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  • Achieving sustainable management of boreal and temperate forests
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    Achieving sustainable management of boreal and temperate forests

    Dr john a. stanturf ,  Dr john a. stanturf ,  Prof. philip j. burton ,  Prof. donato chiatante ,  Dr mattia terzaghi ,  Dr gabriella stefania scippa ,  Dr antonio montagnoli ,  Emeritus prof. w. keith moser ,  Dr adam p. coble ,  Dr lea hallik ,  Dr andrew d. richardson ,  Dr jan pisek ,  Dr kairi adamson ,  Dr russell t. graham ,  Dr cynthia f. moser ,  Dr tanja g. m. sanders ,  Dr peter spathelf ,  Prof. andreas bolte ,  Dr matthew j. mcgrath ,  Dr anne sofie lansø ,  Dr guillaume marie ,  Dr yi-ying chen ,  Dr tuomo kalliokoski ,  Dr sebastiaan luyssaert ,  Dr kim naudts ,  Dr philippe peylin ,  Dr aude valade ,  Dr yamina micaela rosas ,  Dr pablo luis peri ,  Dr héctor bahamonde ,  Dr juan manuel cellini ,  Dr marcelo daniel barrera ,  Dr alejandro huertas herrera ,  Dr maría vanessa lencinas ,  Dr guillermo martínez pastur ,  Dr anne oxbrough ,  Dr jaime pinzón ,  Dr patricia butler-leopold ,  Dr constance hausman ,  Dr louis iverson ,  Dr todd ontl ,  Dr leslie brandt ,  Dr stephen matthews ,  Dr matthew peters ,  Dr anantha prasad ,  Prof. donald grebner ,  Dr pete bettinger ,  Dr andrew lister ,  Prof. hans pretzsch ,  Dr christophe orazio ,  Dr peter freer-smith ,  Dr tim payn ,  Dr tom fox ,  Dr daniel g. neary ,  Prof. thomas j. dean ,  Prof. woodam chung ,  Dr kevin lyons ,  Dr lucas wells ,  Dr barbara bentz ,  Dr pierluigi bonello ,  Dr horst delb ,  Dr christopher fettig ,  Dr therese poland ,  Dr deepa pureswaran ,  Dr steven seybold ,  Dr tod ramsfield ,  Dr kathy lewis ,  Dr lee frelich ,  Dr pablo j. donoso ,  Dr timo kuuluvainen ,  Dr david nicholls ,  Dr james l. chamberlain ,  Dr christine j. small ,  Dr michelle baumflek ,  Dr tatjana stevanovic ,  Dr john daigle

    Forests deliver both economic benefits and a range of key ecosystem services. This collection reviews current research on optimising their use, from understanding tree physiology to improvements in planting, stand management, sustainable logging and product diversification.

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  • Instant Insights: Machine vision applications in agriculture
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    Instant insights: machine vision applications in agriculture

    Various authors ,  Dr jean-marc gilliot ,  Dr ophélie sauzet ,  Dr megan long ,  Dr polina kurtser ,  Dr stephanie lowry ,  Dr ola ringdahl ,  Dr wei ma ,  Dr zhiwei tian ,  Prof claudia arcidiacono ,  Dr s. m. c. porto

    This book provides a detailed overview on machine vision applications in agriculture, ranging from its use as a means of measuring soil texture and structure, to its use in precision livestock farming systems to improve livestock health and welfare.

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  • Understanding and improving the functional and nutritional properties of milk
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    Understanding and improving the functional and nutritional properties of milk

    Prof thom huppertz ,  Prof thom huppertz ,  Prof todor vasiljevic ,  Prof todor vasiljevic ,  Dr jan geurts ,  Dr aiqian ye ,  Prof golfo moatsou ,  Dr inge gazi ,  Dr dimuthu bogahawaththa ,  Dr geoffrey mccarthy ,  Dr james a. o'mahony ,  Dr mark a. fenelon ,  Dr rita hickey ,  Prof egon bech hansen ,  Dr daylan a. tzompa-sosa ,  Dr naomi arita-merino ,  Dr nurit argov-argaman ,  Prof michael gänzle ,  Prof lotte bach larsen ,  Dr søren drud-heydary nielsen ,  Dr nina aagaard poulsen ,  Dr alan l. kelly ,  Dr xiao-chen liu ,  Prof leif h. skibsted ,  Dr paul andrewes ,  Dr stephen e. holroyd ,  Dr brendon gill ,  Dr richard johnson ,  Dr andrew lewis ,  Dr andrew mackenzie ,  Dr mikhail vyssotski ,  Dr martin auldist ,  Dr tim coolbear ,  Dr nathalie janin ,  Dr rachel traill ,  Dr rebecca shingleton ,  Dr maria kazou ,  Dr alkmini gavriil ,  Dr chryssi kounenidaki ,  Dr effie tsakalidou ,  Prof hilton c. deeth ,  Georg surber ,  Harald rohm ,  Dr doris jaros ,  Dr michel britten

    This collection reviews and summarises our current understanding of the functional and nutritional properties of milk to ensure it can be optimised both as a food and as a key ingredient in dairy products.

