Agriculture and farming

This book reviews the history and development of rhizobial ecology (diversity, function and interactions with the biotic and abiotic environments), evolution (genome diversification, systematics of symbiotic genes) and application.

This book highlights the significance of urban agricultural production, the technologies and methods for supplying organic materials to the farmland, recovering plant nutrients and energy in cities, and systems for sustaining farmlands in order to produce agricultural crops and supply safe food to citizens.

Microbial communities and their functions play a crucial role in the management of ecological, environmental and agricultural health on the Earth.

This book describes the concept, characteristics, methodology, design, management, business, recent advances and future technologies of plant factories with artificial lighting (PFAL) and indoor vertical farms.

The first 50 years of ASEAN integration has brought peace and prosperity to the Southeast Asian region, while the next 50 will undoubtedly be fraught with unprecedented challenges.

Several textbooks and edited volumes are currently available on general soil fertility but to date none have been dedicated to the study of "e;Sustainable Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Soil.

This book, consisting of 8 chapters, describes the state-of-the-art technological progress and applications of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in precision agriculture.

This book is as an extension of previous book "e;Computer Vision and Machine Learning in Agriculture"e; for academicians, researchers, and professionals interested in solving the problems of agricultural plants and products for boosting production by rendering the advanced machine learning including deep learning tools and techniques to computer vision algorithms.

This book discusses genetic engineering of both plants and microbes for making agricultural practices more productive and sustainable.

This book is an important contribution to our understanding of food in China through an ethnographic case study of an alternative food movement in Shanghai and the surrounding countryside.

Some geographic regions around the globe that are rich in terms of modern agriculture technologies, face a dilemma when it comes to storing excess produce, such as grains and even seasonal fruits and vegetable.

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

This book examines the processes for the inclusion of women, and the role of women employees in Nepal's forestry bureaucracy.

This book highlights the environmental footprints and best practices in sustainable agriculture.

This book provides different facets of India's agro and food processing industry in both organised and unorganised segments.

Halophytes are those plant species that can tolerate high salt concentrations.

This book brings together contributions from world renowned researchers and practitioners in the field of geotechnical engineering.

This book shares the latest findings on this topic, systematically introduces readers to advances made in robotic harvesting around the globe, and explores the relations between the development of robotic harvesting and the respective social/economic conditions and agricultural business patterns in various countries/regions.

Global population by 2050 is predicted to be over 9 billion and accordingly, the production systems will demolish about 140 billion tons per year of minerals, ores, fossil fuels and biomass, i.

High-quality seed is essential for healthy crops and greater agricultural productivity.

Environmental Economics and Ecosystem Services provides a rigorous yet accessible introduction to environmental economics, using ecosystem services as the underlying framework.

This book collects comprehensive information on taxonomy, morphology, distribution, wood anatomy, wood properties and uses.

This book introduces readers to essential advances in the application of physical processing technology in food processing that have been made in recent years.

This book aims to provide a comprehensive analysis on social, economic, and political issues to understand why forests in the Demacratic People's Repblican of Korean have been so severely deforested.

Microorganisms are ubiquitous on earth.

This book aims to address emerging challenges in the field of agriculture and natural resource management using the principles and applications of data science (DS).

This book review and rearrange the research data of Triticeae published over hundreds of years, applying a modern scientific approach.

This book offers an introduction to aquaculture sciences and fisheries, discussing the concepts and basic characteristics of fisheries, fishery resources and the related industries, as well as the status of fisheries in various countries around the globe.

This book is an advanced textbook and a reference book for the post-graduate plant-breeding students and the plant breeders.

Increasing world population, unpredictable climate and various kind of biotic and abiotic stresses necessitate the sustainable increase in crop production through developing improved cultivars possessing enhanced genetic resilience against all odds.

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

This book is a compilation of latest work in the field of urban soil management.

This contributed book is based on the current status of biodiversity in India, issues and challenges faced by the authorities involved in conservation efforts, and the imperative role of various direct and indirect stakeholders in biodiversity conservation.

The edited book consolidates information for profitable commercial cultivation of medicinal mushrooms.

This third volume in the set of books is dedicated to various sustainable approaches in textiles and fashion sector with a focus on fibres and raw materials employed.

This book comprises select proceedings of the annual conference of the Indian Geotechnical Society.

This book addresses some key strategic questions related to agriculture in the context of major contemporary developments and emerging challenges in Nepal such as the changing role of agriculture with economic growth, structural transformation in reducing poverty, improving nutritional outcomes, and addressing the challenges of climate change.

This book consists of the major findings of the series projects on smart rice farming in Japan, headed by President of the Society of Agricultural Informatics.

This book discusses the cross-talk between plants and microbes in the rhizosphere.

This book is the first to systematically explore experimental erosion by integrating theory, erosion observations, and conservation applications.

Arsenic is likely the most talked-about metalloid in the modern world because of its toxic effects on both animal and plants.

This book will be of immense helpful to the students of plant biotechnology, Agricultural sciences, Microbiology of both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in universities, colleges, and Research institutes.

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Sustainable management of soils is an important global issue of the 21st century.

This book highlights state-of-the-art research and practices for adaptation to climate change in food production systems (agriculture in particular) as observed in Japan and neighboring Asian countries.

Plant breeding has the potential to improve quality of life for millions of people, and to harmoniously link agriculture, societies and ecosystems.

This unique volume is not just an in-depth analysis of Professor Swaminathan's brilliant contributions to basic cytogenetics, radiation biology, mutagenesis and genomic affinities of cultivated potato and its wild derivatives, but also the application of the new knowledge gained to improve the productivity of agricultural crops, as also to enhance their resistance to a variety of biotic and abiotic stresses.

This edited book highlights the latest information on the use of nanotechnology, satellite technology, and biotechnological tools in pest management.

This book is the first in a two-volume set devoted to bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) and the opportunities that they may offer in providing a green solution to growing energy demands worldwide.

This book is a collection of fifteen contributions that undertake a detailed analysis of seven broad dimensions of India's economy and society.