Agricultural Science

This volume examines the integration of water resource management for sustainable utilization with the optimum allocation of water use for regional...

Rainfall levels are rarely optimal, but there are hundreds of things you can do to efficiently conserve and use the water you do have and to reduce...

Ecosystem services are the resources and processes supplied by natural ecosystems which benefit humankind (for example, pollination of crops by ins...

To meet growing demand, the FAO has estimated that world poultry production needs to grow by 2-3% per year to 2030. Much of the increase in output ...

With in-depth information on electric fencing, watering, and husbandry for ruminants, poultry, and pigs, plus butchering, dairying, and more If we...

Using Science to Improve the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program: A Way Forward reviews the science that underpins the Bureau of Land Management's ove...

Anthropogenic activities and pedogenesis of soils derived from ultramafic rocks have caused heavy metal contamination worldwide. During the last tw...

Thirty years ago, China began implementing a series of reforms to improve efficiency in agricultural production. These, and subsequent, reforms res...

Climate resilience, or the capacity of socio-ecological systems to adapt and upkeep their functions when facing physical-chemical stress, is a key ...

Despite the fact that their archives survive in volume and depth across the country, relatively little is known about the fascinating and complex r...

This reference work presents an authoritative review of endophytes and their applications to human welfare. Endophytes have become a class of inter...

This book examines the most up-to-date research in the agricultural field. Chapter One discusses advances in seed-priming. Chapter Two examines the...

This Encyclopedia offers a definitive source on issues pertaining to the full range of topics in the important new area of food and agricultural et...

Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures are the laws, rules, standards, and procedures that governments employ to protect humans, animals, and pl...

The genetic engineering of agricultural crops is seen as both promising and controversial, with potentially significant implications for the United...

This book examines the most up-to-date research in the agricultural field. The first chapter discusses strategies for the management and mitigation...

Most of the typical international agricultural trade research evolves around traditional topics such as the impact of various trade policies includ...

The aim of this book is to highlight the utilization of algae for the development of useful products using environmentally friendly technologies su...