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  • Instant Insights: Bacterial diseases affecting pigs
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    Instant insights: bacterial diseases affecting pigs

    Prof alejandro ramirez ,  Prof dominiek maes ,  Filip boyen ,  Freddy haesebrouck ,  Charlotte lauridsen ,  Dr ole højberg ,  Dr nuria canibe ,  Dr p. bosi ,  Dr d. luise ,  Dr p. trevisi

    This collection features four peer-reviewed literature reviews on bacterial diseases affecting pigs.

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  • Developing circular agricultural production systems
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    Developing circular agricultural production systems

    Professor dr barbara amon ,  Prof rolf meyer ,  Dr theun vellinga ,  Professor friedhelm taube ,  Dr john kormla nyameasem ,  Dr friederike fenger ,  Dr c. maraveas ,  Dr thomas bartzanas ,  Dr andre f. brito ,  Dr kleves v. almeida ,  Dr luiz h. p. silva ,  Dr david fangueiro ,  Dr jihane elmahdi ,  Dr jared nyang'au ,  Dr stamatis chrysanthopoulos ,  Dr jerke de vries ,  Dr peter sørensen ,  Dr victor riau ,  Dr l. morey ,  Dr r. cáceres ,  Dr m. cerrillo ,  Dr a. bonmati ,  Dr a. robles ,  Dr april leytem ,  Dr robert dungan ,  Dr mindy spiehs ,  Dr dan miller ,  Dr rita fragoso ,  Dr d. hidalgo ,  Dr m. paterson ,  Dr butch bataller ,  Dr sergio capareda ,  Dr angela marchetti ,  Dr gaia salvatori ,  Dr lionel tayou nguemna ,  Dr mattia grumi ,  Dr ahmet ozan basar ,  Dr maría pardo-figuerez ,  Dr jose maria lagaron ,  Dr cristina prieto ,  Dr chiara marcoaldi ,  Dr marianna villano ,  Dr mauro majone ,  Dr david bolzonella ,  Dr j. echave ,  Dr m. fraga-corral ,  Dr s. seyyedi-mansour ,  Dr l. cassani ,  Dr p. garcia-oliveira ,  Dr hui cao ,  Dr j. simal-gandara ,  Dr miguel prieto ,  Dr jianbo xiao ,  Dr jack b. hetherington ,  Dr pablo juliano ,  Dr rodolfo garcia-flores ,  Dr lorenzo rossi ,  Dr martina puccinelli ,  Dr ilaria marchioni ,  Dr luca incrocci ,  Dr baldassare fronte ,  Dr carlo bibbiani ,  Prof alberto pardossi

    This collection summarises the wealth of research on the ways of achieving circular agricultural production systems through using minimal inputs, closing nutrient loops, reducing emissions and reusing and valorising agricultural wastes.

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  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of grain legumes Volume 2
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    Achieving sustainable cultivation of grain legumes volume 2

    Dr shoba sivasankar ,  Dr david bergvinson ,  Dr pooran gaur ,  Dr shiv kumar agrawal ,  Dr shiv kumar agrawal ,  Dr steve beebe ,  Dr manuele tamò ,  James d. kelly ,  John o. ojiem ,  William erskine ,  Ashutosh sarker ,  Fred j. muehlbauer ,  Y.-c. lee ,  R. lemes hamawaki ,  V. colantonio ,  M. j. iqbal ,  D. a. lightfoot ,  Frederick p. baijukya ,  Harun m. murithi ,  Fred kanampiu ,  C. michael deom ,  David kalule okello ,  S. n. nigam ,  P. janila ,  David jordan ,  Rick brandenburg ,  Gary payne ,  David hoisington ,  Nick magnan ,  James rhoads ,  Mumuni abudulai ,  Koushik adhikari ,  Jinru chen ,  Richard akromah ,  William appaw ,  William ellis ,  Maria balota ,  Kumar mallikarjunan ,  Emeritus professor ken boote ,  Greg macdonald ,  Kira bowen ,  Boris bravo-ureta ,  Jeremy jelliffe ,  Agnes budu ,  Hendrix chalwe ,  Alice mweetwa ,  Munsanda ngulube ,  Awere dankyi ,  Brandford mochia ,  Vivian hoffmann ,  Amade muitia ,  Sam njoroge ,  Nelson opoku ,  B. b. singh ,  Alpha y. kamara ,  Lucky o. omoigui ,  Nkeki kamai ,  Sylvester u. ewansiha ,  Hakeem a. ajeigbe ,  Fouad maalouf ,  Seid ahmed ,  Somanagouda patil ,  R. redden ,  X. zong ,  R. m. norton ,  Dr fred stoddard ,  M el-bouhssini ,  Y. tao ,  L. rong ,  Li ling ,  K.b saxena ,  Y. s. chauhan ,  C. v. s. kumar ,  A. j. hingane ,  R. v. kumar ,  R. k. saxena ,  G. v. r. rao ,  K.r latha ,  L. vimalendran ,  Agnes mwangwela

