Science and Technics / Technology & engineering / Agronomy, agriculture

Salmon Lice: An Integrated Approach to Understanding Parasite Abundance and Distribution

by Simon Jones & Richard Beamish

The salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis is adapted to survive in hostile marine environments of the northern hemisphere, including an ability to parasitize several species of salmon.   Salmonids are some of...

Shellfish Aquaculture and the Environment

by Sandra E. Shumway

Shellfish Aquaculture and the Environment focuses primarily on the issues surrounding environmental sustainability of shellfish aquaculture. The chapters in this book provide readers with the most current data...

Crop Adaptation to Climate Change

by Shyam Singh Yadav, Robert Redden & Jerry L. Hatfield

A major task of our time is to ensure adequate food supplies for the world's current population (now nearing 7 billion) in a sustainable way while protecting the vital functions and biological diversity of the...

Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals and Degenerative Disease Prevention

by Gopinadhan Paliyath, Marica Bakovic & Kalidas Shetty

Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals and Degenerative Disease Prevention is a compilation of different segments of functional foods and nutraceuticals focusing on their mechanism of action in the human body leading...

Next Generation Sequencing and Whole Genome Selection in Aquaculture

by Zhanjiang (John) Liu

Recent developments in DNA marker technologies, in particular the emergence of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) discovery, have rendered some of the traditional methods of genetic research outdated. Next...

Waste Management for the Food Industries

by Ioannis S. Arvanitoyannis

The continuously increasing human population, has resulted in a huge demand for processed and packaged foods. As a result of this demand, large amounts of water, air, electricity and fuel are consumed on a daily...

Modern Techniques for Food Authentication

by Da-Wen Sun

With the increasing awareness of food safety and quality, consumers continuously demand the reassurance of origin and content of their foods. Furthermore, manufacturers must be able to confirm the authenticity...

Scientific Data Ranking Methods: Theory and Applications

by Manuela Pavan & Roberto Todeschini

The aim of this volume is to present the basic mathematical aspects of the ranking methods using a didactical approach and to explain their use through examples of relevant applications in different scientific...

Beer in Health and Disease Prevention

by Victor R. Preedy

Presenting both the concerns and problems of beer consumption as well as the emerging evidence of benefit, Beer in Health and Disease Prevention offers a balanced view of today's findings and the potential of...

Modern Methods in Crop Protection Research

by Peter Jeschke, Wolfgang Krämer & Ulrich Schirmer

This handbook and ready reference highlights a couple of basic aspects of recently developed new methods in modern crop protection research, authored by renowned experts from major agrochemical companies.

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Food Selection and Preparation: A Laboratory Manual

by Frank D. Conforti

Knowledge, skill, and art are the three words to remember when working with foods. They are also the focus of the second edition of Food Selection and Preparation: A Laboratory Manual, which guides students...

Agricultural Systems: Agroecology and Rural Innovation for Development: Agroecology and Rural Innovation for Development

by Sieglinde Snapp & Barry Pound

With the inclusion of research theory and examples using the principles of cropping system design, students will gain a unique understanding of the technical, biological, ecological, economic and sociological...

Beer: A Quality Perspective

by Charles Bamforth, Inge Russell & Graham Stewart

Brewing is humankind's oldest biotechnology. Over the course of the past 125 years a wealth of research has been devoted to the topic of beer and the processes through which it is produced, namely malting and...

BRC Global Standard for Food Safety: Guideline for Fresh Produce

by The British Retail Consortium & The Stationery Office

This is the latest guidance on the interpretation of the requirements of the BRC Global Standard for Food Safety-Issue 6 for fresh produce packers of fruit, vegetables and nuts.

Homegrown Honey Bees: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Beekeeping Your First Year, from Hiving to Honey Harvest

by Alethea Morrison & Mars Vilaubi

This beginner's guide to beekeeping clearly explains everything you need to know, from getting your first bees to harvesting your first crop of honey. Spectacular macro photography brings the inner workings...

Risk Perception, Culture, and Legal Change: A Comparative Study on Food Safety in the Wake of the Mad Cow Crisis

by Matteo Ferrari

This volume analyses the food safety reforms adopted in Japan, Europe and the USA in the aftermath of the BSE crisis, seeking to explain the divergences in such reforms through the so-called 'cultural perception...

Bee-Keeping Practice

by , F. Stuart

The author of this book sets out to show how a fascinating hobby can become a profit making pursuit. He does not attempt to encourage new apiarists to take up the hobby primarily to make money, but he demonstrates...

Raising Chickens for Dummies

by Kimberly Willis

Practical how-to advice for raising chickens in virtually any backyard!

Raising chickens on a small scale is a popular–and growing–pastime. And Raising Chickens For Dummies provides an up-to-date, thorough...

Bees for Beginners (Bee Keeping Series)

by , E. Taylor

This book aims to supply the beginner possessing a few hives with such information and advice as will enable him to obtain the best possible results from his apiary, and to carry out the few operations that...

Poultry Book - A Guide for Big or Small Poultry Keepers, Beginners and Farmers

by , Harry Roberts

Originally published in the early 1930s, this extremely scarce early work on poultry keeping is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. We are now republishing it, using the original text and photographs....