Agronomy & Crop Production

Most food and fiber crops are produced from seed. This means that the world's population is dependent on annual seed production for its food supply...

This book features five peer-reviewed reviews on the development of regulatory frameworks for new agricultural products and technologies.The first ...

The enormous impact of sugarcane plantations in Hawaii has overshadowed the fact that Native Hawaiians introduced sugarcane to the islands nearly a...

Apples are one of the most highly consumed fruits globally, with estimations that almost 88 million tonnes of apples are produced worldwide each ye...

Salinity stress currently impacts more than 80 million hectares of land worldwide and more arable land is likely to be impacted in the future due t...

Sustainable agricultural production is vital for food security and agricultural productivity. It is greatly influenced by weather and climate condi...

Oil palm is the world's most important oil crop and crossing is used extensively in the production of commercial seed, breeding and genetic studies...

This is a practical guide to mutation breeding in oil palm, representing completely novel work supported by the Plant Breeding and Genetics Section...

This is a hands-on, practical guide to describe field trials in oil palm breeding. Such trials are essential in almost all breeding programmes to s...

The development of transgenic crops is revolutionary, but what does it mean for food production, prices and the environment? This is the first book...

Throughout Asia, Australia and the Pacific, and increasingly in Africa, the primary horticultural insect pests are fruit flies belonging to the gen...

Allium crops include more than 30 species, many of which (for e.g. onions, shallots, garlic, leeks, bunching onions, and chives) are of economic im...

The soybean is a crop of global importance and is one of most frequently cultivated crops worldwide. It is rich in oil and protein, used for human ...