Advances in Food-Producing Systems For Arid and Semiarid Lands Part A
- 1st Edition - November 13, 2012
- Editor: Jamal Manassah
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 1 2 4 2 1 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 4 3 3 6 - 3
Advances in Food-Producing Systems for Arid and Semiarid Lands: Part A contains the proceedings of a symposium on ""Advances in Food-Producing Systems for Arid and Semiarid Lands""… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAdvances in Food-Producing Systems for Arid and Semiarid Lands: Part A contains the proceedings of a symposium on ""Advances in Food-Producing Systems for Arid and Semiarid Lands"" of the International Symposium Series held in Kuwait in April 1980. Organized into five parts, separating the first five sessions of the symposium, this book begins by discussing the needs of arid lands. It then tackles the biotechnologies that may find valuable applications in arid and semiarid lands. Furthermore, it explores the water management and environmental tolerance aspects involved in these harsh environments. The presented papers bring renewed vitality to the hope that appropriate and directed exploitation of various technologies can evolve developable industries for arid and semiarid lands.
Contributors for Parts A and B
Preface
Contents of Part B
Keynote Address
Food and Resource Needs of the World
1. Meeting the needs of Arid Lands Session A
Role of International and Related Centers in Food Resource Development in Arid and Semiarid Lands
Future for Overcoming Food Deficits in Arid Lands
The Turkish Experience in Increasing Food Production in Arid and Semiarid Lands
Basic Bioenergetics and the Solar Spectrum
Solar Energy through Biology — Fuel for the Future
Meeting the Needs of Arid Lands: Summary and Discussion
2. Biotechnology Session B
Progress in Fermentation Technology Resulting from Single-Cell Protein Process Research and Development
Composting and Urban Waste Recycling
Cellulosic Conversion
Processing of Lignocellulosic Materials for Animal Consumption
Future Integrated Biotechnological System
Biotechnology: Summary and Discussions
3. Water and Water Management Technology Session C
Water Conservation, Management, and Utilization in Semiarid Lands
Concepts for Conserving Agricultural Water
Principles of Salinity Control in Irrigated Agriculture
Water and Water Management Technology: Summary and Discussions
4. Environmental Tolerance Session D
Saline Tolerance — New Developments
Resistance to Heat Stress in Crop Plants
Understanding and Application of Heat Tolerance in Animals
Agronomic Management of Crops and Cropping Systems for Arid and Semiarid Lands
Environmental Tolerance: Summary and Discussions
5. Range Management in Arid Lands Session E
Strategies and Constraints in the Use of Arid Rangelands
Manipulative Range Improvements — Principles and Practices
Mycorrhizae and Productivity of Arid and Semiarid Rangelands
Shrubs for Fodder Production
Kuwait Range Model
Range Management in Arid Lands: Summary and Discussion
- No. of pages: 692
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 13, 2012
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124124219
- eBook ISBN: 9780323143363
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