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  • Farming on the Fringe Farming on the Fringe
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    Farming on the Fringe

    This volume offers a new perspective to debates on local food and urban sustainability presenting the long silenced voices of the small-scale farmers from the productive green fringe of Sydney's sprawling urban jungle. Providing fresh food for the city...
    $227.00

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  • Advances in Insect Control and Resistance Management Advances in Insect Control and Resistance Management
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    Advances in Insect Control and Resistance Management

    This book covers advanced concepts and creative ideas with regard to insect biorational control and insecticide resistance management. Some chapters present and summarize general strategies or tactics for managing insect pests such as the principles of...
    $324.00

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  • Experimental Agrometeorology Experimental Agrometeorology
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    Experimental Agrometeorology

    The book is a practical manual which has been created to support the syllabus of agro-meteorology courses specifically designed for graduate and post-graduate students. The topics covered in the manual include working with meteorological instruments for...
    $220.00

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  • Rainwater-Smart Agriculture in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas Rainwater-Smart Agriculture in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas
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    Rainwater-Smart Agriculture in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas

    This book introduces state-of-the-art approaches, methods and research, focusing on smart management of rainwater. In addition, it provides an overview of projects from across the world, illustrating how rainwater-smart management has been implemented in...
    $270.00

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  • The Chickpea Genome The Chickpea Genome
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    The Chickpea Genome

    This book sheds new light on the chickpea genome sequencing and resequencing of chickpea germplasm lines and provides insights into classical genetics, cytogenetics, and trait mapping. It also offers an overview of the latest advances in genome...
    $227.00

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  • The Foxtail Millet Genome The Foxtail Millet Genome
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    The Foxtail Millet Genome

    This book presents up-to-date information on foxtail millet genomics, with a particular focus on its agronomic importance, genome architecture, marker development, evolutionary and diversity studies, comparative genomics and stress biology. The topics...
    $270.00

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  • The Peanut Genome The Peanut Genome
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    The Peanut Genome

    This book presents the current state of the art in peanut genomics, focusing particularly on the latest genomic findings, tools and strategies employed in genome sequencing, transcriptomes and analysis, availability of public and private genomic...
    $227.00

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  • The Pigeonpea Genome The Pigeonpea Genome
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    The Pigeonpea Genome

    Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) is a crop of small land holding farmers in arid and semi-arid regions of the world. It has a number of usages starting from protein rich food to vegetarian families; fuel wood; nitrogen supplier to soil; recycling minerals in...
    $184.00

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  • The Common Bean Genome The Common Bean Genome
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    The Common Bean Genome

    This book provides insights into the genetics and the latest advances in genomics research on the common bean, offering a timely overview of topics that are pertinent for future developments in legume genomics. The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is...
    $335.00

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  • Managing Agricultural Enterprises Managing Agricultural Enterprises
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    Managing Agricultural Enterprises

    Exploring the competitiveness and profitability of the agricultural sector in Central Europe, this book argues that the successful management of agricultural enterprises is inconceivable without the knowledge and application of modern forms of management...
    $249.00

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  • The Radish Genome The Radish Genome
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    The Radish Genome

    This book summarizes the latest information and the status quo of radish genome studies to stimulate innovations and improvements in breeding techniques and to promote further advances in the field.Radish (Raphanus sativus) is a member of the...
    $270.00

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  • Brown Rice Brown Rice
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    Brown Rice

    This book provides a broad-based foundation of knowledge about brown rice, including the latest information on health benefits and disease prevention resulting from consumption of brown rice, and information on consumer knowledge, attitudes, and...
    $184.00

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  • Improving the Profitability, Sustainability and Efficiency of Nutrients Through Site Specific Fertilizer Recommendations in West Africa Agro-Ecosystems Improving the Profitability, Sustainability and Efficiency of Nutrients Through Site Specific Fertilizer Recommendations in West Africa Agro-Ecosystems
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    Improving the Profitability, Sustainability and Efficiency of Nutrients Through Site Specific Fertilizer Recommendations in West Africa Agro-Ecosystems

