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  • Pre- and postharvest fungal apple diseases
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    Pre- and postharvest fungal apple diseases

    Wayne m. jurick ,  Dr kerik d. cox

    The domesticated apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) is the most significant pome fruit grown and consumed worldwide. China is the largest producer, followed by the United States, on a global scale. However, fungal plant pathogens cause significant economic losses in the field and during storage, lead...

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  • The role of herbicide-resistant crops in integrated weed management
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    The role of herbicide-resistant crops in integrated weed management

    Prashant jha ,  Krishna n. reddy

    Herbicide-resistant (HR) crops have been a boon for farmers who have adopted them as they provided simple, flexible and economical tool to manage a broad spectrum of weeds and weeds resistant to other herbicides. This chapter reviews the major types of HR crop (commercialized or under development...

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  • Genetics and genomics of behavioral and welfare traits in poultry species
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    Genetics and genomics of behavioral and welfare traits in poultry species

    Dr heng-wei cheng ,  Dr sha jiang

    This chapter reviews current research on the genetics of behavioral traits in poultry, particularly layers. The focus is particularly on aggressive behaviors such as feather pecking which remain a serious problem in both cage and alternative non-cage systems. The chapter shows the complex interac...

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  • The role of wind pollination in crop plants
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    The role of wind pollination in crop plants

    Dr stephen murphy

    This chapter reflects on the early transition from wind-pollinated species (especially Poaceae) into crop species and the current state of wind-pollination in agricultural pollination networks. It then provides a short review of the evolution and biomechanics of wind pollination to establish why ...

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  • Advances and challenges in raspberry and blackberry breeding
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    Advances and challenges in raspberry and blackberry breeding

    Dr ramón molina-bravo ,  Dr margaret leigh worthington ,  Dr gina e. fernandez

    Raspberries and blackberries (Rubus spp.) are important fruit crops that have gained substantial economic interest. Since 1996, berry production has been increasing. With the advent of economic and environmental constraints, sustainability is also becoming increasingly important. This chapter foc...

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  • Biological types of cattle: carcass and meat quality
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    Biological types of cattle: carcass and meat quality

    Mick price

    This chapter describes the domestication of cattle and the origins of many breeds found in the world today. The breeds are grouped into biological types, based on their size, muscularity and propensity to fatten, and the commercial role of each type is discussed. The relationships between biologi...

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  • Maintaining and utilizing the genetic diversity of soybeans
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    Maintaining and utilizing the genetic diversity of soybeans

    Randall nelson

    The aim of plant breeding is to create genetically diverse gene pools and then devise strategies to consolidate the favourable alleles and eliminate those that are adverse to the grower’s objectives. Genetic diversity is the fuel that powers plant breeding but it is also the largest impediment to...

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  • Modelling the impact of climate change on agriculture in North Africa and Southwest Asia
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    Modelling the impact of climate change on agriculture in north africa and southwest asia

    Dr ehsan eyshi rezaei ,  Dr sevim seda yamaç

    The impacts of climate change on food production in North Africa and Southwest Asia are severe, with rising temperatures and prolonged dry spells adversely affecting crop productivity and quality. Crop models are utilized to evaluate the impact of climate change and the potential of adaptation st...

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  • Improving organic agriculture in the developing world: Asia
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    Improving organic agriculture in the developing world: asia

    Sang mok sohn

    Traditional Asian farming methods are often seen as being close to organic production, but there is a need for considerable research and farmer education if the sector is to develop in accordance with scientifically led organic knowledge and to fulfil its potential. This chapter describes key cro...

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  • Instant Insights: Fungicide resistance in cereals
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    Instant insights: fungicide resistance in cereals

    Professor richard oliver ,  Dr lise nistrup jørgensen ,  Dr thies marten heick ,  Dr gregory m. kemmitt ,  Dr r. j. bryson ,  Dr h-d. brix

    This book reviews the development of resistance to the core group of fungicides used throughout global crop production. Chapters explore the mechanisms of resistance, as well as the challenges facing future fungicide development.

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  • Weed management in sorghum cultivation
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    Weed management in sorghum cultivation

    Muthu bagavathiannan ,  Dr w. everman ,  Dr p. govindasamy ,  Anita dille ,  Dr m. jugulam ,  Dr j. norsworthy

    Sorghum is, and will remain, an important crop in the USA, especially in marginal environments due to its low input requirements and high resilience. Weed management is a key production challenge for sorghum, and the herbicide tools available are very limited, particularly for post-emergence (POS...

