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• I. Biology and Biotechnology in Ferns
• 1. Alexandru M.F Tomescu (Humboldt State University, USA).
• Title: Seed-free plant vegetative morphology - a developmental perspective.
• 2. Jan de Vries (Dalhousie University, Canada).
• Title: Azolla - a model system for symbiotic nitrogen fixation and evolutionary developmental biology.
• 3. Helena Fernandez, Alejandro Rivera y M Jesus Canal. (Oviedo University, Spain).
• Title: The fern gametophyte as a model to study apomixis.
• 4. Ajij Pratap Singh (Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, India).
• Title: Biotechnology in clone gametophytes: future perspectives of homosporous ferns.
• 5. Tomiczak, K-- Domrzalka, L.-- Grzyb, M-- Jan Rybczynski. (Polish Academy of Sciences, Botanical Garden, Poland).
• Title: In vitro morphogenic events in ferns: from spores and protoplasts to plant.
• 6. Anna Mikula et al. (Botanical Garden, Poland).
• Title: Experimental and practical applications of fern somatic embryogenesis.
• II. Evolution, Conservation and Biodiversity of ferns
• 7. Emily Sessa. (University of Florida, USA)
• Title: Fern Evolution and Classification.
• 8. Kelly K.S. Matsunaga (University of Michigan, USA).
• Title: Exploring the role of auxin in the evolution of tracheophyte body plans.
• 9. Daniel Ballesteros and Valerie Pence (Royal Botanic Gardens, UK)
• Title: Fern conservation: the experience of 25 years of spore, gametophyte and sporophyte ex situ storage, in vitro culture, and cryopreservation"
• 10. Carrapico, F. (University of Lisboa, Portugal)
• Title: Symbiogenesis and the evolution of biological complexity. Azolla as a case study.
• III. Ferns as genetic and metabolic resources
• 11. Chi-Lien Chen (University of Iowa, USA).
• Title: Gametophyte and sporophyte transformation.
• 12. Ashley Cannon and Stanley Roux (University of Texas, USA).
• Title: Generation of transgenic Ceratopteris richardii spores to analyze Ca2+ dynamics during gravity-directed polarization.
• 13. Janos Vetter (Szent Istvan University, Hungary).
• Title: Secondary metabolites of ferns.
• 14. Liliana Cristina Soare and Nikoleta Anca Sutan (University of Pitesti, Romania).
• Title: Current trends in ferns/pteridophytes extracts: from plant to nanoparticles.
• IV. Ferns and Environment
• 15. Yanshan Chen, Lena Ma and Bala Rathinasabapathi (Nanjing University, China, and University of Florida, USA).
• Title: Molecular biology of arsenic hyperaccumulator ferns: Novel genes to understand extraordinary arsenic tolerance, uptake and metabolism and their implications for cro p improvement strategies
• 16. Pei-Hsuan Lee, Yao-Moan Huang, and Wen-Liang Chiou. (Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taiwan).
• Title: Fern phenology
• 17. Jill Farrant (University of Cape Town, South Africa).
• Title: Moria caffrorum as model to study desiccation tolerance.
• 18. Marina Lopez-Pozo, Beatriz Fernandez-Marin, Jose Ignacio Garcia-Plazaola and Daniel Ballesteros. (University of Pais Vasco, Spain)
• Title: Desiccation tolerance in ferns: from the unicellular spore to the multi-tissular sporophyte.
• 19. David Rodriguez de la Cruz (University of Salamanca, Spain).
• Title: New insights on atmospheric fern spore dynamics.
• 20. Jose Maria Gabriel y Galan (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain).
• Title: Ecological role of some hormones on spore germination of temperate forest ferns.
• 21. Jose Maria Gabriel y Galan (Complutense University of Ma drid, Spain).
• Title: Ecomorphology of stomata in temperate ferns under contrasting environments.
• 22 Myriam Catala, Marta Esteban, Eugenia Lopez Lopez, Jacinto Elias Sedeno-Diaz, Joseph A. Rodriguez Romero, Luis G. Quintanilla (University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain)
• Title: Recent advances in the use of mitochondrial activity of ferns spores in American and European ferns models for the assessment of acute toxicity.
