Agriculture and farming

Global climate change is a natural process that currently appears to be strongly influenced by human activities, which increase atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG).

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

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

Pesticide Management and Insecticide Resistance explores the problem of insect resistance to pesticides and reviews various approaches to pesticide management and safety.

Forage in Ruminant Nutrition is the 12th text in a series of books about animal feeing and nutrition.

The Structure and Function of Muscle, Second Edition, Volume III: Physiology and Biochemistry presents the physiology and biochemistry of muscle.

This volume is comprised of invited papers presented at the Seventh International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology, held in Sendai, Japan, in September 1989.

This book takes you on a very different journey to wine country, inviting you to enjoy the remarkable stories of twenty dynamic women in the world of wine.

The authoritative information and advice you need, illustrated throughout with full-color photographs--now revised and redesigned to be even more reader-friendly!

A richly illustrated account of the story of ancient vinicultureThe history of civilization is, in many ways, the history of wine.

Brimming with fresh vegetables, herbs, flowers, and fruit, the kitchen garden is a celebration of the seasons from deep roots in the South - at times being the difference between being well-fed or hungry.

Plant Pathology, Second Edition incorporates developments in identifying pathogens and disease diagnosis.

Descorchados is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

En este libro se explora la relación entre los peces y Dios argumentando que, detrás de la complejidad de la vida marina, está su mano, que ha diseñado cada especie para alimentar al ser humano y contribuir al equilibrio de su hábitat.

El tomate es una de las hortalizas de mayor consumo en Colombia, y, por lo tanto, también es uno de los productos hortícolas con mayor área cultivada.

The buzz on beekeeping.

En el proyecto de investigación Aplicación de tecnologías para el aprovechamiento integral de las fracciones celulósica y hemicelulósica de la cascarilla de arroz , propuesto y ejecutado por el Departamento de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, se realizó la evaluación de tecnologías para el fraccionamiento de la cascarilla de arroz con el fin de proponer procesos para la obtención de etanol y furfural.

Qi-Gardens ist das erste Fachbuch für Gartenliebhaber und Gartengestalter gleichermaßen.

Dieses pferde trainingsbuch bietet einen fundierten Einblick in moderne Trainingsmethoden für Pferde.

Discover the joy of growing and using plants indoors and outdoors, no matter how limited your space.

Descorchados is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Wine Folly: Edición Magnum, ganador del James Beard Award en 2019 al mejor libro del mundo en la categoría de Bebidas y traducido a más de 20 idiomas, es la guía definitiva para orientarse en el mundo de la enología.

Para la Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá (2005) y CORPOICA (2005) la producción de las hortalizas y los frutales cultivados bajo esquemas ecológicos y limpios, ha adquirido gran importancia en el mercado nacional e internacional.

Desde 2010 Descorchados viene ofreciendo la más completa de las radiografías de la escena argentina de vinos, una foto en gran angular y en HD de lo último que se debe saber de los vinos del país.

SUSTAINABLE FISHERY SYSTEMS An up-to-date and interdisciplinary guide to sustainable fisheries Fisheries, whether small-scale or large-scale, are filled with complexity and uncertainty.

Óscar Caso, veterinario y ganadero, presenta en este libro una reflexión y una defensa necesaria de un sector que existe desde hace miles de años, la ganadería, cuya imagen ha sido mortalmente atacada, lo que agrava el problema de la despoblación del mundo rural y genera otros muchos e importantes daños.

Die Jagd ist in Diskussion gekommen.

EPIGENETICS IN AQUACULTURE This essential guide will allow you to understand how new developments in our knowledge of epigenetic mechanisms and epigenetic inheritance can be applied to improve aquaculture production and aquatic resource management and conservation.

Make the right decisions when it comes to pest control in agriculture!

Descorchados cumple 25 años siendo la referencia más importante de los vinos chilenos.

SUSTAINABLE FISHERY SYSTEMS An up-to-date and interdisciplinary guide to sustainable fisheries Fisheries, whether small-scale or large-scale, are filled with complexity and uncertainty.

EPIGENETICS IN AQUACULTURE This essential guide will allow you to understand how new developments in our knowledge of epigenetic mechanisms and epigenetic inheritance can be applied to improve aquaculture production and aquatic resource management and conservation.

Framed by the authors personal experience with backyard hens, Chickens: Their Natural and Unnatural Histories explores the history of the chicken from its descent from the dinosaurs to the space-age present.

Harnessing evolution for more sustainable agricultureAs human populations grow and resources are depleted, agriculture will need to use land, water, and other resources more efficiently and without sacrificing long-term sustainability.

A how-to book on an exhilarating outdoor activity and a unique meditation on the pleasures of the natural worldFollowing the Wild Bees is a delightful foray into the pastime of bee hunting, an exhilarating outdoor activity that used to be practiced widely but which few people know about today.

This book is based on hard scientific research, most of which has been conducted outside of the United States, where food production lobbies have fought hard against this kind of research.

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

This series of volumes represents a comprehensive and integrated treatment of reproduction in vertebrates from fishes of all sorts through mammals.

Over the past 20 years, synchrotron-based research applications have provided important insight into the geochemical cycling of ions and the chemical and crystallographic properties of minerals in soils and sediments.

Among animals used in research, teaching and testing, mice are now widely recognized as the most important model for human diseases and disorders.

In the past 15-20 years major discoveries have been concluded on potato biology and biotechnology.

La historia de los hermanos Arizu constituye uno de los variados casos de éxitos y fracasos económicos a los que dio lugar la inmigración en Argentina y, en particular, en Mendoza.

Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición del certificado de profesionalidad "AGAF0108 - FRUTICULTURA".

Jeder denkt bei Hanf an das Rauschmittel – dabei kann Hanf so viel mehr!

Descubra el fascinante mundo de las razas de caballos en esta guía detallada que abarca más de 80 razas diferentes de todo el mundo.

La primera guía que nos ilustra paso a paso cómo cultivar alimentos nutritivos a partir de la labranza cero, una forma de sembrar sin arar que no perturba la vida en el suelo.

El espacio y el tiempo no son independientes, como se creía, sino aspectos diferentes de un todo flexible de 4 dimensiones llamado espacio–tiempo.

El campo argentino y la cúpula empresarial agropecuaria ya no pueden entenderse ni discutirse recurriendo a denominaciones como "vieja elite terrateniente" o rentista, o atendiendo al rol de organizaciones tradicionales como la Sociedad Rural.