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  • Improving smallholder dairy farming in Africa
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    Improving smallholder dairy farming in africa

    J. m. k. ojango ,  R. mrode ,  A. m. okeyo ,  J. e. o. rege ,  M. g. g. chagunda ,  D. r. kugonza

    An estimated 80% of the milk produced in Africa is from smallholder farming systems where producers rear less than 10 head of cattle on land sizes that vary from 0.2 to 4 hectares. Smallholder farmers rear a wide variety of genotypes in a variety of mixed crop and livestock systems, reflecting th...

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  • Genetic resistance to viruses in tomato
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    Genetic resistance to viruses in tomato

    Moshe lapidot ,  Ilan levin

    The cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) constitutes a major agricultural industry: it is grown worldwide and, in terms of vegetable crop production, is only second to potato. Tomato plants show a wide climatic tolerance and are grown in both tropical and temperate regions around the world...

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  • Achieving sustainable production of pig meat Volume 3
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    Achieving sustainable production of pig meat volume 3

    Emeritus professor julian wiseman ,  Prof alejandro ramirez ,  Carla correia-gomes ,  Prof. mick bailey ,  Emily porter ,  Ore francis ,  Prof dominiek maes ,  Prof jeroen dewulf ,  Filip boyen ,  Freddy haesebrouck ,  Simon p. turner ,  Richard b. d'eath ,  Prof. paul h. hemsworth ,  Silvana pietrosemoli ,  James t. green ,  Prof. sandra edwards ,  Dr arlene garcia ,  John j. mcglone ,  Dr jonathan r. amory ,  Nina wainwright ,  Jennifer m. young ,  Susanne støier ,  Dr leif lykke ,  Lars o. blaabjerg

    Maintaining animal health and high standards of animal welfare are seen as key to sustainable livestock production. This volume reviews the effective management of diseases affecting pigs as well as ways of defining and promoting animal welfare in pig production.

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  • Supporting smallholders in soybean cultivation: the example of Zimbabwe
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    Supporting smallholders in soybean cultivation: the example of zimbabwe

    Byron zamasiya ,  Dr kefasi nyikahadzoi

    Low crop productivity due to soil fertility decline is a major challenge constraining maize-based smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa. The decline in soil fertility is largely due to continuous cropping without soil replenishment and reduced N2 fixation. In Zimbabwe, soybean has eme...

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  • Composition and properties of eggshell
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    Composition and properties of eggshell

    Prof maureen m. bain

    The eggshell provides convenient packaging for the transportation of the egg contents. Since the shell is fragile, it must be handled and transported with care. Cracked and damaged eggs lead to financial losses and pose a food safety risk. A greater understanding of the eggshell and its formation...

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  • Optimising poultry flock health
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    Optimising poultry flock health

    Professor sjaak de wit ,  Prof alejandro banda ,  Dr surya paudel ,  Prof michael hess ,  Dr claudia hess ,  Prof damer p. blake ,  Dr dieter liebhart ,  Prof jean-pierre vaillancourt ,  Dr manon racicot ,  Dr mattias delpont ,  Professor michael kidd ,  Dr p. f. surai ,  Dr yongxiu yao ,  Prof venugopal nair ,  Dr ron meijerhof ,  Professor edgar oviedo-rondón ,  Dr yuko sato ,  Dr rick van emous ,  Dr andré steentjes

    This collection reviews the range of recent research on improving our understanding of the mechanisms of disease transmission and how this understanding can be used to improve poultry flock health.

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  • Machine vision techniques to monitor behaviour and health in precision livestock farming
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    Machine vision techniques to monitor behaviour and health in precision livestock farming

    Prof claudia arcidiacono ,  Dr s. m. c. porto

    This chapter reviews advances in computer vision-based technologies for precision livestock farming. It also reviews how automation in image analysis can promote smart management of livestock to improve health and welfare. The chapter discusses the main devices for data acquisition in computer-vi...

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  • Developing forestry products: timber
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    Developing forestry products: timber

    Dr david nicholls

    Timber products can include a wide array of socially valued goods originating from diverse tree species, forest types, and ecosystems. Over the past few decades, forest product market development and timber quality have been characterized by several important factors, many of them international i...

