Agronomy and crop production

The fight against global hunger demands a fresh perspective.

Although stem rust has been controlled by means of resistant cultivars, leaf and stripe rust continue as problems for many growing areas of the world.

This book provides a synopsis of the methods for analyzing soil physical, chemical, biological and biochemical properties, quantifying nutrient content of fertilizers and manures, active ingredient of pesticides and quality of irrigation water and industrial effluents.

This edited volume presents recent advancements in genetic transformation and genome editing, offering a comprehensive understanding of their applications for creating more sustainable crops.

Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy.

The book consists of 32 chapters featuring the concepts and applications of precision farmingand protected cultivation broadly covered with theoretical and practical approach.

For developing nations, soil erosion is among the most chronic environmental and economic burdens.

Legumes are a large, diverse family ranging from herbaceous annuals to woody perennials that, because of their capacity to fix nitrogen, are essential components in natural and managed terrestrial ecosystems.

This book covers important topics on various neglected and underutilised crops (vegetables, cereals, fruit crops).

This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on harvesting broom-corn and making brooms on a small or large scale, written and compiled by the editors of "e;The American Agriculturalist"e;.

This book discusses the research progress on pathology, entomology, nematology, and resource management of wheat and barley crops.

This volume addresses three important agricultural aspects of rice: physical characteristics, physico-chemical characteristics, and the organoleptic aspects.

Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy.

This book is the 8th volume of the popular series 'Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of the World'.

Major tree crops contribute substantially to the economy of many developing countries on the Asian, African and Latin American continents.

Developing Sustainable and Health Promoting Cereals and Pseudocereals: Conventional and Molecular Breeding reviews the most recent developments in the fields of cereal and pseudocereal breeding, with particular emphasis on the latest biotechnological techniques likely to lead to breakthrough changes in plant breeding.

The present book is an attempt to understand the prospect of Seed Industry in India, approaches in Seed Quality Control and Policy issues in seed sector in a very comprehensive way.

Fluid-Solid Reactions, Second Edition takes a detailed and thorough look at the scope of fluid-solid reaction systems, focusing on the four phenomena: external mass transfer, pore diffusion, chemical reaction, and adsorption/desorption.

Rice is a unique and highly significant crop, thought to help feed nearly half the planet on a daily basis.

The Germination of Seeds, Third Edition contains the same content in the previous edition, but with modifications in each section, containing updated information.

Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods.

Metal and Nutrient Transporters in Abiotic Stress focuses on the different forms of environmental stress related to heavy metal, metalloid and nutrient deficiency that have the potential to inflict major damages to crop plants, leading to a massive decrease in crop yield and productivity.

This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on farming and farm management, being a guide to every aspect of farming from design and construction to drainage and irrigation.

This book covers some established conventional and recent advances in plant breeding methods.

This book covers the important diseases and pests of potato which are of global significance.

Global drylands, covering over 40% of Earth's land surface, are important among worldwide ecoregions and support large human and livestock populations.

Plant Transformation via Agrobacterium Tumefaciens compiles fundamental and specific information and procedures involving in vitro soybean transformation, which forms the basis for the Agrobacterium-mediated genetic manipulation of soybean using plant tissue culture.

This new volume explores the revolution in the use of smart technologies in agricultural science in recent years.

Recent Highlights in the Discovery and Optimization of Crop Protection Products highlights the most prominent, recent results in the search for safe and effective new crop protection products.

This book addresses herbicides and their use as an important aspect of modern weed management and strives to place them in an ecological framework.

This book examines cacao cultivation with a view to improving the sustainable management and production of this crop.

Genetically engineered (GE) crops were first introduced commercially in the 1990s.

Phenotyping Crop Plants for Physiological and Biochemical Traits presents a proven range of methodologies and practices for effective, efficient, and appropriate typing of crop plants.

Abiotic stresses such as drought, high salt, cold, heat, UV radiation, heavy metal pollution, etc.

Bioremediation of Emerging Contaminants from Soils: Soil Health Conservation Along with Food Security deals with current challenges of sustainable soil health using eco-friendly approaches.

Presents the latest knowledge of improving the stress tolerance, yield, and quality of rice crops One of the most important cereal crops, rice provides food to more than half of the world population.

Industrial crops offer farmers new market opportunities to increase their revenue by producing high-value products, focusing on fiber, forest, and energy crops, industrial oilseeds, rubber and resins, pharmaceuticals, and more.

This edited book is focused on Sustainable Development Goal 2, which aims to achieve 'Zero Hunger.

Genetically Modified Plants, Second Edition, provides an updated roadmap and science-based methodology for assessing the safety of genetic modification technologies, as well as risk assessment approaches from regulators across different agroecosystems.

Genetically engineered organisms (GEOs) have been under development for more than 20 years while GE crops have been grown commercially during the last decade.

This contributed volume aims at bringing together all the genetic engineering tools for managing various types of crop pests.

A review of various types of whole grains, the bioactives present within them, and their health-promoting effects As rates of obesity and other chronic conditions continue to rise, so too does the need for clear and accurate information on the connections between diet and disease, particularly regarding the cereal grains that dominate the Western diet.

This volume 'Agrochemicals in Soil and Environment: Impacts and Remediation' is a comprehensive collection of important literature on agrochemical contamination.

Variety trials are an essential step in crop breeding and production.

Life on Earth would be impossible without plants.

This comprehensive reference consolidates current information on the antioxidant properties of wheat, their beneficial effects, the mechanisms involved, factors affecting availability/bioavailability, and the methods used to measure them.

This newly updated and revised volume of the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology (ESST) details the role of Animal Breeding and Genetics in the sustainability of animal agriculture.

Exploration, Identification and Utilization of Barley Germplasm explores the timely global challenges related to barley production posed by the narrowing of biodiversity and problem soils, identifying elite genotypes which will enhance barley breeding and be essential to genetic and evolution studies.

This volume addresses the challenges of the short shelf life of fruits and vegetables.

The National Plant Genome Initiative was launched in 1998 as a long-term project to explore DNA structure and function in plants so that useful properties of plants can be understood, improved, and ultimately harnessed to address national needs, including agriculture, nutrition, energy and waste reduction.