Agricultural Science

Cities and towns are the original producers of many of the global environmental problems related to waste disposal, and air and water pollution. Th...

In the 1970s, agriculture in the United States seemed to be booming. With an extra demand for crops, extra acres were taken on to increase producti...

The full colour, beautifully illustrated Modern Medicines from Plants: Botanical histories of some of modern medicines most important drugs feature...

Written by leading global experts, including pioneers in the field, the four-volume set on Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation, Second Editi...

Political Agroecology is the first book to offer a systematic and articulated reflection on Political Agroecology from the Agroecological perspecti...

Continuous discoveries in plant and crop physiology have resulted in an abundance of new information since the publication of the third edition of ...

Key Features:Provides clear and authoritative recommendations for managing fire in ecological and social contexts Authors are all international lea...

Political Agroecology is the first book to offer a systematic and articulated reflection on Political Agroecology from the Agroecological perspecti...

Key features:Serves as a cutting-edge resource for researchers and students who are studying plant abiotic stress tolerance and crop improvement th...

Soilborne microbial plant pathogens including oomycetes, fungi, bacteria and viruses cause several economically important destructive diseases and ...

The discussion on arsenic in the environment is complex and must grasp the importance of very many, mostly unrelated works on individual aspects. T...

Agriculture plays a vital role in our lives, providing food and economic benefits. Today, it faces severe challenges, due to decreasing arable land...

This book discusses 14 model organisms and are used by thousands of researchers, teachers, and students each year in laboratories and classrooms, a...

Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis plays a major role in biodiversity and stability of ecosystems in tropical forests. It is a research imperative in tropic...

Applied Mathematics and Omics to Assess Crop Genetic Resources for Climate Change Adaptive Traits focuses on practical means and approaches to furt...

This book presents an overview of the Pentatomidae species, covering their biology, phylogeny and reproductive behavior, main plants used in their ...

This new edition of a bestseller presents updated technology advances that have occurred since publication of the first edition. It increases the u...

This book redefines climate protection measures and readjusts climate protection targets in line with what is scientifically necessary and economic...

Cool season grain legumes including pea, faba bean, lentil, chickpea and grass pea are extensively grown in many parts of the world. They are a pri...

Nitrogen is an essential primary nutrient for plant growth and development. With the demand for high growth and yield of plants and the depletion o...

Rice is the staple food for more than half of the world's population, yet cold temperatures during the cropping period cause a significant loss of ...

Increased world population, decreased water supply, and climate change all put stresses on the global food supply. An exploration of the challenges...

Fundamentals of Epigenetics provides concise yet complete information on the many aspects of the basic and most recent concepts in epigenetics, a b...

Temperate fruits include stone/drupe fruits (such as peach), pome fruits (such as apple) and berries (such as strawberries). Like other crops, cult...

The growing urgency, complexity and wickedness of sustainability problemsfrom climate change and biodiversity loss to ecosystem degradation and per...

This book presents an inclusive, and resilient solution to Africa'ss wide-ranging food security challenges, particularly in fragility, conflict, an...

The livestock sector is facing increasing pressure to develop more climate-smart methods that can be used to prevent the onset of major diseases, w...

This book discusses the biology, breeding, care, and management of camels, with a focus on camels from Pakistan. The book provides a sound understa...

Field to Palette: Dialogues on Soil and Art in the Anthropocene is an investigation of the cultural meanings, representations, and values of soil i...

Crop disease management strategies revolve around the principles of exclusion, eradication and immunization. Cultural practices are aimed at preven...

Serpulid polychaetes are a unique and highly specialised group of marine segmented worms that have adapted to inhabiting self-secreted calcareous t...

Farmers' cooperatives are very prevalent in the European Union, where they account for approximately half of agricultural trade and thus are key to...

Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress, continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environ...

Drawing on the expertise of marine researchers from both the natural and social sciences, this book examines how we, as both scientists and societi...

Principles of Agricultural Economics, now in its fourth edition, continues to showcase the power of economic principles to explain and predict issu...

Agriculture is the product of a complex mixture of behavioural, biophysical and market drivers. Understanding how these factors interact to produce...

This book introduces critical mapping as a problematizing, reflective approach for analyzing systemic societal problems like food, scoping out exis...

The steady growth in the number of vehicles on the road, heavy reliance on coal, use of dirty fuels for residential combustion, and extensive open ...

Global climate change has created unprecedented challenges for human civilization due to its widespread adverse consequences, including a reduction...