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A practically-oriented book, this text covers how viruses work and interact with plants as well as how they induce disease and spread in the field, how virus epidemics can be studied, losses and spread measured and monitored, and control options implemented.

Containing an extensive range of photographs and authored by leading horticultural experts, this title is an indispensable reference work for horticultural professionals, academics, students, crop producers and amateur horticulturists. The diseases of major crops are presented by classification, symptoms, causal pathogen and control measures.

This book covers male reproductive biology, discussing the essentials of sperm production, harvest and preservation before covering the applications to a range of animals including cattle, horses, pigs, cats and dogs, poultry and exotic species. It also examines the laboratory procedures that provide the basis of general fertility research.

This book provides a unique, complete coverage of current information on nutrient requirements, feed formulations and feeding practices of commercially important aquaculture species cultured around the world.

Trichoderma spp. are biotechnologically significant fungi widely used in agriculture and industry, and a potential drug source of clinical importance. In recent years, research on these fungi have opened new avenues for its varied applications. This book is an essential ready reference work for researchers, students and people from industry.

This introductory textbook sets world forestry in a social, environmental, historical, and economic context. Fully updated throughout and with new contributions from international experts, this second edition includes new chapters on climate change and international forest policy, and expanded coverage of forest products and bioenergy production.

An updated edition with current information on plant-parasitic nematodes, divided into three sections: taxonomy and principal genera, nematode biology and plant response, and sampling and management strategies.

In the last two decades, the science and practice of rodent control has faced new legislation on rodenticides, the pests' increasing resistance to chemical control and the impact on non-target species. This updated 2nd edition is therefore a key read for researchers, conservationists, practitioners and public health specialists within pest control.

A cohesive state-of-the-art review of the invasive potential of bioenergy crops, this book covers the identified risks of invasion, distributions of key crops and management issues. Including a section on developing predictive models, this book also assesses the potential societal impact of bioenergy crops and how to mitigate invasive risks.

This book addresses the practices of consumption in tourism, a major theme in the sociology of tourism. To date, most tourism analysis has tended to concentrate on the production of tourist space, and assume that tourism consumption simply mirrors the intentions of the producers.

Based on proceedings of a conference to mark the retirement of Professor Paul Jarvis from the University of Edinburgh, the book contains contributions from leading international scientists. It will be of significant interest to researchers in forestry, ecology, environmental sciences and natural resources.

This book has been developed from a report of the cross-national 'PRIDE' (Partnerships for Rural Integrated Development in Europe) research project. The research focused on the public and private sector rural development experience of six member states of the European Union, namely Finland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

The third edition has been fully updated and expanded to include more countries, and is the result of collaboration between the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA), Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United States.

This book provides a comprehensive review of our current knowledge of the diversity of the species. The book describes the inter-relationships between populations based on morphological and molecular markers. It also examines the conservation of genetic resources and how these genetic resources can be utilized to produce new cultivars.

There are currently many controversial socioeconomic issues concerned with the development and implementation of agricultural biotechnology. This book presents selected revised and edited papers from the fourth and fifth meetings of the International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research, held in Italy in 2000 and 2001.

This book covers all aspects of research into Giardia as an organism and giardiasis the disease. Based on papers presented at the 2000 'Giardia in the Rockies conference, it contains contributions from leading international experts.

This book provides a review of the current state of knowledge on all aspects of sheep nutrition. The main emphasis is on sheep grazing in systems that range from intensively utilized sown pastures to extensive rangelands.

This book provides a comprehensive review of entomopathogenic nematology. It begins by reviewing fundamental biology and setting a taxonomic foundation for nematodes and their bacterial symbionts.

This book provides an authoritative review, written by expert world forest scientists, of what is known about the impact of elevated CO2 and other greenhouse gases on forest ecosystems.

This book gives an overview of the Survey, and provides the most complete 'Doomsday' of British agriculture available, including maps and illustrations of the areas surveyed at that time. It is a unique source for measuring post-war changes in agriculture, environment and society.

This book reviews assessments on the environmental effects of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and assesses the contribution of agricultural policy to environmental quality in the EU. It focuses on the role of agricultural policy in reducing harmful effects and/or creating benefits to the physical environment, landscape and nature.

The book provides a general review of current thinking and presents several new theories and methods of analysis. It consists of 20 chapters, divided into five parts, and is essential reading for researchers and practitioners dealing with consumers and their choices and perceptions.

This book describes the methodology for predicting the genetic merit of animals for genetic improvement in an animal breeding programme. Information on an animal and its relatives, on either the characteristic to be improved or from other traits, can be used to predict the animal's genetic merit.

The book provides an international review of periphyton ecology, exploitation and management. Theecology part focuses on periphyton structure and function in natural systems. This book will help scientists and entrepreneurs further understand the ecology andproduction of aquatic systems and venture into new and promising areas.

This book provides the first sociolinguistic treatment of tourism. It draws on both semiotic analyses of tourism and on the content of promotional material produced by the tourism industry.

Animal abuse affects everybody working in animal-related industries, and constitutes a significant part of veterinary caseloads and animal shelter work. Based on the author's experience as a shelter worker and veterinarian, this book provides advice and assistance to those working with animal abuse.

An encyclopaedic reference on major mites, described by family in terms of internal and external morphology, bio-ecology and family systematics. Methods of mite collection and laboratory study is described, plus species diagnostic characteristics, world distribution, host plants, identification by type of damage they cause and control strategies.

Food security is an increasingly important global issue, with forty per cent of all food grown lost to plant pests and diseases. The Pesticide Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive overview of substances utilized in fighting pests, including chemical pesticides, biocontrol agents and biopesticides, plus IPM techniques and pesticide resistance.

The floral industry represents a significant proportion of agricultural income in several developed countries, particularly the USA, the Netherlands and Japan. Hitherto the sheer diversity of flower seeds, in their form, function and biology, has hindered the production of a comprehensive treatment of the topic. This book provides a unique...

Ducks are kept for profit in a great diversity of circumstances in both temperate and tropical climates. Outlining the biology of the domestic duck, this book also combines the authors' considerable practical and scientific experience to provide quantitative descriptions of nutritional and environmental effects on growing and breeding ducks.