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The Olive Tree Genome
This book provides an introduction to the genetics, genomics, and breeding of the olive tree, a multi-functional long-lived crop plant that is relevant not only for culinary olive and oil production, but also for shaping the landscape and history of many rural areas for centuries. Today, the recognized health benefits of extra-virgin olive oil provide new impulses for introducing innovation in …
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-48887-5
- Collation
- Kedokteran/ Obat
- Series Title
- Compendium of Plant Genomes
- Call Number
- 615
The Sorghum Genome
This book provides insights into the current state of sorghum genomics. It particularly focuses on the tools and strategies employed in genome sequencing and analysis, public and private genomic resources and how all this information is leading to direct outcomes for plant breeders. The advent of affordable whole genome sequencing in combination with existing cereal functional genomics data has…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-47789-3
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- Kedokteran/ Obat
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- -
- Call Number
- 615
North American Cornucopia
ABSTRACT Many North American plants have characteristics that are especially promising as candidates for expanding our food supply and generating new economically competitive crops. This book is an informative analysis of the top 100 indigenous food plants of North America, focusing on those species that have achieved commercial success or have substantial market potential. The book's user-fri…
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- 9780429162794
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- -
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Mapping Landscapes in Transformation Multidisciplinary Methods for Historical…
The relational complexity of urban and rural landscapes in space and in time. The development of historical geographical information systems (HGIS) and other methods from the digital humanities have revolutionised historical research on cultural landscapes. Additionally, the opening up of increasingly diverse collections of source material, often incomplete and difficult to interpret, has led t…
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- 9789461662835
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- 376 halaman
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- -
- Call Number
- 720 COO m
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment is a pivotal guide to identifying environmental problems and reducing related impacts for companies and organizations in need of life cycle assessment (LCA). LCA, a unique sustainability tool, provides a framework that addresses a growing demand for practical technological solutions. Detailing each phase of the LCA methodology, this textbook covers the histor…
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- 9780429111051
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- -
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True Cost Accounting for Food: Balancing the Scale
This book explains how True Cost Accounting is an effective tool we can use to address the pervasive imbalance in our food system. Calls are coming from all quarters that the food system is broken and needs a radical transformation. A system that feeds many yet continues to create both extreme hunger and diet-related diseases, and one which has significant environmental impacts, is not serving …
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- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781000389968, 9780367506858
- Collation
- 288
- Series Title
- Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment
- Call Number
- 338.1 TRU t
Honey Bee Colony Health : Challenges and Sustainable Solutions
This book summarizes the current progress of bee researchers investigating the status of honey bees and possible reasons for their decline, providing a basis for establishing management methods that maintain colony health. Integrating discussion of Colony Collapse Disorder, the chapters provide information on the new microsporidian Nosema ceranae pathogens, the current status of the parasitic b…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780429185045
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- -
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- -
- Call Number
- 630
Wage Labour in Developing Agriculture : Risk, Effort and Economic Development
Published in 1998, this books is an examination of farm decision-making, incorporating the elements of risk in both production and off-farm or casual wage labour. Farm household decision-making is studied, and issues of wage determination, pricing, commodity price stabilization and producer income and output are also explored.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780429432460
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- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 630
Swamp Rice Farming
This first detailed ethnographic account of the Pahang Malay people of peninsular Malaysia focuses on the society's traditional agricultural system, particularly on its specialization in the production of rice on largely unmodified natural swampland. Dr. Lambert discusses the historical development of Pahang Malay rice farming, its dependence on indigenous knowledge of local ecology, and its ad…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780429308086
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- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 630
Infiltration Measurements for Soil Hydraulic Characterization
This book summarises the main results of many contributions from researchers worldwide who have used the water infiltration process to characterize soil in the field. Determining soil hydrodynamic properties is essential to interpret and simulate the hydrological processes of economic and environmental interest. This book can be used as a guide to soil hydraulic characterization and in additi…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-981-10-0007-2
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- XI, 386
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- -
- Call Number
- 630 ANQ i
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