Agricultural science

The AAAS Selected Symposia Series was begun in 1977 to provide a means of more permanently recording and more widely disseminating some of the valuable material which is discussed at the AAAS Annual National Meetings.

This book examines the challenges and impacts of poor diets and nutrition from current food systems and the potential contribution of biodiversity and ecosystem services in addressing these problems.

Basic Concepts of Environmental Chemistry, Second Edition provides a theoretical basis for the behavior and biological effects of natural chemical entities and contaminants in natural systems, concluding with a practical focus on risk assessment and the environmental management of chemicals.

This book provides comprehensive economic analyses on the paths to net-zero for China.

Forestry professors used to remind students that, whereas physicians bury their mistakes, foresters die before theirs are noticed.

Freshwater ecosystems have the greatest species diversity per unit area and many endangered species.

There is enormous current interest in urban food systems, with a wide array of policies and initiatives intended to increase food security, decrease ecological impacts and improve public health.

This book presents machine learning approaches to identify the most important predictors of crucial variables for dealing with the challenges of managing production units and designing agriculture policies.

According to estimates by the International Land Coalition based at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), 57 million hectares of land have been leased to foreign investors since 2007.

Laboratory Techniques in Plant Bacteriology is ideal for scientists and students who seek a career in plant pathogenic bacteria.

This new edition of a well-respected reference brings together, in one place, information on the entire field of animal by-products processing and utilization.

Food security has always been a major global concern and is getting more attention in recent years.

Seascape studies have developed in response to questions arising from composite correlations such as coastal, island and marine research, social requirements, landscape design and planning, marine ecology, and environment and resource management.

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 Volume comprises 14 chapters in an attempt to provide the reader with available information on safe and effective use of entomopathogens.

Sensing Approaches for Precision Agriculture aims to bring together the 'state of the art' of the most popular sensing techniques and the current state of research on the application of sensors in Precision Agriculture (PA).

The book discusses the best international practices in digital agriculture.

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

This book is an anthology of key essays that foregrounds coasts, islands, and shorelines as central to the scholarship on the oceanic environment and climate across South Asia.

The vulnerability of water resources due to climate change and human activities is globally increasing.

Effects of Climate Change and Viarability on the Agricultural Production Systems provides an integrated assessment of global climate change's impact on agriculture at the farm level, in the context of farm level adaptation decisions.

Climate hazards are the world's most widespread, deadliest and costliest natural disasters.

In this book, the author brings together the latest information on improved strains, modem production systems, better processing methods, innovations in storage and marketing, and the prospects for using cassava to produce fuel alcohol.

The production of Agaricus bisporus is a major, world-wide, highly mechanized process.

This textbook is a comprehensive volume on sprinklers and drip irrigation and covers all the basic and fundamentals concepts related to these topics.

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 presents a 360-degree picture of the world of insects and explores how their existence affects our lives: the "e;good, bad, and ugly"e; aspects of their interactions with humankind.

This book represents a new, completely updated, version of a book edited by two of the current editors, published with Springer in 1999.

What we eat - as well as how it is produced, processed, moved, sold, and used by our bodies seems to matter like never before.

This book narrates how the study of the soil became a science and institutionalized in the USA between 1860 and 1960.

Fully revised and updated for its third edition, this book presents the definitive compilation of current knowledge on all aspects of biochar.

This book provides comprehensive information on several dimensions of blue revolution in a structured form.

This contributed volume provides an overview of the current status of sustainable nanomaterials and their potential applications in various industries, including agriculture.

This book offers an in-depth exploration of phytopathogenic fungi within the context of agroecology, providing essential insights for understanding and managing these critical organisms.

This book covers the major findings of almost all types of innovation in agriculture that includes product and process innovation, marketing and organizational innovation, and extended to institutional changes and social welfare in agricultural innovation in Asia.

This book deals with an array of topics in the broad area of abiotic stress responses in plants focusing "e;problems and their management"e; by selecting some of the widely investigated themes.

This book examines the development of innovative modern methodologies towards augmenting conventional plant breeding for the production of new crop varieties, under the increasingly limiting environmental and cultivation factors, to achieve sustainable agricultural production and enhanced food security.

This book highlights various issues related to biodiversity conservation and land degradation, and the global challenges faced in achieving land degradation neutrality.

A collection of articles by leading international experts on modeling and control of potable water distribution and sewerage collection systems, focusing on advances in sensors, instrumentation and communications technologies; assessment of sensor reliability, accuracy and fitness; data management including SCADA and GIS; system

This book is a noteworthy series of works authored by women from diverse research areas and expertise.

The importance of a complementary approach to animal health is highlighted in this book, with core themes encompassing reviews of traditional veterinary medicine for common diseases afflicting livestock, as well as local practices in different areas of the world.

This book examines how different countries across Southeast Asia and Latin America respond to the emergence and expansion of the lucrative, yet controversial palm oil industry, paying attention to how national policy and governance regimes are shaping this global industry.

This book provides in-depth reviews of the effects of nanoparticles on the soil environment, their interactions with plants and also their potential applications as nanofertilizers and pesticides.

The majority of this book was written in 1983-84 while the senior author was a Visiting Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

This book addresses basic questions concerning the ecological relationships and current conditions of the major river systems in Florida .

Ökologie und Ökonomie: Ihre Integration stellt eine wichtige Aufgabe für Ingenieure heute und in der Zukunft dar.

The Impact of Nanoparticles on Agriculture and Soil, part of the Nanomaterials-Plant Interaction series, contributes the most recent insights into understanding the cellular interactions of nanoparticles in an agricultural setting, focusing on current applications and means of evaluating future prospects.

Animal welfare as a concept and practice is important to many disciplines and professions.

As per the reports of FAO, the human population will rise to 9 billion by the end of 2050 and 70% of more food must be produced over the next three decades to feed the additional population.