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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789361420276Author Cyril G HopkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Double 9 Books LLPPublisher Double 9 Books LLP

Plant breeding has played a significant role in the development of human civilizations. Conventional plant breeding has significantly improved crop yield by genetically manipulating agronomically important traits. However, it has often been criticized...

This textbook explores the complex nature of soil biological communities and their environments, and covers deserts, rainforests, seasonal tropical forests, dry deciduous forests, and island environments in the tropical zone. It provides essential...

In continuation of Somaclonal Variation and Crop Improvement I (1990), this volume is comprised of twenty-four chapters dealing with somaclonal variants showing resistance to salt drought, herbicides, viruses, Alternaria, Fusarium, Glomerella,...

This book presents recent developments involving the role of nanoparticles on plant physiology and growth. Nanotechnology applications include improvement of agricultural production using bio-conjugated NPs (encapsulation), transfer of DNA in plants for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839685378Author Ifeoluwapo O. AmaoFormat HardbackPage Count 124Imprint IntechOpenPublisher IntechOpenWeight(grams) 180g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838805128Author Shashank Shekhar SolankeyFormat HardbackPage Count 180Imprint IntechOpenPublisher IntechOpen

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788195916900Author Harsha SharmaFormat HardbackPage Count 218Imprint Discovery Publishing House (India)Publisher Discovery Publishing House...

In the first section dedicated to theoretical thoughts on comparative agriculture, Hubert Cochet introduces the notion of "agricultural development", the very subject of comparative agriculture, with a restored endogenous dimension. He then describes how...

Heterosis and Hybrid Seed Production in Agronomic Crops discusses how heterosis or "hybrid vigor" has played a major role in improving crop productivity and quality in order to feed the ever-increasing human population, particularly in developing...

This book provides in-depth information on clusterbean, its cultivation, genetic improvement, plant protection measures, management of abiotic stresses, molecular aspects etc. It is divided into seven chapters including an introduction to the crop,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612330426Author Terry A WoodgerFormat PaperbackImprint Universal PublishersPublisher Universal PublishersWeight(grams) 59g

The book contains suggestion on suitable crop rotations for salt-affected soils to maximize the productivity of lands and water under current climate and under climate change in 2030. This book discusses droughts and water scarcity, which are important...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Springer Book ArchivesBook InformationISBN 9783662392935Author Rudolph SeidenFormat PaperbackPage Count 591Imprint Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KPublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632394088Author Chris FrostFormat HardbackImprint Callisto ReferencePublisher Callisto ReferenceWeight(grams) 671g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783736999084Author Allan Ndua MwekeFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint CuvillierPublisher CuvillierWeight(grams) 168g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682862933Author Joy AdamFormat HardbackImprint Syrawood Publishing HousePublisher Syrawood Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 934g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682861547Author Shirley DoyFormat HardbackImprint Syrawood Publishing HousePublisher Syrawood Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 807g

How will the world be able to feed close to 9 billion people in 2050 and still maintain the ecosystems? In this perspective, INRA and CIRAD launched the initiative, in 2006, to develop a foresight project for analysing issues pertaining to the world's...

The economic costs of frosts in agriculture and horticulture in many parts of the world can be very significant. Reports in the media include accounts on how frosts have devastated coffee crops in Brazil or in Papua New Guinea, and how frosts have...

In continuation of Volumes 8 and 9 (1989) on in vitro manipulation of plant protoplasts, this new volume deals with the regeneration of plants from protoplasts and genetic transformation in various species of Agrostis, Arabidopsis, Atropa, Brassica,...

The oil crisis during the 1970s turned interest towards the utilization of renewable resources and towards lignocellulosics in particular. The 1970s were also the cradle period of biotechnology, and the years when biotechnical utilization of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783662113134Author Raymond J. LukensFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KPublisher Springer-Verlag...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798892480031Author Eric Kasamba IlungaFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Bayshop (Generis Publishing)Publisher Bayshop (Generis Publishing)Weight(grams)...

Readers will find in this book a comprehensive text on the intersection of genetic and agriculture, addressing the different levels at which DNA is studied for agricultural purposes. The different subdivisions of genetics (molecular, Mendelian,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789351307303Author K N Ravi KumarFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Daya Pub. HousePublisher Daya Pub. HouseWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682862254Author Lester BaneFormat HardbackImprint Syrawood Publishing HousePublisher Syrawood Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 894g

This book provides standards and guidelines for quantifying greenhouse gas emissions and removals in smallholder agricultural systems and comparing options for climate change mitigation based on emission reductions and livelihood trade-offs. Globally,...

The book discusses planthopper pests of rice. These insects are one of the most destructive pests, threatening food security around the world. The historical development of the rice planthopper problem shows that they are secondary pests and...

In the past 10 years, there has been a resurgence in interest in soil management and conservation of the soil resource. With the knowledge we have accumulated in the past 100 years, there is the possibility of developing new and innovative ways of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789388173681Author Subhash ChandFormat HardbackPage Count 162Imprint Daya Pub. HousePublisher Daya Pub. HouseWeight(grams) 404g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783036557526Author Michel LecoqFormat HardbackPage Count 354Imprint Mdpi AGPublisher Mdpi AGWeight(grams) 962g

Sustainable and Environmentally Friendly Dairy Farms presents an innovative environmental proposal. While chiefly focusing on dairy farms, the environmental solution it describes is applicable to the entire livestock sector. The book is divided into...

When trying to solicit authors for this book it became apparent that the causal factors for heterosis at the physiological and biochemical level are today almost as obscure as they were 30 years ago. Though biometrical-genetical analyses point to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789351302902Author K. Nirmal Ravi KumarFormat HardbackPage Count 476Imprint Daya Publishing HousePublisher Astral International

The concept is that plant growth is often restricted by adverse physical and chemical properties of subsoils yet these limitations are not revealed by testing surface soils and hence their significance in crop management is often overlooked. The major...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781410225160Author U S Department of AgricultureFormat PaperbackPage Count 444Imprint University Press of HawaiiPublisher University Press of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636483290Author Wander Luis Barbosa BorgesFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Eliva PressPublisher Eliva PressWeight(grams) 95g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789361474446Author L H BaileyPage Count 244Imprint Alpha EditionsPublisher Alpha Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789386071231Author A C DeorukhakarFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Daya Publishing HousePublisher Astral International Pvt LtdWeight(grams)...