Agricultural science

This book addresses the most innovative topics on silicon to ensure sustainability in agriculture, including advances in nanotechnology and the impact on human health.

Key Features:Provides clear and authoritative recommendations for managing fire in ecological and social contexts Authors are all international leaders in their fields and include not only academics but also leaders of Indigenous communities Explains Indigenous cultural and knowledge systems to a degree that has rarely been accessible to lay and academic readers outside specialized disciplines like AnthropologyResponds to growing need for new approaches to managing human-ecological systems that are in greater sympathy with Australia's natural environments/climate, and value the knowledge of Indigenous people Timely for scholarly and interest groups intervention, as the Australian government is again looking to 'develop the north'Sustainable Land Sector Development in Northern Australia sets out a vision for developing North Australia based on a culturally appropriate and ecologically sustainable land sector economy.

Fertilizers have been used extensively around the globe since the Green Revolution, due to the high subsidies.

This third volume in the set of books is dedicated to various sustainable approaches in textiles and fashion sector with a focus on fibres and raw materials employed.

This book in the series "e;Sustainable Development and Biodiversity"e; contains peer-reviewed chapters from leading academicians and researchers around the world in the field of horticulture, plant taxonomy, plant biotechnology, genetics and related areas of biodiversity science centered on genetic diversity.

This book provides an overview of the recent advancements for plant scientists with a research focus on phytohormones and their responses (nature, occurrence, and functions) in plant cells.

Under ongoing climate change, natural and cultivated habitats of major food crops are being continuously disturbed.

This monograph attempts to amalgamate recent research input comprising the vivifying components or urban seismology at a level useful to those having an interest in the earthquake and its effects upon an urban environment.

First published in 1980.

As agriculture becomes more mechanized and science increases the possibilities for using inputs to enhance production, the role of PGRs becomes more vital.

This comprehensive study of poultry meat safety offers readers the most up-to-date information on food safety concerns in poultry meat production.

Crops suffer from biotic and abiotic stress during their growing period.

This book presents a broad perspective on saponins as important natural products with a key role in plant defense.

The book discusses invasive-species problems in agriculture, forests and aquatic ecosystems, highlighting the invasive mechanisms and management of the selected invasive species.

This book features review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge.

Wildland fires are occurring more frequently and affecting more of Earth's surface than ever before.

Given the importance of interdisciplinary work in sustainability, Simulation of Ecological and Environmental Models introduces the theory and practice of modeling and simulation as applied in a variety of disciplines that deal with earth systems, the environment, ecology, and human-nature interactions.

Philosophers increasingly engage in practical work with other disciplines and the world at large.

This book demonstrates the measurement, monitoring, mapping and modelling of soil pollution and land resources.

This book provides extensive information about smart farming, precision agriculture and the technologies that make them succeed.

This unique volume presents up-to-date information and the latest research findings on unconventional water resources in Egypt and their connections to agriculture.

Globally, the food system and the relationship of the individual to that system, continues to change and grow in complexity.

This edited book brings out a comprehensive collection of information on the modern omics-based research.

WASTES: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities IV contains selected papers presented at the 6th edition of the International Conference Wastes: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities, that took place on 6-8 September 2023, in Coimbra, Portugal.

Human survival depends on the availability of clean air, water, and food and on the welfare of plants and animals.

Originally published in 1985, this book argues forcefully and practically for new relationship between science and the small farmer.

The book examines the pattern of non-farm development at the national level and identifies the correlates and determinants of occupational diversification for the major states.

This book contains 33 papers, presented at the meeting "e;Integrated Crop protection in Cereals"e;, on recent developments in research into integral control of invertebrate pests, diseases and weeds, together with economic appraisals of applying such research to model farming systems.

This book introduces readers to the concepts of sustainability and philosophy of slowness for the management of public entities such as cities or regions.

This book stands as a manual and ready reference for the range of professionals involved in industrial drying.

Inter-basin water transfers are complex human interventions on natural systems that can have profound adverse as well as beneficial social, economic and environmental implications.

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Recent changes in the pattern of agricultural practices from use of hazardous pesticides to natural (organic) cultivation has brought into focus the use of agriculturally important microorganisms for carrying out analogous functions.

This book contributes to the adoption of agricultural technology in general and to literature on the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in particular by identifying the factors that influence the decision to adopt SRI and examining SRI's impact on household income and yield.

This book explores various approaches to reconstruct the spatial and temporal distribution of historical farmland in China.

This book explores the types of conflicts that occur over marine and coastal resources, the underlying causes, and attempts to prevent them.

This volume is aimed at offering an insight into the present knowledge of the vast domain of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants with a focus on North America.

Based on the understanding that tolerance to pest pressure increases with less crop stress, this book covers all aspects of the molecular mechanisms underlying insect resistance in field crops.

Originally published in 1999.

This book reviews the factors contributing to the degradation of natural resources in the MENA region caused by climate change and contamination.

This book is based on the authors' extensive involvement in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) mapping projects, targeting the health of an earth ecosystem with great relevance for climate change studies: the tropical forests.

Tropical Forage Plants: Development and Use covers the research and resulting pasture development in the tropics and subtropics, which has undergone dramatic changes in the past few decades.

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was enacted in India with the multiple objectives of providing employment in a rights-based framework, addressing rural poverty, checking migration, and building rural infrastructure.

In allen wichtigen Medien wurden in den letzten Jahren Themen wie Wohngifte, Nahrungsmittelgifte und Umweltgifte abgehandelt und ihre Wirkung auf die menschliche Gesundheit diskutiert.

Abiotic stresses such as drought (water deficit), extreme temperatures (cold, frost and heat), salinity (sodicity) and mineral (metal and metalloid) toxicity limit productivity of crop plants worldwide and are big threats to global food security.

In the continuing fight against organic environmental xenobiotics, the initial success attributed to bioremediation has paled, in part due to the low availability of xenobiotics entrapped within a soil or sediment matrix.

Climate change has intensified in recent decades, which has affected crop production as well as facilitated the emergence of new diseases and insect pests, causing serious threats to agriculture.