Bereits mit 21 Jahren erhielt Justus Liebig (1803-1873) auf Vorschlag Alexander von Humboldts, den er in Paris durch Gay-Lussac kennengelernt hatte, eine Professur für Chemie an der Universität Gießen.
The volumes that comprise Chemical Sensitivity are the first major scientific books to be published on chemical sensitivity, a growing world-wide health problem.
Erster und bisher einziger steuerlicher Ratgeber für die aktuell etwa 2 Millionen Eigentümer von Privatwäldern in Deutschland: Privater Waldbesitz erfreut sich immer größerer Beliebtheit; das Thema Wald ist derzeit stark im Fokus.
In diesem essential beschreibt Jan-Uwe Schmidt, wie durch Kiebitzinseln nicht nur dem Kiebitz geholfen wird, sondern auch andere Tier- und Pflanzenarten profitieren können.
Dieses Buch schlägt für geschichtlich wie auch an der Natur interessierte Leserinnen und Leser den Bogen von der Historie, der Entstehung der Forstbotanik und der Entwicklung von Xylotheken bis zu den heutigen waldpädagogischen Ansätzen.
Die Zellen eines jeden Lebewesens enthalten die Erbinformation in Form von DNA, auch Genom genannt, welche zu einem Großteil Aussehen und Funktion eines Organismus bestimmt.
This book uses primary evidence to assess the value of agro-input and service delivery business models in terms of their inclusiveness, effectiveness and impact from a small farmer perspective, in the form of case studies in three Indian states: Punjab, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Soil is a natural body consisting of layers (soil horizons) that are primarily composed of minerals which differ from their parent materials in their texture, structure, consistency, colour, chemical, biological and other characteristics.
The book contains the information on importance and scope of area expansion of arid and minor fruits in the problematic soils, waste lands and non-areable lands.
The book deals with the basic principles and practices of agronomy, history of agriculture, classification of crops, soils, tillage, cropping system and pattern, cropping and farming systems, nutrient management and organic farming.
Precision agriculture is now 'main stream' in agriculture and is playing a key role as the industry comes to terms with the environment, market forces, quality requirements, traceability, vehicle guidance and crop management.
This book reviews the potential mechanisms in arbuscular mycorrhizas (AMs), in the hope that this can help arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) to be more used efficiently as a biostimulant to enhance stress tolerance in the host plants.
The book discusses invasive-species problems in agriculture, forests and aquatic ecosystems, highlighting the invasive mechanisms and management of the selected invasive species.
The book contains 30 chapters and the editors expect that the information contained herein will serve as a strong reference point to foster research advancement in the field of forest genomics and proteomics and help construct high density genetic maps of economically important timber/non-timber forest species that will go a long way in alleviation of poverty of tribals, forest villagers; ensuring sustainable supply of raw material to forest based industries; improvement of environment and arresting of climate change.
As the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) has made considerable progress in food security, addressing health, safety, and environmental concerns is also essential.
The word forest comes from Middle English forest, from Old French forest "e;forest, vast expanse covered by trees"e;; first introduced in English as the word for wild land set aside for hunting without the necessity in definition for the existence of trees.
Agro-forestry is the management and integration of trees, crops and/or livestock on the same plot of land and can be an integral component of productive agriculture.
The volume in hand, presents research contributions and review articles, which include some of the important areas of plant diversity and conservation such as satellite remote sensing for forest management, strategies for restoration and conservation of threatened species, and ex-situ and in-situ conservation and management of diverse plant species.
In this new volume in the World Soil series, the various types of Icelandic soils, their different characteristics, their formation, degradation and erosion are reviewed.
The present compendium is first of its kind providing valuable data on 917 species belonging to 571 genera and 133 families of root drug plants of ethnic India; covering details of nomenclature, English, Hindi and Sanskrit names, Distribution, Part (s) used, Utilisation, Active constituents, Biological activity and the original source of Information.
Transformations of Global Food Systems for Climate Change Resilience: Addressing Food Security, Nutrition, and Health provides poignant case studies of climate change resilience frameworks for nutrition-focused transformations of agriculture and food systems, food security, food sovereignty, and population health of underserved and marginalized communities from across the globe.
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the alluvial fan phenomena, including all terminology, morphology, sedimentology, controlling factors, processes and the human impact.
Considering appropriateness of eco-friendly tactics in the management of crop pests and grains in storage, a refresher course was held for first time at the Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Tamilnadu during January 21 February 10, 2008.
This volume in the series is devoted to Africa, a continent that possesses a vast treasure of medicinal plants and has produced some exclusive materials for the world market.
