Bio-Science and Agriculture

About the Book Contributors from universities and food, pharmaceutical, and brewing companies detail the current state of yeast strain development ...

Women are contributing to disciplines once the sole domain of men. Field biology has been no different. The history of women field biologists, embe...

Viruses and Society is geared towards professionals and students in college-level introductory biology courses devoted to understanding viruses, va...

Understanding Nature is a new kind of ecology textbook: a straightforward resource that teaches natural history and ecological content, and a way t...

About the Book Novel molecular techniques, such as next-generation sequencing, are used to measure gene expression after exposure to a certain stim...

About the Book Variability in vegetable pathogens is a critical issue, particularly in changing environments, as it presents challenges to accurate...

Gut microbiomes are dynamic communities varying from population to population and throughout life. In western societies, a toxic metabolic shift of...

About the Book Nanotechnology is changing the world in a very big way, but at the atomic and sub-atomic level. Although the roots of nanotechnology...

About the Book This book reviews up-to-date knowledge on the biology of sole ( Solea senegalensis and S. solea ). These flatfish species are increa...

About the Book Overviews of biochemical, genetic, and molecular perspectives of plant-insect interactions with added emphasis on bioinformatic, gen...

About the Book The impending threats of catastrophic climate change and peak oil are driving our society towards increased use of biomass for energ...

About the Book This new book, Sustainable Micro Irrigation Design Systems for Agricultural Crops, brings together the best research for efficient m...

Agriculture is one of the oldest and most global human enterprises, and as the world struggles with sustainable practices and policies, agricultura...

About the Book In the last few decades, significant advancements in the biology and engineering of stem cells have enabled progress in their clinic...

About the Book While silk derived from silkworm has been of economic importance for centuries, more recently silkworm has been found to have utilit...

About the Book The discovery of toll-like receptors (TLRs) spurred the field of innate immunity into a renaissance after many years of neglect. Sin...

Perception in animals is a fascinating and challenging subject that calls to students from many disciplines. The aim of this book is to provide a k...

About the Book Owing to its considerable winter hardiness, rye is a cereal that played a major role in the feeding of European populations througho...

About the Book This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the assessment and management of potentially dangerous infectious diseases, quara...

About the Book The world relies on very few crop and animal species for agriculture and to supply its food needs. In recent decades, there has been...

About the Book The rise of the multi-billion dollar ancestry testing industry points to one immutable truth about us as human beings: we want to kn...

About the Book Micro irrigation, also known as trickle, drip, localized, high frequency, or pressurized irrigation, is an irrigation method that sa...

About the Book Systems biology is the study of organisms as interacting networks of genes, proteins and reactions. Practical Systems Biology provid...

About the Book It is estimated that around 1.3 billion tons per year of food produced for human consumption, which is about one-third of all food p...

About the Book Plants that Fight Cancer, Second Edition, is a compilation that reviews cancer treatment and research-based information on the plant...

About the Book Plant Pathology explores the topic of plant pathology and aligns classic studies and knowledge in the topic with the current state o...

About the Book Life on earth began with bacteria, which now colonize every corner of the planet. As the ancestors of mitochondria, bacteria are als...

About the Book Increasing interest in oceanography and marine biology and its relevance to global environmental issues continues to create a demand...

About the Book Increasing interest in marine biology and its relevance to environmental issues creates a demand for authoritative reviews of recent...

About the Book Nitrogen is an essential primary nutrient for plant growth and development. With the demand for high growth and yield of plants and ...

About the Book Globally, natural medicine has been considered as an important alternative to modern allopathic medicine. Although natural medicines...

About the Book This book is a survey on the theoretical as well as experimental results on nanostructures in biological systems. It shows how a uni...

About the Book This book volume encompasses the recent trends made in the applications of nanoscale tools for diverse constituents of plants and ag...

About the Book This text analyzes the molecular mechanisms, chemical behaviour and regulation of iron transport in biological systems and offers no...

About the Book Focuses on the vibrant area of probing enzymes or proteins by metal ions and small complexes. Offers a summary of the basic characte...

About the Book Volume 39: Molybdenum and Tungsten: Their Roles in Biological Processes is devoted soley to the vital research area on molybdenum an...

About the Book Part of a series devoted to understanding the relationship between the chemistry of metals and life processes, the present volume of...

About the Book Membrane Protein Models is an important collection of reviews, by internationally recognised researchers, of recent advances in the ...

About the Book Medicinal Plants of Bangladesh and West Bengal is a complete compendium. It provides the scientific name, classification, local name...

Medicinal agroecology brings together the realms of medicinal plants and phytomedicine with the world of agroecology. This book aims to communicate...

About the Book The tenth and final volume in the series Research Advances in Sustainable Micro Irrigation, this valuable book focuses on new and re...

About the Book Seed conditioning is the final process that establishes the quality of a seed lot and determines its value. It is a complex process ...

About the Book This book presents a 360-degree picture of the world of insects and explores how their existence affects our lives: the "good, bad, ...

About the Book Continuous discoveries in plant and crop physiology have resulted in an abundance of new information since the publication of the th...

About the Book Delineates the unique ability of halophytes to revegetate salt-affected land. Provides easy access to current information concerning...

About the Book Green pesticides, also called ecological pesticides, are pesticides derived from organic sources which are considered environmentall...

About the Book Fueled partially by large, well-publicized efforts such as the Human Genome Project, genomic research is a rapidly growing area in m...

About the Book In recent decades, livestock producers have moved away from open grazing for a number of reasons, none having to do with the health ...