Agronomy & Crop Production

My earliest recollection of Colkirk was, I think, the Diamond Jubilee of good Queen Victoria in 1897 ... Alfred Absolon's memoir is a unique win...

Sustainable Agriculture under Drought Stress: Integrated Soil, Water and Nutrient Management seamlessly blends cutting-edge research with practical...

Sustainable Management of Agro-Food Waste: Fundamental Aspects and Practical Applications provides insights into the latest approaches for optimizi...

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 188, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advanc...

The fight against global hunger demands a fresh perspective. Lesser-known legumes, often called 'potential pulses', can play a pivotal role. These ...

When famine, drought, and malnutrition plagued their communities, these farmers tried something revolutionaryand managed to nourish their families ...

This book features five peer-reviewed reviews on optimising agri-food supply chains.The first chapter provides an overview of agri-food supply chai...

Pulses provide valuable products for animal feeding and thereby indirectly contribute to food security. These by-products are sources of protein an...

The need for more food to sustain the growing human population has led to the conversion of forests to croplands. Excessive input of chemical ferti...

This book deals with risk management by focusing on microbiological risks. Throughout the food chain, foodstuff may be exposed to dangerous agents ...

Soil biota is an important and fundamental part of terrestrial ecology. The soil organisms include all those life forms which pass significant prop...

In this age of climate change, discover how pearl millet is considered a viable alternative cereal crop for semi-arid and hot areas Pearl millet, a...

This open access book analyzes the regulation and governance of gene editing in the global agrifood system as applications of gene editing, regulat...

For large-scale agroecosystems, patterns of pest population increases (graded increases or abrupt outbreaks) and declines (graded suppression or ab...

Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are biocontrol agents that are used to control a wide variety of insect pests within agriculture and forestry. In...

This book will focus on microbial services as an excellent strategy to face the current challenge of global agriculture, collecting the principal s...

This book is focused on the production, cultivation, processing, composition, nutritional value, value addition, health implications, limitations a...

Rhizomicrobiome in Sustainable Agriculture and Environment explores the important potential of biocontrol agents in the reduction of overexploitati...

Plant Growth Regulators to Manage Biotic and Abiotic Stress in Agroecosystems is a comprehensive book that explores the use of plant growth regulat...

This book provides a practical guidance and a set of principles for improving management of saline and alkali waters and thus would be useful for d...

Our current food system faces challenges across the board from ensuring food security and reducing environmental impact to managing costs and mini...