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Books in Agricultural and biological sciences

The Agricultural and Biological Sciences collection advances science-based knowledge for the improvement of animal and plant life and for secure food systems that produce nutritious, novel, sustainable foods with minimal environmental impact. Food Science titles include not only those products from agriculture but all other aspects from food production to nutrition, health and safety, chemistry to security, policy, law and regulation. Biological Sciences address animal behaviour and biodiversity, organismal and evolutionary biology, entomology, marine biology and aquaculture, plant science and forestry.

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    • Primate Anatomy

      • 4th Edition
      • April 23, 2024
      • Friderun Ankel-Simons
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Primate Anatomy: Introduction to Extant Primates synthesizes the taxonomy, anatomy, physiology, and genomics of extant primates, including humans. It takes a holistic approach to describing primate skeletal, muscular, and organ structure and function, providing the tools to understanding the fundamentals and state of the science of primatology. Now in its fourth edition, this work introduces its audience to the history and objectives of the field of primatology. It enumerates and profiles extant primates before delving into detailed descriptions of primate skulls, brains, teeth, skeletons, musculature, organs, blood groups, reproduction, and development.In addition, the book highlights recent advances in primate genomics, including new genera and species assignments, and concludes with a glance at the future of the field. Written by longtime expert Friderun Ankel-Simons, this new edition effectively introduces complex biological concepts in a manner accessible to all readers. It will serve as an excellent reference for technical and non-technical audiences, including primatologists, anatomists, paleontologists, anthropologists, conservationists, and naturalists.

    • Sweetened Concentrated Milk Products

      • 1st Edition
      • March 20, 2024
      • Juan Sebastián Ramírez-Navas
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Sweetened Concentrated Milk Products: Science, Technology, and Engineering provides the most updated and comprehensive knowledge on different SCM products, delving into the production processes for each. Written by international experts, this book discusses existing information on concentrated milk and its more commercial forms, including evaporated and condensed milks. Other products detailed in this text include dulce de leches, such as sweetened caramelized goat’s milk, panelitas de leche (milk panels), and various milk-based delicacies. The book presents the definition, main characteristics, common defects, and elaboration process for each commercial form. In addition, the book includes lifetime calculation data and results of the addition of whey into milk candies. Lastly, it provides information on the quality parameters which all SCMs must meet, including experimental design and application examples in SCM research and development. This is a vital resource for researchers and practitioners in dairy science with interests and work in SCM product formulation, technology, and seeking solutions for their defects.

    • Coffee in Health and Disease Prevention

      • 2nd Edition
      • September 14, 2024
      • Victor R Preedy + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Coffee in Health and Disease Prevention, Second Edition, presents a comprehensive look at the compounds in coffee, their benefits (or adverse effects), and explores coffee as it relates to specific health conditions. Embracing a holistic approach, this book covers the coffee plant, coffee production and processing, the major varieties of coffee, and its nutritional and compositional properties. Coffee’s impact on human health, disease risk, and prevention comprises the majority of the text. Diseases covered including Alzheimer’s, anxiety and depression, asthma, diabetes, cancer, and more. This book also covers coffee’s impact on organs and organ systems, including the cardiovascular system, the nervous system, and the gut microbiome.Coffee in Health and Disease Prevention, Second Edition, is the only book on the market that covers all varieties of coffee in one volume and their potential benefits and risks to human health. This is an essential reference for researchers in nutrition, dietetics, food science, biochemistry, and public health.

    • The Lentil Genome

      • 1st Edition
      • March 1, 2024
      • Jitendra Kumar + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      The Lentil Genome: Genetics, Genomics and Breeding is a comprehensive volume on this important legume, from its economic importance to the latest in sequencing. The book includes botanical descriptions, discussion of lentil genetics, cytogenetics and breeding, molecular mapping genes and QTLs, as well as structural and functional genomics, genome sequencing, assembly, repetitive genome, gene annotation and synteny. Lentil [Lens culinaris ssp. culinaris Medikus] is among the earliest domesticates from the Near-East Fertile Crescent and plays a vital role in nutritional wellbeing and livelihood for the small-scale farmers in the dryland agricultural ecosystems of South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Asia, and North Africa. The classical plant breeding approach of selection-recombinat... has been used successfully for genetic improvement in lentil. However further genetic improvement for developing the high yielding cultivars is required knowledge of gene network underlying the complex traits. Realizing the importance of genomics enabled improvement in crop plants, the scientific community has recently placed major emphasis on whole genome sequencing in many major crops including lentil. This compilation of the latest lentil genome research serves the immediate needs of students, scientists and is needed to strengthen conventional crop improvement strategies of lentil.

