Comminuted meat products are highly susceptible to safety and quality degradation partly
because of their large interfacial area in the emulsion. The food industry extensively uses …

The Leguminosae, the third–largest angiosperm family, has a global distribution and high
ecological and economic impor tance. We examine how the legume systematic research …

 Abstract Robust evidence from phylogenomic analyses of 997 nuclear genes has recently
shown, beyond doubt, that the genus Prosopis is polyphyletic with three separate lineages …

Abstract “Big” plant genera, those of 500 or more species, have not only occasioned interest
among systematic botanists, but for geographical, ecological or horticultural reasons, have …

Understanding spatial patterns of biodiversity is critical for conservation planning,
particularly given rapid habitat loss and human-induced climatic change. Diversity and …

Previous phylogenetic studies have indicated that Acacia Miller sl is polyphyletic and in
need of reclassification. A proposal to conserve the name Acacia for the larger Australian …

Aim Australian acacias (1012 recognized species native to Australia, which were previously
grouped in Acacia subgenus Phyllodineae) have been moved extensively around the world …

This important book provides a comprehensive review of our current knowledge of the
world's leguminous plants and their symbiotic bacteria. Written by Professor Janet Sprent, a …

This paper argues that soil salinity needs to be more broadly acknowledged as a driving
factor in plant ecology—not only in the ecology of halophytes—in order to understand and …

Little is known about the chemistry of most species of the genus Acacia, although the genus
is quite large and widespread in the warm subarid and arid portions of the world. As …