Catálogo de libros: Agronomía y producción agrícola

548 Catálogo de libros: Agronomía y producción agrícola

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  • Recent Advances in Groundnut Production Technology
    G Krishna Reddy / P Maheswara Reddy / P. V. R. M Reddy
    1. Importance of Groundnut in Indian Economy 2. Groundnut in India 3. Reproductive Biology of Groundnut 4. Groundnut Improvement – Methods, Status and Issues 5. Breeding High Yielding Drought Resistant Varieties in Groundnut 6. Groundnut Varietal Characteristics and Recommended Varieties of India 7. Biotechnological Tools for Groundnut Improvement 8. Quality Seed Production and...
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    246,93 €

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of temperate zone tree fruits and berries Volume 1
    Volume 1 in this collection summarises the wealth of research addressing the challenges facing temperate fruit cultivation, from breeding improved varieties to better crop management and protection methods ...
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    249,43 €

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of temperate zone tree fruits and berries Volume 2
    The second volume in this collection reviews advances in breeding and cultivation of key stone fruits (peach, cherry, plum and apricot), pome fruits (pear and apple), and berry fruits (strawberry, raspberry, blackberry and blueberry). ...
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    249,27 €

  • Robotics and automation for improving agriculture
    Robotics has great potential in improving productivity and precision in agriculture. The book reviews advances in technologies such as machine vision and control systems, as well as applications from crop planting, fertilisation, pest and weed management to livestock production. ...
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    290,28 €

  • Advances in breeding techniques for cereal crops
    This collection reviews key advances in cereals breeding. It looks at advances in exploiting genetic diversity, the use of doubled haploids and hybrid breeding. The books also reviews developments in phenotyping, the use of genetic markers and techniques such as genomic selection. ...
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    339,65 €

  • Fuzzy Expert Systems and Applications in Agricultural Diagnosis
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    268,49 €

  • Novel Technologies and Systems for Food Preservation
    The increasing demand for food as well as changes in consumption habits have led to the greater availability and variety of food with a longer shelf life. However, these items, when not properly preserved, can lead to severe food-borne illnesses that can be fatal. Thus, countless studies are now geared towards the processing, distributing, and safe storage of foods. Novel Techn...
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    452,19 €

  • Grass - Its Growth, Use and Feeding
    Anon.
    Growing grass depends on a number of things, including soil type, fertility, level of manuring, grass species present, weather, and much more. This vintage book contains a detailed guide to growing grass, covering all these subjects and more in an easy-to-follow manner for gardeners new and old. Contents include: 'Leys of Permanent Grass', 'A Permanent Pasture has Certain Advan...
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    22,56 €

  • Fertilizer Application on Crop Yield
    Jagadish Timsina
    Fertilizer application can increase crop yields and improve global food security, and thus has the potential to eliminate hunger and poverty. However, excessive amounts of fertilizer application can contribute to groundwater pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, eutrophication, deposition and disruptions to natural ecosystems, and soil acidification over time. Small farmers in m...
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    67,82 €

  • Breath of Joy
    Kathy Joy
    SINGING SPRING is a portrait of springtime that trills with reverberating, artful images of everyday life. Where poetry spills over these 50 pages to melt your heart and the heart of one who listens to you reading, an anthem of anticipation is experienced. Calendar events celebrated inside include Good Friday, Easter, strong and kind mothers, memorial day and Father's Day. ...
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    16,26 €

  • Environmental and Management Factor Contributions to Maize Yield
    Agricultural production must increase substantially to meet the increasing per capita demand for food, feed, fuel, and fiber of a rising human census. The amount of arable land is limited due to soil type, weather, and ecosystem considerations; therefore, it is necessary to increase yields on current fields. To obtain the greatest maize (Zea mays L.) yield, a farmer needs to nu...
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    59,72 €

  • Novel Technologies and Systems for Food Preservation
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    340,61 €

  • Critical issues in plant health
    This collection summarises 50 years of research on plant health by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to improve the health of crops in Africa. It will be a standard reference on improving the management of pests and diseases in developing countries. ...
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    283,92 €

  • Biotic and Abiotic Stress Responses in Crop Plants
    While the demand for crop products continues to increase strongly, agricultural productivity is threatened by various stress factors, often associated with global warming. To sustain and improve yield, it is necessary to understand how plants respond to various stresses, and to use the generated knowledge in modern breeding programs. Most knowledge regarding the molecular mecha...
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    67,82 €

