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Microbial Bioprocessing of Agri-food Wastes - Industrial Applications (Hardcover): Gustavo Molina, Minaxi Sharma, Rachid... Microbial Bioprocessing of Agri-food Wastes - Industrial Applications (Hardcover)
Gustavo Molina, Minaxi Sharma, Rachid Benhida, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Ramesh Chander Kuhad
R4,347 Discovery Miles 43 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Microbes are widely used in large-scale industrial processes due to their versatility, easy growing cultivation, kinetic potential, and the ability to generate metabolites with a wide range of potential applications to various commercial sectors, such as the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, in addition to the potential for agriculture, biomedical, and several others. Among the metabolites of greatest commercial interest, and many obtained on an industrial scale, the wide range of enzymes, biofuels, organic acids, amino acids, vitamins, biopolymers, and many other classes of metabolites. This book is intended for Bioengineers, Biologist, Biochemist, Biotechnologists, microbiologist, food technologist, enzymologist, and related Professionals/ researchers. Explores recent advances in the valorization of agri-food waste Provides technical concepts on the production of various bio-products of commercial interest Discusses the main process conditions to overcome the difficulties of using waste as alternative raw materials Introduces technical-economic details on the advantages and disadvantages of exploring the waste recovery chain Explores the main technological advances in the recovery of residues in functional products

Microbial Bioprocessing of Agri-food Wastes - Bioactive Molecules (Hardcover): Gustavo Molina, Minaxi Sharma, Rachid Benhida,... Microbial Bioprocessing of Agri-food Wastes - Bioactive Molecules (Hardcover)
Gustavo Molina, Minaxi Sharma, Rachid Benhida, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Ramesh Chander Kuhad
R3,471 Discovery Miles 34 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book gives a comprehensive overview of recent advances in the valorization of agri-food waste and discusses the main process conditions needed to overcome the difficulties of using waste as alternative raw materials. It also discusses specific methodologies, opportunistic microbes for biomass valorization, the sustainable production of agri-food waste, as well as examines the assessment and management of bioactive molecules production from microbial-valorization of agri-food waste. The authors provide technical concepts on the production of various bio-products and their commercial interest including agri-food waste utilization in the microbial synthesis of proteins, the valorization of horticulture waste, the sustainable production of pectin via microbial fermentation, as well as other food and pharmacological applications. This book is intended for bioengineers, biologists, biochemists, biotechnologists, microbiologists, food technologists, enzymologists, and related professionals and researchers. Explores recent advances in the valorization of agri-food waste Provides technical concepts on the production of various bio-products of commercial interest Discusses the main process conditions to overcome the difficulties of using waste as alternative raw materials Introduces technical-economic details on the advantages and disadvantages of exploring the waste recovery chain Explores the main technological advances in the recovery of residues in functional products

Microbial Bioprocessing of Agri-food Wastes - Industrial Enzymes (Hardcover): Gustavo Molina, Zeba Usmani, Minaxi Sharma,... Microbial Bioprocessing of Agri-food Wastes - Industrial Enzymes (Hardcover)
Gustavo Molina, Zeba Usmani, Minaxi Sharma, Rachid Benhida, Ramesh Chander Kuhad, …
R3,467 Discovery Miles 34 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Explores recent advances in the valorization of agri-food waste Provides technical concepts on the production of various bio-products of commercial interest Discusses the main process conditions to overcome the difficulties of using waste as alternative raw materials Introduces technical-economic details on the advantages and disadvantages of exploring the waste recovery chain Explores the main technological advances in the recovery of residues in functional products

Microbial Bioprocessing of Agri-food Wastes - Food Ingredients (Hardcover): Gustavo Molina, Minaxi Sharma, Vijai Kumar Gupta,... Microbial Bioprocessing of Agri-food Wastes - Food Ingredients (Hardcover)
Gustavo Molina, Minaxi Sharma, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Zeba Usmani, Rachid Benhida, …
R3,467 Discovery Miles 34 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The goal of this book is to present recent advances in the production of food ingredients from agro-industrial residues, as well as to explore the technological advances made to make these ingredients a commercial reality for the food industry, such as peptides, food pigments, and organic acids, among others, thereby expanding the potential of bioprocesses in the valorization of agro-industrial residues for the production of molecules of industrial importance. This book is intended for bioengineers, biologists, biochemists, biotechnologists, microbiologists, food technologists, enzymologists, and related professionals/researchers. Explores recent advances in the valorization of agri-food waste into food ingredients; Provides technical concepts on the production of various food ingredients of commercial interest Explore nonel technological advanced strategies of extraction of bioactive compounds from food wastes Presents important classes of food ingredients obtained from alternative raw materials Sustainable food waste resources and management strategies Different pretraetment technologies and green extraction methodologies to support green environment in circular economy concept. Challenges in applications of re-derived bioactive compounds from food wastes in food formulations