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  • Apple mosaic virus: biology, epidemiology and detection
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    Apple mosaic virus: biology, epidemiology and detection

    Dr karel petrzik

    Apple mosaic virus (ApMV) has been detected in apple and also in a number of other plant taxa including other members of the Rosaceae, hazelnut, hop, birch and a number of perennial weed species. This chapter comprehensively details how the virus is spread and describes the symptoms displayed by ...

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  • Advances in integrated weed management
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    Advances in integrated weed management

    Dr per kudsk ,  Dr sandrine petit ,  Dr séverin yvoz ,  Dr alexandre ploteau ,  Dr camille zuccolo ,  Dr stéphane cordeau ,  Dr jonathan storkey ,  Prof bärbel gerowitt ,  Dr barbara baraibar ,  Dr çağla görkem eroğlu ,  Dr aurélie gfeller ,  Dr anna elizabeth louw-gaume ,  Dr judith wirth ,  Dr ahmet uludağ ,  Dr mehmet arslan ,  Dr i̇lhan üremiş ,  Dr necmi aksoy ,  Dr nathalie colbach ,  Dr panagiotis kanatas ,  Dr illias travlos ,  Dr ioannis gazoulis ,  Dr alexandros tataridas ,  Prof cesar fernandez-quintanilla ,  Dr j. dorado ,  Dr j. m. peña ,  Dr d. andújar ,  Dr ran n. lati ,  Prof. roland gerhards ,  Dr hanan eizenberg ,  Dr maor matzrafi ,  Dr lior blank ,  Prof svend christensen ,  Dr bo melander ,  Dr margaret r. mccollough ,  Dr marleen riemens ,  Dr m. elings ,  Dr ludovic bonin ,  Dr r. leskovšek ,  Dr anna-camilla moonen ,  Dr w. smith ,  Dr m. sønderskov ,  Dr urs schaffner ,  Dr heinz müller-schärer ,  Dr andreas lüscher ,  Dr verónica pedraza ,  Dr jose gonzalez-andujar ,  Dr victoire huet ,  Dr paul tuteirihia ,  Dr julien lecourt ,  Mr pieter de wolf ,  Dr saskia houben ,  Dr william bijker ,  Dr koen klompe

    This collection explores recent developments in integrated weed management (IWM) that embrace a more holistic, landscape-based agroecological approach, including the application of technology to allow more informed decision-making and more targeted solutions.

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  • Structure and chemistry of sorghum grain
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    Structure and chemistry of sorghum grain

    Dr s. r. bean ,  B. p. ioerger ,  J. d. wilson ,  M. tilley ,  D. rhodes ,  T. j. herald

    Sorghum is grown around the world under diverse environmental conditions. Combined with the high degree of genetic diversity present in sorghum, this can result in substantial variability in grain composition and grain quality. While similar to other cereal grains such as maize and millets in som...

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  • Improving farm machinery operation and maintenance to optimise fuel use efficiency
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    Improving farm machinery operation and maintenance to optimise fuel use efficiency

    Dr t. a. jensen ,  Dr jeff n. tullberg ,  Dr diogenes antille

    This chapter discusses energy use and emissions from direct fossil fuel combustion on farms to power farm machinery. It first reviews techniques for optimising tractor fuel consumption as well as developments in fuel-efficient tractor designs. The chapter also discusses energy savings and other b...

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  • The use of farm-level models to assess the environmental impact of livestock production
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    The use of farm-level models to assess the environmental impact of livestock production

    Dr alasdair sykes ,  Dr cairistiona topp ,  Professor bob rees

    In light of a changing climate, the international community is committed to taking action to reduce overall levels of greenhouse gas emissions. Agriculture will play an important role here given that agriculture and land use are responsible globally for around 24% of such greenhouse gas emissions...

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  • Advances in microbiological assessment of the shelf life and spoilage of ready-to-eat (RTE) poultry meat products
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    Advances in microbiological assessment of the shelf life and spoilage of ready-to-eat (rte) poultry meat products

    Professor steven c. ricke ,  Dr elena george olson ,  Dr lindsey a. wythe ,  Dr dana k. dittoe

    Ready-to-eat (RTE) poultry meat products can be contaminated with pathogens and spoilage microorganisms after the cooking step, contributing to food spoilage losses and increasing the risk to consumers. Antimicrobials applied to RTE meats tend to be broad-spectrum in their activities with differi...

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  • Improving water management in organic crop cultivation
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    Improving water management in organic crop cultivation

    Prof. michael j. goss ,  Dr adrian unc ,  Dr wilfried ehlers

    Managing water for crop production requires capture and storage of water in the soil, which must also be protected from damage by raindrop impact and excess water. These actions ensure that the soil will benefit from increased organic matter content and be protected by harvest residues, living pl...

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  • Conservation Agriculture in Southeast Asia
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    Conservation agriculture in southeast asia

    Dr yuji niino ,  Dr victor b. ella ,  Dr florent tivet ,  Dr vira leng ,  Dr hoa tran quoc ,  Dr pascal lienhard ,  Dr pham thi sen ,  Dr thatheva saphangthong ,  Dr vang seng ,  Dr lyda hok ,  Dr manuel reyes ,  Dr stephane boulakia ,  Dr sim choon cheak

    Agriculture in the Southeast Asia region has been changing from traditional subsistence farming to modern commercial farming practices at various rates and this has led to specialized commercialized farming with mechanization, intensive tillage, and increased agrochemical use. The use of high inp...

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  • Assessing emotions in pigs: determining negative and positive mental states
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    Assessing emotions in pigs: determining negative and positive mental states

    Dr eimear murphy ,  Dr luca melotti ,  Dr michael mendl

    This chapter reviews assessing emotions in pigs, specifically focusing on the ways of determining negative and positive mental states. It begins by examining behavioural indicators of emotion such as behavioural tests, qualitative behaviour assessment, vocalisations, play behaviour, defence casca...

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  • Understanding the contribution of milk constituents to the texture of dairy products: fermented products
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    Understanding the contribution of milk constituents to the texture of dairy products: fermented products

    Georg surber ,  Harald rohm ,  Dr doris jaros

    This chapter discusses the impact of the main milk components protein, fat and lactose on the texture of fermented milk. It is the three-dimensional protein network formed upon microbial acidification, which primarily dominates the properties of the final milk gel. Main factors of influence are t...

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  • Poultry embryo development and skeletal growth
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    Poultry embryo development and skeletal growth

    Professor edgar oviedo-rondón

    The objective of this chapter is to present scientific evidence indicating the importance of incubation conditions on skeletal development, leg health, and locomotion. The first section will describe embryo bone development in avian species, its regulation, and the interaction effects of the envi...

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  • Genetics and genomics of egg production traits in poultry species
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    Genetics and genomics of egg production traits in poultry species

    Dr anna wolc ,  Dr jesus arango ,  Dr janet e. fulton

    The consumption of poultry eggs has been increasing globally. Increases in production and efficiency while considering both animal and human welfare are needed in order to meet this demand. The underlying genetic components that influence these traits are still largely unknown, though multiple st...

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  • Achieving durable disease resistance in cereals
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    Achieving durable disease resistance in cereals

    Professor richard oliver ,  Dr serge savary ,  Dr laetitia willocquet ,  Dr vanessa bueno-sancho ,  Dr clare m. lewis ,  Dr diane g. o. saunders ,  Dr tianheng ren ,  Dr zhi li ,  Dr feiquan tan ,  Dr cheng jiang ,  Dr peigao luo ,  Professor stephen wegulo ,  Dr claire kanja ,  Dr ana k. machado wood ,  Dr laura baggaley ,  Dr catherine walker ,  Prof kim hammond-kosack ,  Prof guihua bai ,  Dr stephen b. goodwin ,  Dr y. petit-houdenot ,  Dr marc-henri lebrun ,  Dr g. scalliet ,  Prof harsh raman ,  Dr gayan k. kariyawasam ,  Dr timothy l. friesen ,  Dr min lin ,  Dr morten lillemo ,  Prof ramesh chand ,  Dr sudhir navathe ,  Dr sandeep sharma ,  Dr anke martin ,  Dr barsha poudel ,  Dr buddhika amarasinghe dahanayaka ,  Dr mark s. mclean ,  Dr lisle snyman ,  Dr francisco j. lopez-ruiz ,  Dr karl m. effertz ,  Dr shaun j. clare ,  Dr sarah m. harkins ,  Dr robert brueggeman ,  Dr jerome d. franckowiak ,  Dr gregory j. platz ,  Dr reem aboukhaddour ,  Dr mohamed hafez ,  Dr stephen e. strelkov ,  Dr myriam r. fernandez ,  Dr josé mauricio fernandes ,  Dr e. m. del ponte ,  Dr j. p. ascari ,  Dr t. j. krupnik ,  Dr w. pavan ,  Dr f. vargas ,  Dr t. berton ,  Dr vincent m. were ,  Prof nicholas j. talbot ,  Dr neil havis ,  Dr douglas lau ,  Dr talita bernardon mar ,  Dr carlos diego ribeiro dos santos ,  Dr eduardo engel ,  Dr paulo roberto do valle da silva pereira ,  Dr torsten will ,  Prof frank ordon ,  Dr dragan perovic ,  Dr christina cowger ,  Prof james k. m. brown ,  Dr sarrah ben m'barek ,  Dr seyed mahmoud tabib ghaffary

