Agricultural science

This book highlights the production of green composites from various sustainable raw materials.

This important volume provides a basic understanding of the different forms of intellectual property rights in agricultural science.

The dairy sector continues to face increasing scrutiny for its environmental impact and contribution to climate change.

Algal World has been carefully written and edited with an interdisciplinary appeal and aims to bring all aspects of Algae together in one volume.

This text details the plant-assisted remediation method, "e;phytoremediation"e;, which involves the interaction of plant roots and associated rhizospheric microorganisms for the remediation of soil contaminated with high levels of metals, pesticides, solvents, radionuclides, explosives, crude oil, organic compounds and various other contaminants.

Much of the earth's population is dependent on agriculture as it provides food for their sustenance.

This book gathers contributions discussing climate change in Egypt from an agricultural perspective.

This newly updated Water Sustainability volume of the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology (ESST) takes a holistic view of full water cycle and integrates the water themes into sustainability science and technology.

Originally published in 1987.

Since the first edition was printed in 1991, there have only been minor changes in air regulations.

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

This volume looks at the impact that different cropping systems and tillage have on soil's biologically active substances.

In response to the challenges of a growing population and food security, there is an urgent need to construct a new agri-food sustainability paradigm.

The book presents a review of research and pilot-scale efforts undertaken by scientists all over the world towards utilization of solar energy for environmental remediation.

Global climate change is typically understood and modeled using global climate models (GCMs), but the outputs of these models in terms of hydrological variables are only available on coarse or large spatial and time scales, while finer spatial and temporal resolutions are needed to reliably assess the hydro-environmental impacts of climate change.

This edited volume celebrates the positive stories and small changes happening with respect to gender equality in the field of agriculture.

This volume deals with leadwort (Plumbaginaceae), olive (Oleaceae), butterfly-bush (Buddlejaceae), gentian (Gentianaceae), buck-bean (Menyanthaceae), dogbane (Apocynaceae) and milkweed (Asclepiadaceae) families.

Legumes are a major constituent of vegetarian diets and alleviate malnutrition because they are protein-rich and easily digestible.

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.

This text details the plant-assisted remediation method, "e;phytoremediation"e;, which involves the interaction of plant roots and associated rhizospheric microorganisms for the remediation of soil contaminated with high levels of metals, pesticides, solvents, radionuclides, explosives, crude oil, organic compounds and various other contaminants.

Nanotechnology is moving out of its comfort zone of scientific discourse.

This book provides an overview of the state of our understanding regarding the biosynthesis of bioactive compounds from plant and microbial sources.

Soilborne microbial plant pathogens including oomycetes, fungi, bacteria and viruses cause several economically important destructive diseases and the symptoms of infection can be recognized only after the pathogen has invaded many tissues primarily vascular tissues of susceptible plants.

Too many calves die young or fail to survive at the cost of enormous financial loss and suffering.

This volume provides summarized scientific evidence of the different classes of plant-derived phytocompounds, their sources, chemical structures, anticancer properties, mechanisms of action, methods of extraction, and their applications in cancer therapy.

More than a century has passed since the first bioformulations were introduced to the market.

Creeping bentgrass is considered the premier turfgrass species grown on golf courses, and there is a growing demand for an understanding of its maintenance and management practices.

Agricultural production is in a period of rapid transformation which has seen an increase in the use of biotechnology, synthetic chemistry, biological chemicals and biopesticides.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Spurenelemente in der Landwirtschaft" verfügbar.

This book is designed to introduce the basics of different aspects of the biology of reproduction in a concise and coherent manner.

"e;An indispensable source for researchers, teachers, and graduate and postgraduate students interested in mutation breeding and genetic engineering.

The basic objective of agricultural research at ICARDA is to enhance pro- ducer and consumer welfare through increasing the productivity, stability, and profitability of agriculture.

This textbook offers a superb introduction to theoretical and practical soil mechanics.

This book provides an overview of the distribution, properties, and function of soils in Japan.

The lives of more than a billion people depend on the answer!

This edited book is a comprehensive compilation highlighting sources of biostimulants, their production, influence on plant growth and development, and regulatory status of plant biostimulants for better understanding and opening new vistas for future research.

The book addresses recent advances in biofortification using different approaches like foliar fertilizer, plant breeding, and genetic engineering as well as its utilization for improvement of nutritional quality of cereals.

This book is a compilation of advancements and achievements in the field of sugar beet cultivation.

Groundwater issues have generated worldwide concern in recent decades.

Protected cultivation - the safeguarding of crops from the harmful effects of climate change, environmentally toxic agricultural chemicals, and crop pests and diseases - is necessary for improving crop growth conditions.

Farmers have developed a range of agricultural practices to sustainably use and maintain a wide diversity of crop species in many parts of the world.

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Chromosomal change has been important in the evolution of flowering plants.

This book provides insight into the hydrology, ecosystem services and management of water resources in the Parana River basin, including the importance of water to the socio-economic development of the countries within the watershed.

Intercropping is a method of sustaining or improving soil structure by growing two or more crops on the same field.

Offers an integrated presentation of the microbial, agronomic and recycling aspects of soil faunal potentials, emphasizing agricultural ecosystems and furnishing methods for modelling food webs.

This book deals with the economic modelling of water at the global, national and sub-national levels.