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Agriculture & farming
Paperback. What is a weed," opined Emerson, "but a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered?" While that may be a worthy notion in theory, these plants of undiscovered virtue cause endless hours of toil for backyard gardeners. Encyclopedic in scope, this book intends to cover North American weeds at every stage of growth. Num Pages: 656 pages, 1254 colour plates, 26 halftones, 125 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KB; PST; TVP; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226076447
- ISBN
- 9780226076447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.74
€ 41.99
€ 32.74
Hardcover. Editor(s): Eijsackers, H.; Quispel, A. Num Pages: 212 pages, 113. BIC Classification: TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 265 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Munksgaard International Publishers Denmark
- Edition
- 39th Edition
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788716102270
- ISBN
- 9788716102270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.13
€ 87.13
Paperback. Examines how the lives of pastoralists in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia are deeply affected by the creation of mutually exclusive ethnic territories and proposes ways to reverse this trend. Editor(s): Schlee, Gunther. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 191 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 1HFGK; JHMC; RGCP; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011299
- ISBN
- 9781847011299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.00
€ 27.00
Hardback. A much needed examination of contemporary approaches to animal healing in South Africa, and the role of local knowledge. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23, 18 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white line drawings, 18 black and white, 5. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Currey United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010834
- ISBN
- 9781847010834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.84
€ 62.84
Hardback. Through international case studies, this book evaluates how various policy challenges are having an impact on specific agricultural policy regimes, and what future lessons might be learnt from key policy experiments around neoliberalism and multifunctionality. Editor(s): Almas, Reider; Campbell, Hugh. Series Editor(s): Marsden, Terry. Series: Research in Rural Sociology & Development. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RPG; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780523484
- ISBN
- 9781780523484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.31
€ 200.31
Hardback. Wine Flavour Chemistry brings together a vast wealth of information describing components of wine, their underlying chemistry and their possible role in the taste, smell and overall perception. It includes both table wines and fortified wines, such as Sherry, Port and the newly added Madeira, as well as other special wines. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TDCT2; TVSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 180 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1104.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444330427
- ISBN
- 9781444330427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.41
€ 200.41
Hardback. Based on contemporary accounts, settlers' reminiscences, and the work of other historians, Sod Busting dives deeply into the practical realities of how things worked to make vivid one of the quintessentially American experiences, breaking new land. Series: How Things Worked. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; TV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421414508
- ISBN
- 9781421414508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.18
€ 51.99
€ 43.18
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
€ 243.60
€ 243.60
Paperback. Rangeland ecosystems support half of the world's livestock while also providing habitats for some of the most charismatic of wildlife species. This book examines the pressures on rangeland ecosystems worldwide from human land use, over-hunting, and subsistence and commercial farming of livestock and crops. Editor(s): Du Toit, Johan T.; Kock, Richard; Deutsch, James. Series: Conservation Science and Practice. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNKH; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405177856
- ISBN
- 9781405177856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 115.65
€ 115.65
Hardback. * Ecosystem goods and services provide mankind with most necessities of life and survival * Addresses the hitherto under-estimation of Ecosystem Services in farmland, forestry and cities * Explores developing concepts, policies and methods of evaluating ecosystem services in engineered systems . Editor(s): Wratten, Stephen D.; Sandhu, Harpinder; Cullen, Ross; Wilson, Matthew; Costanza, Robert. Num Pages: 218 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCN; PSAF; RNF; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405170086
- ISBN
- 9781405170086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.00
€ 115.00
Hardcover. Not only is the cod one of the most valuable marine food fish, it is also important as a predator in ocean ecosystems and is the subject of a great deal of research into its biology and exploitation. Because of its significance, there is currently much research being carried out into farming of cod. Editor(s): Righton, David; Metcalfe, Julian; Rose, George. Num Pages: 352 pages, 200. BIC Classification: TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 0. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405119108
- ISBN
- 9781405119108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 219.85
€ 219.85
Paperback. * Advances in molecular biology relating to crop science * Limitation of crop yield by the supply of water or nitrogen * Global climate change and its impact on crop modelling * Physiological aspects of crop quality * A wider range of species, with emphasis on wheat, maize and soybean. Num Pages: 328 pages, 149 illustrations. BIC Classification: TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 190 x 18. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405108591
- ISBN
- 9781405108591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.86
€ 99.86
Hardback. Biofilms are predominant mode of life for microbes under natural conditions. The three-dimensional structure of the biofilm provides enhanced protection from physical, chemical and biological stress conditions to associated microbial communities. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: PS; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119246343
- ISBN
- 9781119246343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 229.81
€ 229.81
Paperback. Pandemics, epidemics and food borne diseases have become one of the key challenges for contemporary global society. The central claim of Pathological Lives is that any solution offered to these kinds of emerging and often communicable diseases requires a broad-based geographical scrutiny. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: RGC; RNP; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118997604
- ISBN
- 9781118997604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.37
€ 44.99
€ 34.37
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. Editor(s): Janick, J. Series: Plant Breeding Reviews. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- Volume 38
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118916834
- ISBN
- 9781118916834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 250.61
€ 250.61
Hardcover. The Genomics Applications in Crop Improvement two volume set brings together a diverse field of international experts in plant breeding genomics to share their experiences in the field, from success stories to lessons learnt. Num Pages: 926 pages. BIC Classification: PSTL; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 194 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 926
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118760246
- ISBN
- 9781118760246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 406.27
€ 406.27
Hardcover. Quinoa is an ancient grain that has grown in popularity in recent years. It has been known as a good source of both protein and fiber. As the demand for quinoa increases a comprehensive and up-to-date reference on the biology and production of the crop is essential. Editor(s): Murphy, Kevin S.; Matanguihan, Janet. Series: World Agriculture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: TVKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 190 x 17. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118628058
- ISBN
- 9781118628058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 224.48
€ 224.48
Paperback. Maintain a beautiful garden with chickens? Easy. Chickens are great gardening assistants, with lots of benefits for a home garden and landscape from soil-building to managing pests and weeds. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, colour plates. BIC Classification: TVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 174 x 16. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118547540
- ISBN
- 9781118547540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.40
€ 21.99
€ 18.40
Hardcover. Beginning first with the fundamentals of biofuel and co-firing, this essential resource then moves into coverage of the methodology that assists energy scientists and engineers to arrive at optimal biomass materials that are tailored to each company's business and economic environments. Series: IEEE Press Series on Power Engineering. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: THX; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118542668
- ISBN
- 9781118542668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.70
€ 145.70
Hardcover. 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, J. Series: Plant Breeding Reviews. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: PSTL; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- Volume 37
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118497852
- ISBN
- 9781118497852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 276.85
€ 276.85