Working with Ferns Issues and Applications
Ferns existing today represent a genetic inheritance of great value as they include species of ancient vascular plants, which have direct connection with the crucial steps done in the past for settling life on Earth. Their life cycle is an example of alte
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Helena Fernández Ashwani Kumar Maria Angeles Revilla ●
Editors
Working with Ferns Issues and Applications
Editors Helena Fernández Universidad de Oviedo Dpt. Biología de Organismos y Sistemas Area de Fisiología Vegetal c) Catedrático R Uría s/n 33071 Oviedo Spain
Maria Angeles Revilla Universidad de Oviedo Dpt. Biología de Organismos y Sistemas Area de Fisiología Vegetal c) Catedrático R Uría s/n 33071 Oviedo Spain
Ashwani Kumar University of Rajasthan Department of Botany 302004 Jaipur India
ISBN 978-1-4419-7161-6 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-7162-3 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-7162-3 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010938439 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer soft-ware, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
To Jos, who makes dreams come true. To my roots, Mum and Dad, the source of strength and hope in my life, forever, wherever you are. And finally, to everyone who has shown me the way of knowledge. Helena Fernández
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Preface
In the 1970s, Rolla and Alice Tryon of Harvard organized an annual fern conference at Harvard Forest every spring. The mission of the conference was to bring together researchers from across a broad spectrum of biology whose common link was that they either studied ferns per se or utilized ferns in their experiments. Talks ranged from classical pteridological subjects such as taxonomy, paleobotany and morphology, to experimental areas such as ecology, physiology, development, genetics, and biochemistry. For the participants, of whom I was lucky to be one, it was an intellectually exhilarating experience. We all learned new things, and the cross fertilization of different subjects and research approaches led to new ideas and a better understanding of ferns as organisms. The present volume, Working with Ferns: Issues and Applications, edited by Helena Fernández, Ashwani Kumar and Maria Angeles Revilla, carries the Harvard Forest Fern Conference philosophy into the twenty-first century. The editors have assembled a truly remarkable array of contributions dealing with fern biology. Starting with researches utilizing Ceratopteris, a fern whose speedy life cycle I discovered during my doctoral research at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew more than 40 years ago
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