Postharvest Plant Pathology

The purpose of the book Postharvest Plant Pathology is to provide its readers recent developments and updated comprehensive information on postharvest pathogens & diseases of major crops. This book…

Plant Growth Regulators for Climate-Smart Agriculture

Climatic conditions are key determinants of plant growth, whether at the scale of temperature regulation of the cell cycle or at the scale of the geographic limits for a particular species. The cli…

Pesticides and agriculture : Profit, politics and policy

Pesticides have played a critical but sometimes controversial role in the development of agriculture. This book provides an authoritative account of the development of the modern pesticides industr…

Microbial bioprotectants for plant disease management

With growing concerns about the environmental impact of synthetic fungicides, increasing levels of fungicide resistance and increasing regulatory restrictions on fungicide use, the crop protection …

Diseases of Horticultural Crops: Diagnosis and Management Volume 1: Fruit Crops

Plant diseases cause serious threats to the successful cultivation of horticultural crops, resulting in huge losses in their yields. These plant diseases are known to affect horticultural crops at …

Nanotechnology in Sustainable Agriculture

Nanotechnology in Sustainable Agriculture presents applications of nanobiotechnology for eco-friendly agriculture practices. Implementing sustainable agriculture techniques is a crucial component i…

Innovation in Small-Farm Agriculture

Innovation in Small-Farm Agriculture: Improving Livelihoods and Sustainability is an invaluable resource focussing on the current state of knowledge and scientific advances about the complex and in…

Integrated management of diseases and insect pests of tree fruit

This collection reviews advances in understanding and managing key diseases and insect pests of tree fruit. Part 1 summarises current research on what causes key fungal diseases (apple scab, pow…

Microbes for Sustainable Development and Bioremediation

Microbes are the predominant form of life on the planet due to their broad range of adaptation and versatile nutritional behavior. The ability of some microbes to inhabit hostile environment incomp…

Improving organic crop cultivation

Global sales of organic products have grown significantly, yet organic farming remains a small percentage of overall agricultural production with lower yields than conventional methods. Organic cro…

Bio-management of Postharvest Diseases and Mycotoxigenic Fungi

Bio-management of Postharvest Diseases and Mycotoxigenic Fungi deals with the current state and future prospects of using various bio-management techniques that are natural, eco-friendly, and envir…

Handbook of Plant Disease Identification and Management

Handbook of Plant Disease Identification and Management presents the fundamentals of plant diseases identification based on symptomology and management focusing mainly on integrated pest management…

Horticulture Based Integrated Farming Systems

The content of this book provides information on advanced knowledge in the sphere of importance and scope of horticulture in India, horticulture based integrated farming systems, integration of liv…

Climate change and agriculture

It has been suggested that agriculture may account for up to 24% of the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) contributing to climate change. At the same time climate change is threatening to disrupt agr…

Capsicum : Breeding Strategies for Anthracnose Resistance

Capsicum, more commonly as chili or chili pepper, is an important global vegetable and spice crop. Anthracnose disease, caused by a complex of Colletotrichum species, is the major biotic stress lim…

Biotechnological Approaches to Enhance Plant Secondary : Recent Trends and Fu…

Thousands of secondary metabolites are produced by plants to withstand unfavourable environmental conditions and are important molecules for nutraceutical, agro, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industr…

Biopesticides in Organic Farming

The book entitled "Biopesticides in Organic Farming : Recent Advances", describes critically reviewed, key aspects of organic farming and provides a unique and timely science-based resource for res…

Biopesticides in Horticultural Crops

This book is a compendium of information related to innovations, commercialization and registration of biopesticides, recent advances in mass production, formulation, extension of shelf life, deliv…

Biopesticides for sustainable agriculture

With increasing concern about the environmental impact of synthetic pesticide use, including their impact on beneficial insects, the problem of insect resistance and the lack of new products, there…

Advances in postharvest management of horticultural produce

This book provides a comprehensive review of the causes and prevention of food losses and waste (FLW) at key steps in the supply chain. The book begins by defining what is meant by food losses and …

Advances in postharvest management of cereals and grains

Post-harvest losses of cereals and other grains, whether from spoilage microorganisms or insect pests, remain a significant issue in both the developed and developing world. Challenges include rest…

Agro-Climatology : Advances and Challenges

The chapters in this book cover crop -weather interaction and agro-met observatory, agro-climatic analysis, crop micro-meteorology, remote sensing, crop simulation models, weather codes and their m…

Beneficial Insects

Edition

1st

ISBN/ISSN

978-0-429-16194-0

Collation

256 p

Series Title

-

Call Number

632.7 Alf b

Radar Remote Sensing for Crop Biophysical Parameter Estimation

This book presents a timely investigation of radar remote sensing observations for agricultural crop monitoring and advancements of research techniques and their applicability for crop biophysical …

Agriculture Value Chain - Challenges and Trends in Academia and Industry

This book is the first volume in a collection of contributions arising from a multidisciplinary project developed in the field of agri-food value chain analysis. The respective papers combine a ran…

SAFETY AND HEALTH FOR PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

0-929355-32-6

Collation

ix, 253 p. ; 23 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

630.1 Mur s

PRIORITIZING AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT: Experiences and Lessons

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

978-1-84593-566-5

Collation

xviii, 256 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

630.72 Pri p

AGRICULTURE IN THE TROPICS, THIRD EDITION

Edition

3rd

ISBN/ISSN

0-632-04054-8

Collation

ix, 538 p.; 26 cm.

Series Title

-

Call Number

634.6 Agr a

INTERNATIONAL CROP SCIENCE I

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

0-89118-538-0

Collation

895 p.; 28 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

633 Int i

Agriscience& Technology, 2nd Edition

Edition

2nd

ISBN/ISSN

0-8273-6747-3

Collation

xv, 368 p.; 23 cm.

Series Title

-

Call Number

630 Bur a