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.

Books Journals

Plant-Based Food Consumption

1st Edition
November 3, 2023
Giovanna Bertella + 1 more
English
Paperback
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 8 8 2 8 5
eBook
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 7 2 4 4 4

Plant-Based Food Consumption: Product, Consumers and Strategies explores the phenomenon of plant-based food consumption, specifically that which follows flexitarian, reducetarian, vegetarian and vegan diets. The book provides an overview of plant-based food products and their associated health and nutrition benefits, drawbacks, potential consumers, and strategies for approaching this emerging market. Moving from the analysis of consumers’ motivations and needs, the book describes how companies manage new product development or product rejuvenation. In addition, the book provides consumer science and marketing strategies through short case studies designed to help the reader understand how to put theory to practice.Food scientists, food developers, food marketers, academics and students studying related areas will benefit from this important reference.

Sustainable Protein Sources

2nd Edition
November 17, 2023
Sudarshan Nadathur + 2 more
English
Paperback
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 1 6 5 2 3
eBook
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 1 6 5 3 0

Sustainable Protein Sources: Advances for a Healthier Tomorrow, Second Edition explores alternative proteins, including plant, fungal, algal and insect proteins that can take the place of meat as sustainable sources to satisfy human protein needs. This revised edition presents the benefits of plant and alternative protein consumption, including those that benefit the environment, population, and consumer trends and contains new chapters on potato protein, faba bean, chickpea, and coconut. Organized by protein, chapters also cover cereals and legumes, oilseeds, pseudocereals, fungi, algae, insects and fermentation-derived dairy and meat proteins paying particular attention to the nutrition, uses, functions, benefits, and challenges of each.The book also explores ways to improve utilization and addresses everything from consumer acceptability, methods of improving the taste of products containing these proteins and ways in which policies can affect the use of alternate proteins. In addition, the book addresses sustainable protein as a pathway to securing the food supply and considers regenerative versus extractive agriculture alongside new methods in farming and water usage.

Oxygen, Nitrogen and Sulfur Species in Post-Harvest Physiology of Horticultural Crops

1st Edition
November 1, 2023
Vasileios Ziogas + 1 more
English
Paperback
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 1 7 9 8 8
eBook
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 8 6 4 7 2

Oxygen, Nitrogen and Sulfur Species in Post-harvest Physiology of Horticultural Crops, a volume in the Plant Gasotransmitter series, analyzes the latest advances in post-harvest physiology. The book presents metabolic cascades and highlights the role of gasotransmitters as intercellular regulators of metabolic processes. Post-harvest physiology differs between climacteric and non-climacteric fruits and vegetables, as well as for fresh-cut flowers and non-food plants. Initial chapters review the cascades, intercellular pathways and messenger molecules that drive ripeness and longevity, presenting the chemistry behind key pathways. The books also takes a deep dive into core gasotransmitters, describing the data behind known properties, chemistry and physiological roles. Applications for prolonging shelf-life via the control of post-harvest fungi, bacteria and omics approaches are reviewed in detail, offering readers guidance on how to put gasotransmitters research into practice. This is an essential resource for students, researchers and agronomists interested in plant physiology, biochemistry and plant hormones.

The 50th Anniversary Issue of Fish Physiology

1st Edition
Volume 40A
October 31, 2023
Anthony Farrell + 3 more
English
Hardback
9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 3 7 3 3 4
eBook
9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 3 7 3 4 1

The series "Fish Physiology" recently celebrated its 50th Anniversary. In total, the editors of the series have produced a total of 47 books (several volumes have two books) that contain almost 500 chapters since the inaugural volume published in 1969. The content of the "Fish Physiology" volumes has evolved over time. The initial volumes were devoted to understanding the basic mechanisms and principles of fish physiology, with a focus on a few model species and some application to natural environmental conditions. Then, as the field better understood mechanisms, the approach was broadened to not only delve deeper into system physiology (e.g., chapters in early volumes were expanded to become books), but interspecific differences in physiology were explored, permitting a more evolutionary framework. Finally, as interspecific physiological mechanisms were further resolved, it became possible to discuss physiology in light of a changing world. Thus, physiology can now inform on conservation, sustainability and management, as exemplified with the most recent volumes. This anniversary issue celebrates the series by highlighting some of the very important early work in the field that was published in the Series. In particular, we wished to (re)introduce new researchers to this research that has stood the test of time and that shaped the field. Each re-published chapter is preceded by a short review written by experts in the field to provide an overview/introductio... of each selected chapter, discuss what is particularly noteworthy or important in the particular chapter, and discuss why in their opinion this chapter has become a classic in its own right and how it has inspired the field of fish physiology today?

