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Modelling Climate Change Impacts on Agricultural Systems
Climate change is a key threat to agriculture. Modelling is fundamental to assessing its potential impacts. This collection summarises the wealth of research on improving climate …
Achieving Sustainable Turfgrass Management
Turfgrass is required to meet a challenging range of aesthetic, functional and environmental requirements, whilst also adapting to the threat of abiotic and biotic stresses which …
Advances in Understanding Insect Pests Affecting Wheat and Other Cereals
With growing concerns surrounding the impact of climate change on both native and invasive pest invasions, coupled with the rising threat of global food insecurity, more research …
Advances in Ensuring the Microbiological Safety of Fresh Produce
Increasing consumer demand for low-input cultivation and minimal processing has significantly increased the risk of microbiological contamination of fresh produce. This both …
Advances in Sensor Technology for Sustainable Crop Production
With the agricultural sector facing mounting pressure to reduce their carbon footprint, greater emphasis has been placed on improving existing components and practices, such as …
Key Issues in Agricultural Ethics
Agriculture is facing unprecedented scrutiny for its social and environmental impacts. Many of the key choices it must make are fundamentally about ethics.Key issues in …
Advances in Plant Factories
With increasing temperatures and an escalation in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, agricultural productivity remains at risk of being compromised. With the …
Embryo Development and Hatchery Practice in Poultry Production
“The one thing that really struck me about this book was the calibre of the editorial team and the international range and expertise of the contributing editors and authors. With …
Advances in Sustainable Dairy Cattle Nutrition
“As Editor, Alexander Hristov has gathered together some scientifically excellent contributions from a very select group of eminent animal nutrition experts to create an up to …
Advances in Monitoring of Native and Invasive Insect Pests of Crops
Insect pests remain a major threat to crop production primarily because of their ability to inflict severe damage on crop yields, as well as their role as key vectors of disease. …
Understanding and Minimising Fungicide Resistance
The emergence of fungicide resistance is a major challenge facing agriculture. With increasing regulation and costs limiting the development of new fungicides, farmers remain …
Understanding and Improving Crop Photosynthesis
It is widely recognised that photosynthesis in many important crops is well below its theoretical potential. With crop yields and stability under threat from the impact of climate …