    This collection reviews advances in the key areas required to achieve durable disease resistance in cereal crops, from advances in understanding pathogen biology/epidemiology and plant pathogen interactions to identifying sources of resistance and advance techniques for breeding new varieties.

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  • Advances in agri-food robotics
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    Advances in agri-food robotics

    Professor eldert van henten ,  Professor yael edan ,  Professor yael edan ,  Dr gert kootstra ,  Dr jordy senden ,  Dr elena torta ,  Dr rené van de molengraft ,  Dr herman bruyninckx ,  Dr jose blasco-ivars ,  Dr francisco rovira-más ,  Dr polina kurtser ,  Dr stephanie lowry ,  Dr ola ringdahl ,  Dr john f. reid ,  Dr george adamides ,  Dr frits k. van evert ,  Dr trim bresilla ,  Dr ard nieuwenhuizen ,  Dr bram veldhuisen ,  Dr jochen hemming ,  Dr giannis avgoustakis ,  Dr spyros fountas ,  Dr michael koutsiaras ,  Dr nikos mylonas ,  Dr suzanne baron ,  Dr thanos dritsopoulos ,  Dr markos legas ,  Dr han hilbrands ,  Dr jeroen wolters ,  Dr klaas jan hommes ,  Dr panagiotis karagiannis ,  Dr sotiris makris ,  Dr george michalos ,  Dr dimitrios paraforos ,  Dr galibjon sharipov ,  Dr søren marcus pedersen ,  Dr bertrand pinel ,  Dr mladen radisic ,  Dr juan f. rascón ,  Dr carlos rizzo ,  Dr raul sanchez ,  Dr alea scovill ,  Oriol serra ,  Dr josep vidal ,  Dr liisa pesonen ,  Dr daniel calvo alonso ,  Dr juha backman ,  Dr jere kaivosoja ,  Dr jarmi recio martinez ,  Dr juha-pekka soininen ,  Dr nicolas tricot ,  Dr mahmoud almasri ,  Dr roland lenain ,  Prof renato vidoni ,  Dr giovanni carabin ,  Dr giuseppe quaglia ,  Dr andrea botta ,  Dr giulio reina ,  Dr rocco galati ,  Dr george kantor ,  Dr francisco yandun ,  Dr ali leylavi shoushtari ,  Dr tarin paz-kagan ,  Dr andrea bertolini ,  Dr rocco limongelli ,  Professor james lowenberg-deboer ,  Dr kirsten ayris ,  Dr david rose ,  Dr m. wattad ,  Dr victor alchanatis ,  Dr s. shriki ,  Dr t. sandovsky ,  Dr s. filin ,  Dr avital bechar ,  Dr dionysis bochtis ,  Dr manoj karkee ,  Dr qin zhang ,  Dr uddhav bhattarai ,  Dr xin zhang ,  Dr jos balendonck ,  Dr kees lokhorst ,  Professor tomás norton

    This collection explores and reviews the wealth of recent research undertaken in the field of agricultural robotics, both in terms of core technologies and range of applications.

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  • Cover crops in organic crop cultivation
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    Cover crops in organic crop cultivation

    Peter von fragstein und niemsdorff

    Cover crops (CCs) are close-growing crops providing protection for soil and seeding between periods of normal crop production. They are positioned in rotation between two main or cash crops, and not primarily grown for harvest. Although traditionally CCs have been terminated and incorporated into...

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  • The impact of heavy metal contamination on soil health
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    The impact of heavy metal contamination on soil health

    Dr santanu bakshi ,  Dr chumki banik ,  Zhenli he

    Heavy metal pollution often results in the degradation of soil health. The term ‘soil health’ or ‘soil quality’ is used to express the status of the soil’s functional ability in the ecosystem, as indicated by its physical, chemical and biological properties. Contamination of heavy metals above th...

