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Instant Insights: Advances in detecting and forecasting crop pests and diseases

by Dr Megan Long, Dr Nathaniel Newlands, Dr Michael Schirmann, Dr E. C. Oerke, Dr B. Sailaja, Dr Ch. Padmavathi, Dr D. Krishnaveni, Dr G. Katti, Dr D. Subrahmanyam, Dr M. S. Prasad, Dr S. Gayatri, Dr S. R. Voleti, Dr Irene Vänninen ...

Series Book 26 - Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights
This collection features six peer-reviewed reviews on advances and in detecting and forecasting crop pests and diseases.The first chapter introduces the concept of machine learning to identify and diagnose crop diseases, focussing on the deep learning concept.The second chapter discusses recent advances in crop disease forecasting models, focussing on the application of precision agriculture ... Read more

$44.99 USD

This collection features six peer-reviewed reviews on advances and in detecting and forecasting crop pests and diseases.The first chapter introduces the concept of machine learning to identify and diagnose crop diseases, focussing on the deep learning concept.The second chapter discusses recent advances in crop disease forecasting models, focussing on the application of precision agriculture
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Wheat Improvement

Food Security in a Changing Climate

Edited by Matthew P. Reynolds, Hans-Joachim Braun ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This open-access textbook provides a comprehensive, up-to-date guide for students and practitioners wishing to access in a single volume the key disciplines and principles of wheat breeding. Wheat is a cornerstone of food security: it is the most widely grown of any crop and provides 20% of all human calories and protein. The authorship of this book includes world class researchers and breeders ... Read more

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This open-access textbook provides a comprehensive, up-to-date guide for students and practitioners wishing to access in a single volume the key disciplines and principles of wheat breeding. Wheat is a cornerstone of food security: it is the most widely grown of any crop and provides 20% of all human calories and protein. The authorship of this book includes world class researchers and breeders
... Read more
Remote Sensing of Plant Biodiversity

Edited by Jeannine Cavender-Bares, John A. Gamon, Philip A. Townsend ...

This Open Access volume aims to methodologically improve our understanding of biodiversity by linking disciplines that incorporate remote sensing, and uniting data and perspectives in the fields of biology, landscape ecology, and geography. The book provides a framework for how biodiversity can be detected and evaluated—focusing particularly on plants—using proximal and remotely sensed ... Read more

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This Open Access volume aims to methodologically improve our understanding of biodiversity by linking disciplines that incorporate remote sensing, and uniting data and perspectives in the fields of biology, landscape ecology, and geography. The book provides a framework for how biodiversity can be detected and evaluated—focusing particularly on plants—using proximal and remotely sensed
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Handbook of Recycled Concrete and Demolition Waste

Edited by Yining Ding, F. Pacheco-Torgal ...

Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering
The civil engineering sector accounts for a significant percentage of global material and energy consumption and is a major contributor of waste material. The ability to recycle and reuse concrete and demolition waste is critical to reducing environmental impacts in meeting national, regional and global environmental targets. Handbook of recycled concrete and demolition waste summarises key recent ... Read more

$260.99 USD

The civil engineering sector accounts for a significant percentage of global material and energy consumption and is a major contributor of waste material. The ability to recycle and reuse concrete and demolition waste is critical to reducing environmental impacts in meeting national, regional and global environmental targets. Handbook of recycled concrete and demolition waste summarises key recent
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Advances in plant factories

New technologies in indoor vertical farming

by Emeritus Professor Toyoki Kozai, Dr Eri Hayashi, Dr Wenqing Jin, Dr Yuxin Tong, Dr Qianxixi Min, Dr Yongran Ji, Dr Na Lu, Dr Pavlos Kalaitzoglou, Dr Hiroki Koga0, Dr Katashi Kai1, Mr Lawrence Ross2, Dr Neil Mattson3, Professor Leo F. M. Marcelis4, Dr Francis Baumont De Oliviera5, Dr Michael Martin6, Dr Francesco Orsini7, Dr Yoshiaki Kitaya8, Dr Wei Ma9, Dr Laura Carotti0, Dr Mohammed Kazem Souri1, Dr Giuseppina Pennisi2, Dr Giorgio Gianquinto3, Dr Michael Eaton4, Dr Zhiwei Tian5, Dr Hua Li6, Prof Ernst Woltering7, Dr Michele Butturini8, Dr Wenshou Xu9, Dr Duyen Nguyen0, Dr Ronald Dyer1, Dr Viviana Correa Galvis2, Dr Pádraic Flood3, Dr Kenzo Uchigasaki4, Dr Morio Okabe5, Dr Gonçalo Neves6, Dr Andrew Lloyd7, Dr Niall Skinner8, Dr Douglas Elder9, Dr Dave Scott0, Dr Niels Kortstee1, Dr Emily Seward2, Dr Csaba Hornyik3, Dr Alexander Keel-Dwyer4, Dr Ying Liu5, Dr Paul Kusuma6 ...

