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  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of mangoes
    Mangoes are grown widely across Asia, Africa, the Americas and Southern Europe. This volume summarises the wealth of recent research on enhancing mango cultivation. Topics include developments in understanding mango genetics and breeding as well as cultivation, pest and disease management. ...
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    318,76 €

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of grain legumes Volume 2
    The second volume in this collection focusses on improving the cultivation of particular grain legumes, starting with common beans, lentils, soybeans and groundnuts. A second group of chapters discusses cowpea, faba beans and pigeonpea. ...
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    283,61 €

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of coffee
    Coffee is one of the most widely-traded commodities in the world. This volume summarises research addressing key challenges in coffee cultivation, including genetic diversity and breeding improved varieties. Other chapters discuss how to measure and improve quality traits. ...
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    318,23 €

  • Integrated weed management for sustainable agriculture
    Weeds remain a major obstacle to improved yields in agriculture. At the same time, established methods of control are being undermined by problems such as herbicide resistance. This major collection reviews key developments in integrated weed management (IWM) to manage weeds more sustainably. ...
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    380,70 €

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of sugarcane Volume 1
    Sugarcane is the source of 80% of the world’s sugar. This volume reviews key research on improving sugarcane production, focussing on enhancing cultivation techniques such as irrigation and nutrient management as well as measuring and improving sustainability. ...
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    262,74 €

  • DE L’ELECTRICITE DES VEGETAUX - PARTIE III L’ELECTRO-VEGETOMETRE
    Pierre-Nicolas Abbé Bertholon
    De l’é́lectricité des végétaux de l’abbé Pierre-Nicolas Bertholon de Saint-Lazare est un livre précurseur et majeur, qui va inspirer les chercheurs français du XIXe siècle jusqu’au début du XXe, avec, notamment, Frère Paulin, le lieutenant Fernand Basty, Justin Christofleau..., dont nous avons édité les travaux dans notre collection électroculture.Nous avons choisi de n’en ...
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    12,98 €

  • Achieving sustainable production of pig meat Volume 2
    Pig production faces many hurdles in meeting increasing global demand sustainably. This volume discusses advances in breeding to improve both productivity and quality. It also reviews key developments in improving animal nutrition. ...
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    262,63 €

  • Achieving sustainable production of sheep
    Emma Doyle / NMSchreurs
    Sheep have long been a feature of farming. This collection reviews the latest research on issues such as meat quality, genetics and breeding. It also discusses animal nutrition, health and welfare as well as ways of improving the sustainability of sheep production. ...
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    380,69 €

  • Achieving sustainable production of poultry meat Volume 3
    Health and welfare are major issues in poultry production. This collection reviews our understanding of bacterial, viral and other diseases affecting poultry and their effective management. It also discusses ways of managing poultry flocks to optimise their welfare from hatching to slaughter. ...
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    262,70 €

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 2
    Volume 2 reviews genetic resources and breeding techniques as well as their use to produce varieties with traits such as enhanced resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. It also discusses key pests and diseases and their management in making cultivation more efficient and sustainable. ...
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    234,95 €

  • Achieving sustainable production of milk Volume 3
    Jan Hultgren
    Animal health and welfare are of major importance in dairy farming. This collection looks at the key issues affecting dairy herd welfare as well as ways of optimising dairy cattle nutrition. It also reviews ways of detecting, preventing and managing diseases affecting dairy cattle. ...
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    401,88 €

  • Achieving sustainable production of poultry meat Volume 2
    There have been significant advances in poultry breeding and nutrition. This books discusses key developments such as marker-assisted breeding and improvements in poultry feed such as the use of enzymes to optimise nutritional efficiency. ...
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    248,84 €

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 1
    This collection begins by reviewing the current state of cassava cultivation, before going on to review the range of techniques enabling sustainable intensification, from seed systems management to intercropping and post-harvest management. ...
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    318,28 €

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize Volume 2
    Volume 2 covers methods for improving maize cultivation, from seed selection to nutrition, irrigation and techniques such as intercropping. It also reviews research on key pests and diseases and methods for their control in making cultivation more efficient and sustainable. ...
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    318,43 €

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of wheat Volume 2
    Volume 2 discusses ways of improving cultivation from variety selection to post-harvest storage. It reviews trends in integrated crop management, sustainable intensification and organic cultivation before concluding by looking at ways of supporting smallholders in the developing world. ...
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    214,28 €

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of wheat Volume 1
    This book reviews advances in breeding techniques as well as their application to produce drought-resistant and other improved varieties. It also discusses wheat nutritional quality. Finally it reviews developments such as disease-resistant varieties and other techniques to combat pests and diseases. ...
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    346,82 €

