2-39 --- inflorescence architecture --- BLH homedomain protein --- branching pattern --- verticillate primary branch --- transcriptome analysis --- hormone pathways --- japonica DT3 --- submergence tolerance --- marker-assisted backcross --- foreground selection --- background selection --- three-dimensional imaging --- shoot apical meristem --- root tip --- n/a