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  • Diseases affecting wheat: tan spot
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    Diseases affecting wheat: tan spot

    Dr caroline moffat ,  Dr f. m. santana

    Tan spot is a major fungal disease of wheat worldwide and a significant economic challenge facing growers. Here, we summarise common disease management strategies, including cultural practices, fungicide control and varietal resistance. We review the host–pathogen interaction and genetics of dise...

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  • Cassava cultivation and soil productivity
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    Cassava cultivation and soil productivity

    Reinhardt howeler

    Cassava is becoming an ever more important crop, and over the past 20–30 years its planted area has increased faster than that of any other food crop. However, yields are still low due to the fact that the crop is usually grown on infertile soils and without adequate soil and crop management. Thi...

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  • Strawberries: a case study of how evolving market expectations impact sustainability
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    Strawberries: a case study of how evolving market expectations impact sustainability

    Prof m. p. pritts ,  Dr t. m. sjulin

    The strawberry industry is facing the reality that it has been built on an unsustainable foundation. with dependencies on fumigation, plastic, pesticides, fertilizers, diminishing groundwater, undocumented labour and fuel for transportation. This chapter offers a case study of the impact of that...

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  • Intelligent machinery for precision agriculture
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    Intelligent machinery for precision agriculture

    Dr qin zhang ,  Dr joseph dvorak ,  Dr timo oksanen

    The innovative core of modern precision agriculture is the use of agricultural machinery to perform precise, responsive field operations in large-scale mechanized precision crop production. Integration of autonomous functions into such machinery will endow it with capabilities which could be desc...

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  • Drying, handling, storing and quality monitoring of pulses
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    Drying, handling, storing and quality monitoring of pulses

    C. b. singh ,  D. s. jayas

    Pulses are an affordable, vegetarian source of protein. They are low in fat, high in carbohydrates and a rich source of micronutrients, amino acids and vitamins. This chapter discusses on how drying, storing and handling of pulses can adversely affect their quality. It reviews how pulse quality i...

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  • Soil health assessment and inventory: indices and databases
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    Soil health assessment and inventory: indices and databases

    Brian k. slater

    It is increasingly appreciated that the soil resource embodies significant natural capital supporting valuable ecosystem services, yet soil natural capital and ecosystem services are threatened by land degradation at the same time as they become more central to efforts to expand food production t...

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  • Amenity and recreation values of tropical forests: an ecosystem services perspective
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    Amenity and recreation values of tropical forests: an ecosystem services perspective

    Prof gamini herath

    This chapter discusses the role of ecosystem services (ESS) in enhancing recreational and amenity services of tropical forests. It outlines the relationship between forests, recreation and tourism, including the concepts and issues involved in policy making. This chapter discusses the challenges ...

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  • Modifying photosystem antennas to improve light harvesting for photosynthesis in crops
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    Modifying photosystem antennas to improve light harvesting for photosynthesis in crops

    Prof min chen ,  Dr robert e. blankenship

    All photosynthetic organisms contain a light-harvesting antenna system, in which pigments absorb solar photons and energy is delivered to the photochemical reaction centers, and subsequent biochemical reactions store it for cellular use. The identity and quantity of pigments and the proteins that...

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  • Variety selection and seed quality management in grain legume cultivation
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    Variety selection and seed quality management in grain legume cultivation

    Dr jean claude rubyogo ,  Wilfred odhiambo

    A key aspect of grain legume crop cultivation is selecting and being able to access the seed of the right type and quality. This is becoming more challenging as grain legumes become cash crops and smallholder farmers transition from subsistence farming to market-oriented production. This chapter ...

