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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789388027984Author Pawan Kumar YadavFormat HardbackPage Count 568Imprint Daya Pub. HousePublisher Daya Pub. HouseWeight(grams) 156g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789351242024Author K. RamanathanFormat HardbackPage Count 364Imprint Daya Publishing HousePublisher Astral International

Many people believe that organic agriculture is a solution for various problems related to food production. Organic agriculture is supposed to produce healthier products, does not pollute the environment, improves the fertility of soils, saves fossil...

Recently, there has been tremendous progress in the genetic transformation of agricultural crops, and plants resistant to insects, herbicides, and diseases have been produced, field tested and patented. Transgenic Crops I compiles this information on...

The world population in 1930 was 2 billion. It reached 3 billion in 1960, stands at 4. 6 billion today, and is expected to reach 6 billion by the end of the century. The food and fiber needs of such a rapidly increasing population are enormous. One of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682860809Author Laura VivianFormat HardbackImprint Syrawood Publishing HousePublisher Syrawood Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 798g

It is widely recognized that spiral grain in trees severely reduces the value of sawn timber through warping and loss of strength, and that it also causes problems for other wood uses as diverse as transmission poles or plywood. Yet, paradoxically, there...

This open access book shares the experiences of Tropical Legumes III (TLIII) project in facilitating access to seed of improved legume varieties to smallholder farmers through innovation platforms. It highlights practices and guiding principles...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783836435253Author Cassandra DirienzoFormat PaperbackImprint VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publisher VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Weight(grams) 245g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682861127Author Jamie HanksFormat HardbackPage Count 212Imprint Syrawood Publishing HousePublisher Syrawood Publishing HouseWeight(grams)...

A fast-growing interest in the concepts and application of systems research has spawned a wide and general literature over the past decade. Most disciplinary areas have been touched, but commerce, engineering and military studies have, perhaps, been best...

The book combines food security and agricultural competitiveness issues and treat them together. It starts with definitions and evolution of both concepts, followed by reviews on global and regional food security challenges. The book identifies global...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789389569148Author P K MishraFormat HardbackPage Count 182Imprint Daya Pub. HousePublisher Daya Pub. HouseWeight(grams) 156g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789351300854Author Subhash ChandFormat HardbackPage Count 185Imprint Daya Publishing HousePublisher Astral International

The trend in forestry is toward shorter rotations and more complete utiliza tion of trees. The reasons are: (1) financial pressures to obtain rapid returns on the forestry investment made possible by an earlier harvest; (2) enforced harvest of young...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789811580161Author Essegbemon AkpoFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint SpringerPublisher SpringerWeight(grams) 340g

Public concern is being increasingly directed to pesticides and their residues in ground and surface waters. Water - one of the necessities of life - has to be kept clean for man and the environment. Part I and II of this book describe in an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399953818Author Yali Banton-HeathFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Hart PublishingPublisher Hart PublishingWeight(grams) 399g

This updated and revised second edition brings geopedology issues into the current context. This new edition extends the work on popular topics such as digital soil mapping, GIS and landscape mapping, and it also gives valuable insight with up-to-date...

This book systematically presents 40 pests, 7 natural pest enemies, and 20 diseases and weeds commonly encountered in sugarcane production, combining clear colour photos with detailed scientific descriptions. It covers a range of related topics,...

This study combines econometrics and agent-based modelling to evaluate the impacts of a range of pesticide use reduction strategies in the context of Thai highland agriculture. Pesticide productivity and pesticide overuse are quantified, while...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789350560082Author S. R. MishraFormat HardbackImprint Discovery Publishing Pvt.LtdPublisher Discovery Publishing Pvt.Ltd

This volume offers a new perspective to debates on local food and urban sustainability presenting the long silenced voices of the small-scale farmers from the productive green fringe of Sydney's sprawling urban jungle. Providing fresh food for the city...

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 licenseThis open access book brings together the latest genome base prediction models currently being used by statisticians, breeders and data scientists. It provides an accessible way to understand the theory...

In keeping with the spirit of an Advanced Series in the Agricultural Sciences, we have attempted to address herein most of the current research areas being used to characterize, describe and manage salt-affected soils. Because of a certain amount of...

The series "Chemistry of Plant Protection" continues the handbook "Chemie der Pflanzenschutz- und Schadlingsbekampfungsmittel", edited by R. Wegler. This volume covers contributions in the fields of pesticide degradation, desiccation and defoliation, and...

The photosynthetic process of higher plants converts carbon dioxide, water, and, light quanta into reduced sugars. The enzymes which catalyze this conversion are contained within the chloroplasts and can be thought of as split into two distinct groups...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632395368Author Isabelle NickelFormat HardbackImprint Callisto ReferencePublisher Callisto ReferenceWeight(grams) 780g

Pesticides in ground, surface and drinking water are a hot topic under continuing discussion. This complete and authoritative volume draws together information on all key issues on the fate and behaviour of pesticides in water systems. The scope of the...

T. C. Hutchinson The NATO Advanced Research Workshop detailed in this volume was held in Toronto, Canada, in 1985. The purpose of the Workshop was to provide a "state of the art" report on our knowledge of the sensitivities and responses of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789351309789Author M. L. MehtaFormat HardbackPage Count 261Imprint Daya Publishing HousePublisher Astral International

This book presents advanced knowledge on the relationships between climate change and agriculture, and various adaptation techniques such as low tillage, salt-adapted beneficial microbes and closed systems. Climate change is unavoidable but adaptation is...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781464812019Author Emilie CassouFormat PaperbackPage Count 151Imprint World Bank PublicationsPublisher World Bank Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632391193Author Shirley DoyFormat HardbackImprint Callisto ReferencePublisher Callisto ReferenceWeight(grams) 435g

Mycoplasmas are placed in a separate class, Mollicutes, which removes them from bacteria. Their main characteristics are lack of a cellular wall and inability to synthesize the peptidoglycan polymer. The lack of a cell wall accounts for the pleomorphism,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627340380Author Christopher Teh Boon SungFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Universal PublishersPublisher Universal PublishersWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789351302964Author Pradhan AdhikantFormat HardbackPage Count 286Imprint Daya Publishing HousePublisher Astral International

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632392725Author Christian SniderFormat HardbackPage Count 382Imprint Callisto ReferencePublisher Callisto ReferenceWeight(grams) 676gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789351302544Author Manas Mohan AdhikaryFormat HardbackPage Count 618Imprint Daya Publishing HousePublisher Astral International