Agricultural science

This book was developed mainly from the selected presentations and contribu- tions made during the 3rd Biennual European Conference on Fish Processing in Grimsby, UK, 29th June-1st July 1999, which was sponsored by the Society of Chemical Industry, University of Lincoln, and North East Lincolnshire Council.

The book provides comprehensive information on a wide range of topics from biology, physiology, genetics to the use of genomic tools in weed science.

During the last decade, forest decline has become increasingly apparent.

This book describes innovative agricultural methods using thermal and non-thermal microwave or plasma energies.

Get all the resource information you need on hybrid vegetable developmentin one book!

Among the highlights of this book is the use of novel insecticides acting on a specific site in an insect group and are compatible with natural enemies and the environment.

Bamboo is in the spotlight as a potential building material in the current pursuit of a CO2-neutral society, due to its rapid maturation and excellent mechanical properties.

Authored by world-class scientists and scholars, The Handbook of Natural Resources, Second Edition, is an excellent reference for understanding the consequences of changing natural resources to the degradation of ecological integrity and the sustainability of life.

The global demand for clean, renewable energy has rapidly expanded in recent years and will likely continue to escalate in the decades to come.

This book presents a study of cooperatives as a two-layer entrepreneurial model, and analyzes cooperative enterprises.

In this study, an overview is presented of agricultural policies on manure and minerals, relating to the Nitrate Directive to remedy excessive surface- and groundwater contamination from intensive agricultural practices.

Understanding current environmental issues requires having a critical eye to all information related to the release and distribution of chemicals into the environment.

Increasing interest in marine biology and its relevance to environmental issues creates a demand for authoritative reviews of recent research.

This fully revised edition of Kevin Handreck's classic best-seller contains a wealth of information for practical gardeners.

Many arborists learn tree work practices without fully understanding the biological and physiological principles behind them.

Phosphorus compounds play a leading role in several major industries and an auxiliary role in many others.

Plant tissue culture (PTC) technology has gained unassailable success for its various commercial and research applications in plant sciences.

This monograph addresses the methodological and empirical issues relevant for the development of sustainable agriculture, with a particular focus on Eastern Europe.

Originally published in 1967, this was the first book to discuss why agricultural supply became more 'responsive' and to provide broadly based evidence of the ways in which that 'responsiveness' may have influenced the growth of the economy.

Developments in Geotechnical Engineering, Volume 18: Stress in Subsoil and Methods of Final Settlement Calculation reviews the method of settlement calculations based on stresses in the subsoil.

This third edition of Food Policy in the United States offers a timely update to the leading textbook dedicated to all aspects of food policy in the United States.

By 2050 the United Nations (UN) predicts a world population of 9.

This book provides an overview of chitin-based nanoparticles, including their properties, synthesis methods, and characterization techniques.

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.

This volume discusses important issues associated with agricultural disaster risk, resilient agriculture, and livelihood.

Vegan Witchcraft is the first book to blend theories of animal rights, feminism, and modern witchcraft in pursuit of total liberation.

The need to produce food without the destructive chemical horrors of much modern farming, for an intelligent use of dwindling natural resources and for humane forms of production is universal, the practice is limited.

This new volume looks at new research and advances in the use of nanotechnology applications in agricultural and bioprocess engineering.

This text provides statistical and biometrical procedures for designing, conducting, analyzing and interpreting field experiments.

Nothing is more important to an organization than the health and safety of its workers.

This book aims to assess the roles of entrepreneurship and social innovation for socio-cultural changes.

The adverse affects of pesticides and other toxic deterrents on the environment and human health are causing researchers to investigate biological methods for controlling arthropods - flies and mites - which negatively affect livestock and poultry.

The main objective of this book is to present the distribution and diversity of major soil types in Serbia.

Miscanthus has been enthusiastically promoted as a second generation biomass crop, and this book provides a comprehensive review of this knowledge.

Increasing human population pressure, especially in developing countries, indicates a massive increase in the consumption of livestock products.

This book highlights the development disparities in India and considers three complex areas of development - economic wellbeing, human progress and agricultural development - over a period of forty years since the 1970s.

Today, nutrition is mainly discussed under nutritional, medical-health or ideological aspects (e.

This book is as an extension of previous book "e;Computer Vision and Machine Learning in Agriculture"e; for academicians, researchers, and professionals interested in solving the problems of agricultural plants and products for boosting production by rendering the advanced machine learning including deep learning tools and techniques to computer vision algorithms.

On the eve of the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD), held in autumn 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan recommended five specific areas as focal points of discussion for the global forum: Water, energy, health, agriculture and biodiversity.

Climate change has become a major international issue and the British Government is committed to meeting ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions within the present decade and beyond.

The monograph focuses on agricultural meteorology and climate change and its impacts on different crops.

From the start of the AIDS epidemic there have been calls for greater solidarity between affected groups and communities, and public health services.

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Tropical Rainforests presents the most up-to-date and wide-ranging review of the problems and prospects of the world's most complex and abundant ecosystem.

The book informs about agricultural landscapes, their features, functions and regulatory mechanisms.

This volume provides the origins and meanings of the names of genera and species of extant vascular plants, with the genera arranged alphabetically from R to Z.

Agriculture is one of the few industries that has been creating resources conti- ously from nature.