Agronomy and crop production Books

The Wholesale and Retail Wine and Spirit Merchants Companion and Complete Instructor to the Trade is a book written by Joseph Hartley and published in 1839. The book is a comprehensive guide to the wine and spirit industry, covering everything from the...

The science and practice of protecting crops from diseases, weeds and other vertebrate and invertebrate pests, is known as crop protection. There are various methods and approaches to plant protection. Pesticides are also widely used for crop protection...

Rice is the seed of primarily two species of grass, namely, Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima. Oryza sativa is popularly known as Asian rice while the common name for Oryza glaberrima is African rice. The study of rice genomics deals with the entirety of...

The scientific knowledge, learning, practice and understanding related to the management, cultivation and production of crops is known as crop science. There are various types of crops which are dealt with in this field such as food crops, cash crops and...

Agronomy is a domain of science and technology that is concerned with the production and usage of plants for food, fiber, fuel and land reclamation. It encompasses studies from various areas including plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology and...

On Land-Drainage, Subsoil-Ploughing And Irrigation is a book written by John French Burke in 1841. The book covers various methods of improving the quality of soil for agriculture, such as land drainage, subsoil ploughing, and irrigation. Burke explains...

""Notes On The Habits And Methods Of Capture Of Various Species Of Sea Birds That Occur On The Fishing Banks Off The Eastern Coast Of North America"" is a scientific book written by Joseph William Collins and published in 1884. The book provides a...

The disease development in cultivated crops is a complex interrelationship between host, pathogen and environment. Prevalence of same ecological niche among soil-borne pathogens and nematodes creates opportunities for interactions between them and result...

The scientific study of diseases in plants that are caused due to pathogens and environmental factors is under the scope of plant pathology. Some common pathogens are fungi, bacteria, viruses, protozoa, etc. Pathogens typically infect the plant through...

Postharvest handling is an important stage in agriculture. It is the stage of crop production that follows the stage of harvesting and includes the processes of cooling, sorting, cleaning and packing. A crop starts to deteriorate once it is separated...

Wheat is a staple food cultivated for its cereal grain. Wheat plants show remarkable genetic variation. Some species of wheat are diploid, but many are polyploids, with four or six pairs of chromosomes. Certain wheat genes have a positive influence on...

Crop refers to any plant that is grown and harvested for subsistence or to earn a profit. Crops are generally harvested to function as food for humans or fodder for livestock. Agricultural, horticultural, floricultural and industrial crops are the...

Genetic engineering is the science that is concerned with the direct manipulation of an organism's genes using the techniques of biotechnology. It has vast applications in the field of agriculture. The development of genetically modified crops for the...

Postharvest handling is the process of cooling, sorting, packing and cleaning the crop after harvest. It is a stage of crop production in which the crop is removed from the parent plant or is removed from the ground. At this stage, the crop is vulnerable...

Agronomy and agricultural science deal with the production and management of crops and farm animals for food, fiber, fuel or farm labor. Agronomy builds on the fundamental basis of plant genetics, physiology and soil science for optimizing agricultural...

The study of plant genetics helps in understanding the structure and functions of genes in plants. These studies are used in crop biotechnology to modify plants and crops. Crop biotechnology uses the techniques of tissue culture, molecular markers and...

Crop science is the study of crops and the aspects related to them such as crop breeding, genetics, ecology, etc. It also delves into the development of modern agronomic methods and techniques to increase crop production or to build innovative models for...

This text is a practical handbook on the most approved methods in growing, harvesting, curing, and selling hops, also including information on the manufacture of hops. Complete with easy-to-digest, practical information and a plethora of detailed...

The Farmer's Boy is a narrative poem written by Robert Bloomfield and published in 1800. The poem tells the story of a young boy named Giles, who works on a farm in rural England. Through Giles' eyes, the reader experiences the daily tasks and hardships...

""Literary Recreations of a Sheep Farmer"" is a collection of essays and musings by Lawrence Anderson, a farmer who spent his life raising sheep in rural England. Published in 1864, the book offers a unique perspective on rural life during the Victorian...

A volume of detailed research and summary into metal farming tools used in Gaul/Upper Germania from the Gallo-Romano period; indeed many of the types are still in use today. 199 finds are investigated and reconstructed to show the various techniques of...

This book examines the factors affecting the demand for agricultural land in the United States and the costs of meeting increasing demand.Originally published in 1982

""Round The Grange Farm: Or Good Old Times"" is a novel written by Jean L. Watson and published in 1872. The story is set in the English countryside and follows the lives of the inhabitants of Grange Farm. The main character is a young girl named Mary,...

'lbe rescue of immature embryos from wide crosses (Il) was one of the first applications of culture techniques in the cereals. Success with embryo culture has improved with increased knowledge of embryo development, differen...

The four-day international Conference on Pest Management in Rice, which is the subject of this volume, was the third in an ongoing series of meetings on tropical crops organised by the Pesticides Group of the Society of...

Systems approaches for agricultural development are needed to determine rational strategies for the role of agriculture in national development. Mathematical models and computer simulation provide objective tools for...

As biotechnology produces an unprecedented number of new plantvarieties, automated transplant production systems offer the means for their large-scale introduction via a rapid, efficient and economic method. As labour costs...

We are facing global issues concerning environmental pollution and shortages of food, feed, phytomass (plant biomass) and natural resources, which will become more serious in the forthcoming decades. To solve these issues,...

Plant Production in Closed Ecosystems provides overviews of the current trends and concepts in plant production in closed or semi-closed environments. The overviews reflect both the present and future challenges that face the...

Presented here are modern and classical aspects of cytogenetics as well as biotechnology in relation to improvement of the Festuca-Lolium group of grasses. Festuca and its close relative Lolium are very valuable genera ...

An introductory discussion of basic chromosome structure and function preceeds the main text on the application of cytogenetic approaches to the analysis of the manipulation of both the genetic make-up and the genetic ...

view than its own proper males should fecundate each blossom." ANDREW KNIGHT Philosophical Transactions, 1799 Pollination mechanisms and reproduction have a decisive bearing upon rational procedures in plant breeding and crop...

While working in the laboratory of Professor Dr. Jacob Reinert at the Freie Universitat Berlin (1974-1976), I had the opportunity to become deeply involved in studying the intricacies of the fascinating phenomenon of somatic...

Presented here is another classic from this series and deals with general aspects of micropropagation of plants for commercial exploitation. It includes chapters on setting up a commercial laboratory, meristem culture, somatic...

Ex situ preservation of germplasm for higher plant species has been accom­ plished using either seeds or clones, but storage of these under typical condi­ tions does not provide the extreme longevities that are needed to...

It is our pleasure to present the 53rd volume of the Biotechnology in Agric- ture and Forestry (BAF) series. This is the second issue of the BAF series edited by the new editorial team consisting of Professors Horst Lörz,...

Doubled haploid technology is an important tool for plant breeding. It allows for significant time reduction in the achievement of homozygous breeding lines of value in crop improvement. This volume provides an excellent...

This collection reviews the wealth of research on ways of improving nitrogen use efficiency in crop production as a means of reducing the agricultural sector's environmental impact and rebalancing the global nitrogen cycle.

This collection summarises the wealth of research on the ways of achieving circular agricultural production systems through using minimal inputs, closing nutrient loops, reducing emissions and reusing and valorising agricultural wastes.

This collection reviews the range of principles and standards that have been developed and the ways to optimise their contribution to achieving safe, sustainable and socially responsible agricultural production.

Presents advanced methods and modern technologies in agri-food sectors for improved environmental health and food security, prioritizing sustainable agriculture and global environment health. It explores the principles of environmental sustainability and...