Agriculture category: 3369 books
Gardens of Prehistory
The Archaeology of Settlement Agriculture in Greater Mesoamerica
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
The prehistoric agricultural systems of the New World provided the foundations for a diverse set of complex social developments ranging from the puebloan societies of the American Southwest to the archaic state polities of Mesoamerica and the Andean region. From the tropical forests of Central America...
Raise
What 4-H Teaches Seven Million Kids and How Its Lessons Could Change Food and Farming Forever
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
When city-dwelling journalist Kiera Butler visits a county fair for the first time, she is captivated by the white-uniformed members of the 4-H club and their perfectly groomed animals. She sets off on a search for a "real" 4-H’er, a hypothetical wholesome youth whom she imagines wearing...
The Year-Round Hoophouse
Polytunnels for All Seasons and All Climates
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
**Design and build a hoophouse or polytunnel, and grow abundant produce year-round in any climate **
Growing in hoophouses – also known as high tunnels or polytunnels – reduces the impact of an increasingly unpredictable climate on crops, mitigates soil erosion, extends the growing season...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) is a crop of small land holding farmers in arid and semi-arid regions of the world. It has a number of usages starting from protein rich food to vegetarian families; fuel wood; nitrogen supplier to soil; recycling minerals in soil to animal feed etc. Pigeonpea has been considered...
Adjuvants and Agrochemicals
Volume 1: Mode Of Action and Physiological Activity
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Studies of Adjuvants involve many scientific fields from basic research of the chemistry, through investigations into physiological effects and environmental impact, to mixture formulation and field use. These important areas are illustrated in these two volumes, which are contributions from the First...
by Jack E. Rechcigl
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
The use of chemicals in agriculture and home gardens has become an area of concern due to improper use and negative environmental effects. Environmentally Safe Approaches to Crop Disease Control addresses alternative approaches for managing crop diseases. It gives a balanced overview of state-of-the-art environmentally safe approaches to crop disease control and discusses the latest trends.
by Gangstad
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
It is the purpose of this volume to survey and assess the management problems of recreation waters and to present case problems from the field in which the technical data, published literature, and the operations mechanics are given in sufficient detail to provide a format for practical analysis and...
by P.H. Li
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
The importance of low temperature stress physiology research has become increasingly apparent in agriculture for productions of food, fibre and ornamental plants. This volume consists of two parts, there are a total of 14 chapters including 6 chapters dealing with cold accumulation related topics, 6 dealing with freeze stress and 2 related to ethylene production and mefluidide protection.
The Germination of Seeds
Pergamon International Library of Science, Technology, Engineering and Social Studies
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1982
The Germination of Seeds, Third Edition contains the same content in the previous edition, but with modifications in each section, containing updated information. As the first two editions, this edition attempts to treat critically the available information on seed germination and to assimilate this...
The Rhine
An Eco-Biography, 1815–2000
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2009
The Rhine River is Europe�s most important commercial waterway, channeling the flow of trade among Switzerland, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. In this innovative study, Mark Cioc focuses on the river from the moment when the Congress of Vienna established a multinational commission charged...
by Jack Brown, Peter Caligari, Hugo Campos
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
This book, Plant Breeding, has it bases in an earlier text entitled An Introduction to Plant Breeding by Jack Brown and Peter Caligari, first published in 2008. The challenges facing today’s plant breeders have never been more overwhelming, yet the prospects to contribute significantly to global...
Using Geographical Information Systems to Create an Agroclimatic Zone map for Soroti District
Pursuing a Nobel Prize
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2019
Balungi Francis has done research in agro-climatic zoning with emphasis on its application to agriculture. The research can assist both agriculturalists and policy makers by showing areas that are climatologically suitable for particular crops and to guide the work of planners and farmers. It can...
Microbial Plant Pathogens
Detection and Management in Seeds and Propagules
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
Healthy seeds and propagules are the basic requirement for producing good grains, fruits and vegetables needed for human survival and perpetuation. Dispersal of microbial plant pathogens via seeds and propagules has assumed more importance than other modes of dispersal, as infected seeds and propagules...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2007
This book brings together current knowledge of terrestrial C sequestration in Central Asia. The themes treated include: biophysical environments, water resources, sustainable agriculture, soil degradation, the effects of irrigation schemes on secondary salinization, soil management and its relationship to carbon dynamics; the relationship between f