Current trends in population growth suggest that global food production is unlikely to satisfy future demand under predicted climate change scenarios unless rates of crop improvement are accelerated. In order to maintain food security in the face of these challenges, a holistic approach that includes stress-tolerant germplasm, sustainable crop and natural resource management, and sound policy interventions will be needed. The first volume in the CABI Climate Change Series, this book provides an overview of the essential disciplines required for sustainable crop production in unpredictable environments. Chapters include discussions of adapting to biotic and abiotic stresses, sustainable and resource-conserving technologies and new tools for enhancing crop adaptation. Examples of successful applications as well as future prospects of how each discipline can be expected to evolve over the next 30 years are also presented. Laying out the basic concepts needed to adapt to and mitigate changes in crop environments, this is an essential resource for researchers and students in crop and environmental science as well as policy makers.

Current trends in population growth suggest that global food production is unlikely to satisfy future demand under predicted climate change scenarios unless rates of crop improvement are accelerated. In order to maintain food security in the face of these challenges, a holistic approach that includes stress-tolerant germplasm, sustainable crop and natural resource management, and sound policy interventions will be needed. The first volume in the CABI Climate Change Series, this book provides an overview of the essential disciplines required for sustainable crop production in unpredictable environments. Chapters include discussions of adapting to biotic and abiotic stresses, sustainable and resource-conserving technologies and new tools for enhancing crop adaptation. Examples of successful applications as well as future prospects of how each discipline can be expected to evolve over the next 30 years are also presented. Laying out the basic concepts needed to adapt to and mitigate changes in crop environments, this is an essential resource for researchers and students in crop and environmental science as well as policy makers.

This book addresses the current state of climate change predictions, and how climate change will affect conservation and use of crop germplasm, both "ex situ" and "in situ." In addition, specific examples of germplasm research related to climate change threats are highlighted. Such activities need to take place under a regime of access to and use of germplasm through international conventions and treaties.

Prepare for another journey to a place far away and long ago in this sequel to The Ray Hunters, a charming and captivating tale, rich with character and an absorbing plot. Three years have passed since Mila and Julieta were reunited and travelled to their new life on the island of Kerkyra. Having survived the horrors of the past, their simple lives with Trader and his new wife seems idyllic on their peaceful, secluded homestead away from the troubles of the outside world. But soon that idyll is under threat. Others from the past have learned of their whereabouts. And one person in particular has not forgotten...

What do a vicar, an archaeologist, a gardener, two workmen and a dark, skulking figure that lurks behind walls and under hedges have in common? Not a lot...unless you include murder, witchcraft and the supernatural. Ed and Baz are contract workers accidentally digging up something they just weren't meant to find. Ever curious, adventurous and sometimes downright reckless, the two best friends apply their unique brand of street wisdom to solve a ghostly crime mystery from the distant past. Darkly humorous and different.

Imagine a distant shore long ago, a golden beach under palms that reach out to a blue ocean and sway in the warm breeze of the trade winds, or a hidden inlet where the lagoon glows with iridescent colour in the twilight hours. Now imagine riding in the high rigging of a Barbary corsair ship sailing upon the waves of the Atlantic Ocean, or being lost far from home in a bygone Moroccan bazaar filled with strange faces not knowing who might be friend or who might have evil intentions. In his third novel Andy Jarvis takes us on an incredible and unpredictable voyage filled with life, love, the romance of adventure and the most fascinating characters. A book filled with heroes and villains, scoundrels, pirates and slave drivers, characters you will both love and hate...but won't easily forget! An extraordinarily captivating story.

*contains scenes of violence and swearing* DC Roberta Sharp is more than just your average police detective. Outspoken, sassy and determined to make it up through the ranks, she's assigned to follow the case of a body found in the sea only to find herself the one being pursued. Far from being your run-of-the-mill murder tale this gripping page turner takes the genre by the horns throwing it in a totally new direction. In a complete diversion from his debut novel Andy Jarvis hits a real outfielder with this tense, contemporary thriller. A nightmare of a tale that challenges the very philosophy and motivation behind genetic experimentation and what possibly could be the 'hidden agenda' behind modern medical research. A setting on the remote west coast of Cumbria provides an eerie, atmospheric, heath land backdrop to this imaginative, twisting story of murder, corruption and the darker side of human nature; the side we all pretend to ignore...until the opportunity arises.