Agronomy and crop production

Ultraviolet-B radiation (UV-B) has profound effects on plant growth and development, and exposure varies with ozone depletion and across geographic regions, with ecosystem and agricultural consequences.

Given the central role of the food and agriculture system in driving so many of the connected ecological, social and economic threats and challenges we currently face, Rethinking Food and Agriculture reviews, reassesses and reimagines the current food and agriculture system and the narrow paradigm in which it operates.

Genetic Engineering of Horticultural Crops provides key insights into commercialized crops, their improved productivity, disease and pest resistance, and enhanced nutritional or medicinal benefits.

This is a hands-on practical guide to the use of Trichoderma as a biocontrol, as part of sustainable disease control measures for Ganoderma disease in oil palm plantations.

The Earth's climate is constantly changing.

The objective of this book is to provide information to be used as a basis for evaluating the fragile, shaky structure of global food production.

Due to the growth of the world population, food production has increased exponentially as have the agricultural production systems used to produce food.

Advances in Botanical Research publishes in-depth and up-to-date reviews on a wide range of topics in plant sciences.

A transgenic organism is a plant, animal, bacterium, or other living organism that has had a foreign gene added to it by means of genetic engineering.

Real world stories from the frontlines of climate change, resilience, and the future of foodPractical insights and plenty of examples of how we can reshape our food system to one that is resilient and regenerative.

This contributed volume brings together an inclusive collection of information about the medicinal crop fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum).

Pepper Virome: Molecular Biology, Diagnostics and Management presents detailed information about the plant viruses that infect pepper worldwide, providing crucial insights for both the scientific community and producers.

Trüffel, oft als "Diamanten der Küche" bezeichnet, gehören zu den wertvollsten und begehrtesten Delikatessen weltweit.

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

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Die Transpirationsintensität der Pflanzen als Grundlage bei der Ermittlung optimaler Acker- und pflanzenbaulicher Kulturmassnahmen" verfügbar.

Plant Breeding and Cultivar Development features an optimal balance between classical and modern tools and techniques related to plant breeding.

This book explores the most important aspects of the biology, ecology and management of what is one of the world's worst weeds.

Urban and Regional Agriculture: Building Resilient Food Systems explores the sustainable integration of food provision, distribution and consumption through urban farms, agricultural systems, user communities and structural facilities designed to optimize food production and consumption.

Volume 51 is a compilation of cutting-edge reviews written by leading crop and soil scientists.

This volume explores the latest techniques used for sustainable development of eco-friendly pest management systems.

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

The symposium was organised by Co-operative Bulk Handling Limited and the Australian Grain Institute Incorporated in collaboration with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations.

Melatonin: A Ubiquitous Pleiotropic Molecule equips researchers with an understanding of the molecular biology of melatonin in plants.

Diseases of Fruits and Vegetable Crops: Recent Management Approaches covers certain basic aspects of knowledge on diagnostic symptoms, modes of perpetuation and dissemination of pathogens, favorable conditions for disease development, and the latest management strategies for disease prevention and mitigation in vegetable crops, fruit crops, and plantation crops.

Soil Genesis and Classification, Sixth Edition, builds on the success of the previous editions to present an unparalleled resource on soil formation and classification.

Genomics, Transcriptomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics of Crop Plants presents current operational methods applied to model crop plants.

Conservation Policies for Agricultural Biodiversity: A Comparative Study of Laws and Policies focuses on the challenge of securing the ecological future of the planet and its inhabitants by exploring the Convention of Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing and WTO laws, such as SPSS, TBT GATT.

Microbial Technology for Agro-Ecosystems: Crop Productivity, Sustainability, and Biofortification describes the application of competent microbes in plant growth promotion, nutrient management and recycling from molecular perspectives.

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

This book is a major reference work on exotic and underutilised fruits and nuts of the New World.

This book is an up-to-date and comprehensive reference covering pest management in organic farming in major crops of the world.

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 141 carries on the stellar reputation of this leading reference and first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy.

The increased use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in crop production has adversely affected both the environment and the agricultural economy.

An extensive volume of Sugarcane Diseases and their World Distribution (Vol.

Genetic diversity is one of the main resources sustaining human life.

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

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.

This edited book is a compilation of tangible research findings and actual experiences on various salt tolerant rice breeding programmes, that have been successfully practiced and continuing to do so by research centres in South East Asia, with major emphasis in India, Bangladesh and Philippines.

Comprehensive and timely, Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms: Technology and Applications provides the most up to date information on the various edible mushrooms on the market.

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

This volume is an update to Weed Science- A Plea for Thought-Revisited published by Springer in 2012.

Molecular Aspects of Plant Beneficial Microbes in Agriculture explores their diverse interactions, including the pathogenic and symbiotic relationship which leads to either a decrease or increase in crop productivity.

This edited book covers all aspects of grain legumes including negative impact of abiotic and biotic stresses under the changing global climate.

This book covers all aspects of smart-breeding technologies in creating novel crop architecture to meet future rice demand.

The sugarcane crop, one of the most important crops commercially grown in about 115 countries of the world, faces a number of problems, such as low cane productivity, biotic and abiotic stresses, high cost of cultivation, postharvest losses, and low sugar recovery.

The book explains the various existing, emerging and environmentally viable technologies for the sustainable and profitable crop productivity.

Rice is cultivated throughout the world under submerged conditions.

Biopesticide: Volume Two, the latest release in the Advances in Bioinoculant series, provides an updated overview on the active substances utilized in current bioinsecticides, along with information on which of them can be used for integrated pest management programs in agro-ecosystems.

Soybean Physiology, Agronomy, and Utilization attempts to cover and treat in logical sequence the factors that contribute to the potential and versatility of soybeans.

This edited book is a comprehensive compilation of principles, conventional and molecular approaches used to develop improved varieties and hybrids of major crops in light of their origin, evolution, taxonomy, production and productivity and need by human civilization.