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  • If Colors Could Be Heard
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    If colors could be heard

    Christopher cayari ,  Jason d. thompson ,  Rekha s. rajan

    If Colors Could Be Heard: Narratives About Racial Identity in Music Education is a platform of, by, and for People of Color who are music educators, artists, activists, and students. For this book, we asked authors to consider their race and ethnicity as an intimate and essential part of their mu...

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  • Dancing Place
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    Dancing place

    Adesola akinleye ,  Helen kindred

    Dancing Place stories the author's experiences of moving together, making, bing in the world. From an Africanist & Indigenous relational philosophy the book discusses artistic process of somatic-based movement inquiry through sharing the authors' work with scores over a 6-year research projec...

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  • Reconstructing the American Dream
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    Reconstructing the american dream

    Ella harris ,  Mel nowicki ,  Tim white ,  Cian oba-smith

    Unpacks the ideologies and economies of the Tiny Home phenomenon in Texas. It presents textured, narrative accounts and striking images of residents and settlements, and analyses the larger socio-economic structures that undergird their personal journeys. A compelling and complex picture at a piv...

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  • At the Movies, Film Reviewing, and Screenwriting
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    At the movies, film reviewing, and screenwriting

    Steven maras

    Analyses film reviewing as a form of cultural mediation of taste and narrative expectations, drawing on the work of influential sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. It studies one of Australia’s most famous review programs to analyse the under-explored cultural dynamics and affinities surrounding film re...

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  • Islamic and Islamicate Architecture in the Americas
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    Islamic and islamicate architecture in the americas

    Caroline ‘olivia’ m. wolf

    From colonial courtyards in Peru to the mosques and cultural centres of contemporary communities across North America, depicts how architectural traditions of the Islamic world have taken root. Confronts conventional geographical boundaries, situating the Americas in dialogue with transregional a...

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  • Without Empathy
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    Without empathy

    Mk raghavendra

    Irony and satire in cinema have fallen out of favor. This study looks at the works of eight auteurs—Luis Buñuel, R.W. Fassbinder, Stanley Kubrick, Robert Altman, Paul Verhoeven, Aki Kaurismäki, Aleksei Balabanov, and David Lynch—whose films, though not always seen as such, are often more ironic t...

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  • Drama for Schools and Beyond
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    Drama for schools and beyond

    Kathryn dawson ,  Beth link ,  Stephanie w. cawthon ,  Lara dossett

    This is the story of the evolution of the Drama for Schools professional learning program. Told through the learning of its leaders and participants and the growth of the art integration program beyond its inception. It is a primer on how to re-centre teachers and students as the driver of the ef...

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  • Nuclear Gaia
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    Nuclear gaia

    Agnieszka jelewska ,  Michał krawczak

    The book analyses new media archives on nuclear violence toward humans and the environment in the context of the ongoing project to transform Earth into Nuclear Gaia as a consequence of a confluence of political, military, economic, and scientific decisions made back in the 1940s, related to the ...

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  • Narrative Interplay in the Digital Era
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    Narrative interplay in the digital era

    Andrew klobucar

    Explores interactive media through alternate realities, digital fiction, and gaming ideologies. It examines play in learning, community engagement, human-machine collaboration, and social dimensions of gaming, bridging theory and practice from LARP (live action role-play) to AI-assisted writing.

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  • Theatricality Beyond Disciplines
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    Theatricality beyond disciplines

    Amin erfani

    This transdisciplinary study expands on theories of theatricality beyond performance studies and into poetry, media technology, translation studies, critical and psychoanalytic theory. Builds upon Antonin Artaud’s elaboration of the theatre as a plague, disrupting pre-established fields of knowle...

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  • Ken Gonzales-Day
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    Ken gonzales-day

    Amelia jones

    Accompanying an exhibition by the same name, this book addresses the life work of Ken Gonzales-Day, a Los Angeles based artist, scholar, teacher, and curator who explores race and place in his photographic and filmic works, drawings, and paintings as well as through his research and puts the arti...

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  • Photo Obscura
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    Photo obscura

    Natasha chuk

    This book discusses the transformation of post-photography into a significant movement that redefines photography by integrating it with emerging technologies and creative practices, resulting in works that may not even resemble photographs but still retain a photographic influence. 40 illus.