With increasing temperatures and an escalation in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, agricultural productivity remains at risk of being compromised. With the food security of millions threatened, there remains a need to develop alternative, sustainable production models which can thrive in the face of climate change.Advances in plant factories: New technologies in indoor ... Read more

$188.99 USD

With increasing temperatures and an escalation in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, agricultural productivity remains at risk of being compromised. With the food security of millions threatened, there remains a need to develop alternative, sustainable production models which can thrive in the face of climate change.Advances in plant factories: New technologies in indoor
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Methods in Stream Ecology

Edited by F. Richard Hauer, Gary Lamberti ...

Methods in Stream Ecology, Second Edition, provides a complete series of field and laboratory protocols in stream ecology that are ideal for teaching or conducting research. This updated edition reflects recent advances in the technology associated with ecological assessment of streams, including remote sensing. In addition, the relationship between stream flow and alluviation has been added, and ... Read more

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Methods in Stream Ecology, Second Edition, provides a complete series of field and laboratory protocols in stream ecology that are ideal for teaching or conducting research. This updated edition reflects recent advances in the technology associated with ecological assessment of streams, including remote sensing. In addition, the relationship between stream flow and alluviation has been added, and
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Advances in Agricultural Machinery and Technologies

Edited by Guangnan Chen ...

The agricultural industry is dealing with enormous challenges across the globe, including the limited availability of arable lands and fresh water, as well as the effect of climate change. Machinery plays a crucial role in agriculture and farming systems, in order to feed the world’s growing population. In the last decade, we have witnessed major advances in agricultural machinery and technologies ... Read more

$67.99 USD

The agricultural industry is dealing with enormous challenges across the globe, including the limited availability of arable lands and fresh water, as well as the effect of climate change. Machinery plays a crucial role in agriculture and farming systems, in order to feed the world’s growing population. In the last decade, we have witnessed major advances in agricultural machinery and technologies
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Remote Sensing in Precision Agriculture

Transforming Scientific Advancement into Innovation

Edited by Salim Lamine, Prashant K. Srivastava, Ahmed Kayad, Francisco Munoz Arriola, Prem Chandra Pandey ...

Series series Earth Observation
Remote Sensing in Precision Agriculture: Transforming Scientific Advancement into Innovation compiles the latest applications of remote sensing in agriculture using spaceborne, airborne and drones' geospatial data. The book presents case studies, new algorithms and the latest methods surrounding crop sown area estimation, determining crop health status, assessment of vegetation dynamics, crop ... Read more

$179.99 USD

Remote Sensing in Precision Agriculture: Transforming Scientific Advancement into Innovation compiles the latest applications of remote sensing in agriculture using spaceborne, airborne and drones' geospatial data. The book presents case studies, new algorithms and the latest methods surrounding crop sown area estimation, determining crop health status, assessment of vegetation dynamics, crop
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Forest Monitoring

Methods for terrestrial investigations in Europe with an overview of North America and Asia

by Marco Ferretti, Richard Fischer ...

Series Book 12 - Developments in Environmental Science
The demand for comparable, long-term, high quality data on forest ecosystems' status and changes is increasing at the international and global level. Yet, sources for such data are limited and in many case it is not possible to compare data from different monitoring initiatives across space and time because of methodological differences. Apart from technical manuals, there is no comprehensive ... Read more

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The demand for comparable, long-term, high quality data on forest ecosystems' status and changes is increasing at the international and global level. Yet, sources for such data are limited and in many case it is not possible to compare data from different monitoring initiatives across space and time because of methodological differences. Apart from technical manuals, there is no comprehensive
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Current crop models

