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Mechanics of Residual Soils, Second Edition
Published:
May 03, 2012
Editor(s):
Geoffrey E. Blight; Eng Choon Leong
Residual soils are found in many parts of the world and are used extensively as construction materials for roads, embankments and dams, and to support the foundations of buildings, bridges and load-bearing pavements. The characteristics and engineering properties of residual soils can differ …
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Remote Sensing of Drought: Innovative Monitoring Approaches
Published:
April 24, 2012
Editor(s):
Brian D. Wardlow; Martha C. Anderson; James P. Verdin
Remote Sensing of Drought: Innovative Monitoring Approaches presents emerging remote sensing-based tools and techniques that can be applied to operational drought monitoring and early warning around the world. The first book to focus on remote sensing and drought monitoring, it brings together a …
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Pesticides: Evaluation of Environmental Pollution
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April 11, 2012
Editor(s):
Hamir S. Rathore; Leo M.L. Nollet
Pesticides play an important role in controlling pests that carry diseases and threaten crop production. In recent years, however, there has been increased concern about the adverse impacts of pesticides and their degradation products on public health and the environment. A considerable amount of …
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Global Economic and Environmental Aspects of Biofuels
Published:
April 02, 2012
Editor(s):
David Pimentel
Biofuels and food are dependent on the same resources for production: land, water, and energy. The conjuncture of food, energy, and climate crises demands a new direction in how to harness agriculture to the joint tasks of energy-saving, emissions reduction, and food security. Global Economic and …
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Handbook of Bioenergy Crop Plants
Published:
March 22, 2012
Editor(s):
Chittaranjan Kole; Chandrashekhar P. Joshi; David R. Shonnard
As the world’s population is projected to reach 10 billion or more by 2100, devastating fossil fuel shortages loom in the future unless more renewable alternatives to energy are developed. Bioenergy, in the form of cellulosic biomass, starch, sugar, and oils from crop plants, has emerged as one of …
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Insect Bioecology and Nutrition for Integrated Pest Management
Published:
March 08, 2012
Editor(s):
Antônio Ricardo Panizzi; José R. P. Parra
The field of insect nutritional ecology has been defined by how insects deal with nutritional and non-nutritional compounds, and how these compounds influence their biology in evolutionary time. In contrast, Insect Bioecology and Nutrition for Integrated Pest Management presents these entomological …
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Spatial Data Analysis in Ecology and Agriculture Using R
Published:
March 07, 2012
Author(s):
Richard E. Plant
Assuming no prior knowledge of R, Spatial Data Analysis in Ecology and Agriculture Using R provides practical instruction on the use of the R programming language to analyze spatial data arising from research in ecology and agriculture. Written in terms of four data sets easily accessible online, …
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Genetics, Genomics, and Breeding of Bananas
Published:
March 07, 2012
Editor(s):
Michael Pillay; George Ude; Chittaranjan Kole
Musa is one of three genera in the family of Musaceae. Over 50 species of Musa exist, including bananas and plantains. This book assembles the latest information on the genomic research of this genus. A group of leading experts in Musa genetics, genomics, and breeding provide basic as well as …
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Environmental Soil Properties and Behaviour
Published:
March 05, 2012
Author(s):
Raymond N. Yong; Masashi Nakano; Roland Pusch
From bridges and tunnels to nuclear waste repositories, structures require that soils maintain their design engineering properties if the structures are to reach their projected life spans. The same is true for earth dams, levees, buffers, barriers for landfills, and other structures that use soils …
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The Feeding of Nations: Re-Defining Food Security for the 21st Century
Published:
February 15, 2012
Author(s):
Mark Gibson
In the last decade, the world has grown richer and produced more food than ever before. Yet in that same period, hunger has increased and 925 million remain underfed and malnourished. Exploring this troubling paradox, The Feeding of Nations: Re-Defining Food Security for the 21st Century offers a …
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