Agriculture and farming

Presents information that can be useful to facilitate the aquaculture of a wide variety of food species.

This book highlights ecosystem services of Indian tropical soils driven by soil properties.

This book showcases how new and emerging technologies like Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are trying to provide solutions to unresolved socio-economic and environmental problems.

Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change is a fundamental resource for primary industry professionals, land managers, policy makers, researchers and students involved in preparing Australia’s primary industries for the challenges and opportunities of climate change.

This book discusses how to use the wastewaters, liquid biowastes and soils unfit for agriculture to economically viable aquaculture practices; and putting the emphasis on, aquaculture posology, the science of quantification and administration of doses in aquatic health and aquaculture management.

This book presents a practical guide to help businesses navigate the complex topics of sustainability in the food industry.

This volume presents a reconstruction of the formation of the environmental conditions and biota in the present-day Baltic Sea area during the last glacial cycle and thereafter under the influence of extra-terrestrial, climatic and geological factors.

The local food movement is one of the most active of current civil engagement social movements.

Urban water management has to take an integrated approach that prioritizes sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) over gray infrastructure.

Phytoplasma-associated diseases are a major limiting factor in the context of the quality and productivity of many ornamental, horticultural and other economically important agricultural crops worldwide.

Few chemical compounds created by man have caused greater controversy than organophosphates.

Our purpose in the book is to give an overview to start the location specific fish based farming system in the land locked states of the NE Region of India where suitable land is constrain for aquaculture.

Global climate change threatens human existence through its potential impact on agriculture and the environment.

This book presents the foundational concepts of spinel nano-ferrites, their synthesis techniques, and their cutting-edge applications in various fields.

This book explores the impact of artistic experiments in inspiring people to turn away from current food consumerism and take an active role in preserving, sustaining, and protecting the environment.

What is environmental justice?

Zooplankton is a major work of reference for researchers in plankton biology, physiology and behavior, which combines behavioral and psychological approaches to the study of plankton on present and interdisciplinary investigation of sensory processes in pelagic environments.

These are the final results and reflections of the project MEA-Scope.

This book provides a fresh perspective on the ever-growing relevance of input-output analysis in problem solving.

This is the second of the set of three volumes in the Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, New Series, that will cover the area of the hormonal regulation of plant growth and development.

Conifer Cold Hardiness provides an up-to-date synthesis by leading scientists in the study of the major physiological and environmental factors regulating cold hardiness of conifer tree species.

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

Plant Breeding Reviews is an ongoing series presenting state-of-the art review articles on research in plant genetics, especially the breeding of commercially important crops.

This book dispenses a comprehensive coverage of up-to-date account of genomics and genome editing enriched smart plant breeding approaches for enhancing genetic gains in vegetable crops in the post-genomics era.

This book discusses basic andapplied aspects of somatic embryogenesis, one of the most powerful tools inplant biotechnology.

This book is a noteworthy series of works authored by women from diverse research areas and expertise.

The performance of canal irrigation system in India has recently become a subject of considerable criticism.

This book analyzes the issue of food insecurity in Europe.

This presents twenty specially commissioned case studies of farmer participatory approaches to agricultural innovation initiated by NGOs in Latin America.

This 4-volume set focuses on the use of microbial bioremediation and phytoremediation to clean up pollutants in soil, such as pesticides, petroleum hydrocarbons, metals, and chlorinated solvents, which reduce the soil's fertility and renders it unfit for plant growth.

Teucrium species are an intersting object of research in the various aspects of science with multiple applications.

Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.

The book presents a review of research and pilot-scale efforts undertaken by scientists all over the world towards utilization of solar energy for environmental remediation.

The risks posed by forest destruction throughout the world are highly significant for all.

This edition of "e;Ice Cream"e; is a full revision of previous editions and includes an updating of the areas that have been affected by changes and new technolo- gy.

The Foraging Behavior of the Honeybee (Apis mellifera, L.

The book discusses invasive-species problems in agriculture, forests and aquatic ecosystems, highlighting the invasive mechanisms and management of the selected invasive species.

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Nanoparticles Synthesis by Soil Microbes: Application in Plant Production and the Environment, a volume in the Plant and Soil Microbiome series, presents an advanced and recent description of plant and soil microbiome in the nanoparticle synthesis and their application in sustainable agriculture and environment.

From the PrefaceAntibody techniques have allowed us to study microorganisms in situ.

Forest loss and degradation have caused a decline in the quality of ecosystem services around the world.

Fertilizers have been used extensively around the globe since the Green Revolution, due to the high subsidies.

Equine Reproductive Physiology Breeding and Stud Management, 5th Edition provides a thorough grounding in equine reproductive anatomy and physiology for equine, animal and veterinary science students.

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 edited book is focused on Sustainable Development Goal 2.

Ethnobotany, the study of the classification, use and management of plants by people, draws on a range of disciplines, including natural and social sciences, to show how conservation of plants and of local knowledge about them can be achieved.

Pollution Control for Agriculture is a substantial revision of the "e;"e;Agricultural Waste Management"e;"e; book that discusses the implications and possible management systems for crop production.

Vadose Zone Hydrology describes the elements of the physical processes most often encountered by hydrogeologists and ground-water engineers in their vadose zone projects.

Organic poultry production systems can be sophisticated, technically advanced commercial operations or simple, small-farm add-ons integrated into a more complex agroecosystem.