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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.

  • Cellular and Molecular Approaches to Fish Ionic Regulation

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 14
    • July 17, 1995
    • English
    Many physiological processes are regulated by the movement of ions into and out of organs, tissues, and cells. During the past decade, a variety of new techniques and approaches have contributed to a deeper understanding of the myriad influences ions have on the function and structure of organisms. From respiration and excretion to neurological control and metabolic processing, ions and their regulation occupy a central role in physiology of fish as well as other organisms.

  • Bioavailability of Nutrients for Animals

    Amino Acids, Minerals, Vitamins
    • 1st Edition
    • July 10, 1995
    • Clarence B. Ammerman + 2 more
    • English
    This practical book provides crucial information necessary to formulate diets with appropriate amounts of amino acids, minerals, and vitamins. The factors that influence how well animals obtain these critical nutrients and methods for determining bioavailability are reviewed in this comprehensive text. In addition, data from both ruminants and nonruminants are included as well as established estimates of bioavailability for particular feed stuffs and feed supplements.

  • Advances in Plant Pathology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 11
    • July 5, 1995
    • English
    This volume focuses on issues of plant pathology and sustainability, such as short term economic plans versus long term economic visions in farming and forestry. The book also deals with the complex biological interactions governing success in minimizing pest or pathogen damage by biological or chemical strategies, benefits and costs to the producer, consequences for the environment of management options, and the challenge of defining useful farm or forest indicatorsof sustainable practices.

  • Cocoa Cycles

    The Economics of Cocoa Supply
    • 1st Edition
    • June 30, 1995
    • François Ruf + 1 more
    • English
    The cyclical boom-to-recession nature of the economics of cocoa supply is a major problem for the international cocoa industry - and especially for countries whose economies depend on cocoa exports. Only through an understanding of the dynamics of cocoa cycles can policy decisions be made through the various phases of supply cycles. Based on a major international cocoa conference, this book presents seventeen edited papers from leading experts, making a major contribution to that understanding. It explains the powerful economic, social and political factors which impact on the cocoa economy. It shows the laws of cocoa supply are closely linked to environmental, ecological and institutional factors.

  • Conservation of Fish and Shellfish Resources

    Managing Diversity
    • 1st Edition
    • June 20, 1995
    • J. E. Thorpe + 3 more
    • English
    Fish and shellfish comprise annually nearly 70-million tons of the world's edible animal protein. However, because of this demand, previously vast stocks have often been exhausted to the point of near extinction. The first book of its kind in the area of freshwater/marine biodiversity, this extensive work reviews the present status of genetic resource management, its needs and constraints, various intervening human factors such as pollution and overfishing, and problems posed by different species and life-styles. This discussion of the conservation of fish and shellfish resources is illustrated by four diverse groups: Atlantic salmon, cupped oysters, common and Chinese carp, and Nile tilapia. These results, produced by the collaboration of nine leading population and production geneticists, aquaculturists, and behavioral and developmental ecologists should become a fundamental resource useful to biologists, scientists and advisors exploring current issues in the fishery sciences.

  • Metabolic Biochemistry

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 4
    • June 16, 1995
    • T.P. Mommsen + 1 more
    • English
    This fourth volume in the series covers such topics as endogenous fuels, electric organs, histidine-related dipeptides, and origins of luciferins. The book will be invaluable to fisheries scientists, aquaculturists, and animal biochemists, physiologists and endocrinologists; it will provide researchers and students with a pertinent information source from theoretical and experimental angles.

  • Unit Operations for the Food Industries

    • 1st Edition
    • June 3, 1995
    • WA Gould
    • English
    This compilation brings to the surface technologies that have emerged over the years, making an impact on the industry and the finished product. “The changes in unit operations have produced a switch from hand labor to automation”, states Gould. This food processing plant operations book, written in terms the nonprofessional plant worker will understand, is a “must” reference for all food processors, food technologists, food executives, sales individuals, students etc. as well as a valuable addition to your technical reference library. Also included are 99 figures, and 8 tables and charts used throughout the book.

  • Phase Transitions in Foods

    • 1st Edition
    • June 2, 1995
    • Yrjö H. Roos + 1 more
    • English
    Assembling recent research and theories, this book describes the phase and state transitions that affect technological properties of biological materials occurring in food processing and storage. It covers the role of water as a plasticizer, the effect of transitions on mechanical and chemical changes, and the application of modeling in predicting stability rates of changes. The volume presents methods for detecting changes in the physical state and various techniques used to analyze phase behavior of biopolymers and food components. This book should become a valuable resource for anyone involved with food engineering, processing, storage, and quality, as well as those working on related properties of pharmaceuticals and other biopolymers.

  • Glossary for the Food Industries

    • 1st Edition
    • May 13, 1995
    • WA Gould
    • English
    This work is a definitive list of food abbreviations, terms, terminologies and acronyms compiled and edited by Wilbur A. Gould, Ph.D., who has drawn from his last 50 years of active work in the food industries to compile the most comprehensive list of food words published in book form.This A-Z listing, which is double the size of the previous edition, is a must reference for all food processors, food technologists, food executives and sales individuals. Also included are 26 handy reference tables and charts for the food industry, some of which are: Avoirdupois to Metric; Moisture content; Fresh fruits and vegetables; pH values of some canned foods; Standards screen sizes; Approximate shelf life of canned fruit and vegetables; Temperature conversions; Common foodborne diseases caused by chemicals and metals; Dew point and sweating of cans, etc.

  • Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants

    • 2nd Edition
    • April 11, 1995
    • Horst Marschner
    • English
    An understanding of the mineral nutrition of plants is of fundamental importance in both basic and applied plant sciences. The Second Edition of this book retains the aim of the first in presenting the principles of mineral nutrition in the light of current advances.This volume retains the structure of the first edition, being divided into two parts: Nutritional Physiology and Soil-Plant Relationships. In Part I, more emphasis has been placed on root-shoot interactions, stress physiology, water relations, and functions of micronutrients. In view of the worldwide increasing interest in plant-soil interactions, Part II has been considerably altered and extended, particularly on the effects of external and interal factors on root growth and chapter 15 on the root-soil interface.The second edition will be invaluable to both advanced students and researchers.

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