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  • The Intellect Handbook of Dance Education Research
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    The intellect handbook of dance education research

    Lynnette young overby ,  Billie lepczyk ,  Jill green

    A review of dance education research methodologies with examples and exemplars from the field. The research methodologies include qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods. Exemplars include investigations from pedagogy, history and cultured, community engagement, social justice and internatio...

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  • Joint Operating Agreements
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    Joint operating agreements

    Eduardo g pereira ,  Anna ovcharova ,  Reg fowler

    This major work analyses the critical concerns and challenges that IOCs and NOCs face in this new type of consortium, and will ultimately suggest alternative solutions to find common ground between these parties.

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  • Developing hazelnuts as a sustainable and industrial crop
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    Developing hazelnuts as a sustainable and industrial crop

    Dr valerio cristofori ,  Dr stefano speranza ,  Dr cristian silvestri

    European hazelnut (Corylus avellana) is a major species of interest for food use and one of the few economically valuable commercial tree nut crops within the Betulaceae. Cultivated mainly in Turkey and Italy, this nut crop has been introduced into cultivation around the world, and global product...

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  • Advances in cultivation of chestnuts
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    Advances in cultivation of chestnuts

    Prof ümit serdar ,  Dr toshihiro saito ,  Dr beatriz cuenca ,  Dr burak akyüz ,  Dr josé gomes laranjo ,  Prof. gabriele beccaro ,  Dr giancarlo bounous ,  Dr rita lourenço costa ,  Dr patrícia fernandes ,  Dr maria gabriella mellano ,  Dr pereira lorenzo santiago

    Chestnut (Castanea), within the family Fagaceae, is a multipurpose tree that produces nuts and timber, as well as holds an important place in landscape and culture. The aim of this chapter is to present the current state of global cultivation of the Castanea species, in terms of its ecological ch...

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  • Assessing the effects of using animal manure on soil health
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    Assessing the effects of using animal manure on soil health

    Dr ashraf m. tubeileh ,  Prof. michael j. goss

    This chapter reviews the impacts associated with the application of livestock and poultry manure on the ability of soil to deliver a range of ecosystem services that sustain plants, animals, people and the environment in which they live.

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  • Nutritional strategies to improve nitrogen efficiency and milk protein synthesis in dairy cows
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    Nutritional strategies to improve nitrogen efficiency and milk protein synthesis in dairy cows

    James d. ferguson

    Dairy production is associated with significant losses of nitrogen to the environment, contributing to the degradation of air and water systems. These losses must be decreased to make dairy farming sustainable, and a primary means of doing this is to increase the conversion of feed protein into m...

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  • Advanced designs for barley breeding experiments
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    Advanced designs for barley breeding experiments

    Dr alison kelly ,  Dr clayton forknall

    This chapter provides a review of key developments in experimental design in barley breeding. After a brief history to set the scene, the chapter covers the background of experimental design for field trials, highlighting the key principles that are still fundamental for modern comparative exper...

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  • New techniques for managing postharvest diseases of fruit: physical, chemical and biological agents
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    New techniques for managing postharvest diseases of fruit: physical, chemical and biological agents

    Dr simona marianna sanzani ,  Prof antonio ippolito

    Chemical fungicides are traditionally used to preserve the quality of fruit and vegetables during storage or transportation. However, the global concern about pesticide use and the reduced efficacy of chemicals due to pathogen-resistant strains have gradually led producers to evaluate safer alter...

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  • Advances in precision application technologies for weed management
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    Advances in precision application technologies for weed management

    Dr ran n. lati ,  Prof. roland gerhards ,  Dr hanan eizenberg ,  Dr maor matzrafi ,  Dr lior blank ,  Prof svend christensen

    Most PWM related research activity is focused on different aspects of weed scouting and mapping, aiming to optimize the weed detection performances of various sensors and imaging platforms. It seems like other aspects of the PWM pipeline get much little attention, nonetheless, their development a...

