Agriculture & Farming

This book provides a comprehensive and in-depth discussion on the development of herbicide resistance during the past 50 years, emphasizing the bio...

Improvement of the world's livestock industry necessitates input from many directions. Planning by a host of national and international agencies is...

Wine is one of the oldest forms of alcoholic beverages known to man. Estimates date its origins back to 6000 B.C. Ever since, it has occupied a sig...

Written by Chris Maser, one of the architects of the sustainability movement, Interactions of Land, Ocean and Humans: A Global Perspective explores...

This book reviews the Green Revolution, starting with its inception and development from the 1940s to the 1970s, and leading to what is commonly re...

This book investigates the fundamental role that tropical bioproductivity - or more specifically net primary productivity - has played in shaping t...

More than 20 years after the ban of DDT and other organochlorine pesticides, pesticides continue to be detected in air, rain, soil, surface water, ...

The citrus industry is one of the world's most important fruit production industries, but global climate change, pests, diseases, and improper hand...

Minorities in Shark Sciences showcases the work done by Black, Indigenous and People of Color around the world in the fields of shark science and c...

Minorities in Shark Sciences showcases the work done by Black, Indigenous and People of Color around the world in the fields of shark science and c...

In recent years, there has been a rapid expansion of the growing of crops for use in bioenergy production rather than for food. This has been parti...

Due to their often small size and unique physical characteristics, birds can deteriorate rapidly in the event of illness and injury. Timely interve...

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

Highly recommended by CHOICE, Oct 2018Extremophiles are natures ultimate survivors, thriving in environments ranging from the frozen Antarctic to a...

Our understanding of the physiological function of insect essential lipids has long been flawed by major uncertainties. It was discovered long ago ...

With the sharp rise in petroleum prices over the past decade, interest has grown in the possible use of plant and tree seed oils as diesel fuel sub...

This book traces the economic and biological pattern of forest development from initial settlement and harvest activity at the natural forest front...

Strigolactones, Alkamides and Karrikins in Plants: Recent Updates and Future Prospects provides comprehensive knowledge on the various aspects of p...

Much has happened since agricultural economists and rural sociologists met at the University of Chicago in 1946 to discuss family farming. The prob...

Volume I of Geospatial Information Handbook for Water Resources and Watershed Management discusses fundamental characteristics, measurements, and a...

Volume III of Geospatial Information Handbook for Water Resources and Watershed Management discusses water and watershed issues such as water quali...

Volume II of Geospatial Information Handbook for Water Resources and Watershed Management discusses Geospatial Technology (GT) approaches using int...

Numerous authors have presented analyses of the world food problem and the appropriate role of animals in food production and have drawn qualitativ...

This book is dedicated to the Silver Bream, a fish too long neglected by anglers, wildlife enthusiasts and science.In fact, this is the first book ...