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  • Crisis Management of Chronic Pollution

    Contaminated Soil and Human Health

    Edited by Magalie Lesueur Jannoyer, Philippe Cattan, Thierry Woignier, Florence Clostre ...
    Series series Urbanization, Industrialization, and the Environment
    Crisis Management of Chronic Pollution: Contaminated Soil and Human Health deals with a long term pollution problem, generated by the former use of organochlorine pesticides. Through a case study of the chlordecone pollution in the French West Indies, the authors illustrate a global and systemic mobilization of research institutions and public services. This "management model", together with its ... Read more

    $97.55 CAD

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  • The Fertile Earth – Nature's Energies in Agriculture, Soil Fertilisation and Forestry

    Volume 3 of Renowned Environmentalist Viktor Schauberger's Eco-Technology Series

    by Viktor Schauberger ...
    Translated by Callum Coats ...
    How does nature work? When one looks closely at the enormously complex web of life, it is impossible not to be caught by the wonder of how all living things – including rocks and crystals – are interconnected. Just as there is thought behind action, so there is energy behind matter. The Fertile Earth, the third volume of the Eco-Technology series which presents the original, passionate and ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    $256.99 CAD

  • Air Pollution Impacts on Plants in East Asia

    Edited by Takeshi Izuta ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This is the only book to offer an up-to-date overview of air pollution in East Asia and the effects of air pollutants such as ozone, acid deposition and aerosols on Asian crops and trees. It is unique in that it discusses the fundamentals of environmental plant science and research advances in the area at the plant ecophysiology level. It addresses various topics, including gaseous air pollutants ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • Sustainable Pest Management in Date Palm: Current Status and Emerging Challenges

    Edited by Waqas Wakil, Jose Romeno Faleiro, Thomas A. Miller ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Date palm, Phoenix dactylifera L. (Arecales: Arecaceae), is an important palm species cultivated in the arid regions of the world since pre-historic times and traditionally associated with the life and culture of the people in the Middle-East and North Africa which are the pre-dominant date palm growing regions worldwide. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN estimates that there are ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD

  • Graft-transmitted Diseases of Grapevines

    by LR Krake, N Steele Scott, MA Rezaian, RH Taylor ...
    For almost 40 years, Australian researchers have been part of an international group of scientists who have studied graft-transmitted disorders of the grapevine. The Australian wine and grape industries are undergoing significant expansion as is the case in some other countries. Preventing the spread of pathogens, by producing clean propagation material, and minimising the disease load on new ... Read more

    $60.99 CAD

  • 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

    $97.99 CAD

  • Silicon and Plant Diseases

    Edited by Fabrício A. Rodrigues, Lawrence E. Datnoff ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Silicon, considered to be the second most abundant mineral element in soil, plays an important role in the mineral nutrition of plants. A wide variety of monocot and dicot species have benefited from silicon nutrition, whether direct or indirect, when they are exposed to different types of abiotic and or biotic stresses. Besides the many agronomic and horticultural benefits gained by maintaining ... Read more

    $192.99 CAD

  • Chlorophyll Fluorescence

    Understanding Crop Performance — Basics and Applications

    by Mohamed H. Kalaji, Vasilij N. Goltsev, Marek Zivcak, Marian Brestic, Krystyna Żuk-Gołaszewska ...
    Chlorophyll a fluorescence is a tool for evaluating plant responses to stress conditions. Fluorescence can be used in plant phenotyping and breeding programs to monitor biotic and abiotic stresses including mineral deficiencies, soil salinity, and pathogenic diseases. Chlorophyll Fluorescence: Understanding Crop Performance — Basics and Applications reviews a diversity of instruments available for ... Read more

    $79.99 CAD

  • 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

    $256.99 CAD

  • Vexing Nature?

    On the Ethical Case Against Agricultural Biotechnology

    by Gary L. Comstock ...
    Agricultural biotechnology refers to a diverse set of industrial techniques used to produce genetically modified foods. Genetically modified (GM) foods are foods manipulated at the molecular level to enhance their value to farmers and consumers. This book is a collection of essays on the ethical dimensions of ag biotech. The essays were written over a dozen years, beginning in 1988. When I began ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Issues in the Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on Agriculture

    Applications to the southeastern United States

    Edited by Linda O. Mearns ...
    This book presents a collection of articles concerning key topics which examine the impacts of climate change and variability on agriculture. The application region is the southeastern United States. The main topics include an investigation of the effect of variations in the spatial scale of climate change scenarios on an agricultural integrated assessment, methods of simulating adaptations of ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD