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DESCRIPTION: 623435-28b.gif Volume B covers the ecological significance of the interactions among clay minerals, organic matter and soil biota. Soil is a dynamic system in which soil minerals constantly interact with organic matter and microorganisms. Close association among abiotic and biotic entit... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Soil Mineral–Organic Matter–Microorganism Interactions and Ecosystem Health presents up-to-date information on the dynamics, transformations and bioavailability of xenobiotics in soil and their impact on ecosystem health, the ecological significance of interactions of metals... view more info and the price of this book. |
Aphids : Volume 2C: Aphids - book by Minks, A.K.;Harrewijn, P. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: 10. Damage by Aphids. The Responses of Plants to the Feeding of Aphidoidea: Principles. The Responses of Plants to the Feeding of Aphidoidea: Specific Responses and Damage (P.W. Miles). Crop Loss Assessment (P.W. Wellings et al.). Viruses Transmitted by Aphids (E... view more info and the price of this book. |
Food Flavours : The Flavour of Fruits - book by Morton, I.D.;MacLeod, A.J. DESCRIPTION: This is the third volume in the series Food Flavours and deals with the flavour of fruit. The authors provide detailed critical evaluation of tables listing identified volatile constituents contributing to the flavour of fruit. Additional aspects of flavour composition and qualities of... view more info and the price of this book. |
Armored Scale Insects : Armored Scale Insects - book by Rosen, D. DESCRIPTION: This two-volume book presents an up-to-date account of armored scale insects (Homoptera: Diaspididas), a family of highly specialized insects, many of which are important agricultural pests. Being sedentary, colonial and rather cryptic, many species have invaded new countries with impo... view more info and the price of this book. |
Armored Scale Insects : Armored Scale Insects - book by Rosen, D. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: 2. THE NATURAL ENEMIES. Entomopathogenic fungi (H.G. Evans, C. Prior). Predators. Coccinellidae (J.J. Drea, R.D. Gordon). Other coleoptera (J.J. Drea). Neuroptera (J.J. Drea). Cecidomyiidae and other diptera (K.M. Harris). Thysanoptera (J.M. Palmer, L.A. Mound). Ac... view more info and the price of this book. |
Dictionary of Dairy Terminology - book by International Dairy Federation DESCRIPTION: The dairy industry continues to develop at a disconcertingly rapid pace. For the people working in this field, keeping abreast of the techniques used within the industry and adopted from outside, has become a permanent feature of life. This revised edition of the Dictionary of Dairy Ter... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Plant Names of North America including Mexico - book by White, R.C. DESCRIPTION: The border between the United States of America and Mexico is the busiest in the world. This area is also the meeting place of the two great cultures of the Western Hemisphere, Spanish-speaking Latin America and English-speaking North America. Recent demographic migrations coupled with ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Towards Holistic Agriculture: A Scientific Approach - book by Widdowson, R.W. DESCRIPTION: This book explains the use of an ecological way of farming, with modern practical applications, to make the fullest use of land resources and the best utilization of available capital and labour. In analyzing the vital relationship between soil, plant, animal and man, the author discus... view more info and the price of this book. |
Soft Scale Insects : Soft Scale Insects - book by Ben-Dov, Y.;Hodgson, C.J. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Preface. Photographs and SEM micrographs. Contributors to this Volume. Part 1. THE SOFT SCALE INSECTS. Morphology, Systematics and Phylogeny. Diagnosis (Y. Ben-Dov). The Adult Female (D. Matilde-Ferrero). The Adult Male (J.H. Giliomee). The Immature Stages (M.L. Wi... view more info and the price of this book. |
Soft Scale Insects : Soft Scale Insects - book by Ben-Dov, Y.;Hodgson, C.J. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Preface. Contributors to this Volume. Part 2. THE NATURAL ENEMIES. Pathogens. Entomopathogenic Fungi (H.C. Evans, N.L. Hywel-Jones). Predators. Coccinellidae and Other Coleoptera (D.J. Ponsonby, M.J.W. Copland). Cecidomyiidae and Other Diptera (K.M. Harris). Parasi... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The 9th International Flavor Conference: George Charalambous Memorial Symposium was held July 1-4, 1997 at the Porto Myrina Palace on the Island of Limnos, Greece. This conference was organized as a tribute to Dr. George Charalambous organizer of the previous eight conferences, who pass... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Agriculture - book by Tosheva, T.;Djarova, M.;Delijska, B. DESCRIPTION: This dictionary contains terms covering the following fields and subfields: plant growing and cultivation, processing of agricultural products, soil science, mineral nutrition and fertilizing, plant protection, agrometeorology, biochemistry and physiological characters of plants and ani... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: AUTHORS: Wilding, L.P.;Smeck, N.E.;Hall, G.F. PAGES: 304 pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/07/1983 ISBN Number: 0-444-42100-9... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: 623435-28a.gif Volume A deals with the dynamics, mobility and transformation of pollutants and nutrients. Soil is a dynamic system in which soil minerals constantly interact with organic matter and microorganisms. Close association among abiotic and biotic entities governs several chemi... view more info and the price of this book. |
Food Flavors: Generation, Analysis and Process Influence - book by Charalambous, G. DESCRIPTION: In this book, major emphasis is placed on the effects of processing and food components upon the flavor of foods and beverages. Topics discussed include: roasting of peanuts; extrusion of cooking poultry; spray drying of natural flavor materials; cooking rates of foods; gamma radiation ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Environmental and Ecological Biochemistry - book by Hochachka, P.W.;Mommsen, T.P. DESCRIPTION: This fifth volume in this established series deals with the biochemical responses of fish to different environmental/ecological factors. Topics covered include oxygen availability, effects of temperature and pressure, adverse effects of metabolites, effects of stress and many more. The ... view more info and the price of this book. |
General and Quantitative Genetics - book by Chapman, A.B. DESCRIPTION: Emphasising the principles of genetics most relevant to livestock improvement, this volume covers many aspects of genetics, from the principles laid down in 1865 by Gregor Mendel to the recent developments in genetic engineering. The authors have all made notable research contributions... view more info and the price of this book. |
Terramechanics and Off-Road Vehicles - book by Wong, J.Y. DESCRIPTION: The computer-aided methods presented in this book represent recent advances in the methodology for predicting and evaluating off-road vehicle performance. The mathematical models established for vehicle-terrain systems will enable the engineering practitioner to evaluate, on a rational... view more info and the price of this book. |
Trickle Irrigation for Crop Production - book by Nakayama, F.S.;Bucks, D.A. DESCRIPTION: An entirely new agricultural technology, trickle or drip irrigation, began its development in the early 1960's. Initial progress was sporadic even though the advantages in water management with trickle systems were recognized. Operators were reluctant to use the system because of its ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Energy in Food Processing - book by Singh, R.P. DESCRIPTION: Energy, obtained from nonrenewable resources, is vital in operating a wide variety of equipment in the modern food industry. Since the mid-1970s, when the energy prices increased dramatically, the food industry, like many other manufacturing industries, was impacted with high energy co... view more info and the price of this book. |
Multiple Criteria Analysis for Agricultural Decisions - book by Romero, C.;Rehman, T. DESCRIPTION: Despite the recognition given to the existence of multiple objectives in agricultural decision making, very little seems to have been done by agricultural economists to develop and use methodologies that model the decision situations realistically. This is particularly intriguing when ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Statistical Aspects of the Microbiological Analysis of Foods - book by Jarvis, B. DESCRIPTION: Increasing interest in the use of numerical microbiological criteria for foods has often been accompanied by the supposition that the derived data are absolute and that variability is small. In spite of endeavours by some international bodies to stress the need for standardization of me... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Brewing - book by European Brewery Convention DESCRIPTION: The rapid development of science and technology is reflected in changes in technical and scientific language; new terms are introduced to describe modern technologies, and terms that were formerly used to describe manually performed processes completely disappear. This is particularly t... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of the World's Game and Wildlife - book by Ferlin, G.R. DESCRIPTION: This dictionary provides information on animal species and terminology concerning hunting and wildlife management. Basic to the whole book is a concern for reconciling hunting and wildlife conservation, the former being viewed as the wise exploitation of a valuable natural resource comp... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Edible Mushrooms - book by Chandra, A. DESCRIPTION: In this dictionary as many common names as possible in Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Pakistani, Philipino, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and Swedish are given alongside the botanical (sci... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elements of Soil Physics - book by Koorevaar, P.;Menelik, G.;Dirksen, C. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: AUTHORS: Koorevaar, P.;Menelik, G.;Dirksen, C. PAGES: 242 pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/05/1999 ISBN Number: 0-444-42242-0... view more info and the price of this book. |
Soils of the World - book by Lof, P.;van Baren, H. DESCRIPTION: This useful wall chart presents detailed information and high-quality colour photographs of 106 soil profiles, listed in sequence according to the FAO-UNESCO international classification system. Each of the 106 soil profiles is illustrated in colour. All soil profiles are of the same si... view more info and the price of this book. |
Soils of the World - book by Lof, P.;van Baren, H. DESCRIPTION: This useful wall chart presents detailed information and high-quality colour photographs of 106 soil profiles, listed in sequence according to the FAO-UNESCO international classification system. Each of the 106 soil profiles is illustrated in colour. All soil profiles are of the same si... view more info and the price of this book. |
Spider Mites : Spider Mites - book by Helle, W.;Sabelis, M.W. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: PART 1. THE TETRANYCHIDAE. Anatomy, Phylogeny and Systematics. External anatomy (E.E. Lindquist). Internal anatomy (G. Alberti, A.R. Crooker). Diagnosis and phylogenetic relationships (E.E. Lindquist). Systematics (J. Gutierrez). Evolutionary changes in the tetrany... view more info and the price of this book. |
Spider Mites : Spider Mites - book by Helle, W.;Sabelis, M.W. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: PART 2. NATURAL ENEMIES OF THE TETRANYCHIDAE. The Phytoseiidae. Systematics and morphology (D.A. Chant). Life history (M.W. Sabelis et al.). Predator-prey interaction (M.W. Sabelis et al.). Techniques (W.P.J. Overmeer et al.). Other Predaceous Mites and Spiders. S... view more info and the price of this book. |
Aphids : Volume 2B: Aphids - book by Minks, A.K.;Harrewijn, P. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: 8. Techniques. Sampling Techniques (Y. Robert et al.). Population Development Models (S.A. Ward et al.). Mounting Techniques, Aphid Collections (O. Heikinheimo). Microscopy. Light Microscop... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Compiled by Food Law Research Centre, Institute of European Studies, University of Brussels. The publication of this volume completes the updated edition of the Food Additives Tables, the first edition of which proved highly successful. Since it appeared in 1975, the world-wide increa... view more info and the price of this book. |
Virus Infections of Ruminants - book by Dinter, Z.;Morein, B. DESCRIPTION: As its title suggests, this book is intended to give exhaustive information on virus infections and diseases occurring in ruminants. Each virus and corresponding disease is described in a separate chapter, and the chapters are ordered according to current virus classification. Contribut... view more info and the price of this book. |
Principles and Methods of Plant Breeding - book by Borojevic, S. DESCRIPTION: This book is the result of 30 years of research on the development of high-yiel ding wheat varieties, which have been grown commercially for more than two decad es, and which are used in many breeding centres around the world as germ plasm. The book is specifically designed to help res... view more info and the price of this book. |
Natural Grasslands - book by Coupland, R.T. DESCRIPTION: The most detailed review of all major grassland regions of the world by ecologists who have worked extensively in these regions is provided in this volume. Grasslands have been modified to a large extent by the activities of man and his domesticated animals and these stresses are evalua... view more info and the price of this book. |
Temperate Deciduous Forests - book by Rohrig, E.;Ulrich, B. DESCRIPTION: This volume treats a plant formation which is distributed in America, Asia and Europe. There is a general introduction which differentiates the temperate deciduous forests from adjacent plant formations, characterize the climatic factors under which these deciduous ecosystems have devel... view more info and the price of this book. |
Natural Rubber - book by Sethuraj, M.R.;Mathew, N.M. DESCRIPTION: No other book on natural rubber covers such a broad spectrum of subjects as this unique publication. Subjects related to the biology, cultivation and technology of natural rubber are dealt with, along with such important aspects as its history, production and processing, through to its ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Microbiology of Animals and Animal Products - book by Woolcock, J.B. DESCRIPTION: This volume presents microbiology as the dynamic interplay between microorganisms and their animal hosts resulting in effective production or disease. Various factors which affect that interplay are also considered. The book begins with a consideration of microorganisms constituting "no... view more info and the price of this book. |
Modern Methods in Food Mycology - book by Samson, R.A.;Hocking, A.D.;Pitt, J.I.;King, A.D. DESCRIPTION: The main thrust of this book is on development of better testing methods for the detection and enumeration of fungi in foods. The final goal is to standardise methods, with resulting improvements in communications, interpretation of results between laboratories and improved facilitation... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Aquaculture - book by Marx, C.E. DESCRIPTION: This dictionary contains terms related to the various types of aquaculture practiced in the world today. It covers hatchery, nursery, and growout production for fish culture, crustacean and mollusc culture, algal culture, reptile culture, amphibian culture, and echinoderm culture. There... view more info and the price of this book. |
Dictionary of Animal Health Terminology - book by Office International des Epizooties DESCRIPTION: This dictionary contains terms concerning veterinary medicine in general, infectious, parasitic and non-infectious diseases, and anatomy and physiology of domestic animals. These veterinary terms formerly appeared in the "Dictionary of Animal Production Terminology" of the European Asso... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Contained in this dictionary are terms and names arranged in alphabetical order covering the following areas: fisheries engineering, fishing methods, fishing vessels, deck equipment, fish processing, fish processing equipment, fish products, fish farming, inland fishery, fishery biology... view more info and the price of this book. |
Dictionary of Animal Production Terminology - book by European Association for Animal Production DESCRIPTION: In this revised edition of the Dictionary of Animal Production Terminology the subjects found in the previous edition are covered more thoroughly and in considerably greater detail than before. The same applies for the production and husbandry sectors, which were previously only superfi... view more info and the price of this book. |
Energy in Farm Production - book by Fluck, R.C. DESCRIPTION: This last volume of the Energy in World Agriculture series is in many ways the series' Alpha and its Omega. It addresses the broad issues related to the use of energy in agricultural production, and also characterizes and quantifies the energy involvements of many agricultural productio... view more info and the price of this book. |
Tortricid Pests - book by van der Geest, L.P.S.;Evenhuis, H.H. DESCRIPTION: The economic importance of Tortricidae in agriculture and forestry is great: crops and forests in the temperate climatic zones suffer considerable loss due to this lepidopterous family. This volume covers the entire spectrum from taxonomy, morphology and physiology to chemical and biol... view more info and the price of this book. |
Buffalo Production - book by Tulloh, N.M.;Holmes, J.H.G. DESCRIPTION: This book on buffalo production provides the scientific basis for the development of new production systems for both river and swamp buffaloes. Emphasis has been placed on the need for more scientific research on all aspects of the buffalo industry, which will continue to be of great im... view more info and the price of this book. |
Plant Physiology - book by Sebanek, J. DESCRIPTION: The book summarizes present scientific knowledge in plant physiology with regards to plant production. The authors, mainly professors of plant physiology at agricultural universities in Czechoslovakia, present the individual fields of plant physiology with regard to the demands of agri... view more info and the price of this book. |
Cereal Grain - book by Chelkowski, J. DESCRIPTION: Fungi growth in the storage of cereal grain has led to serious losses of grain quality and quantity each year the world over. These fungi and moulds are capable of producing mycotoxins which accumulate in grains. This book contains reviews from 21 experts on the relationship between ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Phylogenetic and Biochemical Perspectives - book by Hochachka, P.W.;Mommsen, T.P. DESCRIPTION: This new series on The Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Fishes grew out of the demand for state-of-the-art review articles in a rapidly expanding field of research. Up to the present, most research literature on biochemistry involved rats and humans, but new breakthroughs in the p... view more info and the price of this book. |
The Bamboos of the World - book by Ohrnberger, D. DESCRIPTION: Bamboos constitute one of a few select categories of plants which are taxonomically related, very rich in species and of vital economic and ecological importance. Since the early 20th century the accepted number of species of bamboos, world wide, has tripled. However, until now informat... view more info and the price of this book. |
Protozoan Parasites of Fishes - book by Lom, J.;Dykova, I. DESCRIPTION: Based on twenty years of research experience, this unique, large format volume presents an up-to-date treatment of the biology, relation to the host, taxonomy and diagnostic features of protozoan parasites infecting fishes. By presenting definitions of all 151 genera, keys for the deter... view more info and the price of this book. |
Volcanic Ash Soils - book by Shoji, S.;Nanzyo, M.;Dahlgren, R.A. DESCRIPTION: Volcanic eruptions are generally viewed as agents of destruction, yet they provide the parent materials from which some of the most productive soils in the world are formed. The high productivity results from a combination of unique physical, chemical and mineralogical properties. The i... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: During the last few years, many journal articles have shown the usefulness of the Additive Main Effects and Multiplicative Interaction (AMMI) model for analyzing regional yield trials. AMMI helps agronomists and breeders in several ways: to understand or model complex data sets, especia... view more info and the price of this book. |
The Physiology of Flower Bulbs - book by De Hertogh, A.;Le Nard, M. DESCRIPTION: Representing the most comprehensive review of the physiological research conducted on 61 genera of ornamental geophytes, this book covers the basic aspects of world production, horticultural utilization, botanical descriptions and origins, bulb growth and development and flowering, prod... view more info and the price of this book. |
Natural Grasslands - book by Coupland, R.T. DESCRIPTION: This volume is concerned with those parts of the earth's surface where semiarid to subhumid climate determines that the potential vegetation is characterized by a more or less continuous layer of grasses and other associated herbs. These grasslands have been modified to a very considera... view more info and the price of this book. |
The Scent of Orchids - book by Kaiser, R. DESCRIPTION: The aim of this book, the first of its kind, is to convey an impression of this enormous variety in scent and visual appearance of orchid flowers. The interdisciplinary concept of the beautifully illustrated book (over 170 colour photographs) should guarantee that a broad spectrum of re... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Agriculture and Food Production - book by Rakipov, N.G.;Geyer, B. DESCRIPTION: This dictionary contains about 80,000 Russian terms and their English/American equivalents representing the modern level of knowledge in all fields of agriculture, agricultural science and food production. Special attention is devoted to such fundamental branches of agricultural science... view more info and the price of this book. |
Food Processing - book by Gaonkar, A.G. DESCRIPTION: Sustained developments in various branches of science and technology have resulted in considerable improvements in food processing methods. These new processing technologies have in turn contributed to enhancement of the quality and acceptability of foods. The aim of this book is to ass... view more info and the price of this book. |
Shelf Life Studies of Foods and Beverages - book by Charalambous, G. DESCRIPTION: Modern society demands foods that are safe, nutritious, aesthetically appealing, readily available, convenient to use, and reasonably priced. Considerable progress in food science and technology and in many related areas over the past decades has made it possible to meet these challenge... view more info and the price of this book. |
Molecular Biology Frontiers - book by Hochachka, P.W.;Mommsen, T.P. DESCRIPTION: This second volume in the series covers such topics as DNA fingerprinting of fishes, the cytochromes P450 in fish, the molecular biology of bacterial fish diseases, and new insights into the origins of the diversity and distribution of fish antifreeze proteins. The book will be of great... view more info and the price of this book. |
Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi - book by Charalambous, G. DESCRIPTION: This volume is a collection of papers covering various aspects of an important group of botanicals which have long been used to improve the flavor of food. It contains fresh material prepared especially for it by researchers and other technically trained workers from universities, gover... view more info and the price of this book. |
Advances in Porous Media, Volume 2 - book by Corapcioglu, M.Y. DESCRIPTION: This is the second volume in the series Advances in Porous Media. The objective of the series is to provide a forum for publications on developments in this fast-growing interdisciplinary area, with special emphasis on the frontiers of knowledge and on a unified approach by scientists f... view more info and the price of this book. |
Soil Conservation and Silviculture - book by Dvorak, J.;Novak, L. DESCRIPTION: This book deals with the conservation and improvement of the forest soil. Much emphasis is placed on the use of vegetation in soil conservation afforestation. The first part of the book focuses on the issues of soil erosion and methods of erosion control, in particular the protection of... view more info and the price of this book. |
Trends in Flavour Research - book by Maarse, H.;van der Heij, D.G. DESCRIPTION: This book reflects the lectures, posters and workshops of the 7th Weurman Flavour Research Symposium held June 1993 in the Netherlands. The Weurman Symposia differ from most others in that attendance is only by invitation based on proposals for active participation. A uniform style and ... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This volume presents the Proceedings of the 6th International Meeting of the IHSS, held in Monopoli (Bari), Italy, September 20-25, 1992. Individual chapters are based on invited lectures and volunteered oral and poster papers that were presented at the Meeting. The invited articles pro... view more info and the price of this book. |
Soil Compaction in Crop Production - book by Soane, B.D.;van Ouwerkerk, C. DESCRIPTION: This book provides a global review of the mechanisms, incidence and control measures related to the problems of soil compaction in agriculture, forestry and other cropping systems. Among the disciplines which relate to this subject are soil physics, soil mechanics, vehicle mechanics, ag... view more info and the price of this book. |
Analytical Techniques - book by Hochachka, P.W.;Mommsen, T.P. DESCRIPTION: This third volume in the series covers such topics as anaesthetics, cannulation and injection techniques, and surgery. The book will be invaluable to fisheries scientists, aquaculturists, and animal biochemists, physiologists and endocrinologists; it will provide researchers and student... view more info and the price of this book. |
Analytical Techniques - book by Hochachka, P.W.;Mommsen, T.P. DESCRIPTION: This third volume in the series covers such topics as anaesthetics, cannulation and injection techniques, and surgery. The book will be invaluable to fisheries scientists, aquaculturists, and animal biochemists, physiologists and endocrinologists; it will provide researchers and student... view more info and the price of this book. |
Culture Media for Food Microbiology - book by Corry, J.E.L.;Curtis, G.D.W.;Baird, R.M. DESCRIPTION: This publication deals in depth with a limited number of culture media used in Food Science laboratories. It is basically divided into two main sections: 1) Data on the composition, preparation, mode of use and quality control of various culture media used for the detection of food born... view more info and the price of this book. |
Metabolic Biochemistry - book by Hochachka, P.W.;Mommsen, T.P. DESCRIPTION: This fourth volume in the series covers such topics as endogenous fuels, electric organs, histidine-related dipeptides, and origins of luciferins. The book will be invaluable to fisheries scientists, aquaculturists, and animal biochemists, physiologists and endocrinologists; it will pro... view more info and the price of this book. |
Poultry Production - book by Hunton, P. DESCRIPTION: Poultry meat and egg production, as well as the health and welfare of all types of poultry, are dealt with in this book. It will be invaluable all students, teachers, policy makers and research consultants interested in the field of animal science. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Abbreviated conte... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Fundamental and Applied Biology - book by Smirnov, N.N.;Smirnov, A.N. DESCRIPTION: Presented in this dictionary is a concentrated listing of all main terms from various biological fields. It combines terms from both fundamental and applied biology, i.e. from commercial fields dealing with biological processes or biological products. All branches of theoretical biology... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This publication contains full papers of both oral and poster presentations of the symposium "Immobilized Cells: Basics and Applications" that was held in Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, 26-29 November 1995. This volume covers recent developments in the field of immobilization e.g.: n... view more info and the price of this book. |
Global Seagrass Research Methods - book by Short, F.T.;Coles, R.G. DESCRIPTION: This thorough and informative volume presents a set of detailed, globally applicable techniques for seagrass research. The book provides methods for all aspects of seagrass science from basic plant collection to statistical approaches and investigations of plant-animal interaction. The... view more info and the price of this book. |
Nitrogen in the Environment: Sources, Problems and Management - book by Follett, R.F.;Hatfield, J.L. DESCRIPTION: Nitrogen in the Environment: Sources, Problems, and Management is the first volume to provide a holistic perspective and comprehensive treatment of nitrogen from field, to ecosystem, to treatment of urban and rural drinking water supplies, while also including a historical overview, hum... view more info and the price of this book. |
Humic Substances in Terrestrial Ecosystems - book by Piccolo, A. DESCRIPTION: This book highlights the increasing importance of humic substances in the different scientific fields related to terrestrial ecology, soil quality conservation, and environmental chemistry. It shows that modern humic substances research is not only directed to unravel their yet ill-defi... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Biology is an extensive subject that has undergone a vast expansion and so comprises not only such conventional aspects as taxonomy, morphology, biochemistry, functional physiology, and ecology, but also the rapidly expanding new fields of cell biology and molecular biology. This dictio... view more info and the price of this book. |
Plant Tissue Culture: Theory and Practice - book by Bhojwani, S.S.;Razdan, M.K. DESCRIPTION: Since the publication of the first edition in 1983, several new and exciting developments have taken place in the field of plant tissue culture, which forms a major component of what is now called plant biotechnology. The revised edition presents updated information on theoretical, prac... view more info and the price of this book. |
Eriophyoid Mites - book by Lindquist, E.E.;Sabelis, M.W.;Bruin, J. DESCRIPTION: This book is a timely compilation of synthesized information on behaviourally fascinating and economically important mites.The book gives much attention to fundamental aspects of eriophyoid anatomy, behaviour, ecology and even systematics, as bases for understanding the ways of life of... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Fungi and Fungal Plant Diseases - book by Wrobel, M.;Creber, G. DESCRIPTION: This dictionary contains the Latin names of families, genera, species and many of their synonyms, of edible and poisonous mushrooms, other fungi and pathogens of fungal plant diseases, together with their identified English, German, French and Italian equivalents.Particular attention ha... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Aquatic Biology - book by Smirnov, N.N.;Smirnov, A.N. DESCRIPTION: Elsevier's Dictionary of Aquatic Biology contains terms related to marine and freshwater animals and plants and their environment. Terms from general biology and those related to water in some way or another are widely represented. Terms from the following applied fields are included: ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Veterinary Vaccinology - book by Pastoret, P.-P.;Blancou, J.;Vannier, P.;Verschueren, C. DESCRIPTION: Vaccination is widely recognised as one of the most efficient tools in public health, showing obvious cost-benefit advantages for all target populations involved.Vaccines in the veterinary field can contribute greatly to the welfare of domestic and wild animals and, indirectly, to envir... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: A wide ranging programme was planned, covering the principal areas where mathematical models or control engineering can have a major impact on agricultural and horticultural processes and their management. Emphasis was placed on applications of models and control in agriculture.Focal ar... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of the Genera of Life - book by Tsur, S.A. DESCRIPTION: This dictionary is the alphabetical compilation of most of the recognized genera of life, as we know it on earth, of the animal and vegetable kingdoms. The Latin names of more than 5,280 animals and plants, bacteria, fungi and other parasitic forms of existence are listed, together with... view more info and the price of this book. |
Instrumental Methods in Food and Beverage Analysis - book by Wetzel, D.L.B.;Charalambous, G. DESCRIPTION: Advances in instrumentation and applied instrumental analysis methods have allowed scientists concerned with food and beverage quality, labeling, compliance, and safety to meet ever increasing analytical demands. Texts dealing with instrumental analysis alone are usually organized by th... view more info and the price of this book. |
