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  • Tallgrass Prairie Restoration in the Midwestern and Eastern United States

    A Hands-On Guide

    by Harold Gardner ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This work advocates the restoration of the North American tallgrass prairie, which is rapidly disappearing. Historical descriptions of prairie aesthetics are outlined. As we are experiencing a worldwide mixing of plant species, prairie restoration is particularly important. Plants alien to North America do not readily support insect populations, including all animal species higher on the food ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

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  • Plants for Medicines

    A Chemical and Pharmacological Survey of Plants in the Australian Region

    by DJ Collins, CCJ Culvenor, JA Lamberton, JW Loder, JR Price ...
    This book gives details of alkaloid and anti-tumour screening by the CSIRO of nearly 2000 species, the pharmacological testing of the alkaloids of selected species, and the chemical fractionation of those species which had reproducible tumour-inhibiting properties. The book includes 64 colour plates and over 400 line illustrations of chemical structures. ... Read more

    $60.49 USD

  • Fundamentals of Soil Ecology

    by David C. Coleman, D. A. Crossley Jr. ...
    This fully revised and expanded edition of Fundamentals of Soil Ecology continues its holistic approach to soil biology and ecosystem function. Students and ecosystem researchers will gain a greater understanding of the central roles that soils play in ecosystem development and function. The authors emphasize the increasing importance of soils as the organizing center for all terrestrial ... Read more

    $59.39 USD

  • Advancing Food Integrity

    GMO Regulation, Agroecology, and Urban Agriculture

    by Gabriela Steier ...
    Key features:Presents summaries of key points after each chapter and includes color graphs to visualize the big-picture conceptsDemonstrates how urban rooftop farms (URFs) can contribute to city greening and climate change mitigation worldwide while providing fresh locally-sourced produce for growing urban populationsProvides cutting-edge ideas from the the emerging field of food law and places ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Arsenic & Rice

    by Andrew A. Meharg, Fang-Jie Zhao ...
    Rice is the staple food for half of the world’s population. Consumption of rice is the major exposure route globally to the class one, non-threshold carcinogen inorganic arsenic. This book explains the sources of arsenic to paddy soils and the biogeochemical processes and plant physiological attributes of paddy soil-rice ecosystems that lead to high concentrations of arsenic in rice grain. It ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Field Manual of Diseases on Trees and Shrubs

    by R. Kenneth Horst ...
    The Trees and Shrubs manual is a reference manual on diseases which attack trees, shrubs, and vines. The manual identifies various types of diseases which are known to invade these plants located throughout North, Central, and South America. The recordings include diseases caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses, viroids, phytoplasmas, and nematodes. Causal disease agents are described and illustrated ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants

    Volume 10, Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs

    by T. K. Lim ...
    Volume 10 is part of a multi compendium Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. This work is of significant interest to medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, botanists, agriculturists, conservationists and general public. 59 plant species with edible modified stems, roots and bulbs in the families Amaranthaceae, Cannaceae, Cibotiaceae, ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Broadening the Genetic Base of Grain Cereals

    Edited by Mohar Singh, Sandeep Kumar ...
    This book offers comprehensive coverage of important grain cereals including their origin and distribution, crop gene pool, level of diversity, production constraints, traits of importance for genetic base widening, crop improvement methodologies, genome mapping, genomics for breeding, and future strategies. The chapters, contributed by eminent crop researchers from around the world, provide rare ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Bananas and Plantains

    Edited by S. Gowen ...
    Series series World Crop Series
    In a field of mature bananas, plants can be seen at all stages of vegetative growth and fruit maturity, providing a fascination for anyone who has an interest in growing crops. Banana farmers in the tropics can harvest fruit every day of the year. The absence of seasonality in production is an advantage, in that it provides a continuity of carbohydrate to meet dietary needs as well as a regular ... Read more

    $287.09 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

  • Bioactive Compounds in Agricultural Soils

    Edited by Lech Wojciech Szajdak ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This volume looks at the impact that different cropping systems and tillage have on soil’s biologically active substances. It considers how phytotoxins accumulate and can inhibit the development of cultivated plants. Coverage explores the continuous cropping of rye, crop rotation, no tillage, and conventional tillage. It offers a comprehensive, comparative approach to allelopathic plant-soil ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Plant Responses to Environmental Stimuli

    The Role of Specific Forms of Plant Memory

    by Michel Thellier ...
    In this unique book, Michel Thellier has combined recent discoveries with older data dealing with plant memory and its potential role on plant acclimatization to environment stimuli. By placing memory within an evolutionary frame, the author persuades us that a new way of research has opened in plant physiology.Detailing experiments in a simplified manner, that general readers with an interest in ... Read more

    $134.09 USD