Agriculture and farming

OMICs-based Techniques for Global Food Security Forward-thinking resource discussing how to integrate OMICs and novel genome editing technologies for sustainable crop production OMICS-based Techniques for Global Food Security provides an in-depth understanding of the mechanisms of OMICs techniques for crop improvement, details how OMICs techniques can contribute to identifying genes and traits with economic benefits, and explains how to develop crop plants with improved yield, quality, and resistance to stresses through genome editing technologies, providing evidence on the developments of climate resilient crops via applications of genome editing techniques throughout.

OMICs-based Techniques for Global Food Security Forward-thinking resource discussing how to integrate OMICs and novel genome editing technologies for sustainable crop production OMICS-based Techniques for Global Food Security provides an in-depth understanding of the mechanisms of OMICs techniques for crop improvement, details how OMICs techniques can contribute to identifying genes and traits with economic benefits, and explains how to develop crop plants with improved yield, quality, and resistance to stresses through genome editing technologies, providing evidence on the developments of climate resilient crops via applications of genome editing techniques throughout.

Turmeric has been used as a medicine, a condiment, and a dye since at least 600 B.

Known as the "e;King"e; of spices, black pepper (Piper nigrum L.

The complexity of carbon reduction and economic sustainability is significantly complicated by competing aspects of socioeconomic practices as well as legislative, regulatory, and scientific requirements and protocols.

Digital Terrain Analysis in Soil Science and Geology provides soil scientists and geologists with an integrated view of the principles and methods of digital terrain analysis.

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

A vivid and moving portrait of America's farm familiesFarming is essential to the American economy and our daily lives, yet few of us have much contact with farmers except through the food we eat.

Today's wine industry is characterized by regional differences not only in the wines themselves but also in the business models by which these wines are produced, marketed, and distributed.

Homeostasis and Toxicology of Non-Essential Metals synthesizes the explosion of new information on the molecular, cellular, and organismal handling of metals in fish in the past 15 years.

Due to its prolific reproduction and the external development of the transparent embryo, the zebrafish is the prime model for genetic and developmental studies, as well as research in genomics.

Forms part of the three-volume set, Pathogenesis & Host Specificity in Plant Diseases, and deals with pathogenesis and host specificity in plant pathogenic prokaryotes.

Proceedings of a conference on Tropical Forests: Botanical Dynamics, Speciation and Diversity held at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, August 8*ba10, 1988.

Organic wastes are traditionally applied to land to recover their fertilizer value, but the microbial turnover of such organic matter in soil is often out of phase with the requirements of growing plants.

Insect trapping is a basic field research tool for many biologists, whether they are studying insect pests, disease vectors or insect ecology for its own sake.

The role of the agricultural scientist is to manipulate crop and livestock response phenomena so that they serve society's needs better, enabling countries to obtain full benefit from their agricultural resources.

The interval between the first and second editions of this book have witnessed significant changes for the food producers of the EEC.

Este libro propone la clave fundamental para el desarrollo agrario: la creatividad y la innovación en el manejo de la empresa agropecuaria.

Las Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas, BPA, son un conjunto de procedimientos que se realizan en sistemas de producción de forma amigable con los recursos naturales las cuales contribuyen a generar un producto limpio, sano y seguro para el consumidor.

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

This book offers comprehensive coverage of the design, analysis, and operational aspects of biomass gasification, the key technology enabling the production of biofuels from all viable sources--some examples being sugar cane and switchgrass.

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

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

Tigers of the World, Second Edition explores tiger biology, ecology, conservation, management, and the science and technology that make this possible.

This new series on The Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Fishes grew out of the demand for state-of-the-art review articles in a rapidly expanding field of research.

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.

Interpretation of Micromorphological Features of Soils and Regolith, 2nd edition, provides researchers and students with a global tool for interpretation of micromorphological features of regoliths and soils.

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

This volume presents the latest research on herbivores, aquatic and terrestrial mammals and insects.

This comprehensive handbook provides information on history, breeds and genetics, statistics, animal health, production, product utilization, and future projections.

With the substantial advances in the miniaturization of electronic components, wildlife biologists now routinely monitor the movements of free-ranging animals with radio-tracking devices.

The Biochemistry of Plants, Volume 14: Carbohydrates provides information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of plant biochemistry.

This comprehensive volume examines the interrelationships of nitrogen and energy nutrition of ruminants.

The successful reproduction of cultured brood stock is essential to the sustainable aquaculture of aquatic organisms.

Process-based models open the way to useful predictions of the future growth rate of forests and provide a means of assessing the probable effects of variations in climate and management on forest productivity.

Never before has a holistic approach to sustainable agriculture and plant physiology been presented in one source.

Geomorphometry is the science of quantitative land-surface analysis.

A transgenic organism is a plant, animal, bacterium, or other living organism that has had a foreign gene added to it by means of genetic engineering.

Animal Behavior covers the broad sweep of animal behavior from its neurological underpinnings to the importance of behavior in conservation.

Following the worldwide success of Dr.

Agricultural Systems: Agroecology and Rural Innovation for Development is a comprehensive source for developing sustainable farming systems.

Animal Migration, Orientation, and Navigation presents the various aspects of animal migration, including the evolution of migration, climatic and meteorological influences, and bioenergetics.

Principles of Plant Disease Management is intended to provide a substantive treatment of plant disease management for graduate and undergraduate students in which theoretical and practical elements are combined.

This is the second edition of Horse Feeding and Nutrition which was originally published in 1980.

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

The purpose of this book is to provide the most comprehensive, easy-to-use, and informative guide on light microscopy.

Forest Management and Planning provides a focused understanding of contemporary forest management issues through real life examples to engage students.

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.

Written by a recognized expert and based on his experience in teaching the subject to students with a variety of educational backgrounds, The Science of Grapevines: Anatomy and Physiology is the only book to comprehensively explore the physiology of the grapevine as it occurs around the world.