This book represents empirical studies of some aspect of the phenomenon of variability in social insect behavior. It illustrates the range of ways colony members can differ from one another and interprets the variability in terms of the external environment, social context, or individual experience.…
Paperback – 2020-03-30
CRC Press
This book analyzes the implications of the trend toward increased seller concentration due to mergers and leveraged buyouts that have helped increase food firm stock prices 900" during the 1980s. It is an essential reading for industrial organization economists and agricultural marketing economists.…
Paperback – 2020-03-30
CRC Press
This book offers a full discussion of the issues surrounding bovine somatotropin (BST) and a comprehensive review of research findings on the probable consequences of BST, highlighting what is currently known and unknown about this technology.…
Paperback – 2020-03-30
CRC Press
This book provides clear guidelines, information on the taxonomic identification, and consolidated data on nematodes of rice, their identification, symptoms of diseases, yield losses, and control measures, with special reference to the Indian subcontinent.…
Paperback – 2020-03-30
CRC Press
This book discusses the history and economics, biology and ecology, behavior, pheromones and other semiochemicals, physiology, and biochemistry of fire ants and leaf-cutting ants. It illustrates new approaches to control these ants by innovative research on anti-feedant chemicals from plants.…
Paperback – 2020-03-30
CRC Press
This new book, Bamboo: Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, presents an abundance of important information and case studies that deal with bamboo farming and its effects from and on climate change adaptation and mitigation. There is a lack of research on the role of bamboo in climate change…
Hardback – 2020-03-30
Apple Academic Press
Diseases of Fruits and Vegetable Crops: Recent Management Approaches covers certain basic aspects of knowledge on diagnostic symptoms, modes of perpetuation and dissemination of pathogens, favorable conditions for disease development, and the latest management strategies for disease prevention and…
Hardback – 2020-03-30
Apple Academic Press
Innovations in Horticultural Science
This book examines the bioeconomy concept, analysing the opportunities it can generate, the constraints and the potential benefits for society. The main objective of bioeconomy is to promote economic development, by creating jobs and enhancing the sustainable utilization of bio-resources. A…
Hardback – 2020-03-26
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment
Contaminants and Clean Technologies provides valuable information on environmental contaminants like industrial pollutants, micropollutants, pesticides, endocrine disruptors, pharmaceuticals, toxins, hormones, etc. It focuses on the various types of environmental contaminants discharged from…
Hardback – 2020-03-19
CRC Press
Pearl millet is mainly used for animal and poultry feed. It is the principal source of energy, protein, vitamins, minerals and contains many phenolic compounds, which are good source of natural antioxidants. Pearl millet is a rich source of bioactive compounds and contains phytates and polyphenols.…
Hardback – 2020-03-17
CRC Press
This new volume emphasizes the drastic quantitative and qualitative transformation of our surrounding environment. It looks at bioresource management and the tools needed to manage environmental stresses. This unique compilation and interpretation of concrete scientific ventures undertaken by…
Hardback – 2020-03-15
Apple Academic Press
Cotton is one of the most important fiber and cash crops throughout the world, and it plays a dominant role in the industrial and agricultural economies of many countries. This volume, Advances in Cotton Science: Botany, Production, and Crop Improvement, is a rich resource of information on the…
Hardback – 2020-03-15
Apple Academic Press