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  • Understanding and optimising the nutraceutical properties of fruit and vegetables
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    Understanding and optimising the nutraceutical properties of fruit and vegetables

    Professor victor r. preedy ,  Dr vinood patel ,  Dr ugunujhie agbaje ,  Dr mallaidh hyndman ,  Dr soraeya kharaty ,  Dr swarna jaiswal ,  Dr amit k. jaiswal ,  Dr cristine vanz borges ,  Dr fabio vianello ,  Dr ricardo alfredo kluge ,  Dr giuseppina pace pereira lima ,  Dr a. d. diwan ,  Dr s. n. harke ,  Dr a. n. panche ,  Dr ella o'grady ,  Dr greta pileckaite ,  Dr almha gilheany ,  Dr endrita kucana ,  Dr aline alberti ,  Prof gulsun akdemir evrendilek ,  Dr nicholas j. sadgrove ,  Prof monique s. j. simmonds ,  Dr alessandro nogueira ,  Dr jiangtao hu ,  Dr li zhang ,  Dr zheng wang ,  Dr jie peng ,  Dr xiao yang ,  Professor qichang yang ,  Dr stan kubow ,  Dr lucas roldos ,  Dr kailee wark ,  Dr michèle m. iskandar ,  Dr oliver chen ,  Dr eunice mah ,  Prof lia noemi gerschenson ,  Dr eliana noemi fissore ,  Dr carolina bélen gómez vargas ,  Dr elsa goncalves ,  Dr carla alegria ,  Dr ana cristina ramos ,  Dr marta abreu

    This collection reviews research on phytochemicals in fruits and vegetables, their health benefits and ways these benefits can be optimised to improve human health.

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  • Techno-economic analysis for cultivated meat production
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    Techno-economic analysis for cultivated meat production

    Mr john p. ellersick ,  Dr elliot swartz ,  Dr reina ashizawa

    Techno Economic Analysis and Techno-Economic Modeling are key activities in the development of emerging technologies and play a critical role in cultivated meat commercialization. The production scales required to replace a meaningful portion of current meat consumption are significant and will r...

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  • Advances in conservation biological control and habitat management for IPM
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    Advances in conservation biological control and habitat management for ipm

    Dr prisila a. mkenda ,  Dr sunita pandey ,  Dr anne c. johnson ,  Prof. geoff gurr

    Conservation biological control and habitat management are key components of integrated pest management (IPM). These related approaches suppress pests by promoting natural enemy survival and impact and by exploiting direct, suppressive effects on pests from vegetation structure. During this centu...

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  • Advances in surveillance and diagnostic techniques for tracking the spread of African swine fever
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    Advances in surveillance and diagnostic techniques for tracking the spread of african swine fever

    Prof sandra blome

    African swine fever (ASF) is one of the most important viral diseases of domestic and wild suids. Over the last 15 years, ASF has gone truly pandemic and with that, fast, reliable, but also pragmatic diagnostic approaches are needed for early detection and surveillance. In the following chapter, ...

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  • Gut health and susceptibility to enteric bacterial diseases in poultry
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    Gut health and susceptibility to enteric bacterial diseases in poultry

    B. m. hargis ,  Professor guillermo tellez ,  L. r. bielke

    Most pathogens of poultry and other vertebrates enter the body via a mucosal portal of entry, and for the vast majority, this means either the respiratory or gastrointestinal tract (GIT). This chapter surveys the main bacterial pathogens found in the GIT of poultry, and examines the process of sy...

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  • Improving water management in winter wheat
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    Improving water management in winter wheat

    Q. xue ,  J. rudd ,  J. bell ,  T. marek ,  S. liu

    Globally, winter wheat is mainly grown in Eurasia, China, Iran and the United States. Some areas have high precipitation, while other areas require irrigation for high yield in winter wheat. Nevertheless, drought stress can significantly reduce winter wheat yields, even in high precipitation envi...

