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Hardcover. Gene flow is not unique to genetically modified (GM) crops, but the possibility of the spread of transgenic DNA to wild and domesticated relatives raises a new set of issues for scientists and policymakers to consider. Unfortunately, we are still too often unable to quantify the risks of ecological damage associated with gene flow. Editor(s): Poppy, Guy; Wilkinson, Michael. Series: Biological Sciences Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSAK; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405122375
- ISBN
- 9781405122375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 269.40
€ 269.40
Hardback. This comprehensive book examines in depth the development and exploitation of induced resistance. Chapters review current knowledge of the agents that can elicit induced resistance, genomics, signalling cascades, mechanisms of defence to pests and pathogens and molecular tools. Editor(s): Walters, Dale; Newton, Dr. Adrian C.; Lyon, Dr. Gary D. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: TVB; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 190 x 21. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405134477
- ISBN
- 9781405134477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 257.93
€ 257.93
Hardback. This important book provides a comprehensive review of our current knowledge of the world's leguminous plants and their symbiotic bacteria. Written by Professor Janet Sprent, a world authority in the area. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 175 x 18. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405181754
- ISBN
- 9781405181754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 243.91
€ 243.91
Hardback. Addresses concerns that we are losing the diversity of crop plants that provide food for most of the world. This book discusses how economic development, loss of heirloom varieties and wild ancestors, and modern agricultural techniques have endangered the genetic diversity needed to keep agricultural crops vital and capable of adaptation. Editor(s): Motley, Timothy J.; Zerega, Professor Nyree; Cross, Hugh. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, charts, maps. BIC Classification: PSAJ; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231133166
- ISBN
- 9780231133166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.81€ 76.74
€ 99.81
€ 76.74
Hardcover. In a world of high finance, unprecedented technological change, and cyber billionaires, it is easy to forget that a major source of global wealth is, literally, right under our noses. Series: Resources. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: KCN; KNAC; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745670768
- ISBN
- 9780745670768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Hardcover. * A new book in Polity's successful Resources series which tells the fascinating story of sugar in the global economy * Ambitious and intriguing, this book advances our understanding of the hugely profitable sugar industry and the economic exploitation and health issues associated with it. Series: Resources. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCLT; KNAC; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745680149
- ISBN
- 9780745680149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
hardcover. Variety trials are an essential step in crop breeding and production. These trials are a significant investment in time and resources and inform numerous decisions from cultivar development to end-use. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118688649
- ISBN
- 9781118688649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.10
€ 175.10
Hardcover. Grapes (Vitis spp. ) are economically the most important fruit species in the world. Over the last decades many scientific advances have led to understand more deeply key physiological, biochemical, and molecular aspects of grape berry maturation. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: PST; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 176 x 23. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118736050
- ISBN
- 9781118736050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.95
€ 192.95
Hardback. Editor(s): Redden, Robert; Yadav, Shyam Singh; Maxted, Nigel; Ehsan Dulloo, Mohammad; Guarino, Luigi; Smith, Paul. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RNPG; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 254 x 24. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118854334
- ISBN
- 9781118854334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 224.80
€ 224.80
Hardback. The aim of this book is to update knowledge and summarise recent research on pseudocereals, particularly regarding their botanical characteristics, composition, structure, use, production, technology and impact on human health. Editor(s): Haros, Claudia Monika; Schoenlechner, Regine. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: TVKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 176 x 18. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118938287
- ISBN
- 9781118938287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 215.01
€ 215.01
Hardback. An in-depth treatment of cutting-edge work being done internationally to develop new techniques in crop nutritional quality improvement Phytonutritional Improvement of Crops explores recent advances in biotechnological methods for the nutritional enrichment of food crops. Editor(s): Benkeblia, Noureddine. Num Pages: 534 pages. BIC Classification: PS; TT; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 534
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781119079941
- ISBN
- 9781119079941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 217.16
€ 217.16
Hardback. The increase in global population, urbanization and industrialization is resulting in the conversion of cultivated land into wasteland. Providing food from these limited resources to an ever-increasing population is one of the biggest challenges that present agriculturalists and plant scientists are facing. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: TVB; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 194 x 22. Weight in Grams: 882.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119080992
- ISBN
- 9781119080992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.10
€ 175.10
Hardcover. This book will provide the most up-to-date information on mushroom science, compiling knowledge on both the production, application and nutritional effects of mushrooms. It will bring together the top global researchers in this field. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: PSQ; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781119149415
- ISBN
- 9781119149415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 226.07
€ 226.07
Hardcover. Healthy seeds and propagules are the basic requirement for producing good grains, fruits and vegetables needed for human survival and perpetuation. Num Pages: 1176 pages. BIC Classification: PSTL; PSTP; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 175 x 62. Weight in Grams: 2034.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781119195771
- ISBN
- 9781119195771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 379.28
€ 379.28
Hardback. Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. Many of the crops widely grown today stem from a very narrow genetic base; understanding and preserving crop genetic resources is vital to the security of food systems worldwide. Editor(s): Janick, Jules. Series: Plant Breeding Reviews. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: PSTL; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781119279686
- ISBN
- 9781119279686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.83
€ 252.83
Hardcover. aeo covers a wide range of crops of interest worldwide aeo brings together unique data on storage life and conditions aeo includes full colour images aeo fully updated and revised aeo important commercial information to help bring products to market in a sound condition aeo author has many years practical and teaching experience in this area. Num Pages: 480 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 199 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1232.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405106191
- ISBN
- 9781405106191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 317.81
€ 317.81
paperback. Worldwide, plantations are key economic institutions of the modern era. This book includes essays on commodities as diverse as coffee, cotton, rubber, oranges, and tobacco, to offer an overview of plantation systems from Latin America to New Zealand that exposes the many dimensions of environmental history incorporated in these institutions. Editor(s): Uekotter, Frank. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; RN; TVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Campus Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9783593500287
- ISBN
- 9783593500287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 38.52
€ 48.99
€ 38.52
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851991634
- ISBN
- 9780851991634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.79
€ 121.79
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851991771
- ISBN
- 9780851991771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.03
€ 158.03
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851992945
- ISBN
- 9780851992945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.97
€ 169.97
hardcover. Globally, tropical fruit production is increasing as demand increases in Northern temperate markets. This text offers a comprehensive review of diseases of important tropical and subtropical fruit crops. Editor(s): Ploetz, R.C. Num Pages: 544 pages, colour pl. BIC Classification: PSTP; TVK; TVQ; TVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 172 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1461.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851993904
- ISBN
- 9780851993904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.47
€ 206.47
hardcover. This text focuses on the interface between the conservation of plant genetic resources and their utilization. It seeks to show that much conserved germplan has to be subjected to long-term pre-breeding and genetic enhancement before it can be used in plant breeding programmes. Editor(s): Cooper, H. D.; Spillane, C.; Hodgkin, T. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: PSAK; PSTL; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 25. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780851994116
- ISBN
- 9780851994116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.39
€ 177.39
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851994178
- ISBN
- 9780851994178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.39
€ 177.39
hardcover. Cassava is a major tropical tuber crop found throughout the tropics (India, Africa and Latin America). This text covers all aspects of cassava biology, production and utilization. It is a comprehensive research level overview of this crop. Editor(s): Hillocks, R.J.; Thresh, J.M.; Bellotti, A.C.; Belloti, A. (Centro International de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) Colombia). Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: PST; TVB; TVK; TVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 25. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780851995243
- ISBN
- 9780851995243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.39
€ 177.39