Agriculture and farming

Parks und Gärten waren lange Zeit touristische Mauerblümchen.

Understanding the reproductive physiology and endocrinology of fishes is essential for captive maturation and seed production in the field of aquaculture.

The abundance of insects can change dramatically from generation to generation; these generational changes may occur within a growing season or over a period of years.

Elms occur, both naturally and cultivated, throughout much of the temperate world.

During the five decades since its origin, law and economics has provided an influential framework for addressing a wide array of areas of law ranging from judicial behaviour to contracts.

Although green innovation and technology is not new, so far very limited information is available regarding the diversified approaches for green technologies and engineering.

Agro-Ecosystem Diversity: Impact on Food Security and Environmental Quality presents cutting-edge exploration of developing novel farming systems and introduces landscape ecology to agronomy.

Diseases of Fruit Crops in Australia is the new standard reference in applied plant pathology in Australia covering important diseases affecting the broad range of fruit and nut crops grown throughout Australia.

This textbook provides an introduction to the socioeconomics of food.

Provides the tools needed to explore the incredible complexities of the earth's soils Now in its Second Edition, this highly acclaimed text fully equips readers with the skills and knowledge needed to analyze soil and correctly interpret the results.

If you are responsible for oak management, Managing Oak Forests in the Eastern United States is for you.

This book presents modern Bayesian analysis in a format that is accessible to researchers in the fields of ecology, wildlife biology, and natural resource management.

Mites and ticks are everywhere and acarologists go after them - some explore their bewildering diversity, others try to understand their how and why.

This study focuses on understanding the socio-economic relevance of plant resources collected from the wild and its relation to current patterns of trade and sustainability.

The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life is the first comprehensive guide to animals in the ancient world, encompassing all aspects of the topic by featuring authoritative chapters on 33 topics by leading scholars in their fields.

This set of proceedings volumes provides a broad coverage of basic and applied research projects dealing with the application of engineering principles to both food production and processing.

This book presents a collection of articles concerning key topics which examine the impacts of climate change and variability on agriculture.

Biosecurity roughly means "e;safe life"e; and involves a variety of measures designed to prevent disease - causing agents from entering a region and there being spread.

Diseases of Vegetable Crops in Australia provides a diagnostic guide and a key reference for diseases affecting vegetable crops in Australia.

Neues Standardwerk fürs "Bodenpersonal"Die Tatsachen des Bodens und der Bodennutzung werden in dieser Bodenkunde für jedermann verständlich und praktisch nutzbar vorgestellt.

This book, the only one of its kind on ravine lands, reflects the significant advances made over the past two decades in our understanding of gully erosion, its controlling factors, and various aspects of gully erosion.

The primary objective of this book is to offer practical means for strengthening the economics and policy dimension of the agroforestry discipline.

Plants live in a constantly changing environment from which they cannot physically escape.

An invaluable source of up-to-date information on all major aspects of weed persistence Weeds negatively impact crop yields, the quality of agricultural produce, the health of livestock and ecosystems, and various aspects of human life.

Tailings are produced from the processing of mineral ores and are commonly stored within embankment dams.

Fascinating and diverse, savanna ecosystems support a combination of pastoral and agropastoral communities alongside wild and domestic herbivores that can be found nowhere else.

A guide to the use of essential oils in food, including information on their composition, extraction methods, and their antioxidant and antimicrobial applications Consumers food preferences are moving away from synthetic additives and preservatives and there is an increase demand for convenient packaged foods with long shelf lives.

Pigs are a very special breed of animal in that they can be almost as much a pet as they are a potential source of meat and income.

This book examines how different countries across Southeast Asia and Latin America respond to the emergence and expansion of the lucrative, yet controversial palm oil industry, paying attention to how national policy and governance regimes are shaping this global industry.

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 explores how the landscapes in indigenous territories are rapidly changing due to increased global industrial demand.

*Please note the 2015 paperback is a reprint of the original 2008 hardback*In an increasingly urbanized world more and more people are turning to our forests and woodland for recreation and tourism.

The Handbook provides a supporting guide to key aspects and applications of landscape ecology to underpin its research and teaching.

Now ubiquitous in modern life, spatial data present great opportunities to transform many of the processes on which we base our everyday lives.

Despite the increased variety of manufactured fibres available to the textile industry, demand for cotton remains high because of its suitability on the basis of price, quality and comfort across a wide range of textile products.

The Fourth Edition of the Handbook of Photosynthesis offers a unique and comprehensive collection of topics in the field of photosynthesis, serving as an invaluable resource in this field.

This book uses primary evidence to assess the value of agro-input and service delivery business models in terms of their inclusiveness, effectiveness and impact from a small farmer perspective, in the form of case studies in three Indian states: Punjab, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

Veterinary Council of India (VCI) which regulates UG Education has mandated two courses on Poultry Production and Management with an option to include one more during the II B.

Every spring, the University of Massachusetts - Amherst welcomes all 'Soils Conference"e; Scientific Advisory Board members with open arms as we begin the planning process responsible for bringing you quality conferences year after year.

Huanglongbing (HLB) or citrus greening, first observed more than a hundred years ago in Asia, is the most serious disease threat to the citrus-growing industry worldwide due to its complexity, destructiveness, and incalcitrance to management.

The book explores how unused and under-used urban spaces - from grass verges, roundabouts, green spaces - have been made more visually interesting and more productive, by informal (and usually illegal) groups known as "e;guerrilla gardeners"e;.

This book is the second 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 describes and comprehensively illustrates the soils of the world in accordance with the worldwide WRB classification.

Bioremediation refers to the clean-up of pollution in soil, groundwater, surface water, and air using typically microbiological processes.

Biological invasions by alien (non-native) species are widely recognized as a significant component of human-caused global environmental change and the second most important cause of biodiversity decline.

The Advances in Applied Microbiology series, first published in 1959, continues to be one of the most widely read and authoritative review sources in microbiology.

A comprehensive overview of edible landscapes complete with more than 300 full-color photos and illustrations Designing Urban Agriculture is about the intersection of ecology, design, and community.

A revised guide to the study and of soil and regolith thin sections A specialized system of terms and concepts must be used to accurately and effectively distinguish and name the microscopic features of soils and regoliths.

Capacity building is a topic of intense focus in many industrialized countries.