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  • A Philosophical Commentary on the Politics of Aristotle

    by Peter L. Phillips Simpson ...
    The Politics, Aristotle’s classic work on the nature of political community, has been a touchstone of Western debates about society and government. In this volume, Peter Simpson presents a complete philosophical commentary on the Politics, an analysis of the logical structure of the entire text and each of its constitutive arguments and conclusions. Unlike other contemporary works on the Politics, ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Understanding and improving crop root function

    by Dr Styliani N. Chorianopoulou, Dr Timothy S. George, Dr Lawrie K. Brown, Dr A. Glyn Bengough, Prof Ulrike Mathesius, Dr Jian Jin, Dr Yansheng Li, Dr Michelle Watt, Dr Haiyang Zhang, Dr Jeff R. Powell, Dr Johannes A. Postma, Dr M. Fernández-Aparicio, Dr Diego Rubiales, Dr Scott N. Johnson, Dr Ximena Cibils-Stewart, Dr Shahid Siddique, Dr John T. Jones, Prof Malcolm J. Hawkesford, Dr William R. Whalley, Dr Jiayin Pang, Dr Zhihui Wen, Dr Christopher K. Black, Dr Daniel Kidd, Dr Megan H. Ryan, Dr Rui-Peng Yu, Emeritus Prof Hans Lambers, Dr Mutez Ali Ahmed, Dr Doris Vetterlein, Prof Andrea Carminati, Dr Wei Xuan, Prof. Roberto Tuberosa, Dr Elisabetta Frascaroli, Dr Marco Maccaferri, Dr Silvio Salvi, Dr Melissa M. Larrabee, Prof Louise Nelson, Dr Tom Thirkell, Dr Grace Hoysted, Dr Ashleigh Elliott, Dr Katie Field, Dr Yuanming Xie, Dr Tim Daniell, Dr John Kirkegaard, Dr Julianne Lilley, Dr Francisco Pérez-Alfocea, Dr Stephen Yeboah, Dr Ian C. Dodd, Dr Richard J. Simpson, Dr Rebecca E. Haling, Dr Phillip Graham, Prof Tom Beeckman, Dr Findimila Dio Ishaya, Dr Amanda Rasmussen, Dr Dimitris Bouranis, Professor Kadambot Siddique, Dr Wen-Feng Cong, Professor Li Long ...
    Series Book 90 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Comprehensive review of key topics in root science, including root architecture, root growth regulators, root anatomy and nutrient acquisitionCoverage of root response to both biotic and abiotic variablesDiscusses the range of techniques to optimize root function, from phenotyping to identify desirable root traits and exploiting the genetics of root traits to the use of plant growth-promoting ... Read more

    $211.49 USD

  • The Politics of Aristotle

    Edited by Peter L. Phillips Simpson ...
    A touchstone in Western debates about society and government, the Politics is Aristotle’s classic work on the nature of political community. Here, he argues that people band together into political communities to secure a good and self-sufficient life. He discusses the merits and defects of various regimes or ways of organizing political community — democracy in particular — and in the process ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

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  • Wheat Improvement

    Food Security in a Changing Climate

    Edited by Matthew P. Reynolds, Hans-Joachim Braun ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This open-access textbook provides a comprehensive, up-to-date guide for students and practitioners wishing to access in a single volume the key disciplines and principles of wheat breeding. Wheat is a cornerstone of food security: it is the most widely grown of any crop and provides 20% of all human calories and protein. The authorship of this book includes world class researchers and breeders ... Read more

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  • Plant Defense

    Warding off attack by pathogens, herbivores and parasitic plants

    by Dale Walters ...
    Plant Defense provides an overview of all major aspects of plant defence, including defence against pathogens, parasites, and invertebrate and vertebrate herbivores. The book looks at defense mechanisms including structural and chemical defences, and constitutive and inducible defences. Including details of how plants 'sense' attack and how this is communicated within the plant and also to ... Read more

    $81.00 USD

  • Chemical Ecology of Insects

    Applications and Associations with Plants and Microbes

    Edited by Jun Tabata ...
    Insects have evolved very unique and interesting tactics using chemical signals to survive. Chemical ecology illustrates the working of the biological network by means of chemical analyses. Recent advances in analytical technology have opened the way to a better understanding of the more complicated and abyssal interactions of insects with other organisms including plants and microbes. This book ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of wheat Volume 1

