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  • Irradiation for Quality Improvement, Microbial Safety and Phytosanitation of Fresh Produce

    by Rivka Barkai-Golan, Peter A. Follett ...
    Irradiation for Quality Improvement, Microbial Safety and Phytosanitation of Fresh Produce presents the last six and a half decades of scientific information on the topic. This book emphasizes proven advantages of ionizing irradiation over the commonly used postharvest treatments for improving postharvest life of fresh fruits and vegetables to enhance their microbial safety. This reference is ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

  • Plantation Kingdom

    The American South and Its Global Commodities

    by Richard Follett, Sven Beckert, Peter Coclanis, Barbara M. Hahn ...
    Series series The Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series
    How global competition brought the plantation kingdom to its knees.In 1850, America’s plantation economy reigned supreme. U.S. cotton dominated world markets, and American rice, sugarcane, and tobacco grew throughout a vast farming empire that stretched from Maryland to Texas. Four million enslaved African Americans toiled the fields, producing global commodities that enriched the most powerful ... Read more

    $18.89 USD

  • Nontarget Effects of Biological Control

    Edited by Jian J. Duan, Peter A. Follett ...
    Nontarget Effects of Biological Control is the first book of its kind. The environmental safety of biological control has come under scrutiny due to several areas of concerns: the irreversibility of alien introductions, the prevalence of host switching to innocuous native or beneficial species, dispersal of the biocontrol agent to new habitats away from croplands, and the lack of research on the ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Advances in postharvest management of cereals and grains

    by Prof. Dirk E. Maier, Dr Steven R. Belmain, Dr Nyo Me Htwe, Dr Loth Mulungu, Dr Mashaka Mdangi, Dr Regino Cavia, Dr Michelle A. Friedmann, Dr Dieudonne Baributsa, Dr Ma Cristine Concepcion Ignacio, Dr Paul Fields0, Emeritus Prof. Steven T. Sonka1, Dr Fuji Jian2, Dr Dianxuan Wang3, Prof. Shlomo Navarro4, Dr Hagit Navarro5, Dr Benjamin Fűrstenau6, Dr Garnet Marlen Kroos7, Dr Peter Follett8, Dr Georgios Akepsimaidis9, Dr Nicolas Meneses0, Dr Matthew Murdoch1, Dr Kizito Nishimwe2, Dr Heidi Kotilainen3, Prof. Naresh Magan4, Dr Esther Garcia-Cela5, Dr Carol Verheecke-Vaessen6, Dr Angel Medina7, Dr Roger G. Aby8, Prof. Brighton M. Mvumi9, Dr Tanya Stathers0, Dr Julie Aiza L. Mandap1, Dr Gary P. Munkvold2, Dr David Schlipalius3, Dr Paul Ebert4, Dr Peter R. Brown5, Dr Grant R. Singleton6 ...
    Series Book 88 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Reviews latest research on causes of cereal postharvest lossesComprehensive review of the strengths and weakness of different technologies to control postharvest insect pests of cerealsCovers latest research on the detection and control of fungal contaminants ... Read more

    $175.49 USD

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    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

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    Edited by Simon Goddek, Alyssa Joyce, Benz Kotzen, Gavin M. Burnell ...
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  • Bioenergy Production by Anaerobic Digestion

    Using Agricultural Biomass and Organic Wastes

    Edited by Nicholas Korres, Padraig O'Kiely, John A.H. Benzie, Jonathan S. West ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Bioenergy
    Interest in anaerobic digestion (AD), the process of energy production through the production of biogas, has increased rapidly in recent years. Agricultural and other organic waste are important substrates that can be treated by AD.This book is one of the first to provide a broad introduction to anaerobic digestion and its potential to turn agricultural crops or crop residues, animal and other ... Read more

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  • Plastic Films in Food Packaging

    Materials, Technology and Applications

    Edited by Sina Ebnesajjad ...
    Series series Plastics Design Library
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  • Soil Nitrogen Uses and Environmental Impacts

    Edited by Rattan Lal, B.A. Stewart ...
    Series series Advances in Soil Science
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    Edited by Elizabeth E. Hood, Peter Nelson, Randall Powell ...
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  • 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 ...
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    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

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  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of wheat Volume 2

    Cultivation techniques

    by Mukesh Meena, Dr Q. Xue, J. Rudd, J. Bell, T. Marek, S. Liu, Tadesse Dessalegn, Tesfaye Solomon, Tesfaye Gebre Kristos, Abiy Solomon, Prof. Arun Kumar Joshi, Shure Seboka, Yazie Chane, Dr Bhadriraju Subramanyam, Kamala A. Roberts, Fetien Abay, Rizana Mahroof, J. R. Guarin, Dr Brian L. Beres, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Haley Catton, J. M. Clarke, K. Nilsen, D. Khitiri, X. Lin, Prof. C. J. Pozniak, K. Ammar, Dr Tinashe Chiurugwi, Simon Kerr, Simanchal Sahu, Ian Midgley, L. A. Boyd, Johnson Kamwaga, Peter Njau, Terry van Gevelt, Claudia Canales, Max Marcheselli, Dr Rajiv Kumar  Sharma, Dr W. Tadesse, A Amri, Prof. Peter J. Gregory, M Sanchez-Garcia, M El-Bouhssini, M Karrou, S Patil, F Bassi, Dr M. Baum, Prof. T. Oweis, Christina K. Clarke, Dr Vijesh Krishna, Alwin Keil, Sreejith Aravindakshan, Dr Reem Aboukhaddour, Dr Senthold Asseng, Professor Thomas Döring ...
    Series Book 6 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Reviews advances in cultivation practice such as seed establishment and more efficient irrigation techniques;Summarises developments in ‘climate smart’ agriculture such as conservation tillage and organic wheat cultivation;Discusses ways of supporting smallholders improve wheat cultivation in North Africa and other regions in the developing world ... Read more

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