Checklist for Sustainable Landscape Management - book by van Mansvelt, J.D.;van der Lubbe, M.J. DESCRIPTION: This work is an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, widely-calibrated checklist for EU sustainable landscape management, which is intended to serve both as an analytical tool of reference as well as a design tool for local, regional and European policy making on sustainable developments.... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The First International Nitrogen Conference provided an opportunity for researchers and decision-makers to exchange information on environmental pollution by nitrogen compounds on three scales: global, continental/regional and local. The main topics were air, ground water and surface wa... view more info and the price of this book. |
Biology of Brassica Coenospecies - book by Gomez-Campo, C. DESCRIPTION: Brassica crop species and their allies (Raphanus, Sinapis, Eruca, etc.) are important sources of edible roots, stems, leaves, buds and inflorescences, as well as of edible or industrial oils, condiments and forage. Many well known names of plants or plant products, such as kale, cabbag... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Fisheries - book by Eapen, P.K. DESCRIPTION: Elsevier's Dictionary of Fisheries contains a large number of technical terms in fisheries, their respective meanings and explanations in a concise and simple manner. Like an ocean, the subject fisheries too, is vast and multi-disciplined. The terms have been selected to represent most ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Plant Genetic Engineering - book by Arencibia, A.D. DESCRIPTION: Plant biotechnology offers important opportunities for agriculture, horticulture, and the pharmaceutical and food industry by generating transgenic varieties with altered properties. This is likely to change farming practice and reduce the potential negative impact of plant production o... view more info and the price of this book. |
Invertebrate Biodiversity as Bioindicators of Sustainable Landscapes - book by Paoletti, M.G. DESCRIPTION: Reducing environmental hazard and human impact on different ecosystems, with special emphasis on rural landscapes is the main topic of different environmental policies designed in developed countries and needed in most developing countries. This book covers the bioindication approach of... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Entomology - book by Wrobel, M. DESCRIPTION: Elsevier's Dictionary of Entomology, a companion volume to Elsevier's Dictionary of Butterflies and Moths (ISBN 0-444-50433-8), gives an overview of the common names of insects other than butterflies or moths. It contains 4,947 scientific names of orders, families, genera and species of... view more info and the price of this book. |
Tropical Island Herpetofauna - book by Ota, H. DESCRIPTION: Tropical Island Herpetofauna presents fifteen individual contributions. Part I contains four papers describing and analysing taxonomic and phyletic diversities of yet poorly reported herpetofaunas in some tropical Pacific and Indian Ocean archipelagos. Part II is devoted to our understa... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Nature and Hunting - book by Zykov, C. DESCRIPTION: Elsevier's Dictionary of Nature and Hunting" contains terms covering the following fields and subfields: • A. Plants and Ecosystems: Species, Cenoses • B. Animals: Species • C. Domestic Animals: General, Dogs, Horses, Cattle and Poultry • D. Hunting and Fishing: Gam... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This book presents the Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) paradigm for modelling agricultural decision-making in three parts. The first part, comprising two chapters, is philosophical in nature and deals with the concepts that define the underlying structure of the MCDM paradigm. ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Butterflies and Moths - book by Wrobel, M. DESCRIPTION: This dictionary gives an overview of the common names of many of the scientific names applied to the order of Lepidoptera. It lists 4,185 superfamilies and subfamilies, families, genera, species and subspecies of Lepidoptera (giving the name of the family for each entry of a genus, spec... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: New legislation enacted in many countries and regions of the world during the 1980s requires that laboratory animal use be reduced, refined and replaced wherever possible, for ethical and scientific reasons, in line with the Three Rs concept put forward by W.M.S. Russell and R.L. Bnurch... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Invertebrates (Excluding Insects) - book by Okali, I.;Dulova, M.;Mokran, P. DESCRIPTION: The dictionary contains 4,613 national names of species and subspecies of invertebrates (excluding insects), covering the whole world, with, for each name, in abbreviated form, the phylum, class, order and family of the zoological system. It is not exclusively focused on geographical te... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Humans face the challenge of producing enough food to meet the demands imposed by economic, biological and agricultural factors: rising population; rising income; and an expectation of higher quality food and a more diverse diet; decreasing amount of land available for food production; ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Carbohydrate Reserves in Plants - Synthesis and Regulation - book by Gupta, A.K.;Kaur, N. DESCRIPTION: Carbohydrate reserves constitute the major part of edible portion of the plants. Latest researches in major crops like wheat, rice, maize, barley, potato, sugarcane, sugarbeet, Jerusalem artichoke, chicory and carbohydrates in trees have been included in this book. The book will be of g... view more info and the price of this book. |
Redesigning Rice Photosynthesis to Increase Yield - book by Sheehy, J.E.;Mitchell, P.L.;Hardy, B. DESCRIPTION: Rice yields need to increase in order to keep pace with the growing population of Asia and to alleviate hunger and poverty. There appears, however, to be a biophysical limit associated with conventional photosynthetic pathways. The research presented in this book aims at understanding h... view more info and the price of this book. |
Novel Macromolecules in Food Systems - book by Doxastakis, G.;Kiosseoglou, V. DESCRIPTION: Applying recent advances in biological and physical sciences, food scientists have created "novel food ingredients" enzymatically, chemically or microbiologically. Chief among these are "novel proteins and polysaccharides" which, like the more established traditional macromolecules, ca... view more info and the price of this book. |
Biology of the Hard Clam - book by Kraeuter, J.N.;Castagna, M. DESCRIPTION: The hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, is an important commercial, recreational and ecological inhabitant of coastal bays along the east and gulf coasts of the United States. This title represents the first state of the art summary of existing knowledge of the hard clam by experts in va... view more info and the price of this book. |