State-of-the-art and future developments

by Professor Gerrit Hoogenboom, Emeritus Professor Ken Boote, Dr Cheryl H. Porter, Dr Willingthon Pavan, Dr Vakhtang Shelia, Dr Upendra Singh, Dr Jeffrey W. White, Dr Senthold Asseng, Dr Jon I. Lizaso, Dr L. Patricia Moreno0, Dr Santiago Cuadra1, Dr Bruce Kimball2, Dr Alwin Hopf3, Dr Fabio A. A. Oliveira4, Dr Thiago B. Ferreira5, Dr Henrique Boriolo Dias6, Dr Philip Alderman7, Dr William D. Batchelor8, Dr Diego Pequeno9, Dr Kelly R. Thorp0, Dr James W. Jones1, Dr Richard Ogoshi2, Dr L. Anthony Hunt3, Dr Gordon Y. Tsuji4, Dr David Fleisher5, Dr D.J. Timlin6, Dr S. Li7, Dr J. Barnaby8, Dr S. Yesilkoy9, Dr E. Han0, Dr V.R. Reddy1, Dr Z. Wang2, Dr S. Beegum3, Dr A. Mitra4, Dr W. Sun5, Professor Armen Kemanian6, Dr Yuning Shi7, Dr Charlie M. White8, Dr Felipe Montes9, Dr Rachel K. N. Rozum0, Dr Amanda R. Burton1, Dr Ele Saltmarsh2, Dr Claudio O. Stockle3, Professor Tom Sinclair4, Dr Afshin Soltani5, Professor Bruno Basso6, Dr T. Tadiello7, Dr P . Sharma8, Dr L. Price9, Dr J.T. Ritchie0, Dr Bill Salas1, Dr Kyle W. Proctor2, Dr Nilovna Chatterjee3, Dr Curtis Jones4, Dr Colin Hill5, Dr Gayathri Gopalakrishnan6, Dr Jim Kiniry7, Dr Liwang Ma8, Dr Huihui Zhang9, Dr Jon D. Hanson0, Dr Zhiming Qi1, Professor Benjamin Dumont2, Dr Mathieu Delandmeter3, Dr Marie-Odile Bancal4, Dr Nicolas Beaudoin5, Dr Joël Léonard6, Dr Samuel Buis7, Dr Julie Caubel8, Dr Hugues Clivot9, Dr Julie Constantin0, Dr Antoine Couëdel1, Dr Mathilde de Freitas2, Dr Audrey Deheinzelin3, Dr Gatien N. Falconnier4, Dr Fabien Ferchaud5, Dr Iñaki García de Cortázar-Atauri6, Dr Marie Launay7, Dr Patrice Lecharpentier8, Dr Dominique Ripoche9, Dr Anne-Isabelle Graux0, Dr Guillaume Jego1, Dr Arthur Lenoir2, Dr Gaetan Louarn3, Dr Alain Mollier4, Dr Céline Schoving5, Dr Mounir Seghouani6, Dr Loïc Strullu7, Dr Remi Vezy8, Dr Tiphaine Vidal9, Dr Eric Justes0, Dr Jean-Louis Durand1, Dr Myriam Adam2, Dr Gregory Beurier3, Dr Lauriane Rouan4, Dr Michael Dingkuhn5, Dr Florian Larue6, Dr Bertrand Muller7, Dr Xinyou Yin8, Dr A.J.W. de Wit9, Dr Hendrik Boogaard00, Dr Herman Berghuijs01, Dr Martin K. van Ittersum02, Dr Tom Schut03, Dr H.N.C. Berghuijs04, Dr M.K van Ittersum05, Dr Iwan Supit06, Dr P . Groenendijk07, Dr J. van Dam08, Dr M. Mulder09, Dr M. Heinen10, Professor Frank Ewert11, Dr M. Vianna12, Dr A. Enders13, Dr T. Gaiser14, Dr G. Krauss15, Dr T. H. Nguyen16, Dr S. J. Seidel17, Dr E. E. Rezaei18, Dr H. Webber19, Dr A. Tewes20, Dr A. K. Srivastava21, Professor Claas Nendel22, Dr Michael Berg-Mohnicke23, Dr Rachel Escueta24, Dr Gohar Ghazaryan25, Dr Leonardo Inforsato26, Dr Bahareh Kamali27, Dr Marlene Palka28, Dr Ahsan Raza29, Dr Ehsan Eyshi Rezaei30, Dr Xenia Specka31, Dr Jing Yu32, Emeritus Professor Dirk Raes33, Dr Elias Fereres34, Dr Theodore C. Hsiao35, Dr Pasquale Steduto36, Dr Gabriëlle De Lannoy37, Dr Eline Vanuytrecht38, Dr Lee Heng39, Dr Margarita Garcia Vila40, Dr Joost Wellens41, Dr Patricia Mejias Moreno42, Dr Maher Salman43, Dr Kiril Manevski44, Dr Shaohui Zhang45, Dr Yanmin Yang46, Dr Yonghui Yang47, Dr Mohamed Jabloun48, Professor Soora Naresh Kumar49, Dr Bidisha Chakraborty50, Dr Arti Bhatia51, Dr Shweta Panjwani52, Dr DN Swaroopa Rani53, Dr Vikas Kumar54, Dr P .K. Aggarwal55, Dr H. Pathak56, Dr Subhash Chander57, Dr N. Kalra58, Professor Yan Zhu59, Dr Leilei Liu60, Dr Bing Liu61, Dr Liang Tang62, Dr Liujun Xiao63 ...

