Agribusiness and primary industries

This Palgrave Pivot revisits the topic of how British colonialism moulded work and life in India and what kind of legacy it left behind.

A deeply human-centered perspective on the origins of America's food Where Am I Eating?

This new volume aims to be the single source that discusses in a comprehensive and elaborate way the photosynthetic and respiratory mechanisms in plants under hostile situations and the proper mitigating strategies to continue uninterrupted photosynthesis and respiration under such situations.

The neem tree, one of the most promising of all plants, may eventually benefit every person on the planet.

This book links the emerging concepts of complexity, complex adaptive system (CAS) and resilience to forest ecology and management.

Rodents are the most commonly used species in biomedical research.

The root and tuber are vital parts of medicinal plants providing mechanical support, producing critical growth regulators, and storing food.

Key features:Presents a brief history of past classifications, a summary of present classification, and speculation on how the classification may evolve in the futureIncludes keys for the identification of families and subfamilies of the Pentatomoidea and for the tribes in the PentatomidaeExplains transmission of plant pathogens and concepts of pathology and heteropteran feeding for the non-specialist Provides an extensive literature review of transmission by stink bugs of viral, bacterial, fungal, and protozoan organisms that cause diseases of plantsDiscusses the diversity of microbial symbionts in the Pentatomidae and related species, showing how microorganisms underpin the evolution of this insect groupReviews semiochemicals (pheromones, kairomones, allomones) of the Pentatomoidea and their vital role in the life histories of pest and beneficial species and their exploitation by natural enemies of true bugs Covers past, current, and future control options for insects, with a focus on stink bugs and related heteropteransThe Superfamily Pentatomoidea (stink bugs and their relatives) is comprised of 18 families with over 8,000 species, the largest of which is the family Pentatomidae (about 5,000 species).

This second edition of Working with Dynamic Crop Models is meant for self-learning by researchers or for use in graduate level courses devoted to methods for working with dynamic models in crop, agricultural, and related sciences.

Oxylipins are an important class of signaling molecules in plants, which play an important role in plant defence and innate immunity.

Echinoderms are now considered as a biological and geological model that underlies researches of primary importance.

Millets and Pseudo Cereals is the first comprehensive resource to focus on the potential crop improvements through genetic enhancements.

Comprehensive exploration of how land use interacts with the atmosphere and carbon cycle, for advanced students, researchers and policy makers.

Blowout and Well Control Handbook, Second Edition, brings the engineer and rig personnel up to date on all the useful methods, equipment, and project details needed to solve daily well control challenges.

Microbial Products: Applications and Translational Trends offers complete coverage of the production of microbial products, including biopolymers, biofuels, bioactive compounds, and their applications in fields such as bioremediation, agriculture, medicine, and other industrial settings.

Forests are under tremendous pressure from human uses of all kinds, and one of the most significant threats to their sustainability comes from commercial interests.

Airplane Performance on Grass Airfields presents an experiment-based approach to analysis and flight testing of airfield performance on grass runways.

This book covers the main mining issues where geostatistics, a discipline founded in the 1960s to study regionalized variables measured at a limited number of points in space, is expected to play a role.

Before structural mechanics became the common language of structural engineers, buildings were built based on observed behavior, with every new solution incurring high levels of risk.

CRISPR/Cas has emerged, as a powerful genetic engineering tool.

The scope of this book is Operations Research methods in Agriculture and a thorough discussion of derived applications in the Agri-food industry.

This book examines different innovations in worldwide agricultural-systems including the applications of artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT) and features of machine learning (ML) for the benefits of the farm-community.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Kennziffern der pflanzlichen Produktion führender Erzeugerländer" verfügbar.

Globally, nearly 70 billion animals are farmed annually for meat, milk and eggs.

Sprayed concrete lined (SCL) tunnels are growing rapidly in popularity due to their versatility.

Successful cost management and value engineering in construction is based on accurate and early estimations of cost, and this book is the quickest route to creating a cost plan from scratch.

In the years following World War II, the worlds biggest dam was almost built in Hells Canyon on the Snake River in Idaho.

Written to Eurocode 7 and the UK National AnnexUpdated to reflect the current usage of Eurocode 7, along with relevant parts of the British Standards, Pile Design and Construction Practice, Sixth Edition maintains the empirical correlations of the original-combining practical know how with scientific knowledge-and emphasizing relevant principles an

This annual series of books includes scientific papers on mining profiles.

Originally published in 1969, the contributors to this volume examine the natural and social environments of selected areas in Africa and study in detail some particular problems and their solutions.

Acid mine drainage (AMD) is essentially the flow of water polluted with metals and other substances from existing/old mining areas and is considered to be one of the sources of pollution.

As with the first edition, the main goal of Advanced Technologies for Meat Processing is to provide the reader with recent developments in new advanced technologies for the full meat- processing chain.

Metal-Crucible Interactions suggests solutions to a major challenge in high-temperature materials processing.

The presence of concentrations of organic substances and cations in seawater is a matter of increasing concern to the water industry, environmentalists and the general public alike.

In recent years the issue of food security has become centre stage in the global agenda.

BEHAVIOR OF MARINE FISHES BEHAVIOR OF MARINE FISHES: Capture Processes and Conservation Challenges Understanding fish behavior in relation to capture processes in marine fisheries is of fundamental importance to reducing bycatch and discards, and to enhancing marine fisheries conservation efforts.

This informative book reviews the challenges of agribusiness in the Southeast Mediterranean.

This new edition provides comprehensive, readily understandable assistance to concrete producers in the design and control of their product.

Proceedings of a Conference Held at the National Physical Laboratory, in Teddington, UK, on the 13-14 April 1994, with the main focus of Hydrogen Transport and Cracking in Metals.

While tomatoes continue to be one of the most widely grown plants, the production and distribution of tomato fruits have been changing worldwide.

'Jha is the right scholar and economist to take readers through the development of the Indian economy.

This book deals sequentially with major impediments to economic growth and their slow dissolution.

The joint challenges of population increase, food security and conservation of agrobiodiversity demand a rethink of plant breeding and agricultural research from a different perspective.

This wide-ranging volume, first published in 1983, reflects the increasing scope of the field of rural geography in the second half of the twentieth century.

Malaria continues to affect a large population of the world, especially in third world countries.

Almost 3000 lives have been lost in the UK construction industry over the last twenty-five years, in addition to those seriously injured or made ill.

Biological diversity - or 'biodiversity' - is the degree of variation of life within an ecosystem.

In examining both theory and applications, this book, through useful examples, provides a stimulating introduction to ecosystems.

This book provides systematic coverage of small animal ophthalmology via randomized self-assessment case presentations: integrated questions, superb illustrations, color photos, imaging, diagrams, tables, and detailed explanatory answers.

The chapters in this book provide in- depth insight into the gender norms and contexts in which women work in the expanding informal mining sector in sub- Saharan Africa.