Agriculture and farming

Fundamental to any livestock improvement programme by animal scientists, is the prediction of genetic merit in the offspring generation for desirable production traits such as increased growth rate, or superior meat, milk and wool production.

This book discusses the natural classification and biosystematics of Triticeae and presents the most significant findings of comprehensive studies on the Triticeae, an important tribe in the grass family (Poaceae) that includes major crops such as wheat, barley, rye, and triticale, as well as various forage crops found in different genera.

This book is a compilation of writings focused on conventional and unconventional insect products.

Algal World has been carefully written and edited with an interdisciplinary appeal and aims to bring all aspects of Algae together in one volume.

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 173, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field, with each chapter written by an international board of authors.

Weeds affect everyone in the world by reducing crop yield and crop quality, delaying or interfering with harvesting, interfering with animal feeding (including poisoning), reducing animal health, preventing water flow, as plant parasites, etc.

Organic Food and Farming: A Reference Handbook is a valuable resource for students and general readers curious about the history, evolution, and growth of the organic food movement.

This book provides new insights into combining economic theory and ethics, and how to formulate policies to combat the roots of poverty.

This book is intended to provide information on fundamental genetic processes in tropical forests.

'Warmly entertaining.

The aim of this book is to systematize and discuss population genetic studies of freshwater fish in a region that harbors the greatest diversity of species among all inland water ecosystems.

This monograph attempts to amalgamate recent research input comprising the vivifying components or urban seismology at a level useful to those having an interest in the earthquake and its effects upon an urban environment.

World health authorities recommend people maximize their protein intake through vegetable sources (such as pulses), and reduce protein intake from animal sources.

Volume 90 of Advances in Agronomy contains seven timely reviews and over 50 descriptive figures.

Chemical Sensitivity is the first major scientific book series on chemical sensitivity, an increasingly important worldwide health problem.

Früher hatte der Bauernwald lediglich die Aufgabe, den Hof mit dem notwendigen Brenn-, Bau- und Zaunholz zu versorgen sowie auch den Bedarf an Waldweide und Waldstreu zu decken.

This book stems from a four-year experience of a Training Programme addressing members of several Chinese governmental Institutions which, given the moment of extremely intense and fast development of their country, consider the issues of environment and sustainable growth among the foremost priorities.

Creeping bentgrass is considered the premier turfgrass species grown on golf courses, and there is a growing demand for an understanding of its maintenance and management practices.

The scope of book has relevant and important informations on some of the popular tamed birds reared as pet in cages.

An understanding of the mineral nutrition of plants is of fundamental importance in both basic and applied plant sciences.

This contributed volume covers sugarcane byproducts, preservation, functional foods, bioethanol, and liquid fuels.

Fishes are by far the most species-rich vertebrate taxon, and it is also the vertebrate group with the most strikingly diverse repertoire of behaviours and behavioural adaptations.

An understanding of the characteristics and the ecology of soils, particularly those of forest ecosystems in the humid tropics, is central to the development of sustainable forest management systems.

Advances in Marine Biology has been providing in-depth and up-to-date reviews on all aspects of marine biology since 1963 - more than 50 years of outstanding coverage from a comprehensive serial that is well known for its contents and editing.

The Australasia-Pacific Region supports approximately 50% of the world's population.

This book offers the core conceptual base for the practice of T-Group facilitation.

This book is designed to introduce the fundamentals of systematics in a simple, concise and balanced manner.

The importance of economical production of agricultural materials, especially crops and animal products serving as base materials for foodstuffs, and of their technological processing (mechanical operations, storage, handling etc.

The importance of local programmes in driving sustainable development has been enshrined in Local Agenda 21, arguably the most influential output of the 1992 Rio 'Earth' Summit.

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Traditional Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) methodologies affect the public health and environmental impacts from a material, product, process or activity.

This book aims at bringing out comprehensive information on cropping systems modelling in the world.

The lime is an important fruit crop throughout the citrus producing regions of the world, with its own specific benefits and issues affecting successful cultivation and production.

The book mainly comprises of novel food processing techniques and the equipment requirement for installation.

Plant Cryopreservation: A Practical Guide  is a unique resource for plant scientists in many fields.

This book is intended to provide a clear overview of the principles and practices of pest management and should serve as a useful source of information to the scientists as well as to orchardists and farmers alike.

The book on acid soils offers a thorough analysis of the degree of soil acidity at the global level, information on the biota, chemistry, and behaviour of acid soils, as well as the mechanisms by which plants tolerate soil acidity.

Sie sind echte Kulttiere und faszinieren Groß und Klein mit ihren Kulleraugen: Kühe.

From the PrefaceThe objective of this book is to review the basic knowledge and methodology of feeding grazing ruminants in tropical and semitropical countries.

Soils are neither good nor bad, but some have inherent or acquired characteristics that may or may not suit our intended use.

This book offers an overview of the current knowledge on beta glucanase enzymes derived from actinobacterial source, their structure, functions and industrial applications.