The World of Sea Cucumbers

1st Edition
October 28, 2023
Annie Mercier + 3 more
English
Hardback
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 5 3 7 7 1
eBook
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 5 3 7 8 8

The World of Sea Cucumbers: Challenges, Advances, and Innovations provides broad coverage of sea cucumber biology, ecology, fisheries, aquaculture, and trade while also bringing forward novel cultural, socioeconomic and scientific topics related to commercial and non-commercial species worldwide. Written by international experts in their respective fields, the book offers a unique outlook into the fascinating world of sea cucumbers while also providing valuable information to various stakeholders and researchers. Commercial fisheries and aquaculture programs are addressed, especially as they relate to emerging species, but the book also covers novel, understudied or lesser-known biological, ecological, and commercial aspects. The involvement of Indigenous peoples and minorities in various community-level initiatives and on the cultural significance/impact of sea cucumbers in many regions are also examined. Finally, breakthroughs and emerging biotechnologies centered on sea cucumbers are presented.

Agroforestry for Carbon and Ecosystem Management

1st Edition
October 27, 2023
Manoj Kumar Jhariya + 4 more
English
Paperback
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 5 3 9 3 1
eBook
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 5 8 7 5 2

Agroforestry for Carbon and Ecosystem Management is a comprehensive overview of current research, issues, challenges, and case studies in the area of agroforestry. The book focuses specifically on carbon source-sink relationship and management through agroforestry practices with a goal of improving overall environmental sustainability. Through expert insights and case studies, the book promotes carbon management, greenhouse gas emission reduction, forest, and ecosystem services management, along with relevant sustainable approaches for natural resources conservation. Users will find insights into novel approaches for natural resource management, with specific attention given to technologies related to carbon capture and management.In addition, the book addresses the knowledge gap in relation to agroforestry, sustainability, and agroecosystem management and explores the application of remote sensing and geospatial technologies for agroforestry management.

Valorization of Wastes/By-Products in the Design of Functional Foods/Supplements

1st Edition
Volume 107
October 27, 2023
Esra Capanoglu guven + 3 more
English
Hardback
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 5 5 6 7 6
eBook
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 5 5 6 8 3

Valorization of Wastes/By-Products in the Design of Functional Foods/Supplements, Volume 106 provides up-to-date information on the valorization and application of by-products/wastes from fruit, vegetable, oil, cocoa, tea, coffee, nuts, seeds, cereals, legumes, citrus and animal-based products. Moreover, safety aspects as well as bioaccessibility/bio... of bioactives obtained from by-products/wastes are covered. As agricultural and food wastes constitute a significant problem worldwide because of their adverse effects on the environment, economy and society, this book studies the management and valorization of food wastes and their increasing significance worldwide. As it is expected that the importance given to waste valorization will increase in the near future, contributing greatly to sustainability and circular economy, this book will help stakeholders such as governments, legislative bodies, policymakers, companies, the public, and all others place special emphasis on this topic.

Advances in Marine Biology

1st Edition
Volume 95
October 27, 2023
Charles Sheppard
English
Hardback
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 9 2 5 8 9
eBook
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 9 2 5 9 6

Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 95, the latest release in this serial that highlights new advances in the field, includes comprehensive chapters written by an international board of authors.

Advances in Food Security and Sustainability

1st Edition
Volume 8
October 27, 2023
Marc J. Cohen
English
Hardback
9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 9 3 0 6 4
eBook
9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 9 3 0 7 1

Advances in Food Security and Sustainability, Volume Eight highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapter on important topics such as Food Security, Diversification, and Inequality: Indonesia in the Era of Economic Recovery and High Price Trends, Oil Palm Cultivation and the Impact of Climate Change in Malaysia: A Systematic Review, Food Loss and Waste in Nigeria: Implications for Food Security and Environmental Sustainability, and the Role of different stakeholders and their relative importance in managing disaster.

Starch Industries

1st Edition
October 26, 2023
Marney Pascoli Cereda + 1 more
English
Paperback
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 0 8 4 2 9
eBook
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 0 8 4 3 6

Starch Industries: Processes and Innovative Products in Food and Non-Food Uses is the third volume of the "Underground Starchy Crops of South American Origin" book series. Organized in five volumes, this series brings information on the applied level of producing and using starch from a range of plants grown in tropical and subtropical areas that have South American origin. This book presents starch extraction and its food and non-food uses, using large and small industrial processes. The methods and equipment of these technologies are analyzed in detail, so that it is easy to be understood by a diverse public, increasing the visibility of the great potential of use of starchy tubers, rhizomes and roots, and improving processing options. Specifically in processing cassava, which is the only cultivation done on a commercial scale in South America, it is possible to extract starch in industries equipped with equipment, comparable to that of China, Thailand and Vietnam. This title also explores the extraction of smaller starches, such as canna starch, sweet potato and arrowroot from South China, which does not sell starch but transforms it into food paste in small extruders. Edited by a team of experts with a solid background on starch extraction research, the books are aimed at all those involved in research and development, new technological processes, quality control and legislation in the field of starch.

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