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Achieving Carbon-Negative Bioenergy Systems from Plant Materials
There is a need to develop next-generation bioenergy systems that exhibit net carbon capture. This collection reviews advances in producing next-generation biofuels from plant …
Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Sorghum Volume 2
Sorghum is one of the world’s major cereals, cultivated in the semi-arid tropics for a growing range of uses. Like other crops it faces the need to meet rising demand whilst …
Plant Genetic Resources
"It is likely that Plant genetic resources will become the essential methods manual to facilitate their international exchange and local dissemination. It may well become the …
Protecting Natural Capital and Biodiversity in the Agri-Food Sector
Natural capital accounting provides techniques to value natural resources and the ecosystem services they deliver. These techniques are being increasingly used by governments, …
Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Oil Palm Volume 2
Oil palm is widely cultivated in tropical countries for use in food processing, personal care products and other applications such as biodiesel. Cultivation faces a range of …
Seaweed and Microalgae as Alternative Sources of Protein
"…this book covers a range of algal phyla, specialised algal bioprocessing and application topics that make it very interesting for a broad audience. Each chapter covers a theme in …
Rice Insect Pests and Their Management
"For anyone who wants information on the insect pests of rice, this book provides an enormous amount of information about the root and stem feeders, stem borers, gall midges, …
Understanding and Fostering Soil Carbon Sequestration
Soils are known to be an enormous reservoir of carbon and represent an important and dynamic part of the global carbon cycle. However, this reservoir is under constant threat due …
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 …
Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Cassava Volume 1
"The result is a beautiful book with a lot of useful and updated information. I am sure it will be in great demand, and hopefully will help in the further improvement of cassava …
Advances in Seed Science and Technology for More Sustainable Crop Production
“The editors of this excellent book, Dr Julia Buitink and Dr Olivier Leprince, are two world-renowned seed scientists. They have brought together a fantastic team of experts for …
Achieving Sustainable Production of Eggs Volume 1
World egg consumption is increasing, particularly in developing countries. This creates new challenges, particularly for more intensive systems which have played a major role in …