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  • Integrated management of insect pests: Current and future developments
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    Integrated management of insect pests: current and future developments

    Emeritus prof. marcos kogan ,  Emeritus prof. marcos kogan ,  Emeritus prof. e. a. heinrichs ,  Emeritus prof. e. a. heinrichs ,  Emeritus prof. michael e. irwin ,  Dr wendy moore ,  Dr leonard coop ,  Dr brittany s. barker ,  Prof. keizi kiritani ,  Prof. casey hoy ,  Dr robert venette ,  Dr amy morey ,  Professor michael j. stout ,  Dr john e. foster ,  Dr steven e. naranjo ,  Dr richard l. hellmich ,  Dr jörg romeis ,  Dr anthony m. shelton ,  Dr ana m. vélez ,  Dr ruth mbabazi ,  Dr karim maredia ,  Dr charles vincent ,  Dr guy hallman ,  Dr phyllis weintraub ,  Dr francis fleurat-lessard ,  Prof. linton winder ,  Dr rory flemmer ,  Dr ivan milosavljević ,  Dr mark s. hoddle ,  Dr prisila a. mkenda ,  Dr sunita pandey ,  Dr anne c. johnson ,  Prof. geoff gurr ,  Emeritus prof. joop c. van lenteren ,  Dr vanda h. p. bueno ,  Prof. margaret skinner ,  Dr cheryl frank sullivan ,  Dr bruce l. parker ,  Professor travis r. glare ,  Dr aimee c. mckinnon ,  Dr roma gwynn ,  Dr michael brownbridge ,  Dr sean moore ,  Dr michael jukes ,  Dr david shapiro-ilan ,  Dr selcuk hazir ,  Dr itamar glazer ,  Emeritus prof. graham matthews ,  Dr linda j. thomson ,  Dr ary a. hoffmann ,  Dr keith tyrell ,  Dr sheila willis ,  Dr stephanie williamson ,  Dr davo simplice vodouhe ,  Prof. anthony youdeowei ,  Professor shireen-anne davies ,  Dr rob liskamp ,  Dr julian dow ,  Prof hendrika fourie ,  Dr dirk de waele ,  Prof oscar e. liburd ,  Dr lorena lopez ,  Dr daniel carrillo ,  Dr alexandra m. revynthi ,  Dr omotola olaniyi ,  Dr rana akyazi ,  Dr george b. frisvold

    This volume reviews current developments in integrated pest management (IPM), focussing on insect pests. It discusses advances in understanding species and landscape ecology on which IPM is founded, as well as advances in cultural, physical and biological methods of control.

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  • Analysing maize grain quality
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    Analysing maize grain quality

    Prof glen p. fox ,  Tim j. o'hare

    Advances in the technologies and methods for analysing the quality characteristics of maize grains can help us determine the contribution of maize products to human health, as well as help in the development of maize cultivars with improved characteristics. This chapter reviews a range of methods...

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  • Genome sequencing and the rumen microbiome
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    Genome sequencing and the rumen microbiome

    Dr jessica c. a. friedersdorff ,  Dr benjamin j. thomas ,  Dr sara e. pidcock ,  Dr elizabeth h. hart ,  Dr francesco rubino ,  Prof chris j. creevey

    Microbial genome sequencing has had an enormous impact on our understanding of many biological systems, including the identity, relationships and functions of the resident microbes of the rumen. The availability of genomic information has enhanced our understanding of metabolic activities these m...

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  • Sustainable forest management (SFM) of tropical moist forests: the case of the Brazilian Amazon
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    Sustainable forest management (sfm) of tropical moist forests: the case of the brazilian amazon

    Prof edson vidal ,  Dr thales a. p. west ,  Dr marco w. lentini ,  Dr saulo e. x. f. de souza ,  Dr carine klauberg ,  Dr philippe waldhoff

    In this chapter we present an overview of forest management practices and regulations in the Brazilian Amazon, followed by a discussion of the benefits and challenges of legal forest management in the region, from private to community-based enterprises. Lastly we summarize the way ahead to ensure...

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  • Alternative sources of protein for poultry nutrition
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    Alternative sources of protein for poultry nutrition

    Professor paul iji ,  Mehdi toghyani ,  Emmanuel u. ahiwe ,  Apeh a. omede

    Soya bean and canola meal are the conventional ingredients used to provide protein in poultry feed. However, they are relatively expensive and must be imported to many poultry-producing areas. Developing alternative protein sources for poultry nutrition will reduce the pressure on these key prote...

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  • Key challenges in plant health in sub-Saharan Africa: stakeholder priorities
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    Key challenges in plant health in sub-saharan africa: stakeholder priorities

    Dr kenton dashiell

    This chapter comprises short summaries of research priorities from key stakeholders who have worked with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) on plant health. Stakeholders were categorised into the following groups: international organisations (e.g. the FAO), universities, i...

