Agricultural science

Scientific and legal perspectives Engaging in agrochemical research and agribusiness is important and rewarding work, with solutions needed for the global challenges of decreasing agricultural land and increasing demands on the food supplies. Agricu..

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices R..

Presented here is a comprehensive account of both theoretical and practical aspects of sugarcane production. The first of two parts of the book deals with origin, distribution, soil and climatic requirements, seed bed preparation, cultural and nutri..

UPDATED 2nd Edition - New Citations, New Images, New Information, New Microbes, & Newly EditedRegenerative Soil - The Science & Solutions covers soil management, remediation, generation, and the science from the biological, chemistry, and biochemist..

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.ISBN: 9783030665326Publisher: Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationImprint: SpringerPublished date: 06 May 2021DEWEY: 633.18233DEWEY edition: 23Language: EnglishNumber of pages: 490Weight: 784gHeight: 1..

This open access book describes recent innovations in food systems based on root, tuber and banana crops in developing countries. ISBN: 9783030920210Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AGImprint: CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Banana..

For courses in Introductory Animal Science or Introductory Livestock Management.   Scientific Farm Animal Production: An Introduction to Animal Science, Tenth Edition, offers students a comprehensive, science-based approach to managing livestock fo..

This work is the result of an expert panel convened by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Nature Sustainability. The panel tackled the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 head-on, with respect to the global systems th..

This book collates, reviews and synthesizes information on how soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks differ among major terrestrial biomes of the U.S.A. Information on soil inorganic carbon (SIC) stocks for different terrestrial biomes of the U.S.A. will..

This text narrates how the study of the soil became a science and institutionalized in the USA between 1860 and 1960. The story meanders through the activities, ideas, publications, and correspondence of people who influenced the progressions, that ..

The CLAAS company, one of the world's leading manufacturers of agricultural engineering equipment, has managed to successfully reconcile tradition and innovation since it was founded in 1913. In this book, the authors show how a spirit of inventiven..

This book will address the major subsoil physical and chemical constraints and their implications to crop production; Plant growth is often restricted by adverse physical and chemical properties of subsoils yet these limitations are not revealed by ..

Sheep and wheat are the staples of dryland farms in the Mediterranean zone of the Northern hemisphere. The commonly used dryland farming system introduced in the 1950s is proving unsustainable. Erosion has reached a critical level and pastures have ..

The Green Revolution has been heralded as a political and technological achievement -- unprecedented in human history. Yet in the decades that have followed it, this supposedly nonviolent revolution has left lands ravaged by violence and ecological ..

"Tomorrow's Table" argues that a judicious blend of two important strands of agriculture-genetic engineering and organic farming-is key to helping feed the world's growing population in an ecologically balanced manner. Pamela Ronald, a geneticist, a..

The aim of this Handbook is to cover all fields that are necessary for the management of tropical forest resources. The handbook is addressed to forestry professionals, natural re source managers and all those interested in the understanding and han..