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Breeding Plantation Tree Crops: Tropical Species
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 654

Breeding Plantation Tree Crops: Tropical Species

Tree species are indispensable to support human life. Due to their long life cycle and environmental sensitivity, breeding trees to suit day-to-day human needs is a formidable challenge. Whether they are edible or industrial crops, improving yield under optimal, sub-optimal and marginal areas calls for uni?ed efforts from the s- entistsaroundtheworld. Whiletheuniquenessofcoconutaskalpavriksha(Sanskr- meaning tree-of-life) marks its presence in every continent from Far East to South America, tree crops like cocoa, oil palm, rubber, apple, peach, grapes and walnut prove their environmental sensitivity towards tropical, sub-tropical and temperate climates. Desert climate is quintessential for d...

Achieving sustainable crop nutrition
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 578

Achieving sustainable crop nutrition

Focus on integrating research on nutrient cycling, crop nutrient processing and the environmental impact of fertiliser use to identify ways of improving nutrient use efficiency (NUE) in the use of particular fertilisers Includes research on a range of secondary macronutrients and micronutrients including: calcium, magnesium, zinc, boron, manganese and molybdenum Reviews a wide range of options for reducing/optimising current levels of fertiliser use

Achieving sustainable production of poultry meat Volume 2
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 343

Achieving sustainable production of poultry meat Volume 2

Reviews advances in poultry genetics and their application in marker assisted breeding; Summarises recent research on poultry digestion and nutritional requirements; Discusses current studies on optimising the role of dietary components such as enzymes, minerals and probiotics

Improving data management and decision support systems in agriculture
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 261

Improving data management and decision support systems in agriculture

Reviews key steps in improving data management, from improving data access and establishing standards for reliable data to effective tagging for discoverability as well as data security Covers a wide range of practical applications of decision support systems (DSS) in crop production, such as crop planting, nutrition and use of rotations Includes the use of DSS in key areas of livestock production such as feed optimization and pasture management

Achieving sustainable production of pig meat Volume 1
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 237

Achieving sustainable production of pig meat Volume 1

Covers the latest research on controlling pathogenic and non-pathogenic safety risks associated with pig meat Comprehensive review of the factors affecting the different aspects of pig meat quality Assesses ways of minimising the environmental impact of pig production such as reducing input use, emissions and waste

Achieving sustainable cultivation of rice Volume 2
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 314

Achieving sustainable cultivation of rice Volume 2

Summarises advances in cultivation practices to close yield gaps, including more efficient irrigation and nutrition techniques; Discusses innovative methods of ‘climate-smart’ cultivation such as integrated crop management and the system of rice intensification (SRI); Reviews the latest research on insect pests, weeds and integrated pest management

Global tea science
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 458

Global tea science

Reviews the latest advances in understanding tea genetics and genetic diversity and how this has informed advances in conventional, marker-assisted and transgenic breeding techniques Summarises current best practice in cultivation techniques and the control of pests and diseases Focuses on assessing the environmental impact of tea cultivation

Improving poultry meat quality
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 299

Improving poultry meat quality

Considers the impact of dietary background and availability of key nutrients and micronutrients on poultry meat quality Reviews the key quality defects associated with poultry muscle development, including dorsal cranial myopathy (DCM), pale soft exudative (PSE) and intramuscular connective tissue (ICMT) Provides a detailed assessment of the individual quality traits consumer expectations are driven by (colour, texture and flavour)

Achieving sustainable production of pig meat Volume 3
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 243

Achieving sustainable production of pig meat Volume 3

Reviews latest research on diseases affecting pigs and their management Comprehensive review of pig welfare across the life-cycle, from gilts and sows to weaned piglets and finishing pigs Includes generic welfare issues such as the role of pasture-based systems, humane transport, lairage and slaughter techniques

Achieving sustainable cultivation of vegetables
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 486

Achieving sustainable cultivation of vegetables

Discusses advances in research on vegetable physiology and genetics Comprehensive review of research on best practice in cultivation, including soil health, pest management as well as organic and protected vegetable cultivation Wide-ranging coverage of key vegetables such as carrot, lettuce and cabbage