• 23. Myriam Catala, Helena Garcia-Cortes, Jose L. Rodriguez-Gil (University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain)
• Title: Update on the assessment of chronic phytotoxicity using fern spore biomarkers.
• 24. Bhupinder Dhir (University of Delhi, India)
• Title: The role of ferns in environmental cleanup.
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Ferns, collectively, represent an ancient species of vascular plant which has a direct connection to the beginning of life on Earth. Today they are valued for their ornamental appeal, environmental benefit or as sources of health benefiting metabolites. Current pteridology, the study of fern, encompasses a wide range of research activities including, but not limited to, plant physiology, stress tolerance, genetics and genomics. The goal of this book is to compile the most relevant research done with ferns during the last decade. It is organized into four parts: I, Biology and Biotechnology; II, Evolution and Conservation; III, Metabolism and Genetic Resources, and IV, Environment. Each section reveals the utilization of ferns as a tool to explore challenges unique to plant development and adaptation. This project represents our collective effort to raise the awareness of ferns as a model system to study higher plant functions. Among the distinctive features of our proposed book are: (i) a wide range of topics with contributing researchers from all around the world, and (ii) recent advances of theoretic and applied knowledge with implications to crop species of economic value.
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A Natural History of Ferns is an entertaining and informative look at why ferns and their relatives are unique among plants. Ferns live in habitats from the tropics to polar latitudes, and unlike seed plants, which endow each seed with the resources to help their offspring, ferns reproduce by minute spores. There are floating ferns, ferns that climb or live on trees, and ferns that are trees. There are poisonous ferns, iridescent ferns, and resurrection ferns that survive desert heat and drought. The relations of ferns and people are equally varied. Moran sheds light on Robinson Crusoe's ferns, the role of ferns in movies, and how ferns get their names. A Natural History of Ferns provides just what is needed for those who wish to grow ferns or observe them in their habitats with greater understanding and appreciation.
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Tree ferns in the garden command the attention of both the devoted gardener and casual passer-by. Their stately form resembles that of the palm tree and evokes a feeling of the quintessentially exotic. This volume provides information on the living tree ferns, surveying families, genera and species.
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• 1. Analytical examination of the criteria of comparison.--2. The Eusporangiatae and other relatively primitive ferns.--3. The leptosporangiate ferns.

• v. 1. Gleichenia--Dictyoxyphium.--
• v. 2. Adiantum--Ceratopteris.--
• v. 3. Lomaria--Actiniopteris.--
• v. 4. Scolopendrium--Polypodium.--
• v. 5. Polypodieæ--Acrosticheæ.

• 1. Ecological importance of ferns Joanne M. Sharpe, Klaus Mehltreter and Lawrence R. Walker--
• 2. Biogeography of ferns Michael Kessler--
• 3. Ecological insights from fern population dynamics Joanne M. Sharpe and Klaus Mehltreter--
• 4. Nutrient ecology of ferns Sarah J. Richardson and Lawrence R. Walker--
• 5. Fern adaptations to xeric environments Peter Hietz--
• 6. Ferns, disturbance and succession Lawrence R. Walker and Joanne M. Sharpe--
• 7. Interactions of ferns with fungi and animals Klaus Mehltreter--
• 8. Problem ferns: their impact and management Roderick Robinson, Elizabeth Sheffield and Joanne M. Sharpe--
• 9. Fern conservation Klaus Mehltreter--
• 10. Current and future directions in fern ecology Lawrence R. Walker, Klaus Mehltreter and Joanne M. Sharpe.
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Ferns are an integral part of the world's flora, appreciated for their beauty as ornamentals, problematic as invaders and endangered by human interference. They often dominate forest understories but also colonize open areas, invade waterways and survive in nutrient-poor wastelands and eroded pastures. Presented here is the first comprehensive summary of fern ecology, with worldwide examples from Siberia to the islands of Hawaii. Topics include a brief history of the ecological study of ferns, a global survey of fern biogeography, fern population dynamics, the role of ferns in ecosystem nutrient cycles, their adaptations to xeric environments and future directions in fern ecology. Fully illustrated concepts and processes provide a framework for future research and utilization of ferns for graduate students and professionals in ecology, conservation and land management.
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