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“simon mckirdy”

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  • The Handbook of Plant Biosecurity

    Principles and Practices for the Identification, Containment and Control of Organisms that Threaten Agriculture and the Environment Globally

    Edited by Simon McKirdy, Gordon Gordh ...
    The Handbook identifies all aspects of Regulatory Plant Biosecurity and discusses them from the standpoint of preventing the international movement of plant pests, diseases and weeds that negatively impact production agriculture, natural plant-resources and agricultural commerce. ... Read more

    $332.09 USD

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  • Marschner's Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants

    Edited by Horst Marschner ...
    An understanding of the mineral nutrition of plants is of fundamental importance in both basic and applied plant sciences. The Third Edition of this book retains the aim of the first in presenting the principles of mineral nutrition in the light of current advances. This volume retains the structure of the first edition, being divided into two parts: Nutritional Physiology and Soil-Plant ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Industrial Entomology

    Edited by Omkar ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book is a compilation of writings focused on conventional and unconventional insect products. Some of these products are commercials successes, while others are waiting to be launched and are the potential produce of the future. In addition to the well known products honey, mulberry silk, and lac, the book primarily concentrates on silk producing insects other than the mulberry silkworm, ... Read more

    $224.99 USD

  • Plants and Microclimate

    A Quantitative Approach to Environmental Plant Physiology

    by Hamlyn G. Jones ...
    This rigorous yet accessible text introduces the key physical and biochemical processes involved in plant interactions with the aerial environment. It is designed to make the more numerical aspects of the subject accessible to plant and environmental science students, and will also provide a valuable reference source to practitioners and researchers in the field. The third edition of this widely ... Read more

    $62.39 USD

  • Human-Insect Interactions

    by Sergey Govorushko ...
    This book presents a 360-degree picture of the world of insects and explores how their existence affects our lives: the "good, bad, and ugly" aspects of their interactions with humankind. It provides a lucid introductory text for beginning undergraduate students in the life sciences, particularly those pursuing beginner courses in entomology, agriculture, and botany. ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • A Roadmap to the Successful Development and Commercialization of Microbial Pest Control Products for Control of Arthropods

    by Willem J. Ravensberg ...
    Series Book 10 - Progress in Biological Control
    Biocontrol is among the most promising methods for a safe, environmentally benign and sustainable pest control. Microbial pesticides offer a great potential, and it is anticipated that they will become a substantial part of the use of all crop protection products. Their development and commercialization, however, has been difficult and with many failures. In this book a rational and structured ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Downy Mildew Disease of Crucifers: Biology, Ecology and Disease Management

    by Govind Singh Saharan, Naresh Mehta, Prabhu Dayal Meena ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The book reviews key developments in downy mildew research, including the disease, its distribution, symptomatology, host range, yield losses, and disease assessment; the pathogen, its taxonomy, morphology, phylogeny, variability, sporulation, survival and perpetuation, spore germination, infection, pathogenesis, seed infection, disease cycle, epidemiology, forecasting, and fine structures. The ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Biological Control of Insect Pests Using Egg Parasitoids

    Edited by S. Sithanantham, Chandish R. Ballal, S.K. Jalali, N Bakthavatsalam ...
    The theme of the book is highly relevant to the current emphasis on environment conservation, with focus on native biodiversity conservation in agro-ecosystems. The current impetus being given to organic farming and export oriented agri-hortculture in the country calls for access to relevant scientific knowledge base among the stakeholders. Research on biological pest control is more than a ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Biocontrol of Lepidopteran Pests

    Use of Soil Microbes and their Metabolites

    Edited by K. Sowjanya Sree, Ajit Varma ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This volume describes the various applications of entomopathogenic soil microorganisms in the management and control of the devastating lepidopteran pest. An introduction describes the insecticidal properties of viruses, bacteria, fungi, nematodes and their metabolites, as well as their applications in the context of crop improvement. Subsequent chapters focus on topics such as insecticidal ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture

    Prospects for the 21st Century

    Edited by Arie Altman, Paul Michael Hasegawa ...
    As the oldest and largest human intervention in nature, the science of agriculture is one of the most intensely studied practices. From manipulation of plant gene structure to the use of plants for bioenergy, biotechnology interventions in plant and agricultural science have been rapidly developing over the past ten years with immense forward leaps on an annual basis. This book begins by laying ... Read more

    $186.29 USD

  • Mycotoxins in Feedstuffs

    by Martin Weidenbörner ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    Mycotoxins are substances produced from fungal secondary metabolic processes. They impair animal health, thereby causing great economic losses of livestock through disease. Livestock come into contact with mycotoxins through contaminated feedstuff. Feedstuff is any of the constituent nutrients of an animal ration. The plants used in feed, such as grains, oil seeds, nuts, and root crops, are ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • The Grape Entomology

    by C. Shivaraju, M. Mani, Narendra S. Kulkarni ...
    Intensive and extensive cultivation of grapes (Vitis vinifera L.) leads to serious pest problem in vineyards in major grape growing areas of the world. Climatic conditions in India are favorable for high production of table and wine grapes, and thus also for incidence of variety of pests. These include the sucking insect pests namely thrips, hoppers, mealybugs etc., and beetle pests like stem ... Read more

    $143.09 USD