Small Fruits in the Home Garden (Paperback): Robert E. Gough, Edward Barclay Poling Small Fruits in the Home Garden (Paperback)
Robert E. Gough, Edward Barclay Poling
R1,410 Discovery Miles 14 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Why plant a vegetable garden with the same old tomato and cucumber plants that everyone else has? Small Fruits in the Home Garden is your home gardener?s guide to growing and harvesting small fruit for personal enjoyment. The contributors to this book provide the necessary information and helpful hints for you to grow many new varieties of small fruits, that have wonderful flavor but may not be suitable for commercial production, right at home. Now you can harvest the tastiest varieties at their peak flavor! In Small Fruits in the Home Garden, you?ll see how small fruits can enhance not only your diet, but also your garden and landscape. You?ll learn how strawberry plants, for example, make wonderful perennial borders along paths and walkways and how currants, gooseberrries, and blueberries serve as "edible" hedges that are especially lovely in the summer when their branches are laden with colorful fruit. Each chapter of this unique handbook provides detailed background and growing information on a particular fruit, with special attention to: climate soil pests water table preplant operations planting management pruning fertilizing liming wateringSee how growing and harvesting small fruit can provide you with something nutritious and beautiful that doesn?t demand too much free time. With Small Fruits in the Home Garden, you, too, can easily manage and enjoy small fruit growing.

Plant Chromosomes - Laboratory Methods (Paperback): Shigeki Nakayama Plant Chromosomes - Laboratory Methods (Paperback)
Shigeki Nakayama; Contributions by Bikram S. Gill, John W. Snape, Bernd Friebe, John S. Heslop-Harrison, …
R4,206 Discovery Miles 42 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Finally - a guide to cytological techniques written specifically for the plant chromosome researcher and student. Plant Chromosomes: Laboratory Methods thoroughly covers all important approaches to the study of plant chromosomes. It reviews each specific approach and describes requisite experimental techniques. These practical descriptions cover basic, standard techniques as well as the most recent research advances and state-of-the-art technologies.
Plant Chromosomes: Laboratory Methods allows you to build on the knowledge of its expert authors, who have first-hand experience with the ins and outs of each approach. Through hundreds of trouble-shooting suggestions it also helps you avoid experimental pitfalls by providing invaluable tips at critical points in the experimental process. This book gives you the information you need to improve the power of your plant chromosome research - saving you time and effort in the process. No other single volume contains so much practical information on this topic.

Rainfed Farming Systems (Hardcover, 2011): Philip Tow, Ian Cooper, Ian Partridge, Colin Birch Rainfed Farming Systems (Hardcover, 2011)
Philip Tow, Ian Cooper, Ian Partridge, Colin Birch
R6,513 R5,148 Discovery Miles 51 480 Save R1,365 (21%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

While a good grasp of the many separate aspects of agriculture is important, it is equally essential for all those involved in agriculture to understand the functioning of the farming system as a whole and how it can be best managed. It is necessary to re-assess and understand rain-fed farming systems around the world and to find ways to improve the selection, design and operation of such systems for long term productivity, profitability and sustainability. The components of the system must operate together efficiently; yet many of the relationships and interactions are not clearly understood. Appreciation of these matters and how they are affected by external influences or inputs are important for decision making and for achieving desirable outcomes for the farm as a whole. This book analyses common rain-fed farming systems and defines the principles and practices important to their effective functioning and management."

Flora of Tropical East Africa - Ptaeroxylaceae (1996) (Hardcover): Flora of Tropical East Africa - Ptaeroxylaceae (1996) (Hardcover)
R2,261 Discovery Miles 22 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Part of a series of volumes on the flora of tropical East Africa, this text covers the Ptaeroxylaceae family.

