Agriculture and farming

Advances in Agronomy

This preface is being written at a time of exceptional public interest in the North Sea, following media head- lines on toxic algal blooms, the mass mortality of common seals, and concern over pollution levels.

This volume provides the origins and meanings of the names of genera and species of extant vascular plants, with the genera arranged alphabetically from D to L.

With information on siting, planting, tending, harvesting, processing, and brewingIt s hard to think about beer these days without thinking about hops.

Providing both a theoretical background and practical examples of natural resource conflict, this volume explores the pressures on natural resources leading to scarcity and conflict.

Sea urchins and sea cucumbers are highly sought after delicacies growing in popularity globally.

The Stud Managers' Handbook includes presentations made at the International Stockmen's School, January 2-6, 1983.

Satellite Remote Sensing of Natural Resources offers an introduction to digital remote sensing.

Wheat Wild Relatives: Developing Abiotic Stress Tolerance under Climate Change presents a state-of-the-art outline of the problem, including issues, opportunities, and modern developments in the utilization of Wild Wheat Relatives (WWR) and related neglected species for wheat crop improvement, specifically focusing on environmental constraints.

Alternative Swine Management Systems examines technologically humane substitutions for swine production, focusing specifically on hoop structure systems.

Histopathology of Seed-Borne Infections is the first book to provide comprehensive coverage of seed infection and disease.

This edited book addresses various aspects of sustainable land management, including existing policy norms and indigenous knowledge.

Forest Resources Resilience and Conflicts presents modern remote sensing and GIS techniques for Sustainable Livelihood.

Biological Environmental Science is an introductory textbook for undergraduate students who desire a one semester course or, alternatively, a springboard course for advanced environmental offerings.

Animal Population Ecology focuses on the interaction between the various factors that affect an animal population.

In response to the challenges of a growing population and food security, there is an urgent need to construct a new agri-food sustainability paradigm.

Horticultural Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on topics in horticultural science and technology covering both basic and applied research.

This book entitled "e;Pheromones Use in Field and Storage"e; is aimed at providing handy reference guide for the researchers, extension officials, teachers and students of Entomology who are indenting to specialize in pheromone research and technology.

Sustainable Agroecosystem Management: Integrating Ecology, Economics, and Society examines the challenges for developing integrated approaches to the management of agricultural ecosystems.

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.

Uranium is an element to be found ubiquitous in rock, soil, and water.

Originally published in 1983, The Norman Heritage looks at the Norman Conquest as a turning point in English history.

First published in 1987, this two-volume set is an exhaustive compilation of the most recent data on economically important crops.

This book explores recent advances in the microbial production of xylitol and its applications in food and medical sector.

Sixty years ago at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute, G.

Ten years ago the author, together with eight co-authors, edited a textbook Remote Sensing for Environmental Sciences within the series on Ecological Studies of Springer-Verlag.

Historical Geography of Crop Plants is devoted to a variety of staple and food crops, as well as fodder, fiber, timber, rubber, and other crops.

This book argues that the performance-based work in the featured case studies contributes to the construction of food democracy where the public takes back decision-making in shaping the food system.

This book outlines comprehensive information on the global trends, policies, research priorities and frontier innovations made in the research domain of breeding, biotechnology, biofortification and quality enhancement of wheat and barley.

This new textbook on remote sensing and digital image processing of natural resources includes numerous, practical problem-solving exercises and applications of sensors and satellite systems using remote sensing data collection resources, and emphasizes the free and open-source platform R.

Soil Chemical Methods - Australasia describes over 200 laboratory and field chemical tests relevant to Australasia and beyond.

Nitrogen is an essential primary nutrient for plant growth and development.

The connections between communities and forests are complex and evolving, presenting challenges to forest managers, researchers, and communities themselves.

First published in 1999, this volume explores how African agriculture has always had a strong appeal for the people of the Netherlands.

Brings together research from a range of fields to address key questions relating to agriculture: its origins and long-term sustainability.

In this book, leading researchers from this field systematically explain the latest research results on anaerobic responses in plants.

Myxomatosis, a viral disease of European wild rabbits, was discovered in South America in the 1890s.

Nineteenth-century farm families needed land for the next generation.

Contrary to a generally held view that pearls are found by chance in oysters, almost all are now produced from farms.

Human Neuroanatomy is a unique resource that presents for readers the neuroanatomy of the central and peripheral nervous system together.

This comprehensive volume focuses on recent trends and new technologies used in the management ofreproduction in major farm animals, focusing on both males and females of bovine, equine, and porcinespecies.

Water is critical to all human activities, but access to this crucial resource is increasingly limited by competition and the effects of climate change.

The world's population is expected to reach the eight billion mark very soon.

Providing a means for international standardization, this comprehensive reference compiles essential information for more than 12,000 vascular plants of commercial importance throughout the world.