Agricultural Science

As the human population grows from seven billion toward an inevitable nine or 10 billion, the demands on the limited supply of soils will grow and ...

Essential oils, renowned for their multifaceted properties, have been integral to the tapestry of human history, forging connections to our past by...

Orchids are fascinating ornamental flowers having a huge market both as cut flowers and potted plants, but they are also used in the traditional me...

A volume in the Remote Sensing Handbook series, Remotely Sensed Data Characterization, Classification, and Accuracies documents the scientific and ...

For more than a decade the trend toward increased mechanization in U.S. agriculture has been the source of farm worker protests, legislative hearin...

In recent years, the pervasive presence of microplastics in the environment has emerged as a pressing global concern. As we grapple with the comple...

This book provides the administrator with a basic reference for assessing the stage of development of the seed program, identifying needs, developi...

This textbook provides an introduction to the socioeconomics of food. Aimed mostly at students of economics and related social sciences, it explain...

This first detailed ethnographic account of the Pahang Malay people of peninsular Malaysia focuses on the society's traditional agricultural system...

Most scientists and many of the world's farmers have abandoned traditional farming practices and systems in an effort to increase production and to...

Sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam., is the seventh most important food crop world-wide. Of all root and tuber crops, it is second in importanc...

There has been a surge in critical situations threatening human welfare during the last decade such as malnutrition, agricultural productivity, vir...

This book highlights some agriculturally important plants and their associated arthropod complexes with a biological, as well as an agricultural, p...

Tropical root cropsbasic staples for millions of peopleare highly perishable, and tremendous losses occur after harvest because of the lack of stor...

Over the last twenty-five years, a healthy international business has developed in isolated soy protein food ingredients. Today, isolated soy prote...

This book, Smart Agriculture: Harnessing Machine Learning for Crop Management, is a comprehensive guide designed to explore the various facets of i...

Dieses Sachbuch ist eine populär gestaltete, aber fachlich anspruchsvolle, reich bebilderte Übersicht der allgemeinen, speziellen und der angewandt...

The welfare of farmed animals such as cattle is an increasing concern for consumers and regulatory agencies. This book explores the science behind ...

This book stands as a significant milestone in the realm of agricultural research and innovation, representing the comprehensive efforts of the RUC...

This book provides comprehensive overview of scorpion biology and the medical implications of their venoms. It presents the taxonomic classificati...

This book offers a comprehensive guide to discovering, assessing, and utilizing consortia of beneficial microbes for crop protection and enhanced c...

Hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition are major challenges in many parts of the world. Soil degradation and increased water stress worldwide are...

This comprehensive exploration delves into the pivotal role of bacteria in soil health, elucidating their mechanisms in organic matter decompositio...

Presents the latest findings on past changes in structure, the factors that lead to structural change, its effect on societal welfare and what will...