Agricultural science

When I conceived this book, what I had in mind was what I did not know about coffee-parasitic nematodes (CPNs).

Salinity and water stress limit crop productivity worldwide and generate substantial economic losses each year, yet innovative research on crop and natural resource management can reveal cost-effective ways in which farmers can increase both their productivity and their income.

Current state of knowledge and gaps in experimental evidence related to the physiologic role and toxicity of trace elements in human health were presented and discussed at an international joint conference in Hersonissos, Crete-Greece, in October 2007.

Amazonian soils are almost universally thought of as extremely forbidding.

Prevention and preparedness are the two basic approaches to maximize food security against any sort of tampering, whether natural, inadvertent or intentional.

Phosphorus (P) is an essential macronutrient for plant growth.

Carbon and Nitrogen in the Terrestrial Environment is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary description of C and N fluxes between the atmosphere and the terrestrial biosphere; issues related to C and N management in different ecosystems and their implications for the environment and global climate change; and the approaches to mitigate emission of greenhouse gases.

The fungus Sclerotinia has always been a fancy and interesting subject of research both for the mycologists and pathologists.

Insect pests remain one of the main constraints to food and fiber production worldwide despite farmers deploying a range of techniques to protect their crops.

The international advanced research workshop funded by NATO and entitled "e;impact of pollutions on animal and animal products"e; was organized at Almaty (Kazakhstan) on 27-30 September 2007.

Agroforestry has come of age during the past three decades.

Recent history reveals that both the large-scale reforestation projects of the 20th century have often been less successful than anticipated, and that tree growing by smallholders - as an alternative means to combat deforestation and promote sustainable land use - has received relatively little attention from the scientific and development communities.

The book contains the contributions at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Soil Chemical Pollution, Risk Assessment, Remediation and Security, which took place in Sofia, Bulgaria, May 23-26, 2007.

Poverty is a severe problem in Africa, Asia, South America and even in pockets of the developed world.

This book stems from a four-year experience of a Training Programme addressing members of several Chinese governmental Institutions which, given the moment of extremely intense and fast development of their country, consider the issues of environment and sustainable growth among the foremost priorities.

This book contains a selection of papers presented at the Advanced Research Workshop on 'The Socio-economic causes and consequences of desertification in Central Asia' held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in June 2006.

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Concern over the effects of noise on marine life, particularly marine mammals, has emerged as a topic of considerable interest to both professionals and laypersons alike.

On behalf of the United States Department of Agriculture, I am pleased to introduce the book Lentil: An Ancient Crop for Modern Times.

Genomics research has great potential to revolutionize the discipline of plant breeding.

Genomics research has great potential to revolutionize the discipline of plant breeding.

This book is a critical account of tropical agricultural science in the twentieth century, with its successes as well as its fads and failures.

Land-use change is one of the main drivers of many environmental change processes.

This book reviews interagency research and development of classical (importation) biological control of Bemisia tabaci (biotype B) conducted in the USA from 1992- 2002.

The book offers a history of the agricultural sciences in Nazi Germany.

This chapter describes the processes involved in the transport of material over hillslopes.

Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture 2006 and Beyond is a collection of papers presented at the XIth international congress of the International Association of Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology (IAPTC&B).

This book presents a comprehensive scientific overview of the components and processes that underpin the biological characteristics of soil fertility.

Since 1998, the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Food Quality (LNV) promotes development-orientated agricultural and environmental research and strengthening of North-South partnerships through its International Cooperation (DLO-IC) research programme.

This book stems from a four-year experience of a Training Programme addressing members of several Chinese governmental Institutions which, given the moment of extremely intense and fast development of their country, consider the issues of environment and sustainable growth among the foremost priorities.

Jose and Gordon's Toward Agroforestry Design is an important reference for anyone interested in exploring or managing the physiological and ecological processes which underlie resource allocation and plant growth in agroforestry systems.

Aquaculture in the Ecosystem - An Introduction The growth of Aquaculture and its future role as a food supplier to human society has environmental, social and economic limitations, affecting marine ecosystems and socio-economic scales from local to global.

A deficiency of one or more of the eight plant micronutrients (boron, chlorine, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel and zinc) will adversely affect both the yield and quality of crops.

Aquaculture is a rapidly growing industry and aquaculture practices can directly interact with and depend upon the surrounding environment.

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The proposal for this series originated during a short term visit of Professor Mukerji to the Plant Protection Institute of CNR at Bari, Italy, in November 2005.

Agricultural research is one of the most widespread forms of organized research in the world, in both developed and developing countries.

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Global warming has worsened the water resource crisis in many arid zones worldwide, from Africa to Asia, affecting millions of people and putting them at risk of hunger.

The 8th Highway and Urban Environment Symposium (8HUES) was held on 12-14 June 2006 in Nicosia, Cyprus.

Combining an ecosystems approach with new insights at the molecular and biochemical level, this book presents the latest findings on how plants respond, physiologically, to sulfur in their environment.

This book looks at the sources and composition of the atmosphere and rainfall, with particular attention on acidifying components and those that affect ecosystems.

The apoplast may be considered as "e;the internal physiological environment of plant bodies"e;, that essentially maintains homeostasis.

Agrifood biotechnology - the genetic transformation of plants and animals through recombinant means - has created controversy in the food system for more than twenty years.

Biotechnology in the broadest sense can trace its roots back to prehistory.

Recent ecological disasters make human beings aware of changes in the Earth's climate.

Vertical Markets and Cooperative Hierarchies comprises a selection of sixteen newly written essays that provide clarification to issues pertinent to contemporary cooperatives.