Flora of Tropical East Africa - Eriospermaceae (1996) - Eriospermaceae* (Paperback): C. Whitehouse Flora of Tropical East Africa - Eriospermaceae (1996) - Eriospermaceae* (Paperback)
C. Whitehouse
R854 Discovery Miles 8 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Part of a series of volumes on the flora of tropical East Africa, this text covers the Eriospermaceae family.

Hortus Curious - Discover the World's Most Weird and Wonderful Plants and Fungi (Hardcover): Michael Perry Hortus Curious - Discover the World's Most Weird and Wonderful Plants and Fungi (Hardcover)
Michael Perry; Illustrated by Aaron Apsley
R405 R324 Discovery Miles 3 240 Save R81 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Celebrate the weird, wacky, and wonderful world of plants with a book that revels in the diversity of the botanical world. Plants are truly awe-inspiring. They can be vast, minute, smelly, or spectacularly ugly. Some plants live on their own, or by growing off others; some live by air and water; others are carnivorous, eating the creatures around them; some plants look remarkably like animals; while others have unusual symbolism; and some have special cultural significance. This book explores them all, bringing together the most peculiar and most fascinating plants on the planet - celebrating them in all their diverse splendour. Split into five chapters, covering everything from poisonous plants to painkilling ones, Michael Perry explains exactly what makes each plant special. With exquisitely detailed illustrations of all the different species, this is an informative, humorous, and beautiful gift for all those who love plants - whether they want to grow them or not. Hortus Curious delivers a different way to view the plant world and enjoy it for its bonkers and bizarre. The book is split into five chapters, covering: - Plants Behaving Badly - the criminal world of plants such as poisonous plants, insect catching plants, and plants that do risky things - Mistaken Identity - plants that look like other things, e.g. flowers that look like monkeys, bees, or even dead man's fingers - Greater Good - did you know that aspirin comes from a plant? This chapter explores the plants that make up our everyday products - Superheroes - find out about the plants that can disguise themselves, changing colour, shape or even moving themselves - X-rated Plants - a selection of the rudest plants out there! A humorous and quirky gift book for people interested in plants and gardening, Hortus Curious is sure to delight.

Cereal Crops - Genetic Resources and Breeding Techniques (Hardcover): Tariq Shah, Lixiao Nie, Marcelo Teixeira Filho, Rabia Amir Cereal Crops - Genetic Resources and Breeding Techniques (Hardcover)
Tariq Shah, Lixiao Nie, Marcelo Teixeira Filho, Rabia Amir
R3,198 Discovery Miles 31 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Cereal Crops: Genetic Resources and Breeding Techniques provides the reader practical tools for understanding relationships and challenges of successful farming; improvements to genetic modifications; and environmentally sound methods of production of bulk and quality cereals including wheat, maize, rice, barley, and millets. It explores the trait mapping, cropping systems, genome engineering, and identification of specific germplasms needed for the more effective development of biotic and abiotic stress resistant cereals within the framework of ensuring future food supplies around the world. Features: Focuses on cropping systems, genetics and genome engineering for higher crop production at a global level. Features information on specific prebiotic formulas to ward off adverse effects of antibiotics. Covers mechanistic as well as practical approaches for enhancing crop production in a sustainable way. Includes further in depth analysis of various topics following each chapter. This is a vital resource for researchers, crop biologists, and students working with crop production and climate changes that have a significant impact on crop production, spanning basic to advanced level discussions of plant breeding, molecular genetics, and agronomy. Covering mechanistic and practical approaches for enhancing crop production in a sustainable way, this text is beneficial to intensive farmers and stakeholders in the field of crop production.

Roots of Power - The Political Ecology of Boundary Plants (Hardcover): Michael Sheridan Roots of Power - The Political Ecology of Boundary Plants (Hardcover)
Michael Sheridan
R3,764 Discovery Miles 37 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Roots of Power tells five stories of plants, people, property, politics, peace, and protection in tropical societies. In Cameroon, French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, St. Vincent, and Tanzania, dracaena and cordyline plants are simultaneously property rights institutions, markers of social organization, and expressions of life-force and vitality. In addition to their localized roles in forming landscapes and societies, these plants mark multiple boundaries and demonstrate deep historical connections across much of the planet's tropics. These plants' deep roots in society and culture have made them the routes through which postcolonial agrarian societies have negotiated both social and cultural continuity and change. This book is a multi-sited ethnographic political ecology of ethnobotanical institutions. It uses five parallel case studies to investigate the central phenomenon of "boundary plants" and establish the linkages among the case studies via both ancient and relatively recent demographic transformations such as the Bantu expansion across tropical Africa, the Austronesian expansion into the Pacific, and the colonial system of plantation slavery in the Black Atlantic. Each case study is a social-ecological system with distinctive characteristics stemming from the ways that power is organized by kinship and gender, social ranking, or racialized capitalism. This book contributes to the literature on property rights institutions and land management by arguing that tropical boundary plants' social entanglements and cultural legitimacy make them effective foundations for development policy. Formal recognition of these institutions could reduce contradiction, conflict, and ambiguity between resource managers and states in postcolonial societies and contribute to sustainable livelihoods and landscapes. This book will appeal to scholars and students of environmental anthropology, political ecology, ethnobotany, landscape studies, colonial history, and development studies, and readers will benefit from its demonstration of the comparative method.

