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  • Innovation in Africa

    Levelling the Playing Field to Promote Technology Transfer

    by Fernando dos Santos ...
    Technology is key to the development of nations yet is not freely or easily accessible. This book aims to contribute to the debate about empowering Africa to play a more meaningful role in the global innovation system. It emphasizes the important role of technology transfer in assisting Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in Africa to expand their technological capabilities. The book surveys IP and ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Olympic Agenda 2020: Towards a New Era for the Games?

    An Urban Sustainability Approach to Paris 2024 and Milan-Cortina 2026

    by Gustavo Lopes dos Santos, Beatriz Condessa, Fernando Nunes da Silva, Marie Delaplace ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The Olympic Games have evolved from a sporting event into a perceived catalyst for urban transformation, enabling host governments to pursue legacies that position cities as global hubs. Yet aligning the Games’ demands with urban planning goals remains challenging. Mounting public scrutiny of rising costs and risks has reduced enthusiasm for hosting, prompting the International Olympic Committee ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • The Hell and Joy of Running

    Physiological, Psychological, and Biomechanical Benefits Associated with Running

    by Dr. Fernando Imperial Dos Santos ...
    This book provides information about exercise physiology,biomechanics, and exercise psychology to readers particularly those interested in running.Step by step, this book advises runners what to do, what not to do, how to start a running program, correct technique, as well as advising what clothing is appropriate.Through understanding exercise physiology, people will understand the role of energy ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Biogeographic Patterns of South American Anurans

    by Tiago S. Vasconcelos, Fernando R. da Silva, Tiago G. dos Santos, Vitor H. M. Prado, Diogo B. Provete ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book analyzes different facets of anuran amphibian distribution in South America. We integrate alternative biological metrics employing cutting-edge methods to understand the dynamic processes underlying species distribution patterns. By using the modern biogeographic toolbox, we explore how richness gradients, phylogenetic diversity, functional diversity, and range size/endemism distribution ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Instant Insights: Understanding and tackling Fusarium wilt of banana

    by Various authors, Mr Dan Koeppel, Dr Einar Martínez de la Parte, Dr Luis Pérez-Vicente, Dr Fernando García-Bastidas, Prof André Drenth, Prof Gert H. J. Kema, Prof Eli Khayat, Dr Edson Amorim, Dr Vanusia Batista de Oliveira Amorim, Dr Manassés dos Santos Silva, Dr Fernando Haddad, Dr Claudia Fortes Ferreira, Janay Almeida dos Santos Serejo ...
    Series Book 119 - Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights
    This book features five peer-reviewed reviews on understanding and tackling Fusarium wilt in global banana production.The first chapter examines the way in which monoculture has affected the banana industry and discusses the available banana varieties, the advent of the Cavendish variety and the need to develop new banana varieties.The second chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Optical Fiber Technology and Applications

    Recent advances

    by Prof. Aoxiang Lin, Prof. Alex Fuerbach, Prof. David Bradley, Prof. Alex Kiriyanov, Dr. Sulaiman Wadi Harun, Prof. Francesco Matera, Prof. Sofia Latas, Prof. Daniele Tosi, Prof. Freddy Hongyan Fu ...
    Series series IOP ebooks
    Optical Fiber Technology and Applications: Recent Advances, comprised of 10 chapters written by leading experts in the field,documents the cutting-edge work of new material composition and waveguide design-based specialty optical fibers and their photonic devices. Highlighting the most recent progress and trends in optical fiber technology, this book covers important topics such as specialty ... Read more

    $114.49 USD

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of bananas Volume 2

    Germplasm and genetic improvement

    by Emeritus Prof. Hans de Jong, Dr Jeff Daniells, Dr Steven B. Janssens, Dr Valentin Guignon, Dr Julie Sardos, Dr D. Karamura, Dr W. Ocimati, Dr Guy Blomme, Dr J. G. Adheka, Dr C. Sivirihauma, Dr E. Karamura1, Dr Bart Panis2, Dr Simon Kallow3, Dr Sebastien Massart4, Dr Ines Van den Houwe5, Dr Nicolas Roux6, Dr Kathy Crew7, Dr F. Bakry8, Dr Mike Smith9, Dr J. P. Horry0, Dr C. Jenny1, Dr Delphine Amah2, Prof David W. Turner3, Dr D. Jane Gibbs4, Dr Allan Waniale5, Dr Gil Gram6, Dr Rony Swennen7, Prof Eli Khayat8, Dr Edson Amorim9, Dr Michael Pillay0, Dr Vanusia Batista de Oliveira Amorim1, Dr Manassés dos Santos Silva2, Dr Fernando Haddad3, Dr Claudia Fortes Ferreira4, Janay Almeida dos Santos Serejo5, Prof James Dale6, Dr W. K. Tushemereirwe7, Dr Robert Harding8, Dr Sebastien Carpentier9, Dr David Eyland0, Dr Fajarudin Ahmad1, Dr Henk Schouten2, Dr Hugo A. Volkaert3, Prof Gert H. J. Kema4, Dr D. B. Dhed’a6, Dr John E. Thomas7, Dr Luiz Brito8 ...
    Series Book 86 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Focus on key issues in expanding the genetic base for Musa, including, exploiting current collections of germplasm and collecting and evaluating wild Musa species and landracesCovers methods for improving fertility, resistance and other traits in CavendishReviews the range of conventional and modern molecular techniques for breeding new banana varieties ... Read more

