Agricultural science

The edited book consolidates information for profitable commercial cultivation of medicinal mushrooms.

In light of the novel corona virus outbreak in December 2019 and its subsequent impact on entire world as a global pandemic, the book attempts to provide integrated risk assessment on Covid -19 like pandemics, as well as to understand the societal, environment and economic impact of the outbreak in various sectors of development.

Do you really think you are getting a good deal when given that free mobile phone for switching service providers, if a multinational retailer undercuts its competitors or by the fact that food is relatively cheaper today in many countries than ever before?

The relationships between soils, microbes and humans are of crucial relevance in the tropics, where plant stress and microbial activity are exacerbated.

This book explores the issues and challenges of gender and development in Africa.

This book looks at using forestry and several other innovative measures to facilitate environmental sustainability, covering an important selection of research that focuses on scientific applications and trends.

Natural resources not only contribute to overall growth of the economy but also help reduce poverty by providing employment and food security to populations on the continent, and is thus the most inclusive growth sector of the economy of Asian countries.

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The book provides in detail information on pollination biology of oilseed and pulse crops.

Urban Planning for Social Justice in Latin America explores how urban planning can be used as a tool for social equity.

Accomplishing sustainability in the agribusiness sector is a significant, yet time-sensitive, challenge, especially when balanced with the need to grow sufficient quantity and quality of food to keep the growing global population healthy.

The environment is an all-encompassing component of the ecosystem of "e;Blue planet - the earth"e;, made up of the hydrosphere, atmosphere and lithosphere.

This book presents the core elements that underwrite agroecology.

Successive food, economic and environmental crises have prompted the world Agricultural Research for Development (ARD) bodies to spring into action.

This completely revamped second edition of Avian Medicine and Surgery includes over 260 all-new colour illustrated cases, with questions and answers fully exploring a breadth of diseases and disorders.

Guidelines for Surveying Soil and Land Resources promotes the development and implementation of consistent methods and standards for conducting soil and land resource surveys in Australia.

Development of superior crops that have consistent performance in quality and in quantity has not received the same emphasis in the field of genetics and breeding as merited.

The successful completion of the GATT negotiations and the North American Free Trade Agreement and the completion of the EC Internal Market mean that food and agricultural sectors must become internationally competitive.

Electronic and electric waste (e-waste), defined as end-of-life electronic products, including computers, television sets, mobile phones, transformers, capacitors, wires and cables, are a major global environmental concern.

The past two decades have seen a remarkable broadening of interest in global warming from a research concern on the part of a limited number of scientists to a political problem on a worldwide scale.

Ideal for both undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of geography, forestry, ecology, geographic information science, remote sensing, and photogrammetric engineering, LiDAR Remote Sensing and Applications expertly joins LiDAR principles, data processing basics, applications, and hands-on practices in one comprehensive source.

This textbook provides an introduction to the socioeconomics of food.

The eighth edition of Hydroponic Food Production: A Definitive Guidebook for the Advanced Home Gardener and the Commercial Hydroponic Grower serves as a comprehensive guide to soilless culture (hydroponics) for hobby and commercial growers.

It is possible to have a great garden anywhere in Australia, even under the toughest water restrictions.

Local Food Systems and Community Economic Development provides scholarly and practical knowledge on a range of issues often associated with local food system development.

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

Following on from the success of the first edition, Smartcities + Eco-Warriors (2010), this book is the latest innovative response on urban resilience from one of the world's leading urban design and architectural thinkers.

'A well written book, astutely organized.

Oil Spill Dispersants: Mechanisms of Action and Laboratory Tests provides a comprehensive summary of current information available regarding the general formulation of commercial dispersants and their function to lower oil-water interfacial tension.

This book provides a comprehensive environmental history of how Australia's rainforests developed, the influence of Aborigines and pioneers, farmers and loggers, and of efforts to protect rainforests, to help us better understand current issues and debates surrounding their conservation and use.

This book addresses the impact of important climatic changes on plant pests (including weeds, diseases and insect pests), and their interactions with crop plants.

Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy.

Plant diseases cause yield loss in crop production, poor quality of produce, and great economic losses as well.

Cultural understandings of soil are diverse and often ambiguous.

This book aims at bringing out comprehensive information on cropping systems modelling in the world.

This new volume addresses the burning issues of the impact of climate change, the alteration of environmental quality, and subsequent mitigation and adaptation strategies through various agroecosystem practices, primarily in agroforestry.

This collection of papers includes some of the presentation given at the International congress of Plant Pathology held in Beijing in 2013 in the session of Recent Development in Postharvest Pathology.

This book examines the key aspects that will define future sustainable energy systems: biofuels, green nanomaterials and the production of bioethanol and bio-hydrogen from bio-waste.

The lives of women in rural India cannot be visualized without agriculture and allied activities.

This book highlights the increasing attention for climate engineering, a set of speculative technologies aimed to counter global warming.

This book focuses on the nature and properties of soils of Hindu Kush-Himalayas and their management for agricultural land use.

The Handbook of Cleaner Production comprises a series of reference guides to cleaner production methods, technologies, and practices for key industry sectors.

This edited compilation explores role of climate change in plant stresses, their mitigators, their role, mode of action and, application.

The third edition of a bestseller, Hazardous Materials Chemistry for Emergency Responders continues to provide the fundamentals of "e;street chemistry"e; required by emergency response personnel.

Globally climate-induced disasters have been impacting marginalised communities' lives, livelihood and gendered relations.

In 2001 the Human Genome Project announced that it had successfully mapped the entire genetic content of human DNA.

The book addresses the gap that exists in sustainable value chain development in the context of developing and emerging economies in meeting the sustainable development goals.

Mycorrhiza will be the focus of research and study for the coming decade.

First Published in 1988, this set offers a comprehensive insight into controlling diseases in plants.