    Breeding, quality traits, pests and diseases

    by Dr Jacques Le Gouis, Prof Malcolm J. Hawkesford, Prof. Martin A. J. Parry, João Paulo Pennacchi, Luis Robledo-Arratia, Elizabete Carmo-Silva, Xinguo Mao, Delong Yang, Prof Ruilian Jing, Dr D. Z. Skinner, Dr Paula Bramel, Prof. A. S. Ross, Dr Ian Batey, Victoria Ndolo, Prof Trust Beta, Albrecht Serfling, Doris Kopahnke, Antje Habekuss, Fluturë Novakazi, Prof Frank Ordon, Prof. Z. A. Pretorius, Dr Kellye Eversole, M. Ayliffe, R. L. Bowden, L. A. Boyd, R. M. DePauw, Y. Jin, R. E. Knox, R. A. McIntosh, R. F. Park, R. Prins, E. S. Lagudah, Jane Rogers, Volker Mohler, Mohan Kohli, Prof. James Anderson, Dr Indu Sharma, Pramod Prasad, Subhash C. Bhardwaj, Dr Marion O. Harris, J. Jacob, Prof Beat Keller, Dr P. R. Brown, Guiping Yan, Kirk Anderson, M El-Bouhssini, Frank Peairs, Steven Xu, Prof. Sanford D. Eigenbrode, Sarina Macfadyen, Dr Abie Horrocks, Rudi Appels, Melanie Davidson, Paul Horne, Jessica Page, Dr Neil Harker, John O'Donovan, Breanne Tidemann, Catherine Feuillet, Dr Alison R. Bentley, Ian Mackay, Professor Gary L. Hein, Professor Hermann Buerstmayr, Professor Stephen Wegulo ...
    Series Book 5 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Discusses ways of ensuring genetic diversity, advances in wheat breeding and their use to improve properties such as drought resistance and cold tolerance;Summarises research on factors affecting nutritional and other aspects of wheat quality;Reviews advances in understanding wheat pests and diseases together with ways of controlling them such as disease-resistant varieties, integrated pest and ... Read more

    $220.49 USD

  • Crop Physiology

    Applications for Genetic Improvement and Agronomy

    by Victor O. Sadras, Daniel F. Calderini ...
    Never before has a holistic approach to sustainable agriculture and plant physiology been presented in one source. This book compiles a multi-authored and international perspective on the ways in which crop physiology could be integrated with other disciplines. With a focus on genetic improvement and agronomy, this book addresses the challenges of environmentally sound production of bulk and ... Read more

    $106.19 USD

  • Soil Microbiology and Sustainable Crop Production

    Edited by Emma L. Tilston, Geoffrey R. Dixon ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Soils into which crop plants root and from which they obtain essential minerals and water contain huge arrays of microbes. Many have highly beneficial effects on crop growth and productivity, others are pathogens causing diseases and losses to yield and quality, a few microbes offer protection from these pathogenic forms and others have little or no effect. These intimate and often complex inter ... Read more

    $242.09 USD

  • Biology of Plant Volatiles

    Edited by Eran Pichersky, Natalia Dudareva ...
    Plant volatiles—compounds emitted from plant organs to interact with the surrounding environment—play essential roles in attracting pollinators and defending against herbivores and pathogenes, plant-plant signaling, and abiotic stress responses. Biology of Plant Volatiles, with contributions from leading international groups of distinguished scientists in the field, explores the major aspects of ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Biochar Application

    Essential Soil Microbial Ecology

    by T. Komang Ralebitso-Senior, Caroline H. Orr ...
    Biochar Application: Essential Soil Microbial Ecology outlines the cutting-edge research on the interactions of complex microbial populations and their functional, structural, and compositional dynamics, as well as the microbial ecology of biochar application to soil, the use of different phyto-chemical analyses, possibilities for future research, and recommendations for climate change policy. ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Improving soil health

    by Professor William R. Horwath, Dr Songmei Shi, Dr Xin-Hua He, Dr Paula A. Misiewicz, Dr Magdalena Kaczorowska-Dolowy, Dr David R. White, Dr Edward Dickin, Dr Richard J. Godwin, Dr Alison Hamm, Dr Daniel K. Manter0, Dr Carmen M. Ugarte1, Dr Dane W. Hunter2, Dr Hero T. Gollany3, Dr Cristina Lazcano4, Dr Charlotte Decock5, Dr Connie T. F. Wong6, Dr Kamille Garcia-Brucher7, Dr Ashraf M. Tubeileh8, Prof. Michael J. Goss9, Dr Fiona A. Nicholson0, Dr Anne Bhogal1, Dr Alison Rollett2, Dr John R. Williams3, Dr M. J. Salomon4, Dr S. F. Bender5, Dr T. R. Cavagnaro6, Prof Marcel van der Heijden7, Dr Elisa Zampieri8, Dr Iakovos S. Pantelides9, Dr Raffaella Balestrini0, Dr Richard C. Hayes1, Dr Jason R. Condon2, Dr Guangdi D. Li3, Prof David D. Myrold4, Dr Muhammad Adnan5, Dr Fazli Wahid6, Dr Shah Fahad7, Dr Muhammad Arif8, Dr Regina O’Kelley9, Professor Sieglinde Snapp0, Professor Michelle M. Wander1 ...
    Series Book 109 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Assesses the viability of management strategies implemented to improve soil health, e.g. intercropping and zero tillageProvides a comprehensive coverage of the dimensions of soil healthReviews the role of organic and other amendments in improving soil health ... Read more

    $175.49 USD