Soil Water Repellency - book by Ritsema, C.J.;Dekker, L.W. DESCRIPTION: It has become clear that soil water repellency is much more wide-spread than formerly thought. Water repellency has been reported in most continents of the world for varying land uses and climatic conditions. Soil water repellency often leads to severe runoff and erosion, rapid leaching... view more info and the price of this book. |
Mathematical Modeling for System Analysis in Agricultural Research - book by Vohnout, K. DESCRIPTION: This book provides a clear picture of the use of applied mathematics as a tool for improving the accuracy of agricultural research. For decades, statistics has been regarded as the fundamental tool of the scientific method. With new breakthroughs in computers and computer software, it h... view more info and the price of this book. |
Bioaccumulation in Marine Organisms - book by Neff, J.M. DESCRIPTION: Large volumes of produced water are generated and discharged to the coastal and ocean waters worldwide from offshore oil and gas production facilities. There is concern that the chemicals in the produced water may harm marine ecosystems. This book summarizes the bioavailability and ma... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Herpetological and Related Terminology - book by Wareham, D.C. DESCRIPTION: The dictionary is a compilation of clear, concise and informative definitions of the characteristic vocabulary commonly encountered and used by herpetologists when discussing, reading, or writing about reptiles and amphibians. It is intended for all those who have an interest in these a... view more info and the price of this book. |
Edible Sea Urchins: Biology and Ecology - book by Lawrence, J.M. DESCRIPTION: Sea urchins are a major component of marine environments found throughout the world's oceans. A major model for research in developmental biology, they are also of major economic importance in many regions and interest in their management and aquaculture has increased greatly in recent... view more info and the price of this book. |
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos in Agricultural Systems - book by Sakai, K. DESCRIPTION: This book provides an introduction to the analysis of chaos and chaos theory as it relates to agricultural science. With clear explanations of chaos theory and principles, the first part of the book offers some basic facts, the fundamental terminology, and the concepts of deterministic ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Postharvest Diseases of Fruits and Vegetables - book by Barkai-Golan, R. DESCRIPTION: Focusing on the great variety of research being done in the field of postharvest pathology, this volume presents a collection of topics concerning the diseases of harvested fruits and vegetables. Each chapter represents a separate unit which taken together create a better understanding ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Soil Liquid Phase Composition - book by Snakin, V.V.;Prisyazhnaya, A.A.;Kovacs-Lang, E. DESCRIPTION: The liquid phase of soil (soil solution) is a very thin, penetrating and all-embracing water layer. It has the most extensive surface among the biosphere components and interacts with all these components. Presented in this work is a new complex approach developed for soil liquid phase... view more info and the price of this book. |
Production Rights in European Agriculture - book by Barthelemy, D.;David, J. DESCRIPTION: Rather than simply cataloging the various interpretations of European regulations by Member States, this international team examines the economic priorities, the legal bases, the social norms and cultural patterns which come into play, presenting an analytical approach to the study of p... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Leading experts in the field bring together diverse aspects of insect timing mechanisms. This work combines three topics that are central to the understanding of biological timing in insects: circadian rhythms, photoperiodism, and diapause. The common theme underlining each of the cont... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Bird Names - book by Wrobel, M. DESCRIPTION: This dictionary gives an overview of the English, French, German and Italian names of birds occurring in Europe, North America, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and French-speaking countries. It contains 10,838 scientific names of orders, families, species and some sub-species. The ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Forest Soils and Ecosystem Sustainability - book by Boyle, J.R.;Powers, R.F. DESCRIPTION: With increasing intensities of forest management, uses and attention to issues of potential sustainability of forest ecosystems, knowledge of forest-soil-management interactions is essential. The papers from the quinquennial North American Forest Soils Conference provide summaries, syn... view more info and the price of this book. |
Diversity in Barley (Hordeum vulgare) - book by von Bothmer, R.;van Hintum, T.;Knupffer, H.;Sato, K. DESCRIPTION: Genetic diversity is one of the main resources sustaining human life. Food security largely depends on the availability and utilization of this diversity, which is of strategic importance for countries and companies. Conservation and utilization of biodiversity is thus currently an urge... view more info and the price of this book. |
Ecological and Silvicultural Strategies for Sustainable Forest Management - book by Fujimori, T. DESCRIPTION: Recognizing the increased interest in forest management world wide, this book addresses the current knowledge gap by defining sustainable forest management, clarifying methods by which ecological knowledge can be applied and how traditional silvicultural methods can be improved. Susta... view more info and the price of this book. |
Design and Operating Guide for Aquaculture Seawater Systems - book by Huguenin, J.E.;Colt, J. DESCRIPTION: This book provides, in one place, basic information and considerations necessary to plan, build and operate seawater systems for culturing purposes. It provides design, construction and operations guidance for seawater (salinities from freshwater to brine) systems with flow rates of 10... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Nutrition and Food Processing - book by Philippsborn, H.E. DESCRIPTION: The dictionary contains terms covering the following fields and subfields: Agriculture: Farming: Agricultural Produce; Biological Agriculture; Botany; Horticulture: fruits, vegetables, viticulture; Climatology; Soil; Soil Treatment; Livestock: Cattle Breeding; Poultry Farming; Fish; Gam... view more info and the price of this book. |
