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41. Optimal Control of Greenhouse Cultivation

    By Gerrit van Straten, Gerard van Willigenburg, Eldert van Henten, Rachel van Ooteghem

    Greenhouse control system manufacturers produce equipment and software with hundreds of settings and, while they hold training courses on how to adjust these settings, there is as yet no integrated instruction on when or why. Despite rapid growth in the greenhouse industry, growers are still faced...

    Published November 7th 2010 by CRC Press
42. High Performance Liquid Chromatography in Phytochemical Analysis

    Edited by Monika Waksmundzka-Hajnos, Joseph Sherma

    Series: Chromatographic Science Series

    The powerful, efficient technique of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is essential to the standardization of plant-based drugs, identification of plant material, and creation of new herbal medicines. Filling the void in this critical area, High Performance Liquid Chromatography in...

    Published November 7th 2010 by CRC Press
43. Citrus Oils

    Composition, Advanced Analytical Techniques, Contaminants, and Biological Activity

    Edited by Giovanni Dugo, Luigi Mondello

    Series: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles

    World production of citrus fruits is still growing. At present, about 30 percent of that yield is devoted to industrial production, mostly on those essential oils and juices used in foods, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. Covering research reported in the literature over the past ten years,...

    Published November 1st 2010 by CRC Press
44. Growth and Mineral Nutrition of Field Crops, Third Edition

    By Nand Kumar Fageria, Virupax C. Baligar, Charles Allan Jones

    Series: Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment

    By the year 2050, the world’s population is expected to reach nine billion. To feed and sustain this projected population, world food production must increase by at least 50 percent on much of the same land that we farm today. To meet this staggering challenge, scientists must develop the...

    Published October 18th 2010 by CRC Press
45. Trace Elements in Soils and Plants, Fourth Edition

    By Alina Kabata-Pendias

    Still the Gold Standard Resource on Trace Elements and Metals in Soils This highly anticipated fourth edition of the bestselling Trace Elements in Soils and Plants reflects the explosion of research during the past decade regarding the presence and actions of trace elements in the soil-plant...

    Published October 17th 2010 by CRC Press
46. Sesame

    The genus Sesamum

    Edited by Dorothea Bedigian

    Series: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles

    The first comprehensive review of sesame and its close relative, Sesame: the genus Sesamum covers ethnographic data, modern use, linguistic analysis of sesame names from around the world, market size, export and import data, geographical sources, use in the food and cosmetic industries, and much...

    Published October 13th 2010 by CRC Press
47. Reactive Oxygen Species and Antioxidants in Higher Plants

    Edited by S. Dutta Gupta

    Providing basic information on reactive oxygen species (ROS), this volume describes new developments in the action of ROS, the role of antioxidants, and the mechanisms developed to scavenge free radical associated cellular damage. It illustrates the chemistry of ROS, ROS signaling, antioxidative...

    Published September 14th 2010 by Science Publishers
48. Principles and Practices of Plant Genomics, Volume 3

    Advanced Genomics

    Edited by Chittaranjan Kole, Albert G. Abbott

    This book presents the basic and applied aspects of sequencing of genes and genomes and their implication in the fine-scale elucidation of the plant genomes. The third volume presents an overview on the advances of plant genomics made in the past century; deliberations on the genomics...

    Published August 29th 2010 by Science Publishers
49. Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Sugarcane

    Edited by Robert J. Henry, Chittaranjan Kole

    Series: Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Crop Plants

    The fast-growing sugarcane plant is a major source of sugar (sucrose) in tropical and sub-tropical regions. The high productivity of the plant also makes it a key target for use as an energy crop. The fiber of the plant is used to generate electricity and produce ethanol as a fuel. Sugarcane is a...

    Published August 14th 2010 by Science Publishers
50. Figs

    The Genus Ficus

    By Ephraim Philip Lansky, Helena Maaria Paavilainen

    Series: Traditional Herbal Medicines for Modern Times

    With a history as ancient as any cultivated fruit, many believe the fig has been with us even longer than the pomegranate. The Ficus constitutes one of the largest and hardiest genera of flowering plants featuring as many as 750 species. Although the extraordinary mutualism between figs and their...

    Published July 25th 2010 by CRC Press