Bio-Science and Agriculture

About the Book Advances in Cancer Research provides invaluable information on the exciting and fast-moving field of cancer research. Here, once aga...

About the Book Published since 1959, Advances in Applied Microbiology continues to be one of the most widely read and authoritative review sources ...

About the Book The theory of adaptationism argues that natural selection contains sufficient explanatory power in itself to account for all evoluti...

About the Book - The book is a self contained introduction of Cellular Automata (CA) and its applications on modeling of biological strings, propos...

About the Book A Litigator's Guide to DNA educates both criminal law students and forensic science students about all aspects of the use of DNA evi...

About the Book Someday soon (if it has not happened already in secret), the first cloned human being will be born and mankind will embark on a scie...

About the Book The book provides comprehensive information on a wide range of topics from biology, physiology, genetics to the use of genomic tools...

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring From frogs, toads, newts, and salamanders, to the lesser-known caecilians, there are over 8,...

This textbook addresses the most recent advances and main digital technologies used in farming. The reader will be able to understand the main conc...

HERBICIDES AND PLANT PHYSIOLOGY Discover the latest developments in herbicide and weed biology In the newly revised Third Edition of Herbicides a...

This is a graduate-level introduction to quantitative concepts and methods in the science of living systems. It relies on a systems approach for un...

This textbook introduces the core competencies, tools and perspectives to manage free-ranging animal population health and demonstrates their need ...

Provides an overview of the entire nitrate cycle and the processes influencing nitrate transformation, and clearly identifies its role as an essent...

In 2021, India completed three decades of implementation of economic liberalization policies. This volume is a composite and critical account of In...

For non-majors or mixed biology courses. An innovative learning experience that addresses how studentslearn today Campbell Biology: Concepts &...

​This textbook presents all basic principles of animal behaviour in a clear and concise manner and illustrates them with up-to-date examples. Empha...

The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is the world’s fourth most important food crop after maize, rice and wheat with 377 million tonnes fresh-weight of t...

Systems biology came about as growing numbers of engineers and scientists from other fields created algorithms which supported the analysis of biol...

Our knowledge of our solar system has passed the point of no return. Increasingly, it seems possible that scientists will soon discover how life is...

Evolution is one of the most important processes in life. It not only explains the detailed history of life on earth, but its scope also extends in...

This book offers a detailed overview of both conventional and modern approaches to plant breeding. In 25 chapters, it explores various aspects of c...

“Mosquitoes – Identification, Ecology and Control” presents a wealth of information on the bionomics, systematics, ecology, research techniques and...

This book provides a thorough, up-to-date examination of conservation biology and the many supporting disciplines that comprise conservation scienc...

This new eighth edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect recent progress in the fields of biology, biophysics, and biochemistry, with ...

Helping students make sense of evolution Evolutionary Biologist, Douglas Emlen and Science Writer, Carl Zimmer continue to improve their widely-pr...

What exactly is our relationship with insects? Are they more beneficial or harmful? What role do they play in the world? What are the effects of cl...

Comprehensively explores sexually transmitted diseases, from epidemiology, causative pathogens, clinical impact, and immunology, to management stra...

Genomics has transformed the biological sciences. From epidemiology and medicine to evolution and forensics, the ability to determine an organism's...

Synthetic biology is one of the 21st century's fastest growing fields of research, as important for technology as for basic science. Building on tr...

The primary aim of this book is to provide a synthesis of our current understanding of hemoglobin function and evolution, and to illustrate how res...

Less than 450 years ago, all European scholars believed that the Earth was at the centre of a Universe that was at most a few million miles in exte...

This volume sheds light on systems of agricultural knowledge, inherited agricultural practices and allied activities, adoption of new knowledge as ...

Tigers are symbolic of the Indian wilderness and the mesmerizing stripes have long captured popular imagination. A Decade with Tigers is a photogra...

Fungi perform a variety of essential functions in ecosystems, and are important to both agriculture and biotechnology. Their importance is now beco...

The living world runs on genomic software - what Dawn Field and Neil Davies call the 'biocode' - the sum of all DNA on Earth. In Biocode, they tell...

A vast subject that includes a strange vocabulary and an apparent mass of facts, human anatomy can at first appear confusing and off-putting. But t...

Essentials of Environmental Science is ideal for a one-semester course. It takes the same non-biased approach as its parent text, teaching students...

Hormones are vital to the workings of the body, and while many people are aware of what hormones do, few have an appreciation of the nature and imp...

Food webs describe biological communities in terms of feeding interactions. This book integrates the latest work on community dynamics, ecosystems ...

From a single cell - a fertilized egg - comes an elephant, a fly, or a human. How does this astonishing feat happen? How does the egg 'know' what t...

This exceptional monograph, by experts in structural biology and virology, is for biomedical scientists involved in basic and applied research.

Opioids and analgesics are members of a group of drugs used to relieve pain. They are used in combination with prescription and nonprescription pai...

This book is an introduction to microwave-assisted bio-analytical methods with an emphasis on sample preparation for proteomic analyses. Its object...

Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, this Very Short Introduction surveys the history of medicine from clas...

A concise collection of the latest advances in chemical and biological agent detection and/or their surveillance written by leading experts in the ...

A visually delightful voyage across India, showcasing its wealth of flora and fauna. For the uninitiated yet inclined, this book is almost akin to ...