Author: Richard E Litz
Publisher: CABI
Keywords: cabi, mango
Number of Pages: 696
Published: 2009-04-30
List price: $256.50
ISBN-10: 184593489X
ISBN-13: 9781845934897

The Mango is one of the oldest cultivated fruit crops, having been grown in India for at least 4000 years. Mango is the most important fruit crop of Asia and its annual production is exceeded worldwide only by Musa, citrus, grapes and apples. The last decade has seen a rapid growth of mango production, mainly due to expansion into new growing regions but also to the adoption of modern field practices and cultivars. A wide range of fresh, mango cultivars are now consumed worldwide and are available year round. The Mango: Botany, Production and Uses, published in 1997, represented the first co

Authors:A Ruvinsky, J Sampson,
Publisher: CABI
Keywords: cabi, genetics
Number of Pages: 576
Published: 2001-09-10
List price: $214.70
ISBN-10: 0851995209
ISBN-13: 9780851995205

This comprehensive reference book contains the latest research and information on dog genetics. No similar book is currently available - this is the first high level research work on the topic.Written by the leading authorities in the field from Europe, the USA, Russia and Australia

Author: Alan Scragg
Publisher: CABI
Keywords: cabi, biofuels
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2009-05-10
List price: $75.91
ISBN-10: 1845935926
ISBN-13: 9781845935924

Providing the world’s growing population with its increasing demands for energy is a major challenge for science, business and society alike. Energy can be generated from many sources, but not all sources are suitable for every application. Much of today’s technology has been built on solid, liquid and gaseous fuels derived from fossil sources. However, the supply of these is finite and their combustion produces carbon dioxide, one of the gases responsible for global warming. Therefore, alternative sources of energy are required which are renewable, sustainable and carbon neutral.T

Author: R Gaugler
Publisher: CABI
Keywords: cabi, nematology, entomopathogenic
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2002-01-31
List price: $172.90
ISBN-10: 0851995675
ISBN-13: 9780851995670

Nematodes that are parasites of insects are no longer a laboratory curiosity. They have begun to be accepted as environmentally benign alternatives to the use of chemical insecticides, for the control of insect pests. Nematode worms are now applied as biological control agents against insect pests of numerous horticultural and agricultural crops.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. Several chapters are devoted to functional processes in

Author: W Lockeretz
Publisher: CABI
Keywords: cabi, farming, organic
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2007-01-10
List price: $142.50
ISBN-10: 085199833X
ISBN-13: 9780851998336

Beginning as a small protest to the industrialization of agriculture in the 1920s, organic farming has become a significant force in agricultural policy, marketing, and research. No longer dismissed as unscientific and counterproductive, organic techniques are now taken seriously by farmers, consumers, scientists, food processors, marketers, and regulatory agencies in much of the world. Organic farming is both dynamic and forward-looking but is also rooted in tradition. It is these traditions that can provide valuable starting points in debates over how organic farming should meet new chall

Author: Tej V Singh
Publisher: CABI
Keywords: cabi, tourism, horizons, new
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2004-09-15
List price: $100.00
ISBN-10: 0851998631
ISBN-13: 9780851998633

Tourism as a dynamic phenomenon has a wonderful capacity to change, adapt and evolve. At the beginning of the 21st Century we are witnessing a growing demand from tourists for amazing and bizarre experiences, and more extreme and unusual environments. Written by leading researchers from around the world, New Horizons in Tourism, examines this new wave of tourism. It presents a host of examples of out-of-the-ordinary tourism including cutting-edge tourism activities such as vacationing in space and discovering the forbidden lands of Antarctica and Arctic regions. It also explores the trends of

Author: E A Weiss
Publisher: CABI
Keywords: cabi, crops, spice
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2002-05-24
List price: $180.00
ISBN-10: 0851996051
ISBN-13: 9780851996059

The first authentic record of spice and herb usage is on clay tablets form the Sumarian Kingdom about 3,000 BC and many spices were used or imported into Egypt for embalming, as incense, ointments, perfumes, poison antidotes, cosmetics and medicines. Plants that are the source of spices became important cash crops over the centuries, and since their introduction, their uses have multiplied. This has resulted in a rise in consumer demand following the popularity for natural flavourings, which has in turn increased interest in their production in temperate and tropical countries. This book is co