  • AGROECOLOGICAL PRACTICES FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
    ALEXANDER WEZEL
    Good agroecological practices are indispensable for the development of sustainable agriculture. In this book, principles, diversity and applications of agroecological practices for a range of systems are presented, transforming scientific research and participatory knowledge of production into practical application. It illustrates a broad range of research and teaching being us...
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    222,93 €

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of apples
    This book reviews our understanding of tree and fruit physiology and how it can be used in breeding better varieties. It also discusses pests and diseases and ways they can be prevented or controlled to make cultivation more productive. ...
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    367,33 €

  • Rice insect pests and their management
    E A Heinrichs / Emeritus Prof. E. A. Heinrichs / Francis E Nwilene / Francis E. Nwilene / Michael J Stout / Professor Michael J. Stout
    This book uses the unique expertise of leading rice entomologists from Africa, Asia and the Americas to provide the first global coverage of rice insect pests. The groups of insects discussed are : Root and stem feeders, Stem borers, Rice gall midges, Leafhoppers and planthoppers, Foliage feeders and, finally, Panicle feeders. The book concludes with a discussion of integrated ...
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    331,68 €

  • Handbook of Integrated and Sustainable Buildings Equipment and Systems
    Jorge E Gonzalez / Moncef Krarti
    This Handbook of Integrated and Sustainable Buildings Equipment and Systems is a direct result of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) initiative on Integrated/Sustainable Building Equipment and Systems (ISBES) which has the objective of filling voids in the literature and motivate advances on integrated mechanical systems in buildings. The main focus of this fir...
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    293,87 €

  • Ensuring safety and quality in the production of beef Volume 1
    Volume 1 looks at key research trends in ensuring safe beef production, both on the farm and during slaughter. These include current research on pathogens in beef, risk assessment and detection as well as food safety management. ...
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    213,96 €

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize Volume 1
    This volume focuses on breeding new varieties with desirable traits such as drought tolerance and improved nutritional value as well as how such innovations can be successfully deployed in the developing world. ...
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    248,86 €

  • Achieving sustainable production of milk Volume 2
    Safety remains a key issue for the dairy industry. This book reviews current research on understanding and managing pathogens in dairy farms. It also discusses more recent concerns about the environmental impact of dairy farming and ways it can be made more sustainable, including in developing countries. ...
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    332,13 €

  • Organic and Sustainable Agriculture
    Jordan Berg
    Organic and Sustainable Agriculture aim to replace the current agricultural practices with more environment- friendly practices. This involves avoiding the use of chemical products and using organic fertilizers such as compost or green manure. This book attempts to understand the multiple branches that fall under the discipline of organic and sustainable agriculture and how suc...
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    158,27 €

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of rice Volume 2
    Volume 2 reviews ways of improving cultivation of rice, from planting to soil management, nutrition and irrigation as well as techniques such as integrated crop management. It also discusses key pests and diseases and methods for their control in making cultivation more productive and sustainable. ...
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    249,16 €

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of rice Volume 1
    This collection reviews advances in breeding techniques as well as improving traits such as flood or drought resistance. It also discusses advances in understanding the nutritional role of rice and ways this can be enhanced to feed a growing population. ...
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    234,86 €

  • Sustainable Crop Production
    Alabaster Jenkins
    Sustainable crop production came as a revolution in the industry of crop production and agriculture. This field has emerged as a way of questioning the current practices of crop production which are proving hazardous to the ecology and detrimental to human health. The goal of this text is to strive for environmentally healthy and economically feasible alternative practices. Thi...
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    183,29 €

  • The Permaculture Student 2
    Matt Powers
    Representing & collaborating with dozens of experts & organizations from around the world, Matt Powers' latest installment in his series of curriculum takes permaculture to a new level & organizes all regenerative techniques & methodologies into one clear, understandable system that also serves as a path to deeper study.The Permaculture Student 2 - Why is it better than wha...
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    70,46 €

  • Ensuring safety and quality in the production of beef Volume 2
    Volume 2 reviews developments related to quality, starting with the way breeding and growth affect meat quality. The book then discusses cattle nutrition and management before concluding with an assessment of factors determining individual quality traits such as colour and flavour. ...
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    318,33 €

  • De l'Influence de l'électricité sur la végétation
    Frere Paulin
    À la fin du XIXe siècle, Frère Paulin réussit à perfectionner et simplifier les systèmes d’électroculture de ses prédécesseurs.Ainsi, il obtient des récoltes de pommes de terre parfois presque du double, dont les analyses en laboratoire témoignent, de plus, d’une qualité intrinsèque meilleure, car elles contiennent moins d’eau et plus de matière sèche.Les résultats sont aussi s...
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    10,94 €


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