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  • Taxonomy and classification of cacao
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    Taxonomy and classification of cacao

    Dr ranjana bhattacharjee ,  Dr malachy akoroda

    Theobroma cacao is one of the most important cash crops in the world and is native to the tropical, humid forests of South America. This chapter discusses its origin and the taxonomy and classification of the varieties of Theobroma. It then reviews the characteristics of the three general groups ...

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  • Ensuring and exploiting genetic diversity in rice
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    Ensuring and exploiting genetic diversity in rice

    Jennifer spindel ,  Susan mccouch

    Genetic diversity is the basis for all advances in breeding and genetic improvement and represents an insurance policy for dealing with disaster. In the context of a changing climate, breeders are under increased pressure to selectively expand the genetic base of the varieties they develop to enh...

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  • Advances in understanding the epidemiology of Septoria tritici blotch in cereals
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    Advances in understanding the epidemiology of septoria tritici blotch in cereals

    Dr stephen b. goodwin

    This chapter reviews advances in understanding the epidemiology of Septoria tritici blotch in cereals.

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  • Enhancing seed defence mechanisms against pathogens
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    Enhancing seed defence mechanisms against pathogens

    Prof john hampton

    Defence priming is defined as the enhanced sensitivity and responsiveness to stress that results from a prior experience and leads to increased resistance and/or stress tolerance. For plants, priming agents may be microorganisms or chemicals. This chapter reviews defense priming against plant pat...

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  • Advances in understanding the potassium cycle in crop production
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    Advances in understanding the potassium cycle in crop production

    Dr qifu ma ,  Prof richard bell

    Soil reserves of potassium are generally large, but most of it is not plant-available. On crop farms, negative potassium balance is common due to greater removal of potassium in hay, straw and grain than fertilizer potassium. Consequently, soil potassium depletion is increasing the prevalence of ...

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  • Sustainable production and postharvest handling of avocado
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    Sustainable production and postharvest handling of avocado

    Prof elhadi m. yahia

    Avocado is one of the world’s most economically important subtropical/tropical fruit crops. This collection considers how global avocado production can be improved to meet the growing demand for the fruit, focussing primarily on how the different components of the avocado supply chain can be opti...

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  • The role of crop growth models in crop improvement: integrating phenomics, envirotyping and genomic prediction
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    The role of crop growth models in crop improvement: integrating phenomics, envirotyping and genomic prediction

    Dr jana kholova ,  Dr amir hajjarpoor ,  Dr vincent garin ,  Dr william nelson ,  Dr madina diacoumba ,  Dr carlos d. messina ,  Dr graeme l. hammer ,  Dr yunbi xu ,  Dr milan o. urban ,  Dr jan jarolímek

    The chapter highlights the interplay of high throughput phenotyping with crop growth models (CGMs). The chapter shows how crop models can be used to explore knowledge of phenotype, environment and genotype to better understand and predict their complex interrelationships. It describes how CGMs ha...

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  • Development of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers for cereal breeding and crop research: current methods and future prospects
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    Development of single nucleotide polymorphism (snp) markers for cereal breeding and crop research: current methods and future prospects

    Dr carly schramm ,  Dr yuri shavrukov ,  Dr peter anderson ,  Dr akhylbek kurishbaev ,  Dr satyvaldy jatayev

    Modern cereal breeding and research increasingly relies upon the application of molecular genetics. This chapter provides an overview of the development of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers for use in such breeding and research. Fluorescence detection methods are fully reviewed as this...

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  • The contribution of agroforestry systems to improving soil carbon sequestration
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    The contribution of agroforestry systems to improving soil carbon sequestration

    Prof lydie stella koutika ,  Dr nicolas marron ,  Dr rémi cardinael

    Agroforestry is a land-use system where woody perennials are deliberately combined with agricultural crops and/or livestock on the same land-management units in some form of spatial arrangement or temporal sequence. Agroforestry has the potential to respond to multiple challenges related to soil ...