Photoassimilate Distribution Plants and Crops Source-Sink Relationships - Source-Sink Relationships (Hardcover): Zamski Photoassimilate Distribution Plants and Crops Source-Sink Relationships - Source-Sink Relationships (Hardcover)
Zamski
R12,667 Discovery Miles 126 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Adopting an interdisciplinary approach to the study of photoassimilate partitioning and source-sink relationhips, this work details the major aspects of source-sink physiology and metabolism, the integration of individual components and photoassimilate partitioning, and the whole plant source-sink relationships in 16 agriculturally important crops. The work examines in detail the components of carbon partitioning, such as ecology, photosynthesis, loading, transport and anatomy, and discusses the impact of genetic, environmental and agrotechnical factors on the parts of whole plant source-link physiology.

Plant Alkaloids - A Guide to Their Discovery and Distribution (Hardcover): Lyle E. Craker Plant Alkaloids - A Guide to Their Discovery and Distribution (Hardcover)
Lyle E. Craker
R1,778 Discovery Miles 17 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Plant Alkaloids: A Guide to Their Discovery and Distribution serves as a record of both the positive and negative results obtained in the screening of more than 20,000 plant species for alkaloids in a forty-year search for new medicinal agents and other pharmacological substances. Designed to increase general knowledge of the Plant Kingdom, this book equips present and future generations of phytochemists with the skills and knowledge necessary for developing new alkaloid compounds. Recording the results of screening tests from approximately 400 genera of plants found primarily in zones beneath 45? N Latitude, Plant Alkaloids contributes to the efforts to calculate and safeguard the resources of the rainforests of the world. By offering results from the field, 'Plant Alkaloids surpasses the tradition of books on alkaloid chemistry that only emphasize the chemical and physical properties of known compounds, their established structures, biogenetic origins, taxonomic usefulness, and pharmacological actions. These results, in many cases, constitute the first record of the probable presence of alkaloids in the species under study. By documenting both positive and negative results, Plant Alkaloids directs the search for potentially new and useful compounds, while alleviating much of the time and expense of screening plants where results have already been obtained.An invaluable reference book for scientists in any of the life sciences, Plant Alkaloids provides a general index containing references to standard works on alkaloid chemistry and the subject's vast literature. In addition to offering a description of the size of each plant family and its economic importance, this book also lists thegenera and species of each plant tested according to accepted taxonomic names and notes disagreement over taxonomic assignment where it exists.

Genotype-by-Environment Interaction (Hardcover): Manjit S Kang, Jr Gauch Genotype-by-Environment Interaction (Hardcover)
Manjit S Kang, Jr Gauch
R6,400 R5,266 Discovery Miles 52 660 Save R1,134 (18%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Genotype-by-Environment Interaction (GEI) is a prevalent issue among crop farmers, plant breeders, geneticists, and production agronomists. This book brings together contributions from expert plant breeders and quantitative geneticists to better understand the relationship between crop performance and environment. This information can reduce the cost of extensive genotype evaluation by eliminating unnecessary testing sites and by fine-tuning breeding programs.
Molecular aspects of GEI are discussed for the first time and key bibliographical references on GEI are included in an appendix.

