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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “dr james e faust”
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  • Cut Flowers and Foliages

    by Raul I Cabrera, Elizabeth Cieniewicz, Melissa Muñoz, Henry Wainwright ...
    Series series Crop Production Science in Horticulture
    The cut flower and foliage industry is a global business with major production locations in North America, South America, Central America, East Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Few other horticulture crops are as ubiquitous, yet the production techniques and challenges are universal. This book describes the main international production locations and markets, ... Read more

    $56.69 USD

  • Instant Insights: Controlled environment agriculture

    by Various authors, Dr Ying Liu, Dr Paul Kusuma, Professor Leo F. M. Marcelis, Dr Michael Martin, Dr Francesco Orsini, Prof Nazim S. Gruda, Dr Josef Tanny, Dr James E. Faust ...
    Series Book 116 - Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights
    This book features five peer-reviewed reviews on controlled environment agriculture.The first chapter summarises rapid improvements in the technology used for plant factories with artificial lighting (PFALs), including developments in automation, lighting, climate control, sensors and algorithms.The second chapter briefly discusses the sustainability of indoor vertical farms (IVF) and details best ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Instant Insights: Vertical farming in horticulture

    by Prof Dickson Despommier, Dr Elisa Appolloni, Dr Francesco Orsini, Dr Giorgio Gianquinto, Emeritus Professor Toyoki Kozai, Dr Yumiko Amagai, Dr Eri Hayashi, Dr James E. Faust, Dr Damianos Neocleous, Dr Giuseppina Pennisi, Dr Alessandro Pistillo, Professor Dimitrios Savvas ...
    Series Book 3 - Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights
    This specially curated collection features five reviews of current and key research on vertical farming in horticulture.The first chapter describes and evaluates technologies and methods for growing edible plants indoors and presents a survey of selected commercial vertical farms currently operating that employ them.The second chapter explores the benefits of plant factories with artificial ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of ornamental plants

    by Dr Emmy Dhooghe, Dr Johan van Huylenbroeck, Dr G. R. Rout, Dr S. Mohan Jain, Prof Neil O. Anderson, Dr Bruno Trevenzoli Favero, Dr Josefine Nymark Hegelund, Dr Henrik Lütken, Dr Qiansheng Li, Dr Mengmeng Gu, Prof John Erwin, Dr John Majsztrik, James S. Owen Jr., Prof John D. Lea-Cox, Dr James E. Faust, Prof Gary A. Chastagner, Dr Andrea R. Garfinkel, Dr Yoo Gyeong Park, Dr Young Hoon Park, Dr Abinaya Manivannan, Dr Prabhakaran Soundararajan, Prof Byoung Ryong Jeong, Prof Traud Winkelmann, Dr Philipp Braun ...
    Series Book 82 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Strong focus on environmental physiology, abiotic stress and breeding more abiotic stress-resistant varietiesReviews range of advanced marker-assisted breeding techniques, including gene editingDiscusses key advances in the value chain to improve resource use for more sustainable production ... Read more

    $175.99 USD

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  • Plant Factory

    An Indoor Vertical Farming System for Efficient Quality Food Production

    Edited by Michiko Takagaki, Toyoki Kozai, Genhua Niu ...
    Plant Factory: An Indoor Vertical Farming System for Efficient Quality Food Production provides information on a field that is helping to offset the threats that unusual weather and shortages of land and natural resources bring to the food supply. As alternative options are needed to ensure adequate and efficient production of food, this book represents the only available resource to take a ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • The Biogas Handbook

    Science, Production and Applications

    Edited by Arthur Wellinger, Jerry D Murphy, David Baxter ...
    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy
    With pressure increasing to utilise wastes and residues effectively and sustainably, the production of biogas represents one of the most important routes towards reaching national and international renewable energy targets. The biogas handbook: Science, production and applications provides a comprehensive and systematic guide to the development and deployment of biogas supply chains and technology ... Read more

    $242.99 USD

  • Plastic Films in Food Packaging

    Materials, Technology and Applications

    Edited by Sina Ebnesajjad ...
    Series series Plastics Design Library
    The value of the groceries purchases in the USA is over $500 billion annually, most of which is accounted for by packaged foods. Plastic packaging of foods is not only ubiquitous in developed economies, but increasingly commonplace in the developing world, where plastic packaging is instrumental in decreasing the proportion of the food supply lost to spoilage. This new handbook is a combination of ... Read more

    $224.09 USD

  • Waterproof and Water Repellent Textiles and Clothing

    Edited by John T Williams ...
    Series series The Textile Institute Book Series
    Waterproof and Water Repellent Textiles and Clothing provides systematic coverage of the key types of finishes and high performance materials, from conventional wax and silicone, through controversial, but widely used fluoropolymers and advanced techniques, such as atmospheric plasma deposition and sol-gel technology. The book is an essential resource for all those engaged in garment development, ... Read more

    $211.49 USD

  • Handbook of Sustainability for the Food Sciences

    by Rubén O. Morawicki ...
    Many books on sustainability have been written in the last decade, most of them dealing with agricultural systems, communities, and general business practices. In contrast, Handbook of Sustainability for the Food Sciences presents the concept of sustainability as it applies to the food supply chain from farm to fork but with a special emphasis on processing.Structured in four sections, Handbook of ... Read more

    $214.00 USD

  • The Composting Handbook

    A how-to and why manual for farm, municipal, institutional and commercial composters

    Edited by Robert Rynk, Ginny Black, Jane Gilbert, Johannes Biala, Jean Bonhotal, Mary Schwarz, Leslie Cooperband ...
    The Composting Handbook provides a single guide to the science, principles and best practices of composting for large-scale composting operations facing a variety of opportunities and challenges converting raw organic materials into a useful and marketable product. Composting is a well-established and increasingly important method to recycle and add value to organic by-products. Many, if not most, ... Read more

    $112.49 USD

  • 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

    $197.99 USD

  • Pulp and Paper Industry

    Energy Conservation

    by Pratima Bajpai ...
    Pulp and Paper Industry: Energy Conservation presents a number of energy-efficient technologies and practices that are cost-effective and available for implementation today. Emerging energy-efficient technologies and future prospects in this field are also dealt with. Qualitative and quantitative results/data on energy savings for various steps of pulp and paper making process are presented. There ... Read more

    $148.49 USD