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  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of barley
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    Achieving sustainable cultivation of barley

    Prof glen p. fox ,  Prof glen p. fox ,  Prof chengdao li ,  Prof chengdao li ,  Dr andrea visioni ,  Dr alessandro tondelli ,  Dr cristina crosatti ,  Dr stefano delbono ,  Dr luigi cattivelli ,  Dr ljudmilla borisjuk ,  Dr hardy rolletschek ,  Dr volodymyr radchuk ,  Dr tefera tolera angessa ,  Dr kefei chen ,  Dr david farleigh ,  Dr jenifer bussanich ,  Dr lee-anne mcfawn ,  Dr kevin whitfield ,  Dr brendon weir ,  Dr steve cosh ,  Dr achalu chimdi ,  Dr gudeta nepir gurmu ,  Dr tadesse kenea amentae ,  Dr hélène pidon ,  Dr nils stein ,  Dr alison kelly ,  Dr clayton forknall ,  Dr w. t. b. thomas ,  Dr serena rosignoli ,  Dr silvio salvi ,  Dr zhao jin ,  Prof paul schwarz ,  Dr robert brueggeman ,  Dr shyam solanki ,  Dr gazala ameen ,  Dr karl effertz ,  Dr roshan sharma poudel ,  Dr aziz karakaya ,  Prof adrian c. newton ,  Dr henry e. creissen ,  Dr neil d. havis ,  Dr fiona j. burnett ,  Dr michael widderick ,  Dr reg lance ,  Dr søren knudsen ,  Dr finn lok ,  Dr ilka braumann ,  Dr david m. e. poulsen ,  Dr nancy ames ,  Dr joanne storsley ,  Dr lovemore malunga ,  Dr sijo joseph thandapilly

    This collection reviews advances in understanding barley physiology and genetics, molecular breeding and cultivation techniques, as well as disease and weed management. It also discusses advances in improving barley for end uses such as malting and brewing.

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  • Managing perennial Conservation Agriculture systems: orchards, plantations and agroforestry
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    Managing perennial conservation agriculture systems: orchards, plantations and agroforestry

    Prof amir kassam ,  Professor emilio j. gonzález-sánchez ,  Dr sim choon cheak ,  Dr zaharah a. rahman ,  Dr julio roman-vazquez ,  Dr francisco marquez-garcia ,  Dr rosa carbonell-bojollo ,  Dr oscar veroz-gonzalez ,  Dr dennis p. garrity

    Perennial CA systems offer a range of productivity and ecosystem benefits to resource-poor smallholder farmers as well as to larger-scale producers managing orchards and plantations. Given the attractive economic and environmental value-adding characteristics of perennial CA systems, it is expect...

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  • The use of intelligent/autonomous systems in crop irrigation
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    The use of intelligent/autonomous systems in crop irrigation

    Prof stefano carpin ,  Dr ken goldberg ,  Dr stavros vougioukas ,  Dr ron berenstein ,  Dr josh viers

    Climate change, combined with the need to feed an increasing population with decreasing arable land, requires to radically re-think the way water is delivered to crops to increase efficiency and minimize wasted water. This chapter examines how robotic and artificial intelligence can be used to im...

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  • An overview of genetic improvement in bananas over the last century
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    An overview of genetic improvement in bananas over the last century

    Dr mike smith ,  Dr michael pillay

    Bananas were among the first crops cultivated by man and continue to be important for the livelihoods of millions of people throughout the tropics and subtropics. Yet many cultivars and landraces are susceptible to biotic and abiotic stresses. Genetic resistance to diseases and pests is the best ...

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  • Advances in screening and product development of microbial bioprotectants
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    Advances in screening and product development of microbial bioprotectants

    Dr wagner bettiol ,  Dr flávio henrique vasconcelos de medeiros ,  Dr josiane barros chiaramonte ,  Dr rodrigo mendes

    The success of a biological control programme depends on the isolation and selection of antagonists. There is an enormous diversity of culturable microbial species in the soil, rhizosphere, phylloplane, spermosphere and carposphere, which can be used in the isolation and selection of antagonists....

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  • The challenges of smallholder farming
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    The challenges of smallholder farming

    Dr steve wiggins

    This chapter starts by discussing the features of small-scale farming, indentifying family management and labour as its hallmark. The considerable differences of geography, economic and social circumstances among smallholder farms are explored. These suggest that while some smallholdings can prov...

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