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Nanomaterials: Processing and Characterization with Lasers
by S. C. SinghThe first in-depth treatment of the synthesis, processing, and characterization of nanomaterials using lasers, ranging from fundamentals to the latest research results, this handy reference is divided into two main sections. After introducing the concepts of lasers, nanomaterials, nanoarchitectures ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Multiple Autisms: Spectrums of Advocacy and Genomic Science
Is there a gene for autism? Despite a billion-dollar, twenty-year effort to find out--and the more elusive the answer, the greater the search seems to become--no single autism gene has been identified. In Multiple Autisms, Jennifer S. Singh sets out to discover how autism emerged as a genetic disord... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
In Defense of the United States Constitution
Constitutional reform is a topic of perennial academic debate, perhaps now more than ever amid sharp polarization in the electorate and government. At once a cogent, new contribution to the scholarly literature and appropriate for American politics and government students, this book mounts a provoca... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Molecular Methods in Plant Pathology
Molecular Methods in Plant Pathology covers methods in phytopathology at the molecular level, including PCR techniques, electron microscopy, tissue culturing, and the cloning of disease-resistant genes. Phytopathologists, botanists, horticulturists, and anyone working in agriculture will find this a... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1995 -
Tropical Dry Deciduous Forest: Research Trends and Emerging Features
Tropical dry deciduous forests (TDFs) can be found in severe and extremely variable climates characterized by low annual rainfall, 5-6 dry months within the annual cycle, and nutrient-poor soil. Several terms have been used for this vegetation type such as seasonally dry tropical forest (SDTF), trop... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Reclamation of Mine-impacted Land for Ecosystem Recovery
Mining activities significantly impact the environment; they generate huge quantities of spoil, promote deforestation and the loss of agricultural production, as well as releasing contaminants that result in the loss of valuable soil resources. These negative impacts are now being recognized and thi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Cell-Based Therapy for Degenerative Retinal Disease (Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine)
This book discusses why specific diseases are being targeted for cell-based retinal therapy, what evidence exists that justifies optimism for this approach, and what challenges must be managed in order to bring this technology from the laboratory into routine clinical practice. There are a number of... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Computational Science and its Applications
Computational science is a rapidly growing multidisciplinary field concerned with the design, implementation, and use of mathematical models to analyze and solve real-world problems. It is an area of science that spans many disciplines and which involves the development of models and allows the use ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Biofortification of Food Crops
The chapters presented in this book 'Biofortification of Food Crops' depict how agricultural technological interventions have true role in alleviating malnutrition. This book highlights the role of multidisciplinary approaches to cope up with the challenges of micronutrient malnutrition or hidden h... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Sustainable Agriculture Systems and Technologies
Sustainable Agriculture Systems and Technologies A robust treatment of traditional and new techniques in sustainable agriculture In Sustainable Agriculture Systems and Technologies, a team of distinguished researchers delivers an up-to-date and comprehensive exploration of sustainable agriculture an... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Practising Cultural Geographies: Essays in Honour of Rana P. B. Singh (Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements)
This festschrift honours Prof. Rana P.B. Singh who has dedicated his life to teaching and conducting research on cultural geography with a ‘dweller Indian perspective’. The book focuses on the cultural geographies of India, and to an extent that of South Asia. It is a rich collection of 23 essays on... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Agriculture, Livestock Production and Aquaculture: Advances for Smallholder Farming Systems Volume 1
This two-volume set discusses recent approaches and technological innovations for sustainable agriculture in smallholder farming systems impacted by climate change. The systems covered include crop-based agricultural production, as well as aquaculture and livestock production as related systems usin... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Agriculture, Livestock Production and Aquaculture: Advances for Smallholder Farming Systems Volume 2
This two-volume set discusses recent approaches and technological innovations for sustainable agriculture in smallholder farming systems impacted by climate change. The systems covered include crop-based agricultural production, as well as aquaculture and livestock production as related systems usin... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Practical Manual on Plant Cytogenetics
by Ram J. SinghEarlier books on the handling of plant chromosomes have not included many of the innovations in cytological techniques for many important crops that have become available in recent years, including information on associating genes with chromosomes. The aim of this book is to compile all the plant cy... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Plant Cytogenetics
by Ram J. SinghCytogenetics plays an important role in understanding the chromosomal and genetic architecture of plant species. Plant Cytogenetics, Third Edition follows the tradition of its predecessors presenting theoretical and practical aspects of plant cytogenetics. Chapters describe correct handling of plant... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Ethno-psychopharmacology: Advances in Current Practice
No one reacts or responds to a drug in exactly the same way, just as no two persons are exactly alike. Individual and ethnic differences in drug response have been consistently found in clinical practice. This book covers all the important factors that explain how and why drug treatments used in psy... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
