Agricultural science

Honey bees are social insects; they live together in large, well-organized family groups comprising three castes: queen (fertile female), workers (sterile females) and drones (males).

Biochar for Mitigating Abiotic Stress in Plants provides a unique and leading resource for utilizing biochar to address specific plant health challenges, including osmotic, ionic, and oxidative stress.

This volume collects the best scientific contribution presented in the 3rd World Conference on Terraced Landscapes held in Italy from 6th to 15th October 2016, offering a deep and multifaceted insight into the remarkable heritage of terraced landscapes in Italy, in Europe and in the World (America, Asia, Australia).

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the origins, occurrences, and remediation strategies for organic micropollutants in the environment.

For thousands of years, Ethiopia has depended on its smallholding farmers to provide the bulk of its food needs.

This reference guide covers information on the true bugs (Heteroptera) of Middle East and includes taxonomy, general biology, economic importance, applied aspects, and distributional data.

This book brings together current knowledge of terrestrial C sequestration in Central Asia.

Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised by millions of poor people in the tropics.

Regeneration Potential in Plants delves into the intricate world of plant regeneration, exploring the biological and molecular mechanisms that enable plants to regenerate under different conditions.

The intent of the NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) entitled "e;Novel Biotechnologies for Biocontrol Agent Enhancement and Management"e; was to permit the meeting of the major exponents in the scienti?

Sustainable intensification (SI) has emerged in recent years as a powerful new conceptualisation of agricultural sustainability and has been widely adopted in policy circles and debates.

Global food production and climate change among other concerns are societal issues that require major research input from crop science.

The climate change crisis is the greatest challenge humanity has ever confronted.

This book shows how Rwanda's development model and the organisation of genocide are two sides of the same coin.

In this, the latest in the People and Plants series, plant conservation is described in the context of livelihoods and development, and ways of balancing the conservation of plant diversity with the use of plants and the environment for human benefit are discussed.

Despite a worldwide increase in demand for fresh-cut fruit and vegetables, in many countries these products are prepared in uncontrolled conditions and have the potential to pose substantial risk for consumers.

Thousands of secondary metabolites are produced by plants to withstand unfavourable environmental conditions and are important molecules for nutraceutical, agro, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries, etc.

It is the task of the engineer, as of any other professional person, to do everything that is reasonably possible to analyse the difficulties with which his or her client is confronted, and on this basis to design solutions and implement these in practice.

First published in 1993, completely rewritten, this second edition includes a list of all 210 countries of the world and all of the islands, with comments on the existence of insect and spider collections, both public and private.

First Published in 1991.

Current trends in population growth suggest that global food production is unlikely to meet future demands under projected climate change scenarios unless the pace of plant improvement is accelerated.

This two-volume collection analyses the evolution of wine production in European regions across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Significant advances have been made in non-explosive rock breaking techniques in the past two decades.

Sustainability Science: Key Issues is a comprehensive textbook for undergraduates, postgraduates, and participants in executive trainings from any disciplinary background studying the theory and practice of sustainability science.

gricultural science policy in the United States has profoundly affected the growth and development of agriculture worldwide, not just in the A United States.

Despite carefully constructed conservation interventions, deforestation in Indonesia is not being stopped.

HPLC is the principal separation technique for identification of the pesticides in environmental samples and for quantitative analysis of analytes.

Worldwide energy and food crises are spotlighting the importance of bio-based products - an area many are calling on for solutions to these shortages.

Coccidiosis is one of the most important diseases of livestock, particularly poultry, with billions of dollars spent on prevention worldwide.

The book presents a comprehensive overview of the historical, current, and prospective application realms of nanobiotechnological research pertaining to graphene, a carbon-based nanomaterial, and its diverse forms in the fields of food and agriculture, as well as health sciences and technology.

Mycorrhiza will be the focus of research and study for the coming decade.

Biofuels are a renewable source of energy used mainly for transportation.

Describing a field that has been transformed by the recent availability of data from a new generation of space and airborne systems, the authors offer a synthetic geometrical approach to the description of synthetic aperture radar, one that addresses physicists, radar specialists, as well as experts in image processing.

This handbook offers a comprehensive perspective of edible mushrooms' phytochemistry and explores the application of bioactive compounds from fungi in nutrition, medicine, and environmental sustainability.

Medicinal and aromatic crops (MACs) are high-value crops since the natural products obtained from them are low-volume high-value commodities that have numerous applications in various sectors such as the food, beverage, food supplement, flavor and fragrance, perfumery and cosmetics, pharmaceutical and aromatherapy industries.

This book brings together the latest information on almond genomics and transcriptomics, with a particular focus on cutting-edge findings, tools, and strategies employed in genome sequencing and analysis with regard to the most important agronomic traits.

This book presents the definition of aeolian desertification and uncovers its processes, driving factors, and consequences, and focuses on measures to effectively combat aeolian desertification in Northeast Asia.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of scorpion biology and the medical implications of their venoms.

Fertilizer is a vital component of strategies for expanding foodproduction.

This book addresses how to estimate substance use and thereby evaluate policies intended to reduce the harms caused by drugs and other substances.

Design, Operation, and Control of Insect-Rearing Systems: Science, Technology, and Infrastructure explains the fundamental components of insect rearing:1) the rearing systems, per se2) personnel3) education of rearing personnel4) communication of procedures5) an in-depth look at silkworm rearing5) facilities where rearing is conducted, and6) funding for all these components.

This book provides the concepts, techniques, and recent developments with regard to use of mulches in agriculture, utility of mulches for non-chemical pest control, and sustainability of crop production systems.

Based on the 5th Dean's committee of ICAR and NEP 2020, this book provides an overview of the important aspects of fruit crops.

Until now, books addressing Halal issues have focused on helping Muslim consumers decide what to eat and what to avoid among products currently on the marketplace.

This book encompasses all aspects and perspectives of crop and climate science.

The industrial agrifood system is in crisis regarding its negative ecological, economic, and social externalities: it is unsustainable on all dimensions.

Bulbous plants are those with organs for nutrient storage and these include tubers, corms, and bulbs.

With the ever rising demand for meat around the world, the production of meat has changed dramatically in the past few decades.