Agronomy & Crop Production

Ecological and Economic Entomology is a comprehensive advanced text covering all aspects of the role of insects in natural ecosystems and their imp...

This new book provides comprehensive coverage of sustainable sweet cherry production including global trends, improved varieties and rootstocks, or...

The pomegranate, Punica granatum L., is one of the oldest known edible fruits and is associated with the ancient civilizations of the Middle East. ...

Root and tuber crops are important to agriculture, food security and income for 2.2 billion people in developing countries. These species produce l...

This book presents a simple, straightforward discussion of the principles and processes involved in the production of grain yield by agronomic crop...

This is an up-to-date guide on the science and practice of disease control based on fungicides in horticulture and broad acre agriculture. It descr...

Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), Diaphorina citri, is an insect pest which transmits a bacterium, Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas), primarily th...

Fully updated with new content and full-colour figures, the second edition of this successful book reflects developments and growth in our knowledg...

This book presents a global overview of the background to, and the current state of, crop protection and pest management in cotton crops. Cotton is...

A Detailed Reference on How Modern Biotechnology is using the Biofortification of Crops to Improve the Vitamin and Mineral Content of Edible Plants...

Spices, scents and silks were at the centre of world trade for millennia. Exotic luxuries such as cinnamon, ginger, pepper, saffron, clove, frankin...

Explore and advance bioinformatics and systems biology tools for crop breeding programs in this practical resource for researchers Plant biology an...

Conventional plant breeding alone can no longer sustain the rising global demand for food. Genetic engineering technology makes it possible to deve...

Presents a multidisciplinary analysis of the integration among reactive oxygen species (ROS), reactive nitrogen species (RNS), and reactive sulfur ...

Discover, in this age of climate change, the potential impact of pearl millet—considered a viable alternative cereal crop for semi-arid and hot are...

OGENOTYPING BY SEQUENCING FOR CROP IMPROVEMENT A thoroughly up-to-date exploration of genotyping-by-sequencing technologies and related methods in...

Sustainable Agriculture Systems and Technologies A robust treatment of traditional and new techniques in sustainable agriculture In Sustainable Ag...

MANAGING PLANT STRESS USING SALICYLIC ACID Enables readers to understand the ability of salicylic acid in reducing the effects of abiotic stresses ...