Operations Management
Operations Management: An Integrated Approach provides a state-of-the-art account of the systems, processes, people and technology that determine an organisation's strategy and success. With contributions from leading experts internationally, the text takes a comprehensive, comparative, and best-pr... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
Socio-Metabolic Perspectives on the Sustainability of Local Food Systems: Insights for Science, Policy and Practice (Human-Environment Interactions #7)
This book delves into diverse local food systems and critically assesses their ecological and societal benefits and trade-offs, their limits and opportunities for improving sustainability of food production, and framework conditions which either hinder or promote their development. More and more peo... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Hotel Asset Management: Principles And Practices
The third edition of this book takes a look at the challenges and opportunities faced by hotel owners, lodging industry real estate professionals, and hotel company executives, with articles written by industry leaders in asset management. This edition is the most comprehensive to date and includes ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Cereals, Volume 2
Summarizing landmark research, Volume 2 of this essential series furnishes information on the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding cereal crop varieties. Written by leading international experts, this volume offers the most comprehensive and up-to... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2006 -
Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Grain Legumes, Volume I
The first book in this new series discusses grain legumes, which rank only second to cereals in supplying calories and protein to the world's population. With each chapter written by an internationally renowned scientist, the book reviews the role of alien germplasm for the domestication of each maj... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2005 -
Lime, The: Botany, Production and Uses (Botany, Production and Uses)
by W Ahmed • M A Ali • G Almaguer-Vargas • A M Al-Saidi • A Al-Maskary • U Ammara • C F Aquino • N Cruz-Huerta • D L Siqueira • P Donkersley • S L Elliot • A A Farooque • F García-Sánchez • V Gimeno • V González-Hernández • M A Hanif • R Janke • M L Keremane • A S Khan • Y Z Liu • B S Marquez • J J Martínez-Nicolás • A Nasehi • M A Nawaz • S Padmanabhan • R B Queiroz • C Ramadugu • I Ramírez-Ramírez • M F Razi • M L Roose • L C Salomão • A W Schumann • R W Scora • S Simón-Grao • Z Singh • A K Srivastava • M Usman • M Waly • Q U ZamanThe lime is an important fruit crop throughout the citrus producing regions of the world, with its own specific benefits and issues affecting successful cultivation and production. Limes: Botany, Production and Uses covers the breeding, genetics and biodiversity of the plants, and explains the p... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Intellectual Property Issues In Biotechnology
by Michael Blakeney • Graham Dutfield • Ashwani Kumar • Kathleen Hefferon • Ravindra Kumar • Om Prakash • Xi Wang • Swati Sharma • Ananda M. Chakrabarty • Dhanay M Chandler • Kartikay Bisen • Akanksha Singh • Rakesh Pandey • Birinchi Sarma • Poonam C. Singh • Tomas Gabriel Bas • Alan B Bennett • Monica Alandete-Saez • David J Jefferson • Elisabeth Abergel • Liliana Mitkova • Sunil K Dhar • Aabheejeet Pansare • Jiang Li • Cristina Possas • Adelaide Antunes • Flavia Mendes • Reinaldo Martins • Akira Homma • Kanikaram Satyanarayana • Chandra Nautiyal • Vivek Srivastava • Puneet Chauhan • Sankalp Misra • Aradhana Mishra • Tzu-Hsun Hung • Jui-Chu Lin • Chien-Te Fan • Seweta Srivastava • Sujit K Yadav • Vinit Singh • Asha Sinha • Rajendra KumarThis book integrates a science and business approach to provide an introduction and an insider view of intellectual property issues within the biotech industry, with case studies and examples from developing economy markets. Broad in scope, this book covers key principles in pharmaceutical, industr... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Jackfruit: Botany, Production and Uses (Botany, Production and Uses)
by David Guest • Anup K. Bhattacherjee • Azimah Hamidon • Hamizah Hassan • Mohamad Munirah • Pradyot K. Pathak • Pravat K. Ray • Nor E Tajidin • Gundappa Baradevanal • Jigzcel Divine Bassoy • Prakash C. Tripathi • Michel Chauvet • Phebe Ding • Mathala Juliet Gupta • C. K. Harshita • Ganesan Karunakaran • Kundan Kishore • Rosmah Murdad • Dinh Thi Phuong • S. Rajendran • Ankita Sahu • Hari S. Singh • A. Thirugnanavel • Mai Van Tri • Josephine G. Tangonan • M. Arivalagan • Chalina K. Beneragama • R.M.S. Ruwan Chamara • V. Dileep • D.M. Samantha Dissanayaka • H.M. Prathibhani Kumarihami • Asanga D. Nagalla • D.K.N. Gamini Pushpakumara • T. Sakthivel • P. M. Sampath • Shyamalamma Subbareddy • Valeeta Marina Dsouza • H. V. VidyashreeJackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), is a species of tree in the fig, mulberry, and breadfruit family (Moraceae) and is widely esteemed in tropical Asia. The jackfruit tree is well suited to tropical lowlands, and is widely cultivated throughout South and South-East Asia. It is also grown to a limi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2023 -
Trichoderma
by Claire Sallenave-Namont • Idit Kosti • Richard J Weld • Fabian Glaser • Yves Francois Pouchus • Walter M Jaklitsch • Csaba Vagvolgyi • Charles M Kenerley • Astrid R Mach-Aigner • Lea Atanasova • David Laughlin • Hexon Angel Contreras-Cornejo • Yariv Brotman • Nicolas Ruiz • Rainer Schuhmacher • Laszlo Manczinger • Catherine Roullier • B A Horwitz • Susanne Zeilinger • Rita Gorsche • Karina Petit • R L Melnick • Johanna M Steyaert • Sue Karagiosis • Artemio Mendoza-Mendoza • Mala Mukherjee • Sergio Casas-Flores • Bryan A Bailey • U S Singh • Najam S Zaidi • Ludovit Varecka • Walter A Vargas • Matthias G Steiger • Robert L Mach • Jose Lopez-Bucio • Randy Ortiz-Castro • Oliver Grovel • Monika Schmoll • Laszlo Kredics • Prasun K Mukherjee • Svetlana Kryštofová • Martin Simkovic • Lorant Hatvani • Alison Stewart • Irina S Druzhinina • Scott E Baker • Alfredo Herrera-EstrellaTrichoderma spp. are biotechnologically significant fungi, being widely used both in agriculture and industry. These microbes are also a potential drug source of clinical importance. In recent years, driven by advances in genetics and genomics, research on these fungi have opened new avenues for it... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013