Large Marine Ecosystems of the North Atlantic - book by Sherman, K.;Skjoldal, H.R. DESCRIPTION: This is the first book to provide assessments of multidecadal changes in resources and environments of the Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) of the North Atlantic. Using the case study method, researchers examine the forces driving the changes and actions underway aimed at turning the cor... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The Gulf of Guinea volume is part of a series on the Large Marine Ecosystems. This volume combines the latest research on the Gulf of Guinea from scientists working primarily in the region and from Europe. It covers the dynamics of the oceanic and coastal waters of the region, the major... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Botany - book by Macura, P. DESCRIPTION: This dictionary contains approximately 60,000 entries, constituting the most extensive listing of Russian, English and Latin names of plants, trees, shrubs, fungi, and lichens. It also includes a large number of botanical and biological terms frequently occurring in Russian botanical li... view more info and the price of this book. |
Nitrogen Fixation at the Millennium - book by Leigh, G.J. DESCRIPTION: The turn of the millennium from the twentieth to the twenty-first century provides an occasion to review our understanding of a biological process, biological nitrogen fixation, that is of prime importance for the continued survival of mankind. This process has provided a basis for main... view more info and the price of this book. |
Insect Clocks, Third Edition - book by Saunders, D.S.;Steel, X. Vafopoulou, C.G.H.;Lewis, R.D. DESCRIPTION: Chronobiology is the study of timing mechanisms in biological systems as diverse as plants, animals and some micro-organisms. It includes rhythmic phenomena ranging from short period (ultradian) through daily (circadian) to long period (monthly, annual) cycles of behaviour, physiology a... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Forestry - book by Delijska, B.;Manoilov, P. DESCRIPTION: The dictionary contains terms used today in forest science, management and conservation, comprising forest ecology, forest entomology and pathology, forest fire management, forest geomatics, forest meteorology and hydrology, forest soils and geomorphology, forest surveys and mensuration... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Amphibians - book by Wrobel, Murray DESCRIPTION: This dictionary lists the English, German, French and Italian names of amphibians occurring in Europe, North America, Canada, Central and Southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand, the Indian Subcontinent, South East Asia, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico and the islands of the West Ind... view more info and the price of this book. |
Unravelling the Evolution of Language - book by Botha, Rudolf Philip DESCRIPTION: What blocks the way to a better understanding of language evolution, it is widely held, is above all a paucity of factual evidence. Not so, argues Unravelling the Evolution of Language. This book finds the main obstacle, instead, in a poverty of a specific kind of theory - restrictive t... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Reptiles - book by Wrobel, Murray DESCRIPTION: This dictionary gives an overview of the English, German, French and Italian names of reptiles. The basic table contains the scientific names of families, genera, species and some sub-species with their identified names, which are given in the singular for species and sub-specis and in ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Biotic Indicators for Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture - book by Buchs, W. DESCRIPTION: This volume highlights aspects and approaches to questions on the development and findings of biotic indicator (systems), considering the complex problems of conversion into practice. Biotic indication in relation to sustainable land use and biodiversity is discussed from many angles. ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Zoology and General Biology - book by Smirnov, N.N. DESCRIPTION: The dictionary contains terms covering all fields of biology, from cytology and molecular biology to genetics and behavior, with special reference to zoology. Attention is focused on applied fields too, such as pathology, veterinary science, biological aspects of medicine, phytopatholog... view more info and the price of this book. |
More Efficient Utilization of Fish and Fisheries Products - book by Sakaguchi, M. DESCRIPTION: This international symposium allowed many researchers and industrial representatives to meet and discuss a broad spectrum of information such as zero emission, resources availability, sustainable utilization of resources, bioactive and functional components in aquatic organisms, utiliza... view more info and the price of this book. |
Integrated Renewable Energy for Rural Communities - book by El Bassam, N.;Maegaard, P. DESCRIPTION: More than two billion people worldwide have currently no access to grid electricity or other efficient energy supply. This is one third of humanity and the majority live in rural areas. The productivity and health of these people are diminished by reliance on traditional fuels and techn... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The important developments and achievements in modern insect science since the first edition have led to this new revised, expanded and retitled reference work. New chapters in this edition include the ecdysone receptor, lipocalins, bacterial toxins, etc. Each article may also be read i... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees - book by Grandtner, M.M. DESCRIPTION: This dictionary will present all currently accepted generic, specific, sub-specific and variety names of trees, excluding fossil and more recently extinct taxa, hybrids and cultivars. Only the indigenous trees of a continent, those wild species that were natural elements of the spontan... view more info and the price of this book. |
Development of Pedotransfer Functions in Soil Hydrology, 30 - book by Pachepsky, Y.;Rawls, W.J. DESCRIPTION: Environmental and agricultural modeling and assessment have a multitude of uses for soil parameters governing retention and transport of water and chemicals in soils. These parameters are notorious for the difficulties and high labor costs involved in measuring them. Good estimates inst... view more info and the price of this book. |
Vital Soil, 29 - book by Doelman, P.;Eijsackers, H.J.P. DESCRIPTION: Healthy soil, with active soil life, deters long-term soil degradation and ensures that geo-physical processes are undisturbed. Is the vitality of soil under threat due to human civilization? Or is it due to contamination, intensification, and deforestation? Vital Soil aims to look at ... view more info and the price of this book. |
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