Series Book 170 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Whilst crop models have made significant progress in recent years, different models still diverge and struggle to predict the complex effects of genetic, environmental and management (G x E x M) variables in optimising crop production in the face of climate change.Current crop models: State-of-the-art and future developments provides a comprehensive overview of the major crop models and the ways ... Read more

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Whilst crop models have made significant progress in recent years, different models still diverge and struggle to predict the complex effects of genetic, environmental and management (G x E x M) variables in optimising crop production in the face of climate change.Current crop models: State-of-the-art and future developments provides a comprehensive overview of the major crop models and the ways
... Read more
Environmental Geochemistry: Site Characterization, Data Analysis and Case Histories

Edited by Harvey Belkin, Annamaria Lima, Benedetto DeVivo ...

This volume contains chapters spanning from the role of geochemistry in the environment in general to specific investigations on site characterization (sampling strategy, analytical procedures and problems). Specific articles deal with health problems related to environment pollution, waste disposal, data base management, and provide illustrations of specific case histories of site ... Read more

$113.39 USD

This volume contains chapters spanning from the role of geochemistry in the environment in general to specific investigations on site characterization (sampling strategy, analytical procedures and problems). Specific articles deal with health problems related to environment pollution, waste disposal, data base management, and provide illustrations of specific case histories of site
... Read more
Achieving sustainable greenhouse cultivation

by Professor Leo F. M. Marcelis, Dr Josef Tanny, Prof. B. W. Alsanius, Dr S. Khalil, Dr A. Tadesse, Dr A. K. Rosberg, Dr K. J. Bergstrand, Dr R. Hartmann, Dr L. Mogren, Dr M. Alam0, Dr M. Grudén1, Dr Ep Heuvelink3, Dr T. Naznin4, Dr A. Getahun5, Dr Martine Dorais6, Emeritus Professor Toyoki Kozai7, Dr Yumiko Amagai8, Dr Eri Hayashi9, Prof. Chieri Kubota0, Dr Youbin Zheng1, Prof. Stefania De Pascale2, Dr Luca Incrocci3, Dr Daniele Massa4, Prof Youssef Rouphael5, Prof Alberto Pardossi6, Dr Christopher J. Currey7, Dr Gerben J. Messelink8, Dr H. Marjolein Kruidhof9, Dr Oliver Körner0, Prof Nazim S. Gruda1, Dr S. Hemming2, Dr J. C. Bakker3, Dr J. B. Campen4, Dr F. L. K. Kempkes5, Dr Assumpció Antón6, Dr Erica Montemayor7, Dr Nancy Peña8, Dr Juan I. Montero9, Dr Yi Zhang0, Dr Xinglin Ke1, Professor Miguel R. C. Costa2, Professor Qichang Yang3, Professor Neil Mattson4, Professor Eldert van Henten5 ...

Series Book 63 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Reviews advantages and disadvantages of different protected cultivation systems, from greenhouses and net houses to aquaponic and vertical farming systems.Detailed assessment of current research on optimising the two main variables in protected cultivation: the aerial environment and root development.Particular focus on systems control to optimise product quality and environmental impact. ... Read more

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Reviews advantages and disadvantages of different protected cultivation systems, from greenhouses and net houses to aquaponic and vertical farming systems.Detailed assessment of current research on optimising the two main variables in protected cultivation: the aerial environment and root development.Particular focus on systems control to optimise product quality and environmental impact.
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