Increased world population, decreased water supply, and climate change all put stresses on the global food supply. An exploration of the challenges and possible solutions to improve yields of the...
04-2018 —
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200 p. —
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This book explores the impact of climate change on agriculture and our future ability to produce the crops which are the foundation of the human diet. Specifically, individual chapters explore the...
04-2018 —
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633 p. —
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This book reviews the current state of knowledge concerning cacao pathogens and methods for their management. . Topics discussed include the history, biology and genetic diversity of...
This book provides comprehensive, current scientific and applied practical knowledge on vegetable grafting, a method gaining considerable interest that is used to protect crops from soil-borne...
09-2016 —
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665 p. —
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This 32-chapter volume represents the core of several oral and poster presentations made at the conference. In addition to Introduction and Conclusion sections, the book is thematically divided...
09-2016 —
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368 p. —
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Abiotic stress drastically limits agricultural crop productivity worldwide. Climate change threatens the sustainable agriculture with its rapid and unpredictable effects, making it difficult for...
08-2016 —
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531 p. —
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This book provides a timely review of concepts in plant disease management involving microbial soil suppressiveness and organic amendments.. Topics discussed include the impact of suppressive...
This book explores the impact of climate change on agriculture and our future ability to produce the crops which are the foundation of the human diet. Specifically, individual chapters explore the...
This book reviews the current state of knowledge concerning cacao pathogens and methods for their management. . Topics discussed include the history, biology and genetic diversity of...
This book provides a timely review of concepts in plant disease management involving microbial soil suppressiveness and organic amendments.. Topics discussed include the impact of suppressive...
Depuis les débuts de l'ère industrielle, l'agriculture s'est engagée dans un processus de destruction de la biodiversité : plus de 90 % des variétés utilisées traditionnellement par les paysans, à...
Two major challenges to continued global food security are the ever increasing demand for food products, and the unprecedented abiotic stresses that crops face due to climate change.Wild...
L'amélioration des plantes, en interaction avec l'agronomie, a déjà beaucoup apporté à la satisfaction des besoins alimentaires de l'homme. Cet ouvrage montre que des progrès importants sont...
Que se passe-t-il lorsqu'une plante, cultivée depuis des siècles, loin des préoccupations du commerce international, traverse les océans, apparait sur les étalages des marchés et remplit nos...
Legumes under Environmental StressLegumes under Environmental Stress. Yield, Improvement and Adaptations Leguminous crops have been found to contribute almost 27% of the world?s primary crop...
Increased world population, decreased water supply, and climate change all put stresses on the global food supply. An exploration of the challenges and possible solutions to improve yields of the...
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...
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...
This 32-chapter volume represents the core of several oral and poster presentations made at the conference. In addition to Introduction and Conclusion sections, the book is thematically divided...