Biotechnological strategies for the conservation of medicinal and ornamental climbers (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Anwar Shahzad,... Biotechnological strategies for the conservation of medicinal and ornamental climbers (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Anwar Shahzad, Shiwali Sharma, Saeed A Siddiqui
R5,707 Discovery Miles 57 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The book provides an overview on adoption of biotechnological approaches for the conservation, micropropagation, synseed production of various medicinal and ornamental climbers. The work includes a brief chapter on evolution and diversification of climbers. Other chapters give insights on protocols for in vitro propagation and synseed production of selected threatened medicinal and ornamental climbers. Informative chapter on the production of bioactive compound and their enhancement through genetic transformation and elicitation have been incorporated to cover latest advancement in the field of plant biotechnology. This book also explores the use of molecular marker technique for the desired improvement/magnification of medicinal and aesthetic value of climbing plants.

Bioaerosols Handbook (Hardcover): Christopher S. Cox, Christopher M. Wathes Bioaerosols Handbook (Hardcover)
Christopher S. Cox, Christopher M. Wathes
R7,201 Discovery Miles 72 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This comprehensive handbook provides up-to-date knowledge and practical advice from established authorities in aerosol science. It covers the principles and practices of bioaerosol sampling, descriptions and comparisons of bioaerosol samplers, calibration methods, and assay techniques, with an emphasis on practicalities, such as which sampler to use and where it should be placed. The text also offers critiques concerning handling the samples to provide representative and meaningful assays for their viability, infectivity, and allergenicity. A wide range of microbes-viz., viruses, bacteria, fungi and pollens, and their fragments-are considered from such perspectives.
Bioaerosols Handbook is divided into four parts, providing a wide-ranging reference work, as well as a practical guide on how best to sample and assay bioaerosols using current technology.

Assessing Forest Ecosystem Health in the Inland West - Papers from the American Forests Workshop November 14-20, 1993 Sun... Assessing Forest Ecosystem Health in the Inland West - Papers from the American Forests Workshop November 14-20, 1993 Sun Valley, Idaho (Hardcover)
David L Adams
R1,795 Discovery Miles 17 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Assessing Forest Ecosystem Health in the Inland West is a thorough reference for policymakers, resource managers, environmentalists, students, and anyone interested in using ecosystem management as a tool to address forest health problems in the Inland West. The book provides the reader with a survey of current conditions in the Inland West, their historical origins, assessments of available management tools, and analyses of the various choices available to policymakers. Its goal is to help people understand the Inland West forests so that public policies can reflect a constructive and realistic framework in which forests can be managed for sustained health. This resource is the product of a scientific workshop where 35 participants, including scientists, resource managers, administrators, and environmentalists, addressed the forest health problem in the Inland West. Synthesis chapters integrate the diverse knowledge and experience which participants brought to the workshop. They identify and link together many of the ecological, social, and administrative conditions which have created the forest health problem in the West. The book is unique in that it reflects a process that fostered the use of academic research, field realities, and industrial knowledge to define an interdisciplinary problem, establish rational policy objectives, and set-up "do-able" management approaches.The following topics are analyzed: Assessing forest ecosystem health in the Inland West Historical and anticipated changes in forest ecosystems in the Inland West Defining and measuring forest health Historical range of variability as a tool for evaluating ecosystem change Administrative barriers to implementing forest health problems Economic and social dimensions of the forest health problem Fire management Ecosystem and landscape managementAssessing Forest Ecosystem Health in the Inland West will help facilitate sound resource planning because it brings together the problems facing the Inland West from an interdisciplinary perspective. This approach allows resource managers and policymakers creativity in planning and implementing strategies to confront forest health problems in the Inland West ecosystems.

Recent Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Plant Diseases (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015): L.P. Awasthi Recent Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Plant Diseases (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
L.P. Awasthi
R4,497 Discovery Miles 44 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is a compilation of the most challenging and significant chapters on the diagnosis and management of important bacterial, fungal, viral, viroid, phytoplasma, non parasitic diseases and various physiological disorders, in various crops. The chapters have been contributed by eminent plant pathologists, having wide experience of teaching and research on various crops with different types of diseases, which cause great economic losses. The book would be very useful for students, teachers and researchers of plant pathology. This book highlights recent advances made in the development of new types of resistance in host plants and alternative strategies for managing plant diseases to improve food quality and reduce the negative public health impact associated with plant diseases. Having entered into 21st century advancements in the Diagnosis of Plant Pathogens and Plant Disease Management need to be closely examined and adequately applied, so that newer challenges facing plant pathology could be adequately addressed in attaining food security for the growing population. Substantial advancements have been made in terms of expanding knowledge base of the biology of plant-microbial interactions, disease management strategies and application and practice of Plant Pathology. Application of molecular biology in Plant Pathology has greatly improved our ability to detect plant pathogens and in increasing our understanding, their ecology and epidemiology. Similarly, new technologies and resources have been evolved for the development of sustainable crop protection systems by different control strategies against various pests and pathogens that are important components of the integrated pest management programme. Natural products and chemical compounds discovered as a result of basic research and molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis have led to the development of "biorational" pesticides. Biological control has been found to be the most significant approach to plant health management during the twentieth century and promises using modern biotechnology, to be even more significant in the twenty-first century.

