Agricultural science

Ronald M.

This symposium is the third in a series featuring the propaga- tion of higher plants through tissue culture.

This book provides a novel integrated solution for sedimentation problems in major dams in the Damodar River Basin.

Urbanization and construction are primary drivers of land cover and land use change, climate change and environmental degradation.

This book discusses emerging contexts of global warming and climate change, agricultural vulnerability and adaptation from local to global scale.

With an ever-increasing proportion of the world's population living in cities, soil properties such as salinity, acidity, water retention, erosion and pollution are becoming more significant in urban areas.

A changing climate is causing challenges for soil and water management in many parts of the world.

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

Healthy Soils for Healthy Vines provides a clear understanding of vineyard soils and how to manage and improve soil health for best vineyard performance.

Interest in biochar among soil and environment researchers has increased dramatically over the past decade.

Interpreting Soil Test Results is a practical reference enabling soil scientists, environmental scientists, environmental engineers, land holders and others involved in land management to better understand a range of soil test methods and interpret the results of these tests.

Contaminated sediments represent an ongoing threat to the health of aquatic ecosystems.

Our capacity to maintain world food production depends heavily on the thin layer of soil covering the Earth's surface.

Our capacity to maintain world food production depends heavily on the thin layer of soil covering the Earth's surface.

Underground coal mining disturbs both the overburden strata and the immediate floor strata.

Although most mining companies utilise systems for slope monitoring, experience indicates that mining operations continue to be surprised by the occurrence of adverse geotechnical events.

Sustainable Futures explores the links between population growth, diminishing resources and environmental challenges, and the implications for Australia's future.

This field guide to introduced dung beetles covers all species found in Australia, including two newly introduced species.

This is an in-depth exploration of Nepal's environmental journey, tracing its transformation from ancient practices to modern sustainability challenges.

The book provides an overview of water stress in plants and alterations in the physiology, morphology, anatomy, and molecular mechanism due to water stress.

Geosynthetics can, and have, played a pivotal role in providing the primary functions of filtration, drainage and erosion control.

Biogeochemistry, still in its formative stage twenty years ago, is now a young, interdisciplinary subfield of earth sciences, life sciences and chemistry.

Some pioneers in soil research such as Muller and Kubiena were as much biologists as they were soil scientists and the legendary biologist Charles Darwin was foresighted in recognizing the earthworms as instrumental in reworking the soil, thereby forming what he called "e;vegetable mould"e;.

Soil Microbiology and Biochemsitry enconmpasses the broad spectrum of soil organisms and the dynamic processes carried on by them, including ecological relationships in the biota, the dynamics of the carbon and nitrogen cycles, and microbe-driven reactions involving sulfu, phosphorous, and metals.

Fundamental Aspects of Pollution Control and Environmental Science, 5: Pesticides in the Soil Environment focuses on the effects of pesticide use on the quality of soil.

New Developments in Phosphate Fertilizer Technology compiles all the papers presented at the 1976 Technical Conference of ISMA Ltd.

Discover environmentally safe ways to control weeds and pests!

This book presents cascading effects of ecological disturbances on a multitude of ecosystem components.

Chromatography has been developed as a powerful and rapid technique for the separation of compounds with highly similar molecular characteristics, even from complicated matrices.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) give the UN a road-map for development, with Agenda 2030 as the target.

This book has been conceived with the aim of contributing to the International Conference on Ocean Management in Global Change [Genoa, June 22-26, 1992] and to the ocean sciences' debate on the conceptual framework and targets of sea management.

This volume gives an account of the morphology and taxonomy of "e;Trichoderma"e; and "e;Gliocladium"e;, before disscusing their ecology and basic biology.

Here is a book that sets forth vital information growers need to produce highbush blueberries effectively and efficiently.

Reduce the environmentally negative aspects of industrial agriculture with an ecologically sound philosophy!

Examine why illegal logging is so pervasiveand how this problem can be addressedIn March 2002, the Yale chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters brought together social and natural scientists, resource managers, policymakers, community leaders, and other interested parties to share experiences, strategies, succe

This book examines production efficiency and economic benefits of agricultural production systems, comparing both organic and conventional systems.

This monograph introduces the students and specialists of agricultural and food science to the fundamentals of optical spectroscopy, main principles of modern spectroscopic instrumentation, advantages and practical applications of spectroscopic methods to investigation of agricultural objects such as milk and dairy products, eggs, honey, animal hair, and agronomic plants.

This book focuses on critical issues in the development of transgenic crops, their problems and prospects, both in developed and developing countries.

Potato is the most significant non-cereal crop.

This volume contains data on morphology, ecology, and chorology of feral species and subspecies of 31 families of flowering plants.

This book is a comprehensive review of the genera of Cyperaceae, a family of graminoid, monocotyledonous flowering plants, found in Siberia.

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.

The first single volume reference on the use of genetic engineering and molecular biology for plant food production, this book provides basic to in-depth approaches at the molecular level combining agricultural technology with food science and technology.

Gain a better understanding of the genetic and physiological bases of stress response and stress tolerance as part of crop improvement programsAbiotic Stresses: Plant Resistance Through Breeding and Molecular Approaches explores innovative methods for breeding new varieties of major crops with resistance to environmental stresses that l

Innovative Strategies for Managing Weeds in an Environmentally Protective MannerSuccessfully meeting the challenge of providing weed control without relying on dangerous chemicals that endanger the ecosystem or human lives, this compendium focuses on management strategies that reduce herbicidal usage, restore ecological balance, and incr

Focuses on developments in rice storage, quality, processing and utilization, emphasizing their importance to growers, technologists and consumers.

An integral approach to the relation of urbanism and water management in Dutch water cities and to adjustments necessary to upgrade water management systems to the requirements imposed by a changing amount or precipitation and by changing function, technology and scale of urban areas.

This comprehensive text provides a concise overview of environmental problems caused by agriculture, (such as pesticide pollution and increased nitrate levels) and offers practical solutions to them.

Proceedings of the International Meeting on UNEP's Regional Programmes in Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas, Genoa, Italy, 12-14 February 1992 which concentrated on three issues of particular interest: water quality, coastal zone management, sea-level rise and the risks and consequences of erosion and flooding.