    The second volume in this collection focusses on improving the cultivation of particular grain legumes, starting with common beans, lentils, soybeans and groundnuts. A second group of chapters discusses cowpea, faba beans and pigeonpea.

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  • Smart farms
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    Smart farms

    Professor claus grøn sørensen ,  Dr liisa pesonen ,  Professor thiago romanelli ,  André f. colaço ,  João p. s veiga ,  Dr adélia sousa ,  Dr josé marques da silva ,  Dr joão serrano ,  Dr shakib shahidian ,  Dr duarte lobo da silveira ,  Dr manuela simões ,  Dr ana cristina gonçalves ,  Dr maria joão p caldinhas ,  Dr vasco fitas da cruz ,  Dr arilson j. de oliveira júnior ,  Dr silvia r. lucas de souza ,  Dr diogo r. coelho ,  Dr patrícia lourenço ,  Dr fátima baptista ,  Dr saba noor ,  Dr jade bokma ,  Dr bart pardon ,  Dr gerdien van schaik ,  Dr miel hostens ,  Dr caicong wu ,  Emeritus professor fedro zazueta ,  Dr nathaniel newlands ,  Professor david lamb

    This collection reviews recent advances in processing and analysing data to provide actionable outcomes for farmers to be able to achieve a more sustainable agriculture and reduce the sector’s contribution to climate change.

    £140.00
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  • Instant Insights: Optimising photosynthesis in crops
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    Instant insights: optimising photosynthesis in crops

    Prof christine raines ,  Dr a. p. cavanagh ,  Dr c. afamefule ,  Dr k. chibani ,  Dr h. gherli ,  Dr p. lopez ,  Dr v. mengin ,  Dr b. moreno-garcia ,  Dr s. wall ,  Prof eva rosenqvist ,  Dr coralie e. salesse-smith ,  Dr steven m. driever ,  Dr victoria c. clarke ,  R. f. sage ,  Shunsuke adachi ,  Tadashi hirasawa ,  Martin a. j. parry ,  João paulo pennacchi ,  Luis robledo-arratia ,  Elizabete carmo-silva

    This collection explores the need to optimise the C3 photosynthesis cycle in crop production to boost crop yields and improve agricultural productivity. Chapters review how the yields of key agricultural crops, including rice and wheat, can be increased through photosynthetic improvement.

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  • Plant-insect interactions, host-plant resistance, and integrated pest management
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    Plant-insect interactions, host-plant resistance, and integrated pest management

    Professor michael j. stout

    The interactions between plants and the arthropod herbivores that feed on them are intricate and multifaceted. Plant-arthropod interactions can be divided, heuristically, into host-plant finding, acceptance and utilization phases. Plant resistance results when a plant expresses traits that disrup...

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  • Controlling pathogens in the poultry gut
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    Controlling pathogens in the poultry gut

    Dr osman yasir koyun ,  Dr todd callaway

    Food-borne pathogenic bacteria are all too often found as commensal or transient organisms in the gastrointestinal tract of poultry. Many of these organisms do not reveal themselves through illness in the bird, although some do. Therefore, it is important to find ways to apply treatment to all me...

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  • Challenges and initiatives in reducing food losses and waste: United States
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    Challenges and initiatives in reducing food losses and waste: united states

    Dr leigh prezkop ,  Dr amanda stone ,  Dr gregory a. baker ,  Dr lisa k. johnson ,  Dr jonathan deutsch

    About a third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted from farm to fork. It is estimated that the average American household spends $1500 a year or more on food they never eat. This chapter highlights primary data that the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has collected in production-lev...