Nature Law and Policy in Europe (Hardcover): Andrew Jackson Nature Law and Policy in Europe (Hardcover)
Andrew Jackson
R3,467 Discovery Miles 34 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume considers current and future challenges for nature law and policy in Europe. Following the Fitness Check evaluation of the Birds and Habitats Directives, in 2017 the EU adopted an Action Plan for nature, people and the economy to rapidly improve the Directives' implementation and accelerate progress towards the EU's biodiversity targets for 2020. More recently, the EU has adopted a Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and proposed an EU Nature Restoration Law. This book makes a timely contribution by examining the current state of play in light of recent and historical developments, as well as the post-2020 nature law and policy landscape. While evidence suggests that Natura 2000 and the Habitats and Birds Directives have delivered conservation benefits for wildlife in Europe, biodiversity loss continues apace. The book reviews the requirements for an effective international nature conservation system, with reference to the Birds and Habitats Directives. It examines regulatory regimes, current legal issues in the fields of site protection and species protection, the protection of areas outside Natura 2000, recent developments in the EU and the UK, including the implications of Brexit, agriculture and nature conservation, litigation, science and access to justice. Written by leading experts in the field, from a range of stakeholder groups, the volume draws on diverse experiences as well as providing interdisciplinary perspectives. This volume will be essential reading for students and scholars interested in European environmental policy and law, including lawyers, ecologists, environmental scientists, political scientists, natural resource managers, and planners. It will also be of interest to conservation practitioners, policy-makers and NGOs.

Phycoremediation Processes in Industrial Wastewater Treatment (Hardcover): Maulin P. Shah Phycoremediation Processes in Industrial Wastewater Treatment (Hardcover)
Maulin P. Shah
R2,733 Discovery Miles 27 330 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Increasing population and industrialization are the key pollutant contributors in water bodies. The wastes generated by industries are highly hazardous for humans and the ecosystem and require a comprehensive and effective treatment before being discharged into water bodies. Over the years, many up gradations have been introduced in traditional water treatment methods which were expensive and ineffective especially for removal of toxic pollutants. Phycoremediation has been gaining attention due to its mutual benefit in wastewater treatment and for valuable algae biomass production. Wastewater, especially sewage and industrial effluents, is rich in pathogenic organisms, organic and inorganic compounds and heavy metals that adversely affect human and aquatic life. Microalgae use these inorganic compounds and heavy metals for their growth. In addition, they also reduce pathogenic organisms and release oxygen to be used by bacteria for decomposition of organic compounds in a secondary treatment. In this book, the potential of microalgae in wastewater treatment, their benefits, strategies, and challenges are discussed. The increasing need of finding innovative, low-cost, low-energy, sustainable and eco-friendly solutions for wastewater treatment makes the publication of a book on phycoremediation timely and appropriate. Features: (1) Deals with the most emerging aspects of algal research with special reference to phycoremediation. (2) Studies in depth diversity, mutations, genomics and metagenomics study (3) An eco-physiology, culturing, microalgae for food and feed, biofuel production, harvesting of microalgae, separation and purification of biochemicals.

Antimicrobials in Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Research (Hardcover): Arti Gupta, Ramprasad Antimicrobials in Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Research (Hardcover)
Arti Gupta, Ramprasad
R3,482 Discovery Miles 34 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

1. Focuses on these newly available antibacterial, their mechanism of actions, resistance, and spectrum of activities 2. Useful for Biologists, Bioengineers, Biochemist, Biotechnologists, Microbiologists, Food technologists, Enzymologists 3. Discusses new unexploited targets and strategies for the next generation of antimicrobial drugs for combating the drug resistance and emerging pathogens

Flora of Tropical East Africa - Lythraceae (1994) - Prepared at the Royal Botanic Gardens/Kew with Assistance from the East... Flora of Tropical East Africa - Lythraceae (1994) - Prepared at the Royal Botanic Gardens/Kew with Assistance from the East African Herbarium (Hardcover)
B. Verdcourt
R1,632 Discovery Miles 16 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is a comprehensive review of the genera of Lythraceae, a flowering plant family of mostly trees and shrubs, found in tropical East Africa. It presents information on their character, occurrence, habitat, phenotypic variations and distribution of each of the species under these genera.