    As part of its efforts to improve fertilizer use and efficiency in West Africa, and following the recent adoption of the West African fertilizer recommendation action plan (RAP) by ECOWAS, this volume focuses on IFDC's technical lead with key partner...
    $324.00

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  • Sustainable Agriculture Reviews Sustainable Agriculture Reviews
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    Sustainable Agriculture Reviews

    This book deals with a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for humans and their children. It is a discipline that addresses current issues: climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, poor-nation...
    $270.00

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  • Nanoscience in Food and Agriculture 5 Nanoscience in Food and Agriculture 5
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    Nanoscience in Food and Agriculture 5

    This book presents comprehensive reviews on the principles, design and applications of nanomaterials in the food and agriculture sectors. This book is the fifth of several volumes on Nanoscience in Food and Agriculture, published in the series...
    $270.00

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  • Belowground Defence Strategies in Plants Belowground Defence Strategies in Plants
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    Belowground Defence Strategies in Plants

    This book summarizes our current knowledge on belowground defence strategies in plants by world-class scientists actively working in the area. The volume includes chapters covering belowground defence to main soil pathogens such as Fusarium, Rhizoctonia,...
    $335.00

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  • Waters of Brazil Waters of Brazil
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    Waters of Brazil

    This book is a product of Brazilian Academy of Sciences Study Group about water issue. The water cycle was addressed based on an integrated point of view, aiming at joining technological and ecological solutions and integrating quantitative and...
    $184.00

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  • Nanoscience in Food and Agriculture 2 Nanoscience in Food and Agriculture 2
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    Nanoscience in Food and Agriculture 2

    This book is the second volume on this topic within the series.  With unique properties, nanomaterials are rapidly finding novel applications in many fields such as food, medicine, agriculture and pollution.  Such applications include to treat...
    $270.00

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  • Nanoscience in Food and Agriculture 1 Nanoscience in Food and Agriculture 1
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    Nanoscience in Food and Agriculture 1

    Nanotechnology is a fast-evolving discipline that already produces outstanding basic knowledge and industrial applications for the benefit of society. Whereas the first applications of nanotechnology have been developed mainly in material sciences,...
    $270.00

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  • Agricultural Biomass Based Potential Materials Agricultural Biomass Based Potential Materials
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    Agricultural Biomass Based Potential Materials

    Agricultural biomass is abundant worldwide and it can be considered as alternative source of renewable and sustainable materials which can be used as potential materials for different applications. Despite this enormous production of agricultural...
    $270.00

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  • Forest conservation in protected areas of Bangladesh Forest conservation in protected areas of Bangladesh
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    Forest conservation in protected areas of Bangladesh

    This book dealt with a number of issues under the broad subject matter of protected area focusing on the policy of collaborative management as a means to augment the forest conservation activities and enhance community development in Bangladesh. Studies...
    $184.00

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  • Heavy Metal Contamination of Soils Heavy Metal Contamination of Soils
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    Heavy Metal Contamination of Soils

    Following a description of the various sources and factors influencing the contents of heavy metal pollution in post-catastrophic and agricultural soils, subsequent chapters examine soil enzymes and eggs as bio-monitors, lead adsorption, the effects of...
    $270.00

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  • Insects, Fire and Conservation Insects, Fire and Conservation
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    Insects, Fire and Conservation

    A global synthesis of the impacts of wildfires and controlled burning on insects, bringing together much hitherto scattered information to provide a guide to improved conservation management practice. The great variety of responses by insect species and...
    $227.00

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  • Nanotechnologies in Food and Agriculture Nanotechnologies in Food and Agriculture
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    Nanotechnologies in Food and Agriculture

    This book presents a comprehensive overview of new and emerging nanotechnologies. It includes aspects of nanoparticle monitoring, toxicity, and public perception, and covers applications that address both crop growing and treatment of agricultural...
    $184.00