  • Biotechnological Interventions for Dryland Agriculture
    G Pakki Reddy / P S Janaki Krishna
    1. Biological Interventions and Dryland Agriculture, 2. Food Security and Poverty Alleviation Through Application of Biotechnology, 3. Agricultural Biotechnologies for Resource Poor Farmers: A Case Study of the Andhra Pradesh Netherlands Biotechnology Programme, 4. Biotechnologies for Resource Poor Farmers of Zimbabwe, 5. Molecular Markers Breeding for Drought Tolerance in Maiz...
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    48,72 €

  • Principles and Practice of Agricultural Meterology
    S Venkatraman
    The book deals with (i) all aspects of the direct and indirect effects of weather and atmospheric elements on production, protection  and water needs of crops (ii) influences of micro-climates, morphology, physiology and growth stages of crops in differential responses of crops to weather vagaries and weather-induced setbacks and (iii) agrometeorological (a) irrigation scheduli...
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    77,59 €

  • Improving organic crop cultivation
    Organic crop cultivation needs to improve yields if it is to expand its share of agricultural production. This collection reviews ways of addressing this challenge, from developing better varieties to ways of improving crop nutrition and pest control. ...
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    346,42 €

  • Precision agriculture for sustainability
    By using resources more efficiently, precision agriculture can make farming more productive and sustainable. This collection reviews current research on key technologies in precision agriculture and its applications. ...
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    297,82 €

  • Advances in Tea Agronomy
    M. K. V. Carr
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    123,26 €

  • Integrated disease management of wheat and barley
    Diseases remain a serious problem in cereal cultivation. The first parts of the book review current research on fungal diseases of cereals and the challenge of fungicide resistance. The book then discusses breeding resistant varieties and methods for integrated disease management of cereals. ...
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    331,92 €

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of bananas Volume 1
    Bananas are the world’s most popular fruit and the fourth most important crop in the developing world after rice, wheat and maize. The volume reviews current production around the world and how developments in cultivation practice can be used to improve yields sustainably. ...
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    297,38 €

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of potatoes Volume 2
    The second of this two-volume collection discusses ways of improving cultivation across the supply chain from seed selection and planting to post-harvest storage. It also reviews research on the better understanding and management of key pests and diseases. ...
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    283,38 €

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of potatoes Volume 1
    Potatoes have long been one of the world’s most important crops. The first volume in this two-volume sequence reviews advances in understanding plant physiology, genetics and breeding. It also discusses ways of understanding the nutritional and sensory properties of potatoes. ...
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    248,77 €

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of cocoa
    Cocoa cultivation faces a number of significant challenges, including stagnating yields, a narrow genetic base, vulnerability to pests and diseases and environmental impact. This volume reviews how research is addressing these challenges in areas such as breeding and agronomy, understanding and managing the range of diseases affecting cocoa, as well as ways of measuring and imp...
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    381,08 €

  • Pesticides and agriculture
    Dave Watson / Dr Dave Watson
    Pesticides have played a critical but sometimes controversial role in the development of agriculture. This book provides an authoritative account of the development of the modern pesticides industry in the context of broader developments in global agriculture. ...
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    318,26 €

  • Amaranth
    Robert L. Myers
    This is the fascinating story of amaranth, a crop from the ancient past that is being resurrected as a modern, nutritious, gluten-free food. First used over 6000 years ago, amaranth reached its peak of popularity in the time of the Aztec empire in the early 1500s. After the arrival of Cortez and his Spanish conquistadors in 1519, amaranth nearly disappeared from history.Now, ne...
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    23,82 €

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of sorghum Volume 1
    Sorghum is the fifth most important cereal crop (after rice, maize, wheat and barley). The first volume in this two-volume collection reviews advances in understanding sorghum physiology and genetics as well as developments in breeding new varieties and their more efficient cultivation. ...
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    297,94 €

  • Winery
    Richard A Occhetti
    In his first book, Richard A. Occhetti reveals the 'behind the scenes' moments in a winery. He focuses on the Nassau Valley winery in Lewes, Delaware. He gives the reader an insider's view on the people, processes, and resources required to make good wine.  ...
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    13,83 €

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of soybeans Volume 1
    Soybeans are widely grown for use in food, animal feed and other products such as biodiesel. The first of this two-volume collections reviews advances in understanding of soybean physiology and genetics as well as breeding and more efficient methods of cultivation. ...
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    235,00 €

  • CROP BIOTECHNOLOGY
    NIGEL G HALFORD
    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, coupled with the development of techniques for the incorporation of novel or modified genes into plants, eventually led to the commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) crops in the mid-1990s. This was seen as the...
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    59,86 €


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