This volume includes chapters on all aspects of the crops' botany; crop improvement, agronomy, chemistry, post-harvest technology, processing, diseases, insect pests, marketing, economy and uses.
This comprehensive Handbook provides an analysis of new venture creation research. The contributors critically discuss and explore the current literature as well as suggest improvements to the field. They reveal a strong sense of both the ‘state-of-the-art’ (what has and has not…
Peptides play a crucial role in many physiological processes including actions as neurotransmitters, hormones, and antibiotics. Research has shown their importance in such fields as neuroscience, immunology, pharmacology, and cell biology. The Handbook of Biologically Active Pep…
Action learning (literally, learning by doing) is used right across the education and the training sectors. This work, written by leading authorities on action learning, will open up this powerful technique for all teachers and trainers.
Abstract: This book provides general information about food aroma research as a new part of food chemistry and nutrition and its rapid development. The various aspects of aroma and flavor are reviewed in short summarized form. Terms and definitions, technological, legislative an…
Aquaculture requires formulated diets composed of various ingredients. This Handbook aims for a better understanding of the food components that affect nutrition and feeding of cultured fishes and crustaceans. Proper utilisation of these foodstuffs can minimise environmental pol…
The main concerns of food consumers are food safety, quality and authenticity. Food control procedures have to be carried out in a rapid, reliable, and cost-effective manner. This handbook describes numerous kits, instruments and systems used for quality and hygiene control of f…
The book is divided into two parts and concentrates on media for water as well as food microbes - selecting those which have been evaluated and shown to function optimally. The first part consists of a series of chapters written by various experts from all over the world, review…
Structural bioinformatics
by Bourne, Philip E., Weissig, Helge
fromMethods of biochemical analysis
Table of Contents: Section I: Introduction. Section II: Data representation and databases. Section III: Comparative features. Section IV: Structure and functional assignment. Section V: Protein interactions. Section VI: Proteins as drug targets. Section VII: Structure prediction…
Effects of environmental, economic, social, political and technical factors have led to the rapid deployment of various sources of renewable energy-based power generation. The incorporation of these generation technologies have led to the development of a broad array of new meth…
This volume presents an analysis of how thinking on strategy has evolved and what the likely developments in the near future are. All the contributors are experts in their area, and bring to the topic an understanding informed by many years' experience of research, teaching, and…