    $197.99 USD

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  • Efficient Screening Techniques to Identify Mutants with TR4 Resistance in Banana

    Protocols

    Edited by Joanna Jankowicz-Cieslak, Ivan L. Ingelbrecht ...
    Bananas are a staple food for over 500 million people and are also an important cash crop. Fusarium wilt, caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense, is one of the most destructive diseases of banana globally. Since the 1990s, an aggressive variant of this fungus, called Tropical Race 4 (TR4), severely affected banana plantations in Southeast Asia from where it spread to other ... Read more

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  • Sterile Insect Technique

    Principles And Practice In Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management

    Edited by Victor A. Dyck, Jorge Hendrichs, A.S. Robinson ...
    The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environment-friendly method of pest control that integrates well into area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programmes. This book takes a generic, thematic, comprehensive, and global approach in describing the principles and practice of the SIT. The strengths and weaknesses, and successes and failures, of the SIT are evaluated openly and fairly from ... Read more

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  • Biological Control

    Global Impacts, Challenges and Future Directions of Pest Management

    Edited by Peter G. Mason ...
    Biological Control: Global Impacts, Challenges and Future Directions of Pest Management provides a historical summary of organisms and main strategies used in biological control, as well as the key challenges confronting biological control in the 21st century.Biological control has been implemented for millennia, initially practised by growers moving beneficial species from one local area to ... Read more

    $128.19 USD

  • Pre-Field Screening Protocols for Heat-Tolerant Mutants in Rice

    by Fatma Sarsu, Abdelbagi M.A. Ghanim, Priyanka Das, Rajeev N. Bahuguna, Paul Mbogo Kusolwa, Muhammed Ashraf, Sneh L. Singla-Pareek, Ashwani Pareek, Brian P. Forster, Ivan Ingelbrecht ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This open access book presents simple, robust pre-field screening protocols that allow plant breeders to screen for enhanced tolerance to heat stress in rice. Two critical heat-sensitive stages in the lifecycle of the rice crop are targeted – the seedling and flowering stages – with screening based on simple phenotypic responses. The protocols are based on the use of a hydroponics system and/or ... Read more

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  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 2

    Genetics, breeding, pests and diseases

    by Enilto de Oliveira Neubert, Luiz Augusto Martins Peruch, Dr Michael Abberton, Badara Gueye, Tchamba Marimagne, Folarin Soyode, Dr Hernán Ceballos, Nelson Morante, Fernando Calle, Jorge Lenis, Dr Virgilio Gavicho Uarrota, Sandra Salazar, Dr Luis Augusto Becerra Lopez-Lavalle, Ismail Y. Rabbi, Prof. P. Zhang, Q. Ma, M. Naconsie, X. Wu, W. Zhou, J. Yang, Dr Piya Kittipadakul, Deivid L. V. Stefen, Pasajee Kongsil, Chalermpol Phumichai, Shelley H. Jansky, Dr Elizabeth Parkes, Olufemi Aina, Adebayo Abass, Wasiu Awoyale, Lateef Sanni, Taofik Shittu, Dr James P. Legg, Clovis Arruda de Souza, Dr Elizabeth Alvarez, Ignazio Graziosi, Dr Kris A. G. Wyckhuys, Dr Stefan Hauser, Dr Friday Ekeleme, Cileide Maria Medeiros Coelho, Rodolfo Moresco, Marcelo Maraschin, Fernando David Sánchez-Mora, Eduardo da Costa Nunes ...
    Series Book 21 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Assesses developments in genetic resources, genomic information and their application in marker-assisted breeding of cassava;Reviews advances in breeding new varieties with enhanced properties such as higher yield, enhanced nutritional value and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses;Discusses advances in understanding cassava pests and diseases and integrated pest management techniques ... Read more

    $161.99 USD