Agronomy

The first edition of Understanding Vineyard Soils, published in 2009, has been praised for its comprehensive coverage of soil topics relevant to viticulture, and is a major resource for professionals in the industry. However, the subject is not...

Phosphorus has played a critical role in some of the most lethal substances on earth: firebombs, rat poison, nerve gas. But it's also the key component of one of the most vital: fertilizer, which has sustained life for billions of people. In this major...

Soil Microbiology, Ecology, and Biochemistry, Fifth Edition addresses the increasingly important field of soil biota and their interactions in research and education. Soil biota are extremely important, and especially relevant to today's societal...

A complete guide to cultivating and harvesting the beautiful opium poppy. The opium poppy is a potent plant that has been cultivated and used for thousands of years to alleviate suffering. The use of plant substances as alternatives to synthetic...

In recent years there has been an explosion of interest in organic and biodynamic produce. Although once marginal and 'alternative', escalating concerns about the environment, health, food quality and animal welfare have brought organics into mainstream...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922435514Author Michael BartonFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Book Bound StudiosPublisher Book Bound StudiosWeight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781638785736Author Julia DimakosFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 186mm...

Large-scale agriculture tends to view a farm as a means for producing a certain amount of grain, milk or meat. This practical book argues instead for a holistic method of farming: the farm as a living organism. This is the principle of biodynamic farming...

This user-friendly book introduces biochar to potential users in the professional sphere. It de-mystifies the scientific, engineering and managerial issues surrounding biochar for the benefit of audiences including policy makers, landowners and farmers,...

This is the first textbook introducing law to computer scientists. The book covers privacy and data protection law, cybercrime, intellectual property, private law liability and legal personhood and legal agency, next to introductions to private law,...

This book is the first coherent quantified assessment of the economy of the Roman Empire. George Maher argues inventively and rigorously for a much higher level of growth and prosperity than has hitherto been imagined, and also explains why, nonetheless,...

We are at a critical point in human history and that of the planet. In this book, a world leader in agricultural research, Professor Sayed Azam-Ali, proposes a radical transformation of our agrifood system. He argues that agriculture must be understood...

This book describes our current knowledge of soils and turfgrass science as applied to the design, production and management of natural turf. The first five chapters cover general principles while further chapters apply these to specific contexts. These...

An understanding of the mineral nutrition of plants is of fundamental importance in both basic and applied plant sciences. The fourth edition of this book retains the aim of the first in presenting the principles of mineral nutrition in the light of...

We know that our diet influences our health. But is there more to the adage "you are what you eat?" Connecting the dots from agriculture to medicine, geologist David R. Montgomery and biologist Anne Bikle argue we overlook the other half of a healthy...

Have you ever wondered why we eat wheat, rice, potatoes and cassava? Why we routinely domesticate foodstuffs with the power to kill us, or why we chose almonds over acorns? Answering all these questions and more in a readable and friendly style, this...

Frances Burke was Australia's most influential and celebrated textile designer of the 20th century. From the late 1930s to 1970, her designs achieved a prominence unparalleled in Australia before or since. Displaying imagery and colours from native...

American Political Thought: Theory and Practice provides students with a carefully curated selection of short and accessible readings that explore essential themes in American political thought.The anthology comprises diverse writings from a variety of...

Technology is entering into every aspect of the supply chain and providing performance and innovative tools. As many are just starting to talk about the dematerialisation of certain documents used in trade and transport, others are investigating how...

With the aim of producing counterstories that participate in social resistance, Critical Clinical Social Work focuses on integrating critical theory with direct clinical practice. Exploring the impact of oppression and power in constraining and limiting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780357503768Author Nancy DouglasFormat PaperbackImprint Cengage ELTPublisher Cengage Learning, IncWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 298mm * 211mm * 6mm

Moral systems, like normative systems more broadly, involve complex mental representations. Rational Rules proposes that moral learning can be understood in terms of general-purpose rational learning procedures. Nichols argues that statistical learning...

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. Vegetable seed production is much different and more challenging than production of grain crops. This...

The Brassica genus contains diverse and economically important species and crops, for example, Brassica oleracea including cauliflower to kohlrabi, B.rapa including pak choi to mizuna, and aquatic crucifers such as watercress. These provide humankind...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800621435Author Lewis H ZiskaFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint CABI PublishingPublisher CABI PublishingWeight(grams) 953g

An outstanding and currently the only comprehensive handbook for the coffee-professional. 40 authors from the leading coffee-growing countries present the most recent technologies applied to coffee husbandry. The book features 900 carefully selected...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922435668Author Michael BartonFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Book Bound StudiosPublisher Book Bound StudiosWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

PERCEPTIVE SOLUTIONS for those who want to know how NUTRITIOUS FOOD can be grown. Practical SURVIVAL guide for FARMERS to show them how to meet the needs that CONSUMERS are requesting! WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE EARTH IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS AND IS GOOD FOR THE...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781919629421Author Marc GarnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 314Imprint Shadowlands MediaPublisher Shadowlands MediaWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Young provides an overview of the fascinating natural and human history of one of the world's most intriguing commodities: chocolate. Cultivated for over 1,000 years in Latin America, cacao beans have been used for beverages, as currency, and for...

This book reports an approach developed to research and apply methods of assessing patterns of processes in the landscape, and suitability of different types of vegetation to mitigate soil erosion and sediment flux. Practical guidelines on a spatially...

In the new Republic of Texas, guns are compulsory and nothing is forgiven. Blue Running is a gripping coming-of-age thriller set in post-secessionist Texas. For fans of Station Eleven and Thelma and Louise. Fourteen-year-old Bluebonnet Andrews is on the...

The revised edition of the bestselling textbook, covering both classical and molecular plant breeding Principles of Plant Genetics and Breeding integrates theory and practice to provide an insightful examination of the fundamental principles and advanced...

Where is the world really heading, and what can we do about it? This book takes an unflinching look at climate change, drawing upon the latest data to analyse what the next decades hold in store. With atmospheric CO2 at unprecedented levels and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892818945Author Rosemary GladstarFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Healing Arts PressPublisher Inner Traditions Bear and CompanyWeight(grams)...

Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, a classic of our time, evolutionary...

Visual Soil Evaluation provides land users and environmental authorities with the tools to assess soil quality for crop performance. An important tool for ensuring food security, this book appraises the use of visual soil evaluation in determining the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635651041Author Nancy BubelFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Rodale BooksPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788194592518Author Emiliano L Pez EditorFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint LeftWord BooksPublisher LeftWord Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781601730329Author McKibben WilliamFormat PaperbackPage Count 245Imprint Acres U.S.A., IncPublisher Acres U.S.A., IncWeight(grams) 496gDimensions(mm) 254mm...