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  • The World's Greatest Fix

    A History of Nitrogen and Agriculture

    by G. J. Leigh ...
    In the tradition of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel, this gives the very early history of how human ingenuity overcame the risk of famine through productive agriculture. Starting with a layman's guide to the chemistry of nitrogen fixation, the book goes on to show how humans emerged from nomadic lifestyles and began developing towns and settlements. When they for the first time began ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • Nitrogen Fixation at the Millennium

    Edited by G.J. Leigh ...
    The turn of the millennium from the twentieth to the twenty-first century provides an occasion to review our understanding of a biological process, biological nitrogen fixation, that is of prime importance for the continued survival of mankind. This process has provided a basis for maintaining soil fertility since the beginning of organised agriculture, yet its very existence was confirmed only ... Read more

    $220.79 CAD

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  • Plants for Medicines

    A Chemical and Pharmacological Survey of Plants in the Australian Region

    by DJ Collins, CCJ Culvenor, JA Lamberton, JW Loder, JR Price ...
    This book gives details of alkaloid and anti-tumour screening by the CSIRO of nearly 2000 species, the pharmacological testing of the alkaloids of selected species, and the chemical fractionation of those species which had reproducible tumour-inhibiting properties. The book includes 64 colour plates and over 400 line illustrations of chemical structures. ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • Crop Physiology

    Applications for Genetic Improvement and Agronomy

    by Victor O. Sadras, Daniel F. Calderini ...
    From climate change to farming systems to genetic modification of organisms, Crop Physiology, Second Edition provides a practical tool for understanding the relationships and challenges of successful cropping. With a focus on genetic improvement and agronomy, this book addresses the challenges of environmentally sound production of bulk and quality food, fodder, fiber, and energy which are of ... Read more

    $110.39 CAD

  • Industrial Entomology

    Edited by Omkar ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book is a compilation of writings focused on conventional and unconventional insect products. Some of these products are commercials successes, while others are waiting to be launched and are the potential produce of the future. In addition to the well known products honey, mulberry silk, and lac, the book primarily concentrates on silk producing insects other than the mulberry silkworm, ... Read more

    $282.99 CAD

  • The Science of Everyday Life

    Why Teapots Dribble, Toast Burns and Light Bulbs Shine

    by Marty Jopson ...
    Have you ever wondered why ice floats and water is such a freaky liquid? Or why chillies and mustard are both hot but in different ways? Or why microwaves don't cook from the inside out?In this fascinating scientific tour of household objects, The One Show presenter and all-round Science Bloke Marty Jopson has the answer to all of these, and many more, baffling questions about the chemistry and ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Sustainable Approaches to Controlling Plant Pathogenic Bacteria

    Edited by V. Rajesh Kannan, Kubilay Kurtulus Bastas ...
    Plant diseases and changes in existing pathogens remain a constant threat to our forests, food, and fiber crops as well as landscape plants. However, many economically important pathosystems are largely unexplored and biologically relevant life stages of familiar systems remain poorly understood. In a multifaceted approach to plant pathogenic behav ... Read more

    $105.99 CAD

  • How Nature Works

    the science of self-organized criticality

    by Per Bak ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    and acknowledgments Self-organized criticality is a new way of viewing nature. The basic picture is one where nature is perpetually out of balance, but organized in a poised state-the critical state-where anything can happen within well-defined statistical laws. The aim of the science of self-organized criticality is to yield insight into the fundamental question of why nature is complex, not ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

  • Plant-Microbe Interactions in Agro-Ecological Perspectives

    Volume 2: Microbial Interactions and Agro-Ecological Impacts

    Edited by Dhananjaya Pratap Singh, Harikesh Bahadur Singh, Ratna Prabha ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book puts an updated account on functional aspects of multiphasic microbial interactions within and between plants and their ecosystem. Multipronged interaction in the soil microbial communities with the plants constitute a relay of mechanisms that make profound changes in plant and its micro-environment in the rhizopshere at physiological, biochemical and molecular levels. In agro-ecological ... Read more

    $435.99 CAD

  • Polyploidy and Hybridization for Crop Improvement

    Edited by Annaliese S. Mason ...
    Many of our current agricultural crops are natural or agricultural hybrids (between two or more species), or polyploids (containing more than one genome or set of chromosomes). These include potato, oats, cotton, oilseed rape, wheat, strawberries, kiwifruit, banana, seedless watermelon, triticale and many others. Polyploidy and hybridization can also be used for crop improvement: for example, to ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • Human-Insect Interactions

    by Sergey Govorushko ...
    This book presents a 360-degree picture of the world of insects and explores how their existence affects our lives: the "good, bad, and ugly" aspects of their interactions with humankind. It provides a lucid introductory text for beginning undergraduate students in the life sciences, particularly those pursuing beginner courses in entomology, agriculture, and botany. ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • Chemistry at Home - A Collection of Experiments and Formulas for the Chemistry Enthusiast

    by Anon ...
    Chemistry at Home' is a wonderful book for anyone with an interest in the science, containing a wide collection of fascinating experiments with different materials, such as chalk and iron. It also contains formulas and recipes to make useful products such as glue and fly papers. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus