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Hardcover. Around 2.5 million tons of pesticide are used every year. This volume outlines the techniques for reducing pesticide use internationally, through using integrated pesticide management, and from this to assess the environmental and economic benefits that such a reduction will bring. Editor(s): Pimentel, David, PhD. Num Pages: 456 pages, Illustrations, 1map. BIC Classification: KNAC; RNP; TVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 173 x 31. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471968382
- ISBN
- 9780471968382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 345.60
€ 345.60
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. Series: Plant Breeding Reviews. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: PSTL; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume 28
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471997986
- ISBN
- 9780471997986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 397.57
€ 397.57
Paperback. Offers an account of Indonesian agricultural history, covering the period of Dutch control, from 1619 to 1942. Drawing on ecology, sociology, and economics, this book provides a description of the most crucial dilemma in contemporary Indonesia. Num Pages: 196 pages, 5tabs.2ch.7M. BIC Classification: 1FMN; RNC; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 36.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520004597
- ISBN
- 9780520004597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.04
€ 33.99
€ 25.04
Hardback. Follows the spread of Chinese tobacco use from the sixteenth century, when it was introduced to China from the New World, through the development of commercialized tobacco cultivation, and to the present day. This title analyzes the factors that have shaped China's highly gendered tobacco cultures. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262775
- ISBN
- 9780520262775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.52€ 65.26
€ 84.52
€ 65.26
Paperback. An illustrated field guide that gathers information about California's agriculture and its environmental context. It explores the full range of the state's agriculture, deftly balancing agribusiness triumphalism with the pride of boutique producers, sketching meanwhile the darker shadows that can envelop California farming. Series: California Natural History Guides. Num Pages: 504 pages, 125 color illustrations, 4 line illustrations, 18 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; TV; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 119 x 32. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265431
- ISBN
- 9780520265431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Hardback. Chronicles 150 years of scientific warfare against the grapevine's worst enemy: phylloxera. This title describes the biological and economic disaster that unfolded when a tiny, root-sucking insect invaded the south of France in the 1860s, spread throughout Europe, and journeyed across oceans to Africa, South America, Australia, and California. Num Pages: 336 pages, 21 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 5 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; TVP; TVSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265486
- ISBN
- 9780520265486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.52€ 79.60
€ 84.52
€ 79.60
Hardback. Documents twelve successful urban farm programs, from an alternative school for girls in Detroit, to a backyard food swap in New Orleans, to a restaurant supply garden on a rooftop in Brooklyn. This title offers practical advice such as composting and keeping livestock in the city, decontaminating toxic soil, and changing zoning laws. Num Pages: 200 pages, 60 color illustrations. BIC Classification: TV; WMPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270541
- ISBN
- 9780520270541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Hardback. Tracing maize from its first appearance and domestication in ancient campsites and settlements in Mexico to its intercontinental journey through most of North and South America, this book tells the story of the technological prowess, social, political, and economic resilience of America's first peoples. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 maps, 6 line drawings, 52 b/w images, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HD; JFCV; TVKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276871
- ISBN
- 9780520276871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.24€ 71.86
€ 95.24
€ 71.86
Hardback. Focuses on critical thinking and effective action for the future of our global agrifood system, based on an understanding of the system's historical roots. This book offers an analysis of the assumptions underlying different perspectives on problems related to food and agriculture around the world and a discussion of alternative solutions. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 b/w photographs, 55 line illustrations, 17 tables. BIC Classification: KNAC; RNFF; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520277410
- ISBN
- 9780520277410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.24€ 54.77
€ 70.24
€ 54.77
Hardcover. aeo the definitive work on the subject aeo prawn culture is an expanding multibillion dollar business aeo increasing competition and environmental problems demand the most up--to--date scientific know--how aeo edited by world authorities, with contributions from distinguished experts. Editor(s): New, Michael Bernard; Valenti, Wagner Cotroni. Num Pages: 464 pages, 97 illustrations. BIC Classification: KNAF; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 191 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632056026
- ISBN
- 9780632056026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 336.69
€ 336.69
Paperback. Based on research by leading scientists, this work offers an accessible account of fishing activities and their impacts on marine habitats, biodiversity and species of conservation concern. It covers fishing methods that range from trawling in the Antarctic to fishing with dynamite in the tropics. Editor(s): Moore, G.; Jennings, Simon. Series: British Ecological Society: Ecological Issues S. Num Pages: 72 pages, 52 illustrations. BIC Classification: RNF; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 210 x 5. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632056088
- ISBN
- 9780632056088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.94
€ 62.94
Hardcover. Mites (Acari) for Pest Control is an extremely comprehensive publication, covering in depth the 34 acarine families that contain mites useful for the control of pest mites and insects, nematodes and weeds. Num Pages: 560 pages, 150 illustrations. BIC Classification: TVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 177 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632056583
- ISBN
- 9780632056583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 377.44
€ 377.44
Hardcover. Squid, cuttlefish and octopuses, which form the marine mollusc group the cephalopods, are of great and increasing interest to marine biologists, physiologists, ecologists, environmental biologists and fisheries scientists. Cephalopods: Ecology and fisheries is a thorough review of this most important animal group. Num Pages: 464 pages, 172 illustrations. BIC Classification: PSVT3; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1142.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632060481
- ISBN
- 9780632060481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 262.69
€ 262.69
Hardcover. This companion volume to Siri von Reis's previous exploration of ethnobotanical notes in the Harvard herbaria brings to light a new array of plants with drug or food potential, offering wide-ranging possible applications for pharmacologists, chemists, botanists, and even anthropologists. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1Illustrations. BIC Classification: MMG; PST; TVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674617650
- ISBN
- 9780674617650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.32€ 48.25
€ 52.32
€ 48.25
Paperback.
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: Polity Resources Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, figures. BIC Classification: KCN; KNAC; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745670775
- ISBN
- 9780745670775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.69
€ 19.69
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; KNDH1; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774823104
- ISBN
- 9780774823104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.49
€ 107.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 584 pages, 114, 24 maps, 80 black & white halftones, 8 black & white line drawings, 2 charts. BIC Classification: TVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 999.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801480584
- ISBN
- 9780801480584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.57€ 53.02
€ 53.57
€ 53.02
Hardback. A compelling synthesis of ideas from agronomy, medicine, breeding, physiology, population genetics, molecular biology, and biotechnology, Genetic Glass Ceilings presents transgenics as an inevitable and desperately necessary approach to securing and diversifying the world's food supply. Num Pages: 488 pages, 44, 34 black & white line drawings, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: PSAK; TVK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887192
- ISBN
- 9780801887192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.43€ 65.19
€ 71.43
€ 65.19
Paperback. Ralph Moody was eight years old in 1906 when his family moved from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch. Through his eyes, this title lets us experience the pleasures and perils of ranching there early in the twentieth century. It also includes adventures that equip Ralph to take his father's place when it becomes necessary. Illustrator(s): Shenton, Edward. Num Pages: Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803281783
- ISBN
- 9780803281783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.62
€ 17.99
€ 17.62
Hardcover. Traditional agriculture and emerging biofuels technology produce a number of wastes and by-products, ranging from corn fiber and glycerin to animal manure, that have the potential to serve as the basis for additional sources of bioenergy that includes both liquid biofuels and biogas. Num Pages: 276 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AS; RN; TVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 172 x 22. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813802527
- ISBN
- 9780813802527
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 269.05
€ 269.05