    • Fish Protein Hydrolysates

      • 1st Edition
      • October 4, 2024
      • Nilesh Nirmal + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Fish Protein Hydrolysates: From Production to Food and Nutraceutical Industry Applications provides the most updated and comprehensive knowledge on fish protein hydrolysate production using a variety of innovative processing techniques and technologies. This book highlights various biological activities and health benefits of fish protein hydrolysates, their food and nutraceutical industry applications, and associated safety concerns.Written by international experts in the field of fisheries and seafood processing, this book provides its readership with a wealth of recent developments and guidance on each production method, including current and emerging technologies. This book discusses the defatting and debittering aspects of fish protein hydrolysates, purification methods, trends in food product development, food and feed applications, and more. Most importantly, this book provides real-time industrial scale-up process, commercialization, safety, and regulatory issue of fish protein hydrolysate as a food ingredient.Fish Protein Hydrolysates: From Production to Food and Nutraceutical Industry Applications is a valuable resource for fish processing industries, researchers, or scientists to update their knowledge on production techniques, bittering issues of fish protein hydrolysates, and scale-up processes. In addition, this is a valuable source for academic scholars and students to keep up to date with the current changes and improvements in fish protein hydrolysate production and applications in the food industry.

    • Melissopalynology

      • 1st Edition
      • October 29, 2024
      • Mushtaq Ahmad + 6 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Melissopalynology: Bee Flora, Pollen and Honey presents a comprehensive guide to the floral biology of honeybee plants. Critical for developing optimal management techniques for honey bee habitats, as well as for the growth and sustainability of the honey economy, this information is key to addressing the problem of predicting resource availability. In addition, it enables successful apiarist planning for effective hive placements and capacity, and provides crucial baseline data to direct habitat and biodiversity management. The book is globally relevant, presenting updates on the characteristics, composition, health properties, contamination, authenticity, and adulteration of honey at the worldwide level, regardless of region.The 100+ bee flora and pollen field notes and photographic atlas sections examine species found in multiple regions throughout the world. Honey has become a highly demanded product for consumers worldwide due to its taste and rich nutritional and medicinal value. However, it remains challenging to identify honey’s origin as well as determine its authenticity. This book summarizes the research and practices carried out in the last decade toward discriminating honey by using characteristic markers.

    • Plant Biochemistry

      • 6th Edition
      • December 16, 2024
      • Birgit Piechulla + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Plant Biochemistry, Sixth Edition examines the molecular mechanisms of photosynthesis and highlights and expands this view to all facets facilitating plant life. It delivers the fundamental knowledge of plant biochemistry and explains the biological processes of life, including growth, development, senescence, and interactions between organisms and the environment, with chemical reactions. This book is suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in plant physiology, plant pathology, plant cell biology, and other plant sciences, researchers in industries actively involved in agribusiness, other biotechnology enterprises, and researchers in agronomy, agriculture, plant development and related areas.Covering a broad spectrum of topics in plant biochemistry, this book explores photosynthesis, energy metabolism, carbohydrate synthesis, photorespiration, starch biosynthesis and degradation, sulfate assimilation and nitrogen and nitrate assimilation and biosynthesis of plant proteins. The new edition delineates areas of latest and future research and includes a new and cutting-edge chapter on chlorophyll degradation.

    • Vegetation Dynamics and Crop Stress

      • 1st Edition
      • July 10, 2024
      • Dipanwita Dutta + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Vegetation Dynamics and Crop Stress: An Earth-Observation Perspective focuses on vegetation dynamics and crop stress at both the regional and country levels by using earth observation (EO) data sets. The book uniquely provides a better understanding of natural vegetation and crop failure through geo-spatial technologies. This book covers biophysical control of vegetation, deforestation, desertification, drought, and crop-water efficiency, as well as the application of satellite-derived measures from optical, thermal, and microwave domains for monitoring and modeling crop condition, agricultural drought, and crop health in contrasting monsoon/weather episodes.

    • Advances in Agronomy

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 186
      • April 23, 2024
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Advances in Agronomy, Volume 186, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field, each written by an international board of authors.

    • Fundamentals of Weed Science

      • 6th Edition
      • February 14, 2024
      • Robert L Zimdahl + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Fundamentals of Weed Science, Sixth Edition, places weed management in the context of weed research and science, presenting the latest advances in the role, control, and potential uses of weed plants. This book uses an ecological framework to explore the role of responsible and effective weed control in agriculture from the emergence and genetic foundation of weeds to the latest means of control and environmental effects.Fully revised, updated, and expanded, Fundamentals of Weed Science now includes insights into international trad eand consumer preferences, weed seedbanks, advancements in robotic weeding, weed flaming, and the potential of precision agriculture in weed science.

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