Science and Technology

About the Book Lady Park Wood was set aside as a "natural" reserve for ecological research in 1944, and the trees, shrubs and ground vegetation hav...

About the Book This edition of Water Dynamics in Plant Production describes the basic scientific principles of water transport in the soil-plant-at...

About the Book A companion to Urban Pest Management , this book builds on the issues of insect pests in urban settings to discuss control strategie...

About the Book Tropical coastal deltas represent one of the most diverse and rapidly changing biophysical regions in the developing world. These de...

About the Book Worldwide soybean crop yields can achieve USD$130 billion per year in farm-level sales, but around 13% of these yields are lost to d...

About the Book In agriculture, water management is key to ensuring good and sustained crop yields, maintaining soil health, and safeguarding the lo...

About the Book Statistics are a vital skill for epidemiologists and form an essential part of clinical medicine. This textbook introduces students ...

About the Book At a time of increased concern over animal welfare and environmental degradation, the global demand for animal-based protein is nece...

About the Book Rainfed agriculture is generally overlooked by development investors, researchers and policy makers due to limited confidence in its...

Covering the development of sustainable agriculture, food production and food security, this paper explains the relationship between all levels of ...

About the Book In this book Stephanie Hedges draws on more than 20 years as a practicing veterinary nurse and her training as a Certificated Clinic...

About the Book Poultry are a major source of valuable high-quality protein for much of the world's population, so food security is heavily dependen...

About the Book Poplars and willows form an important component of forestry and agricultural systems, providing a wide range of wood and non-wood pr...

About the Book Plants constantly cope with unfavorable ecosystem conditions, which often prevent them from reaching their full genetic potential in...

About the Book We have been witnessing a silent chemical revolution over the past half century. Pesticides bring widespread environmental contamina...

About the Book Nematodes are well known for their ability to survive environmental extremes. Their survival mechanisms for cold tolerance, thermobi...

About the Book Water protection, food production and ecosystem health are worldwide issues. Changes in the global water cycle are affecting human w...

About the Book This book examines the effects that land-use changes (notably agricultural intensification, logging, soil erosion, urbanization and ...

About the Book This book provides a series of exercises of various types covering matters of hydrology and watershed management. The exercises incl...

About the Book An understanding of biodiversity is an important requirement of a wide range of programmes of study including biology, zoology, wild...

About the Book This book examines what will happen to global invasive species, including plants, animals and pathogens with current and expected ma...

About the Book The demand for plant-based industrial raw materials as alternatives to synthetically produced materials has increased, as has resear...

About the Book Nutrition-sensitive, food-based approaches towards hunger and malnutrition are effective, sustainable and long-term solutions. This ...

About the Book Despite years of research world-over, non-toxic and effective radiomodulators remain elusive. In recent years, there has been a shif...

About the Book This book sets out to examine what really is going on in the organic sector socially and politically. In the process, it debunks a n...

About the Book This book is a practical manual for goat production systems covering: breeding and selection, feeding based on available crops and r...

About the Book Efforts to improve food security in the developing world have been hampered due to myths surrounding GM agriculture. This book explo...

About the Book This book continues to provide a comprehensive overview of equine behaviour and an outline of current advances in our understanding,...

About the Book This book presents a logical argument, rigorously formulated, for practical policy options to fight food shortages and surpluses. It...

About the Book Management research has shown successful farmers have quite distinct personal characteristics which most farmers have seldom thought...

About the Book Organic and fair-trade certified commodities catering for niche markets are growing rapidly and offer potential benefits for small-s...

About the Book Focusing on the different types of pastoral farming and their impact on the environment, Environmental Impacts of Pasture-based Farm...

About the Book Containing an extensive range of photographs and authored by leading horticultural experts, Diseases of Temperate Horticultural Plan...

About the Book Disaster management is an increasingly important subject, as effective management of both natural and manmade disasters is essential...

About the Book This book shares research and practice on current trends in digital technology for agricultural and rural development in the Global ...

About the Book Continued geographic expansion of dengue viruses and their mosquito vectors has seen the magnitude and frequency of epidemic dengue/...

About the Book Forest protection and forestry practices are closely linked to decisions that address measures on climate change, biodiversity and t...

About the Book Climate change is a diverse, multifactorial phenomenon, meaning that the agronomic strategies needed are case-specific and will have...

The focus of this book is future global climate change and its implications for agricultural systems which are the main sources of agricultural goo...

About the Book Citrus fruits have been cultivated and enjoyed for over 4000 years. Moreover, they are grown in nearly every country within 40 north...

About the Book Preventing contamination with problematic chemical compounds in food requires an understanding of how they can enter and pass along ...

About the Book Food legumes are important constituents of human and animal nutrition, supplying high quality proteins crucial for a balanced diet. ...

About the Book Providing a broad and readable overview of the subject, this updated fourth edition of Aquaculture: An Introductory Text covers issu...

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have attracted extensive research attention worldwide. Harnessing and creating AMPs synthetically has the potential t...

About the Book Transgenic plants are cultivated on a large scale worldwide, and most of the harvested products are fed to domestic animals. By gath...

About the Book The development of competitive agro-industries is crucial for creating employment and income opportunities as well as enhancing the ...

About the Book Based on the 2010 conference "Towards the establishment of genetic reserves for crop wild relatives and landraces in Europe", this b...