Agricultural science

Pollution of waters by toxic metals is accelerating worldwide due to industrial and population growth, notably in countries having poor environmental laws, resulting in many diseases such as cancer.

This book presents an important discussion on the implementation of sustainable soil management in Africa from a range of governance perspectives.

Teucrium species are an intersting object of research in the various aspects of science with multiple applications.

This book discusses soil and recycling management in the Anthropocene era.

Food security, crop protection, biodiversity, and human and environmental health are among the main needs and concerns of society.

This book proves, through empirical research, that indigenous and traditional agricultural communities have experienced severe climate change impacts, and have developed corresponding livelihood strategies to strengthen their resilience in a variable climate.

This book is the first volume in a collection of contributions arising from a multidisciplinary project developed in the field of agri-food value chain analysis.

Insects, pests and weeds are responsible for substantial loss of crops and reduced food supplies, poorer quality of agricultural products, economic hardship for growers and processor.

This book focuses on food security and safety issues in Africa, a continent presently challenged with malnutrition and food insecurity.

This book is a sound science report about the consequences of pesticides to nature, health and environment.

This book addresses the quantitative measurement of climate change vulnerability at the macro and micro-level and identifies household adaptation strategies to cope with the adverse effects of climate change.

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

Evolution gave rise to a prominent insect diversity at every level of ecological niche.

This volume discusses emerging contexts of agricultural and ecosystem resilience in Sub Saharan Africa, as well as contemporary technological advances that have influenced African livelihoods.

This book presents state-of-the-art methodologies for the design and analysis of buried steel pipelines subjected to severe ground-induced action, including tectonic (quasi-static) effects, slope movements (landslides), liquefaction-induced actions or excavation-induced settlements.

Plants require essential nutrients (macronutrients and micronutrients) for normal functioning.

This book features influential scholarly research and technical contributions, professional trajectories, disciplinary shifts, personal insights, and a combination of these from a group of remarkable women scholars within precision agriculture.

This book explains how cultural heritage can be a tool for enhancing urban agriculture and improving landscape and life quality.

This volume is a collection of informative chapters on various subjects.

I write because I am concerned that I and my agricultural colleagues have avoided addressing the moral dimension of the environmental and social problems we have contributed to.

An increasing population has put tremendous pressure on agricultural productivity to fulfill the demands of human consumption.

Microbes are ubiquitous in nature.

Plant improvement has shifted its focus from yield, quality and disease resistance to factors that will enhance commercial export, such as early maturity, shelf life and better processing quality.

Plant improvement has shifted its focus from yield, quality and disease resistance to factors that will enhance commercial export, such as early maturity, shelf life and better processing quality.

Water pollution control has been a top environmental policy priority of the world's most developed countries for decades, and the focus of significant regulation and public and private spending.

This book represents the first comprehensive compilation of deliberations on botany; genetic resources; genetic diversity analysis; classical genetics & traditional breeding; in vitro culture & genetic transformation; detailed information on molecular maps & mapping of economic genes and QTLs; whole genome sequencing of the nuclear genome and sequencing of chloroplast genome; and elucidation of functional genomics.

In Sub-Saharan Africa, the rapidly evolving COVID-19, increasing population growth, and exponential expansion in demand for agricultural commodities are putting pressure on available resources, thereby posing immense challenges to the region's capacity to achieve nutritional security related to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Under ongoing climate changes, natural and cultivated habitats of major crops are being continuously disturbed.

This book is a comprehensive summary of current global research on no-till farming, and its benefits and challenges from various agronomic, environmental, social and economic perspectives.

This book examines the way that lead enters the biosphere and the subsequent environmental impact.

This book showcases how new and emerging technologies like Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are trying to provide solutions to unresolved socio-economic and environmental problems.

Rice is a vitally important staple food for almost half of the world's population.

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

This book analyses the important role of agribusiness and rural enterprises in economic growth and development.

Sustainable and Environmentally Friendly Dairy Farms presents an innovative environmental proposal.

 Healthy environment is important for any kind of biota on earth.

Microbes are ubiquitous in nature.

This book assesses the effectiveness of changes in watershed interventions in one of the most fragile resource regions of India.

In their rapid colonization of soil exposed by fires, floods, and grazing animals, weeds resemble the human specialists we label Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs).

Advanced materials and nanotechnology is a promising, emerging field involving the use of nanoparticles to facilitate the detection of various physical and chemical parameters, including temperature, humidity, pH, metal ion, anion, small organic or inorganic molecules, gases, and biomolecules responsible for environmental issues that can lead to diseases like cancer, diabetes, osteoarthritis, bacterial infections, and brain, retinal, and cardiovascular diseases.

Numerous solvents used in chemical processes have poisonous and unsafe properties that pose significant ecological concerns ranging from atmospheric emissions to the contamination of water effluents.

Globalization and industrialization involve a number of reactions, products, extractions, and separations that require the use of organic solvents.

This volume is aimed at offering an insight into the present knowledge of the vast domain of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants with a focus on North America.

This book discusses the biological, technical and study-design challenges of Nanopharmaceuticals.

This book presents the comprehensive description of basic principles, methodologies, similarities and differences of nano-liposomes and -phytosomes.

This book explores the development of nanopesticides and tests of their biological activity against target organisms.

About 15 years ago, we asked ourselves why the methods developed by the research institutions for the management of pests were almost not used by small landholder farmers.

Weed management Decision Support Systems (DSS) are increasingly important computer-based tools for modern agriculture.

This book provides a straightforward and easy-to-understand overview of beneficial plant-bacterial interactions.

This book gathers the latest insights into soil health and its sustainability, providing an up-to-date overview of the various aspects of soil quality and fertility management, e.