Environment & Agriculture

This book discusses the development of useful models and their applications in soil and water engineering. It covers various modeling methods, including groundwater recharge estimation, rainfall-runoff modeling using artificial neural networks, development and application of a water balance model an..

Modern Land Drainage is a fully renewed and extended edition of Land Drainage: Planning and Design of Agricultural Drainage Systems, which was first published in 1983 (Batsford, London). The book is based on traditional drainage methods for rain-fed agriculture in the humid temperature zone. Signifi..

Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of Land--Atmosphere Interactions..

Pesticide handlers have never had an easy time keeping abreast of the regulations that affect them, but it is getting even more difficult as public pressure adds more layers of new rules...

The present work is based on the study of the laticiferous system in Hevea. It covers anatomical, histological, and cytological research on laticifers and latex, together with biochemical and enzymological investigation of latex in vitro. Integration of all these studies led to the investigation of ..

This volume presents the advances made on phytochemcial biopesticides, covering behavioural, chemical, biochemical and molecular levels of the field...

A text addressing the essential issues required to undertake satisfactory comparative agricultural and ecological experiments. It offers an integrated presentation, with the focus strongly placed on the planning and execution of experiments...

This book attempts to provide to provide concise, critical, synthetic and up-to-date coverage of different aspects of plant disease management. The first eleven chapters are devoted to principles and related aspects and the remining seven to management practices based on them...

Stressing the key role vectors play in the spread of viral diseases, this volume explores a number of areas involved in plant virus research. It examines ways to control or manage viruses through a practical understanding of the interactions between viral vectors and their environment. Emphasizing t..

This unique book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date collection of information on the genetic factors, agronomic production methods, and environmental factors that impact the content of vitamins in plants...

Written by two of the most recognized leaders in the field, this hands-on book presents polarimetric radar imaging and processing techniques and shows how to develop remote sensing applications using polarimetric imaging radar. It introduces polarimetric scattering mechanisms, speckle statistics and..

Part of the ISPRS Series, this key volume for remote sensing specialists and photogrammetrists details current calibration procedures, the latest 'best practices', and promotes the development of coherent, high quality Earth observation imagery...