Agricultural science

This multidisciplinary book examines the interactions between agriculture, farmland use and the environment in the farming regions of China through the frame of “theoretical explanations-spatial pattern and process analysis-mechanism analysis-simulation of future trajectories-policy recommendations”.

This book explores how plants interact with their environment, especially in the face of climate change.

This book explores how plants interact with their environment, especially in the face of climate change.

Over 100 authors present 25 contributions on the impacts of global change on terrestrial ecosystems including:key processes of the earth system such as the CO2 fertilization effect, shifts in disturbances and biome distribution, the saturation of the terrestrial carbon sink, and changes in functional biodiversity,ecosystem services such the production of wheat, pest control, and carbon storage in croplands, and sensitive regions in the world threaten by rapid changes in climate and land use such as high latitudes ecosystems, tropical forest in Southeast Asia, and ecosystems dominated by Monsoon climate.

This multidisciplinary book examines the interactions between agriculture, farmland use and the environment in the farming regions of China through the frame of “theoretical explanations-spatial pattern and process analysis-mechanism analysis-simulation of future trajectories-policy recommendations”.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the molecular genetic mechanisms governing plant vegetative and reproductive development, focusing on findings in the past 10-15 years.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the molecular genetic mechanisms governing plant vegetative and reproductive development, focusing on findings in the past 10-15 years.

This volume presents the proceedings of ICoWEFS 2025, featuring a curated selection of Agrifood focused research papers that highlight current developments and emerging trends across Agriculture, Food Systems, Nutrition, Biodiversity, and Sustainable Diets, alongside contributions addressing natural resource management, high tech solutions, and environmental sustainability.

This volume presents the proceedings of ICoWEFS 2025, featuring a curated selection of Agrifood focused research papers that highlight current developments and emerging trends across Agriculture, Food Systems, Nutrition, Biodiversity, and Sustainable Diets, alongside contributions addressing natural resource management, high tech solutions, and environmental sustainability.

This book explores how food shapes urban identity, through people and practices, and reflects the cultural and social experiences of urban gastronomy.

This volume discusses the impacts of climate change on sericulture in India, which was the world's second-largest producer of raw silk in 2022-2023, with mulberries accounting for 75.

This volume discusses the impacts of climate change on sericulture in India, which was the world's second-largest producer of raw silk in 2022-2023, with mulberries accounting for 75.

This book explores how food shapes urban identity, through people and practices, and reflects the cultural and social experiences of urban gastronomy.

This book is designed to serve as a comprehensive resource that bridges the gap between traditional soil conservation techniques and cutting-edge, technology-driven approaches, specifically centering around the latest advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI).

This book is designed to serve as a comprehensive resource that bridges the gap between traditional soil conservation techniques and cutting-edge, technology-driven approaches, specifically centering around the latest advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Plant Biology is reaching an extraordinary degree of complexity, especially due to late technological advances.

Plant Biology is reaching an extraordinary degree of complexity, especially due to late technological advances.

This book provides an in-depth exploration of biomass ashes and biochars as sustainable soil amendments.

This book aims to introduce agriculturists, particularly those with non-computing backgrounds, to the Python programming language.

This book aims to introduce agriculturists, particularly those with non-computing backgrounds, to the Python programming language.

This book provides an in-depth exploration of biomass ashes and biochars as sustainable soil amendments.

This book about urban sustainability encompasses the overarching core ideas of climate, cross-cutting concerns, advanced technologies, challenges, and solutions with reference to paradigms of climate change.

This book is a comprehensive and insightful guide that delves into the unique challenges and opportunities associated with dairy farming in the African context.

This book is to bridge the knowledge gap between biochar research and practical applications, catering to researchers, environmental scientists, agronomists, and policymakers interested in sustainable agricultural practices and environmental conservation.

This book is to bridge the knowledge gap between biochar research and practical applications, catering to researchers, environmental scientists, agronomists, and policymakers interested in sustainable agricultural practices and environmental conservation.

Dieses Lehrbuch bietet eine Einführung in die Sozioökonomie der Ernährung.

Dieses Lehrbuch bietet eine Einführung in die Sozioökonomie der Ernährung.

This book is a comprehensive and insightful guide that delves into the unique challenges and opportunities associated with dairy farming in the African context.

Global Food Value Chains: An In-depth Exploration of International Trade Dynamics is a timely and important contribution to the literature of international trade and food systems.

Global Food Value Chains: An In-depth Exploration of International Trade Dynamics is a timely and important contribution to the literature of international trade and food systems.

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With over 70 exercises containing more than 270 questions, Interpreting Ecological Data: Exercises for Undergraduates allows students to apply ecological theory learned in classes to new, 'real' data from the scientific literature.

The idea for this book arose from what we perceived as the need for an up-to-date guide to class exercises in plant virology.

In terrestrial ecosystems, soil microorganisms and soil animals are essential for litter degradation, soil formation and the availability of nutrients and trace elements.

Salinization of soils is a major threat to irrigated agriculture and counteracts the targets of costly public infrastructure investments.

Experts in herbicide research and development - chemists and plant physiologists -, have written 15 chapters that review all aspects pertinent to peroxidizing herbicides, compounds of topical interest since extremely low use rates ensure high environmental safety.

Forest ecosystems are characterized by a steady change in their structure of function.

From a new perspective, namely focusing on the interaction of selenium and mercury, this thesis provides new insights into traditional research on biogeochemical cycles of mercury in soil-plant interaction and associated human exposure and risks.

The Holocene is unique when compared to earlier geological time in that humans begin to alter and manipulate the natural environment to their own needs.

Freezing and thawing of soils is a common phenomenon in the winter-cold zone.

Mountain agriculture is a socially and culturally unique system, but also a regionally important economic sector.

Only little more than a decade ago the term "e;genetic engineering"e; was hardly known outside research laboratories.

RADIOACTIVITY - RADIONUCLIDES - RADIATION is suitable for a general audience interested in topical environmental and human health radiological issues such as radiation exposure in aircraft, food sterilisation, nuclear medicine, radon gas, radiation dispersion devices ("e;dirty bombs"e;).

This book about urban sustainability encompasses the overarching core ideas of climate, cross-cutting concerns, advanced technologies, challenges, and solutions with reference to paradigms of climate change.

The book is based on the author's life time experience in exploring and researching the genus Avena.

This volume summarizes recent technological advances in the design and engineering of Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae crops.

Since climate and land use strongly affect the runoff pattern and intensity of solute export, it is likely that some observations and conclusions formulated on the basis of investigations carried out in forested catchment may not be fully adequate to describe controls on solute export from agricultural watersheds.

This series of books are the output of the research project called "e;Sustainable Development in Asia (SDA)"e;, which was initiated by the Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia (AASA).

The book investigates the EU preferential trade policy and, in particular, the impact it had on trade flows from developing countries.