The Highbush Blueberry and Its Management (Hardcover): Robert E. Gough The Highbush Blueberry and Its Management (Hardcover)
Robert E. Gough
R3,046 Discovery Miles 30 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Here is a book that sets forth vital information growers need to produce highbush blueberries effectively and efficiently. Written from the grower's point of view, The Highbush Blueberry and Its Management presents technical information in a highly readable manner that is easy to understand. It helps growers make proper decisions before they plant--saving them both time and money. Simply by following the directions on planting, a grower could cut his post-plant mortality rate to less than ten-percent. The Highbush Blueberry and Its Management provides detailed information that growers can apply directly to their work. The author addresses various aspects of blueberry management, including how to select new cultivars, pruning techniques, soil preparation and management, harvesting, pest control, and marketing. He describes over four-dozen cultivars and discusses blueberry growth and development, fruit production, propagation, and more. The problem of pests such as birds, nematodes, and insects and mites is addressed and strategies for control of these pests are included. An appendix provides a chart, the first of its kind, to help diagnose disorders of highbush blueberries. The chart contains descriptions and discussions of these disorders to help growers identify and treat them quickly and effectively. Appendixes also include handy tables, equivalence charts, and calculations for fast and easy reference. An overview of world production of highbush blueberries informs readers of developments in other countries. This thorough and readable book is sure to become a trusted guide for growers of highbush blueberries worldwide.The book is international in scope and contains information useful to growers from Australia and Japan to Chile, Poland, and Finland, places where such information is often scarce, if available at all. Bursting with practical, helpful knowledge, The Highbush Blueberry and Its Management is a vital guidebook not just for professional growers, but for cooperative extension personnel and university-level small fruit researchers as well. With its readable style, it can also be used as an ancillary text at the graduate and advanced undergraduate level.

Forensic Forestry - A Guidebook for Foresters on the Witness Stand (Paperback): Robert P. Latham Forensic Forestry - A Guidebook for Foresters on the Witness Stand (Paperback)
Robert P. Latham
R1,719 Discovery Miles 17 190 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Forensic Forestry: A Guidebook for Foresters on the Witness Stand is a one-of-a-kind, hands-on resource for those forestry and land use professionals called upon to work on legal cases and testify in court. Land use and forestry issues in the United States, in particular-and likewise around the world-have become increasingly contentious, scrutinized, and debated. There is little to suggest that conflicts over forestlands will cease in the near future, in fact, quite the opposite. There are already a number of informative books available on land use and forestry, and related issues under the broader heading of environmental science. As such, while this book will not go into these concepts in detail, if someone is already an expert in land use and forestry, this book will tell them the ins and outs of the legal system and how they can best serve to make a case, using evidence, in a court of law. Coverage addresses the necessary background, and legwork involved, in providing technical expertise for such cases to be adjudicated. Since professionals' expertise is often focused on ecological issues, chapters look at the economic factors and how money, policy, and corporate interests come into play-the crux of where the professional forester's ability to present evidence and expertise becomes critical. The author provides an overall understanding of the courts, and the legal process. Coverage includes recommendations to professionals working on cases-and in the courtroom-in how to present evidence and testify in cases over land use and forestland rights, forestry management and safety, criminal and civil cases in liability in forest fires-among myriad others. Key Features: A book by a professional for professionals in the field of forestry and those called to testify in cases of forest and wildfires, eminent domain, land disputes, tort, and liability cases Written in easy-to-read, non-technical jargon to provide tools to best serve as an expert witness and consultant to support attorneys in civil and criminal cases Details unique, real-world cases study examples, detailing how they were adjudicated based on evidence and testimony provided Presents a legal background into the court system, courtroom procedure, the types of legal cases as they relate to forensic forestry As such, Forensic Forestry is a welcome addition to those professionals called upon to consult on, and testify in, such cases including land use professionals, foresters and forestry managers, ecologists, environmentalists, environmental policy advocates, and those in related fields.

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