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Volume 74 contains six excellent cutting-edge reviews detailing advances in the plant and environmental soil sciences. Chapter 1 is an extensive review on soil quality. Chapter 2 covers recent advances in understanding the formation of metal hydroxide precipitates on...
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Academic Press
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2001-09-28
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Garden pests plague everyone who has ever raised vegetables, from backyard gardener to professional horticulturists, farm managers, and agrobusiness professionals. The economic impacts of vegetable pests are enormous. To manage and minimize the adverse impacts of pests,...
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Academic Press
Parution :
2001-06-15
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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...
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Elsevier Science
Parution :
2001-06-07
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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...
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Elsevier Science
Parution :
2001-05-21
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Volume 73 contains 4 reviews on contemporary and important topics in the agronomic sciences. In Chapter 1, "Interactions among Root-Inhabiting Fungi and Their Implications for Biological Control of Root Pathogens," fungi are defined, their distribution and abundance...
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Academic Press
Parution :
2001-04-17
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Presenting the first book to focus on the importance of silicon for plant health and soil productivity and on our current understanding of this element as it relates to agriculture.Long considered by plant physiologists as a non-essential element, or plant nutrient,...
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Elsevier Science
Parution :
2001-04-11
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This is the first comprehensive guide to the workings of an industry of crucial importance to the world's agricultural economy. Published in association with the International Fertilizer Industry Association, The fertilizer industry looks at the structure of the...
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Woodhead Publishing
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2001-03-30
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Genetically modified crops have become a topic of great interest among scientists, regulators, consumers, farmers, and politicians. Despite their potential benefits, public hostility toward these crops is causing dramatic changes to import/export policies, food safety...
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Academic Press
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2001-03-22
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Even before the myth of Prometheus, fire played a crucial ecological role around the world. Numerous plant communities depend on fire to generate species diversity in both time and space. Without fire such ecosystems would become sterile monocultures. Recent efforts to...
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Academic Press
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2001-03-01
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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...
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Elsevier Science
Parution :
2000-11-07
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Grazing animals need to be managed in order to accommodate desired results in terms of animal, plant, land and economic responses.Grazing Management, Second Edition integrates principles and management techniques that apply to all grazing lands and to all grazing...
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Academic Press
Parution :
2000-10-25
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Volume 71 contains six outstanding reviews that discuss cutting edge developments in the crop and soil sciences. Chapter 1 addresses advances in the development, use, and evaluation of controlled release fertilizers. Chapter 2 is a comprehensive review of developments...
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Academic Press
Parution :
2000-10-11
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Raise your rabbit the right way!Friendly and easy to care for, rabbits make ideal family pets. But how do you keep a pet rabbit happy and healthy? How can you tell if your rabbit is sick? What would you do if it were?Raising a Healthy Rabbit explains all the essentials...
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Storey Publishing, LLC
Parution :
2000-07-21
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Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin
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Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source of the latest and best research in agronomy. As always, the topics covered are varied and exemplary of the panoply of subject matter dealt with by this long-running...
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Academic Press
Parution :
2000-01-10
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Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source of the latest and best research in agronomy. As always, the topics covered are varied and exemplary of the panoply of subject matter dealt with by this long-running...
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Academic Press
Parution :
2000-01-09
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This illustrated guide enables the rapid identification of the main cotton pests and diseases encountered in sub-Saharan Africa. Natural enemies are also described. Certain cropping incidents are also mentioned insofar as they might be confused with entomological or...
Editeur :
Cirad
Parution :
2000-01-01
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Nos sociétés occidentales exigent de leurs agricultures et de leurs industries agro-alimentaires qu'elles évoluent rapidement pour intégrer de nouveaux critères de qualité. Pour accompagner ce changement, les chercheurs ont...
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Inra
Parution :
2000-01-01
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Cet ouvrage collectif étudie quelque 50 techniques développées et mises en œuvre dans des laboratoires de recherche en Europe pour étudier les interactions pesticides/sols. Il a été tout particulièrement...
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Inra
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2000-01-01
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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,...
Editeur :
Elsevier Science
Parution :
1999-07-07
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Harvested Forages deals with the subject of food for domestic animal feeding. Such food is called "forage" and includes things like alfalfa and other plants usually referred to as "hay." Topics include the ways that this forage is produced, how it is harvested, and ways...
Editeur :
Academic Press
Parution :
1999-07-01
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