Agronomy and crop production

Unmanned Aerial Systems in Agriculture: Eyes Above Fields bridges the gap between knowledge of concept and real-world use and operations of UASs in agri-production.

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

From Mediterranean Europe to Chile and from China to Australia, chestnut cultivation surface has greatly increased globally over the last several decades.

There is an urgent need to increase agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa in a sustainable and economically-viable manner.

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This text contains a detailed guide to barley production on the farm, with information on germination, yields, and growth of barley.

This new book, the first of two volumes on forage crops grown throughout the world, discusses the importance of fodder production of the major fodder crops for animals.

This edited book provides an all-inclusive coverage of latest research in crop improvement and stress management in potato crop.

Plants have been successfully selectively bred for thousands of years, culminating in incredible yields, quality, resistance and so on that we see in our modern day crops and ornamental plants.

This edited volume covers the key role of bioeconomy for next-generation industrial production to achieve Sustainable Development Goals.

'Banana Systems in the Humid Highlands of Sub-Saharan Africa: Enhancing Resilience and Productivity' addresses issues related to agricultural intensification in the (sub)humid highland areas of Africa, based on research carried out in the Great Lakes Region by the Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based Livelihoods in Central Africa.

Cotton is one of the most important fiber and cash crops throughout the world, and it plays a dominant role in the industrial and agricultural economies of many countries.

Lin Foxhall explores the cultivation of the olive as an extended case study for understanding ancient Greek agriculture in its landscape, economic, social, and political settings.

Throughout the world cotton is broadly adapted to growing in temperate, sub-tropical, and tropical environments, but growth may be challenged by future climate change.

Variability in vegetable pathogens is a critical issue, particularly in changing environments, as it presents challenges to accurate diagnoses and proper management.

This book highlights the technicalities of plant breeding in a seed-business environment and explains the crucial aspects of the value chain.

Horticultural Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on topics in horticultural science and technology covering both basic and applied research.

Never before has a holistic approach to sustainable agriculture and plant physiology been presented in one source.

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 187, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field, with each written by an international board of authors.

Ecological and Economic Entomology is a comprehensive advanced text covering all aspects of the role of insects in natural ecosystems and their impacts on human activity.

The development of legume use in agricultural production in the tropics lags far behind the temperate areas and extensive research over recent decades has aimed to rectify the lack of available leguminous fodder species available for heavy clay soils.

Plant diseases cause yield loss in crop production, poor quality of produce, and great economic losses as well.

Wheat (Triticum L.

Biotic Crises in Ecological and Evolutionary Time emerged from the third Field Museum Spring Systematic Symposium held in May 1980.

Learn how to use natural no-till systems to increase profitability, efficiency, carbon sequestration, and soil health on your small farm.

This book provides a practical guidance and a set of principles for improving management of saline and alkali waters and thus would be useful for different stakeholders, including agricultural students, researchers, environmentalists, and policy makers.

There is a growing appreciation of traditional medical systems as a source of considerable knowledge of the medicinal properties of plants.

Plant Diseases An Advanced Treatise, Volume III: How Plants Suffer from Disease deals with the mechanism on how individual plants suffer from disease.

The coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.

Iron-Sulfur Proteins, Volume III: Structure and Metabolic Mechanisms focuses on numerous advances that have been made in the vital role of iron-sulfur proteins in biological processes.

This book collates the basic and advanced concepts of plant biotechnology and genomics along with the future trends.

Most food and fiber crops are produced from seed.

This practical guide explores the food security and community sufficiency benefits of growing local grain-and shows you how easy it is to get started.

Psocids have become widespread pests of stored products during the last two decades, yet little was known about their biology and management until this change in their pest status.

Larger amounts of nutritious food are required to feed the growing world population, which is a great challenge due to water shortages and reduced crop plant yield.

In this book, experienced scientists in the field describe the importance of durum wheat as an adapted cash crop for drylands in detail, as well as a valuable food crop that must be paid more attention in relation to climate change, global warming, world population growth rate and declining food production resource.

Plant Factory Basics, Applications, and Advances takes the reader from an overview of the need for and potential of plant factories with artificial lighting (PFALs) in enhancing food production and security to the latest advances and benefits of this agriculture environment.

Biostimulants (a diverse class of compounds including substances or microorganisms) are helpful in sustainable plants growth and development.

Over the last few decades, the agricultural land is decreasing continuously with concurrent rise in human population.

Following its predecessors, Plant Roots: The Hidden Half, Fifth Edition is thoroughly updated and reports the major changes that have taken place in root research since the last edition published over 10 years ago.

This antiquarian text contains a detailed guide to growing corn, with information on selection, sowing, growing, pest control of corn crops, and much more besides.

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.

From Mediterranean Europe to Chile and from China to Australia, chestnut cultivation surface has greatly increased globally over the last several decades.

This important and comprehensive book is designed to provide information on crop diseases and how to manage those diseases.

This book has combined information on the most recent agricultural practices and breeding methods for ornamental crops.

Cellulosic Energy Cropping Systems presents a comprehensive overview of how cellulosic energy crops can be sustainably produced and converted to affordable energy through liquid fuels, heat and electricity.

Field Crop Arthropod Pests of Economic Importance presents detailed descriptions of the biology and ecology of important arthropod pest of selected global field crops.

This title was originally published in 1975.

One of the most important scientific contributions to future generations that the current generation must leave to its successors is a protected, improved and sustainable genetic diversity of legume crop plants.