In addition to describing how to make good compost and how best to use it, the writer covers many related topics, including such things as the structure of soil, the use of manure and the benefits of worms. He also provides a wealth of valuable information and sound gardening advice. The author's long experience radiates clearly throughout the book and whether organic or not, there must be something here for every keen gardener.
The British Survey of Fertiliser Practice
by Gillian Goodlass and Will Welch
Who Guidelines on Good Agricultural and Collection Practices (Gacp) for Medicinal Plants
by Health Organization World
Alternative Agriculture
More and more farmers are adopting a diverse range of alternative practices designed to reduce dependence on synthetic chemical pesticides, fertilizers, and antibiotics; cut costs; increase profits; and reduce the adverse environmental consequences of agricultural production. Alternative Agriculture describes the increased use of these new practices and other changes in agriculture since World War II, and examines the role of federal policy in encouraging this evolution, as well as factors that...
Arid Legumes for Sustainable Agriculture and Trade
by A.I. Henry and Devinder Kumar
Abonos y La Fertilizacion de Los Cultivos, Los - E
by Andres Guerrero
Postharvest Handling of Fresh Vegetables (ACIAR Proceedings, #105)
This text is the first major survey of risk analysis from the perspective of the agricultural firms since Agricultural Decision Analysis by Anderson, Dillon, and Hardaker published in 1977. In addition to updating the traditional material from that text, this book includes the statistical foundations of decision making under risk and uncertainty. Adding to the material covered in Anderson, Dillon, and Hardaker, the text includes material on dynamic decision rules, the arbitrage pricing model, re...
Biology and Control of Take-all
Intentional and Unintentional Contaminants in Food and Feed (An American Chemical Society Publication)
by Fadwa Al-Taher, Lauren Jackson, and Jonathan DeVries
Assurance of the safety and quality of foods requires the constant vigilance of scientists (and others) in the food supply chain to the potential presence of contaminants. Most frequently, contaminants are naturally incurred, e.g. mycotoxins resulting from mold growth, minerals of concern from soils in which the food is grown, and pathogenic microbes. Scientists worldwide have developed programs and analytical methods to minimize the negative impacts of naturally occurring contaminants on human...
Efficient Land Use of Sludge and Manure
Diseases of Field Crops and their Management
by S Parthasarathy, G. Thiribhuvanamala, and K Prabakar
The book entitled Diseases of Field Crops and their Management provides most recent information about major diseases of cultivation field crops, their symptoms, pathogen characters, epidemiology, and management. In order to make the book all in one, the importance of major diseases has also been dealt with in brief. Note: T&F does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Manual de Aplicacion de Herbicidas En Olivar
by Maria Milagros Saavedra Saavedra
Crops: Varieties and Plant Breeding
by James A S Watson and Wattie J West
Diseases of Horticultural Crops (Innovations in Horticultural Science)
This fourth volume of this 4-volume set discusses the key diseases, typical symptoms, and management strategies of several economically important plants. Each chapter presents an introduction along with a detailed account of symptoms, causal organisms, disease cycles, epidemiology, and management of a selection of major plantation crops, medicinal crops, and mushrooms. The book features chapters contributed by eminent professionals in the field, who have incorporated their own experience and kn...
Urban-Rural Interfaces - Linking People and Nature (ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Books)
by David N. Laband and B. Graeme Lockaby