Agricultural science

Botrytis cinerea and other Botrytis species are important pathogens of nursery plants, vegetables, ornamental, field and orchard crops and stored and transported agricultural products.

Amazonian Dark Earths are not only a testament to the vanished civilizations of the Amazon Basin, but may provide the answer to how the large, sophisticated societies were able to sustain intensive agriculture in an environment with mostly infertile soils.

Forage and turf are the backbone of sustainable agriculture and contribute extensively to the world economy.

Food quality is becoming an ever-increasing important feature for consumers and it is well known that some food crops are perishable and have a very short shelf and storage life.

Genetics and Regulation of Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria This book is the second volume of a seven-volume series, which covers all fields of research related to nitrogen fixation - from basic studies through applied aspects to environmental impacts.

Microbes are key drivers of the world's ecosystems.

Sahelian West Africa has recovered from the disastrous droughts of the 1970s and 1980s.

The present volume contains the presentations of a NATO advanced Research Workshop (ARW) entitled "e;The invasion of the Black, Mediterranean and Caspian Seas by the American Ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi Agassiz: a multidisciplinary perspective and a comparison with other aquatic invasions"e;, held on 24 - 26 June 2002 in Baku (Azerbaijan).

The red soils of China are typical in their chemical, physical and mineralogical characteristics of red soils in other tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world, particularly in South America, Africa and south-east Asia.

In the 1980s and 1990s, green manure/cover crop (GMCC) systems became a popular agricultural technology in research and development efforts for smallholder tropical and subtropical farmers.

Toxigenic Fusarium species and ochratoxigenic fungi are responsible for various plant diseases which have important consequential effects on both human and animal health worldwide.

Since the first transgenic plants were produced back in the early 1980s, there have been substantial developments towards the genetic engineering of most crops of our world.

Cereals make an important component of daily diet of a major section of human population, so that their survival mainly depends on the cereal grain production, which should match the burgeoning human population.

Flowers are universally admired.

Written to meet the needs of both students and applied researchers, Design of Experiments for Agriculture and the Natural Sciences, Second Edition serves as an introductory guide to experimental design and analysis.

Explore the latest research on biological control!

There are approximately 500 different soil varieties in Malaysia, most is residual soil and coastal alluvial soil.

There are approximately 500 different soil varieties in Malaysia, most is residual soil and coastal alluvial soil.

Written by a renowned professional with more than 30 years of experience in environmental sampling and analysis, this reference describes in unparalleled detail all the essential elements for the development and execution of a successful sampling plan at both contaminated and uncontaminated sites.

Integrating and blending traditional theory with particle-energy-field theory, this book provides a framework for the analysis of soil behaviour under varied environmental conditions.

Environmental Sustainability Using Green Technologies explains the role of green engineering and social responsibility in the development of chemicals, processes, products, and systems.

Environmental Sustainability Using Green Technologies explains the role of green engineering and social responsibility in the development of chemicals, processes, products, and systems.

Evidence-based policymaking is often promoted within liberal democracies as the best means for government to balance political values with technical considerations.

Evidence-based policymaking is often promoted within liberal democracies as the best means for government to balance political values with technical considerations.

In the face of what seems like a concerted effort to destroy the only planet that can sustain us, critique is an important tool.

In the face of what seems like a concerted effort to destroy the only planet that can sustain us, critique is an important tool.

Over the last five centuries, plantation crops have represented the best and worst of industrialized agriculture - "e;best"e; through their agronomic productivity and global commercial success, and "e;worst"e; as examples of exploitative colonialism, conflict and ill-treatment of workers.

Over the last five centuries, plantation crops have represented the best and worst of industrialized agriculture - "e;best"e; through their agronomic productivity and global commercial success, and "e;worst"e; as examples of exploitative colonialism, conflict and ill-treatment of workers.

The Great Lakes Basin in North America holds more than 20 percent of the world's fresh water.

The Great Lakes Basin in North America holds more than 20 percent of the world's fresh water.

There is a growing evidence base that documents the social, environmental and economic benefits that urban trees can deliver.

There is a growing evidence base that documents the social, environmental and economic benefits that urban trees can deliver.

This book, chock full of color illustrations, addresses the main postharvest physiological disorders studied in fruits and vegetables.

This book, chock full of color illustrations, addresses the main postharvest physiological disorders studied in fruits and vegetables.

From a country plagued with chronic food shortage, the Green Revolution turned India into a food-grain self-sufficient nation within the decade of 1968-1978.

From a country plagued with chronic food shortage, the Green Revolution turned India into a food-grain self-sufficient nation within the decade of 1968-1978.

This book proposes a method to solve land use problems, and has made some significant contributions to the land use analysis and optimization study fields.

This book proposes a method to solve land use problems, and has made some significant contributions to the land use analysis and optimization study fields.

Uganda is home to 1.

Throughout North America, non-native wild pigs have become an ecologically and economically destructive invasive species.

Throughout North America, non-native wild pigs have become an ecologically and economically destructive invasive species.

The 2016 International Conference on Energy, Environment and Materials Science (EEMS 2016) took place on July 29-31, 2016 in Singapore.

Nitrogen (N) is potentially one of the most complex elements on the Earth.

Urban population growth is extremely rapid across Africa and this book places urban food and nutrition security firmly on the development and policy agenda.

Urban population growth is extremely rapid across Africa and this book places urban food and nutrition security firmly on the development and policy agenda.

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

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

Due to the complexity of operational forestry problems, computing applications are becoming pervasive in all aspects of forest and natural resource management.

Due to the complexity of operational forestry problems, computing applications are becoming pervasive in all aspects of forest and natural resource management.

Food sovereignty has been a fundamentally contested concept in global agrarian discourse over the last two decades, as a political project and campaign, an alternative, a social movement, and an analytical framework.