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  • Composting for Sustainable Agriculture Composting for Sustainable Agriculture
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    Composting for Sustainable Agriculture

    The dramatic worldwide increase in agricultural and industrial productivity has created severe environmental problems. Soil and groundwater reservoirs have been polluted with pesticides, xenobiotics and agro-chemicals. The global consensus to reduce...
    $335.00

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  • The Soils of Spain The Soils of Spain
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    The Soils of Spain

    This book provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of the soils of Spain gathered by a variety of Spanish experts in the field. It presents soils in this country as particularly conditioned by the naturally diverse and drastic distribution of...
    $184.00

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  • Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants, Vol 1 Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants, Vol 1
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    Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants, Vol 1

    Abiotic stress adversely affects crop production worldwide, decreasing average yields for most of the crops to 50%. Among various abiotic stresses affecting agricultural production, drought stress is considered to be the main source of yield reduction...
    $335.00

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  • Plant, Soil and Microbes Plant, Soil and Microbes
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    Plant, Soil and Microbes

    The interactions between the plant, soil and microbes are complex in nature. Events may be antagonistic, mutualistic or synergistic, depending upon the types of microorganisms and their association with the plant and soil in question. Multi-trophic...
    $335.00

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  • Animal Law and Welfare - International Perspectives Animal Law and Welfare - International Perspectives
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    Animal Law and Welfare - International Perspectives

    This book focuses on animal laws and animal welfare in major jurisdictions in the world, including the more developed legal regimes for animal protection of the US, UK, Australia, the EU and Israel, and the regulatory regimes still developing in China,...
    $348.00

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  • Biocultural Diversity in Europe Biocultural Diversity in Europe
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    Biocultural Diversity in Europe

    The book collects a selection of the papers presented at the meeting held in the context of the Joint Programme on the Links between Biological and Cultural Diversity (JP-BiCuD). Recognizing the inextricable link between biological and cultural...
    $270.00

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  • Cacao Diseases Cacao Diseases
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    Cacao Diseases

    This book reviews the current state of knowledge concerning cacao pathogens and methods for their management. Topics discussed include the history, biology and genetic diversity of Moniliophthora species (which cause witches' broom and...
    $335.00

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  • Simulation Modeling of Forest Landscape Disturbances Simulation Modeling of Forest Landscape Disturbances
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    Simulation Modeling of Forest Landscape Disturbances

    Forest landscape disturbances are a global phenomenon. Simulation models are an important tool in understanding these broad scale processes and exploring their effects on forest ecosystems. This book contains a collection of insights from a group of...
    $227.00

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  • Growing Plantation Forests Growing Plantation Forests
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    Growing Plantation Forests

    This book describes the scientific principles that are used throughout the world to ensure the rapid, healthy growth of forest plantations. As the population of the world increases so does the amount of wood people use. Large areas of natural forests are...
    $184.00

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  • Field-Scale Water and Solute Flux in Soils Field-Scale Water and Solute Flux in Soils
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    Field-Scale Water and Solute Flux in Soils

    This book contains the proceedings of the first workshop held at Monte Verità near Ascona, Switzerland on September 24-29, 1989. The workshop was designed to survey the current understanding of water and solute transport...
    $227.00

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  • Methods for Risk Assessment of Transgenic Plants Methods for Risk Assessment of Transgenic Plants
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    Methods for Risk Assessment of Transgenic Plants

    For centuries, TK has been used almost exclusively by its creators, that is, indigenous and local communities. Access to, use of and handing down of TK has been regulated by local laws, customs and tmditions. Some TK has been...
    $184.00

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  • Canal Irrigation Systems in India Canal Irrigation Systems in India
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    Canal Irrigation Systems in India

    The book focuses broadly on the preliminaries of the canal irrigation systems in India with a focus on their operation, maintenance, and management of the canal systems. The chapters in this book are classified under four sections, viz., (i)...
    $285.00

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