Vegetables make up a major portion of the diet of humans and are critical for good health. With the world population predicted to reach 9 billion people by 2050, they will play an increasingly important role in food availability. The purpose of this book is to facilitate accur…
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Pulses are nutritionally diverse crops that can be successfully utilized as a food ingredient or a base for new product development. They provide a natural food grade ingredient that is rich in lysine, dietary fiber, complex carbohydrates, protein and B-vitamins suggesting that …
In this book the transformation from industrial to sustainable agriculture is discussed within the framwork of new biotechnologies and global environmental changes. In the various chapters of this book it is described how omics can contribute to greater food productivity and sec…
This book looks at historical developments of soil / plant interactions and then covers in depth the following subjects: crop science and plant genetics, soil fertility and organic matter, nitrogen and phosphorous cycles and their management, properties and management of plant n…
Agricultural Salinity Assessment and Management integrates contemporary concepts and management practices for agricultural water and salinity problems. This Manual covers not only the technical and scientific aspects of the topic but also the environmental, economic, and legal a…
Plant molecular biology came to the fore in the early 1980s and there has been tremendous growth in the subject since then. The study of plant genes and genomes and the development of techniques for the incorporation of novel or modified genes into plants eventually lead to the…
This book aims to build on and extend the wealth of information presented in a previous book, Agrobiodiversity: Characterization, Utilization and Management (Wood and Lenné, 1999), to show how agrobiodiversity can effectively and efficiently be managed for food security. Chapte…
This book presents an overview of technologies used by scientists for improvement the crop production. The contributors explore the various roles of these technologies for the enhancement of crop productivity and inhibition of pathogenic bacteria that can cause disease. This res…
"In Plant Nematodes of Agricultural Importance, the authors aim to help all those working with crop plants - in the commercial and academic sectors - to identify and deal with plant nematode pests, focusing on above-ground symptoms and below-ground causes. Reflecting the authors…
As human populations grow and resources are depleted, agriculture will need to use land, water, and other resources more efficiently and without sacrificing long-term sustainability. "Darwinian Agriculture" presents a new approach to these challenges, one that draws on the prin…
"This new edition builds on the explosion of research on sustainable agriculture since the late 1980s. By separating myth from reality, Miguel Altieri extracts the key principles of sustainable agriculture and expounds on management systems that really work. Providing case studi…
"This new edition builds on the explosion of research on sustainable agriculture since the late 1980s. By separating myth from reality, Miguel Altieri extracts the key principles of sustainable agriculture and expounds on management systems that really work. Providing case studi…
Studies on environmental impacts of agricultural production activities.
Abiotic stresses in crop plants
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This book provides an overall perspective on the current progress being made in the area of abiotic stresses and their management for sustainable agriculture. It contains 15 chapters divided into three sections: (i) temperature, water and salinity stress; (ii) heavy metals and o…
Mutagenesis: exploring novel genes and pathways
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Current successes in omics research have accelerated the production of high quality foods. Various mutation methodologies have been developed to achieve this progress, showing the importance of mutagenesis for food security. This book describes the latest achievements in induced…