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  • Managing biodiversity in agricultural landscapes
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    Managing biodiversity in agricultural landscapes

    Emeritus professor nick c. h. reid ,  Emeritus professor nick c. h. reid ,  Emeritus professor nick c. h. reid ,  Dr rhiannon smith ,  Professor andrew f. bennett ,  Professor andrew f. bennett ,  Dr gary howling ,  Professor g. r. squire ,  Professor g. r. squire ,  Professor theodore alter ,  Professor theodore alter ,  Professor david johnson ,  Professor david johnson ,  Dr jane morrison ,  Dr jane morrison ,  Dr ian montgomery ,  Dr ian montgomery ,  Dr sara burbi ,  Dr ruth little ,  Dr ruth little ,  Emeritus professor gordon rausser ,  Emeritus professor gordon rausser ,  Dr dean ansell ,  Dr dean ansell ,  Dr liz lewis-reddy ,  Dr liz lewis-reddy ,  Professor ruurd van diggelen ,  Professor ruurd van diggelen ,  Professor thomas a. jones ,  Professor thomas a. jones ,  Professor david lindenmayer ,  Professor david lindenmayer ,  Professor adrian d. manning ,  Professor adrian d. manning ,  Professor joanna lambert ,  Professor christopher r. dickman ,  Professor christopher r. dickman ,  Dr angie haslem ,  Dr frederick w. rainsford ,  Dr alex c. maisey ,  Dr james q. radford ,  Dr c. hawes ,  Dr kayla faith laddin ,  Dr lauren hull ,  Dr michael reid ,  Dr heidi kleinert ,  Dr alice day ,  Dr ezekiel m. ezekiel m. ,  Dr neil reid ,  Dr jennifer dodsworth ,  Dr rachel lasko ,  Dr david zilbreman ,  Dr andrew macintosh ,  Dr don butler ,  Dr marie waschka ,  Dr tobias ceulemans ,  Dr camiel aggenbach ,  Dr willem-jan emsens ,  Dr david smith ,  Dr daniel florance ,  Dr clare crane ,  Dr eleanor lang ,  Dr angelina siegrist ,  Dr michelle young ,  Dr ben c. scheele ,  Dr kiarrah j. smith ,  Dr iain j. gordon ,  Dr belinda a. wilson ,  Dr aaron c. greenville ,  Dr glenda m. wardle ,  Dr david c. paton

    This collection reviews the wealth of research on ways to promote biodiversity within agricultural landscapes, focussing on the range of conservation, restoration and rewilding practices farmers and landowners can adopt.

    £150.00
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  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 2
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    Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava volume 2

    Dr clair h. hershey ,  Virgilio gavicho uarrota ,  Deivid l. v. stefen ,  Clovis arruda de souza ,  Cileide maria medeiros coelho ,  Rodolfo moresco ,  Marcelo maraschin ,  Fernando david sánchez-mora ,  Eduardo da costa nunes ,  Enilto de oliveira neubert ,  Luiz augusto martins peruch ,  Michael abberton ,  Badara gueye ,  Tchamba marimagne ,  Folarin soyode ,  Hernán ceballos ,  Nelson morante ,  Fernando calle ,  Jorge lenis ,  Sandra salazar ,  Luis augusto becerra lopez-lavalle ,  Ismail y. rabbi ,  P. zhang ,  Q. ma ,  M. naconsie ,  X. wu ,  W. zhou ,  J. yang ,  Piya kittipadakul ,  Pasajee kongsil ,  Chalermpol phumichai ,  Shelley h. jansky ,  Elizabeth parkes ,  Olufemi aina ,  Adebayo abass ,  Wasiu awoyale ,  Lateef sanni ,  Taofik shittu ,  Dr james p. legg ,  Elizabeth alvarez ,  Ignazio graziosi ,  Kris a. g. wyckhuys ,  Dr stefan hauser ,  Dr friday ekeleme

    Volume 2 reviews genetic resources and breeding techniques as well as their use to produce varieties with traits such as enhanced resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. It also discusses key pests and diseases and their management in making cultivation more efficient and sustainable.

    £140.00
    £140.00 £140.00
  • Measuring and assessing beef quality and sensory traits for retailers and consumers
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    Measuring and assessing beef quality and sensory traits for retailers and consumers

    Derek a. griffing ,  Christy l. bratcher

    Verifying qualities that contribute to a pleasurable eating experience prior to consumption is an obstacle for the beef industry. There are many ways to assess eating quality, such as sensory evaluation, shear force measurement and relying on the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) quality gradin...

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    £25.00
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  • Practical application of integrated pest management in greenhouses and protected cultivation
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    Practical application of integrated pest management in greenhouses and protected cultivation

    Dr bruno gobin ,  Dr els pauwels ,  Dr joachim audenaert

    Greenhouse production is at the forefront of using IPM systems to tackle pests and diseases. The shift to IPM was a challenge for growers, but was overcome through research, extension and demonstration of the strengths of biocontrol. We provide examples from ornamental plant greenhouse horticultu...

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