Understanding and Utilising Soil Microbiomes for a More Sustainable Agriculture

• Hardcover | Engels | Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science | nr. 151
• Microbiomes are communities of microorganisms living in soil and other habitats. In recent years, a new wave of research into understanding soil micro... Lees meer

Improving Integrated Pest Management in Horticulture

Rosemary (Warwick University, UK) Collier

• Hardcover | Engels | Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science | nr. 110
• This collection reviews current advances in integrated pest management (IPM) for horticultural crops, including the use of biological control mechanis... Lees meer

Water Management for Sustainable Agriculture

• Hardcover | Engels | Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science | nr. 45
• There is increasing competition for water resources in the face of declining aquifer reserves and increasing risk in many areas of drought related to ... Lees meer

Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Coffee

• Hardcover | Engels | Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science | nr. 39
• Coffee is one of the most widely-traded commodities in the world. This volume summarises research addressing key challenges in coffee cultivation, inc... Lees meer

Precision Agriculture for Sustainability

• Hardcover | Engels | Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science | nr. 52
• This volume reviews key advances in precision agriculture technology and applications. Chapters summarise developments in monitoring techniques, inclu... Lees meer

Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Grain Legumes Volume 1

• Hardcover | Engels | Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science | nr. 35
• Grain legumes are widely seen as a key food security crop in the developing world. This major two-collection reviews the wealth of recent research on ... Lees meer

Advances in Breeding of Dairy Cattle

• Hardcover | Engels | Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science | nr. 72
• Dairy cattle breeding faces challenges such as reduced genetic diversity and the improvement of production over functional traits. This collection rev... Lees meer

Advances in Postharvest Management of Cereals and Grains

• Hardcover | Engels | Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science | nr. 88
• Part 1 of this collection assesses the causes of postharvest losses. Part 2 reviews advances in storage technologies, including management of insect p... Lees meer

Improving Poultry Meat Quality

• Hardcover | Engels | Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science | nr. 127
• This collection summarises recent research on genetic and environmental factors affecting the development of quality traits in poultry meat and their ... Lees meer

Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Barley

• Hardcover | Engels | Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science | nr. 74
• This collection reviews advances in understanding barley physiology and genetics, molecular breeding and cultivation techniques, as well as disease an... Lees meer

Achieving Sustainable Production of Sheep

• Hardcover | Engels | Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science | nr. 22
• Sheep have long been a feature of farming. This collection reviews the latest research on issues such as meat quality, genetics and breeding. It also ... Lees meer

Climate Change and Agriculture

• Hardcover | Engels | Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science | nr. 78
• It has been suggested that agriculture may account for up to 24% of the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) contributing to climate change. At the same ti... Lees meer

Developing Smart Agri-Food Supply Chains

• Hardcover | Engels | Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science | nr. 112
• This collection provides an authoritative assessment of the current issues challenging the safety of agri-food supply chains and the recent technologi... Lees meer

Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Temperate Zone Tree Fruits and Berries Volume 2

• Hardcover | Engels | Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science | nr. 54
• The second volume in this collection reviews advances in breeding and cultivation of key stone fruits (peach, cherry, plum and apricot), pome fruits (... Lees meer

Developing Drought-Resistant Cereals

• Hardcover | Engels | Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science | nr. 124
• This collection explores the challenge of achieving improved drought tolerance in key cereal crops such as wheat and barley and reviews key research a... Lees meer

Advances in Plant Phenotyping for More Sustainable Crop Production

• Hardcover | Engels | Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science | nr. 117
• This collection reviews the wealth of research on advances in phenotyping and the influential role it plays in identifying the relative importance of ... Lees meer

Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Apples

• Hardcover | Engels | Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science | nr. 18
• This book reviews our understanding of tree and fruit physiology and how it can be used in breeding better varieties. It also discusses pests and dise... Lees meer

Ensuring Safety and Quality in the Production of Beef Volume 1

• Hardcover | Engels | Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science | nr. 11
• Volume 1 looks at key research trends in ensuring safe beef production, both on the farm and during slaughter. These include current research on patho... Lees meer

Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Tropical Fruits

• Hardcover | Engels | Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science | nr. 65
• This collection reviews current advances in the breeding and cultivation of key tropical and subtropical fruits. Chapters summarise key advances acros... Lees meer

Microbial Bioprotectants for Plant Disease Management

• Hardcover | Engels | Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science | nr. 108
• This collection summarises and reviews the wealth of recent research on the development of more environmentally friendly biological methods to control... Lees meer

Smart Farms

• Hardcover | Engels | Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science | nr. 147
• This collection reviews recent advances in processing and analysing data to provide actionable outcomes for farmers to be able to achieve a more susta... Lees meer

Advances in Agri-Food Robotics

• Hardcover | Engels | Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science | nr. 139
• This collection explores and reviews the wealth of recent research undertaken in the field of agricultural robotics, both in terms of core technologie... Lees meer

Promoting Pollination and Pollinators in Farming

• Hardcover | Engels | Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science | nr. 126
• This collection reviews the wealth of research on understanding pollination processes, the role of pollinators and how best to protect them and the ec... Lees meer

Advances in Poultry Genetics and Genomics

• Hardcover | Engels | Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science | nr. 79
• This collection begins by reviewing current challenges facing poultry breeding. It goes on to review recent research on the genetics of key production... Lees meer