Agriculture & Farming

This book discusses pesticide production, distribution, and use; the problems caused by pests and pesticides; and the role of integrated pest manag...

This book attempts to present a readable format on plant breeding principles and their application, based on the collective experience of the three...

Agriculture transforms the environment. The simplification of agroecosystems structure increases the hazards of leaching, wind and water erosion, a...

In recent years the concept of the resource nexus has been both hotly debated and widely adopted in research and policy circles. It is a powerful n...

Water is the most vital substance in every aspect of life, and its contamination because of the activity of mankind poses a big global challenge. A...

Scattered like dots rising from the deep across vast expanses of the worlds tropical and subtropical oceans, atolls with their turquoise lagoons an...

First published in 1993, completely rewritten, this second edition includes a list of all 210 countries of the world and all of the islands, with c...

This book provides state of the art description of various approaches, techniques and some basic fundamentals of bioremediation to manage a variety...

The ideal of the family farm has been used to justify a myriad of federal farm legislation. Land grants, the distribution of irrigation water, land...

These three volumes deal with the diseases of primarily cultivated annual edible oilseeds, i.e., peanut (groundnut), rapeseed-mustard, sesame, sunf...

This book discusses the history and economics, biology and ecology, behavior, pheromones and other semiochemicals, physiology, and biochemistry of ...

In use as a medicinal plant since time immemorial in Europe and the Middle East, chamomile is gaining popularity in the Americas, Australia, and As...

This book contains seventy-four of the papers presented at the World Soybean Research Conference II held in March 26-29, 1979, at North Carolina St...

2019 Pest Control for Professional Turfgrass Managers contains the latest information on pesticides used to control turfgrass pests. This volume co...

First Published in 1988, this set offers a comprehensive insight into controlling diseases in plants. Carefully compiled and filled with a vast rep...

The term soil health refers to the functionality of a soil as a living ecosystem capable of sustaining plants, animals, and humans while also impro...

Trees and plants are important components of the human environment having significant presence beyond agricultural and recreational values. Colour ...

Energy from wave and tidal power is a key component of current policies for renewable sources of energy. This book provides the first comprehensive...

Bringing together a wealth of knowledge, the Handbook of Environmental Management, Second Edition, gives a comprehensive overview of environmental ...

The goal of this book is to present findings which are supportive of the concept that the words of the idiotype dictionary and likewise self-recogn...

This book focuses on the complex and often contradictory relationships between agricultural production and markets. It examines the micro-macro lin...

This book locates the malignant causes behind the factors leading to farmers suicides in India. It argues that not only a combination of innovative...

This book is dedicated to the spiky little freshwater ruffian known better as the ruffe, pope, 'tommy ruffe' and other local names. A fascinating l...

Response of Field Crops to Abiotic Stress: Current Status and Future Prospects is a collection of useful scientific resources for students, researc...