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  • Building continuous productive (peri-)urban landscapes
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    Building continuous productive (peri-)urban landscapes

    Prof andré viljoen ,  Dr katrin bohn

    Increased prominence is being given to the essential role that nature and landscape play in cities by contributing to climate change adaptation and mitigation while advancing biodiversity and enhancing the quality of urban life. Evidence also shows that urban and peri-urban agriculture provide on...

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  • Fungal diseases affecting barley
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    Fungal diseases affecting barley

    Dr robert brueggeman ,  Dr shyam solanki ,  Dr gazala ameen ,  Dr karl effertz ,  Dr roshan sharma poudel ,  Dr aziz karakaya

    This chapter reviews current research on the main fungal diseases affecting barley. It first reviews what we know about the mecanisms of barley genetic resistance to fungal pathogens. The chapter then focuses on the description of major fungal pathogens effecting barley production, new insights i...

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  • Understanding and dealing with antibiotic resistance in poultry production
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    Understanding and dealing with antibiotic resistance in poultry production

    Dr poonam vinayamohan ,  Dr leya susan viju ,  Dr divya joseph ,  Dr kumar venkitanarayanan

    This chapter explores patterns of antimicrobial use (AMU) in poultry production, reviews recent modifications in AMU use and assesses their impact on trends in antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The chapter also examines examine the common antimicrobial-resistant bacteria associated with poultry and...

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  • A balanced approach to commercial poultry breeding
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    A balanced approach to commercial poultry breeding

    Nicholas b. anthony

    Balanced selection aims to move all of the relevant traits of a breed in the direction of the preferred response. This approach takes into account performance traits of growth, yield and feed conversion, but also gives weight to fitness traits such as fertility, hatchability and early chick survi...

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  • Nutritional value, health benefits and uses of avocado
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    Nutritional value, health benefits and uses of avocado

    Prof elhadi m. yahia

    Avocado fruit is rich in phytochemicals that have been associated with the prevention of some important diseases. This chapter discusses the important nutritional components of avocado fruit, especially the many important bioactive compounds they contain, as well as the important effects of avoca...

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  • Advances in soft grasping in agriculture
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    Advances in soft grasping in agriculture

    Dr ali leylavi shoushtari

    Robotics and automation face several challenges in agriculture due to the high variability of products, task complexity, crop quality requirement, and dense vegetation. Such a set of challenges demands a more versatile and safe robotic system. Soft robotics is a new yet promising field of researc...

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  • Advances in monitoring and managing natural hazards and forest disturbances
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    Advances in monitoring and managing natural hazards and forest disturbances

    Dr john a. stanturf ,  Dr lee frelich ,  Dr pablo j. donoso ,  Dr timo kuuluvainen

    Managing and monitoring disturbances of forest ecosystems and natural hazards are increasingly critical endeavors as proliferating pests and diseases, changing frequency and intensity of wildfires, windstorms, and invasive species and increases in ungulate herbivory are causing novel responses. T...

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  • An integrated approach for the estimation of crop water requirements based on soil, plant and atmospheric measurements
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    An integrated approach for the estimation of crop water requirements based on soil, plant and atmospheric measurements

    N. jovanovic ,  Dr s. dzikiti ,  Dr m. gush

    Measuring crop water requirements is an essential part of managing agricultural water in crop fields. In this chapter, we propose a research approach for the determination of crop water requirements that integrates soil, plant and atmospheric measurements. Selected methods for estimating crop wat...

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  • Advances in irrigation management and technology in potato cultivation: experiences from a humid climate
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    Advances in irrigation management and technology in potato cultivation: experiences from a humid climate

    Professor jerry w. knox ,  Dr tim m. hess

    For many farmers, irrigation is an essential component of potato production, serving to maximise yields and meet quality assurance targets for retailers and consumers. In recent years, rising costs for labour and energy (pumping) have led to considerable attention being given to improving on-farm...

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  • Evidence of pain in piglets subjected to invasive management procedures
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    Evidence of pain in piglets subjected to invasive management procedures

    Dr armelle prunier ,  Dr céline tallet ,  Dr dale sandercock

    In this chapter, the authors examine the physiological and behavioural reactions in pigs submitted to tissue damaging procedures. They are grouped in three parts: (1) neural, (2) hormonal and metabolic and (3) behavioural consequences. The chapter focuses on surgical castration, tail docking and ...

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  • Global patterns of cereal diseases and the impacts of breeding for host plant resistance
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    Global patterns of cereal diseases and the impacts of breeding for host plant resistance

    Dr serge savary ,  Dr laetitia willocquet

    Plant breeding for host plant resistance to pathogens brings together different disciplinary domains, especially genetics and plant pathology. The strategies underpinning plant breeding have therefore, logically, been influenced by a number of paradigms that have dominated the field of disease ma...

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