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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.

  • Advances in Agronomy

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 32
    • English

  • Advances in Marine Biology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 17
    • English

  • Advances in Agronomy

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 31
    • English

  • Advances in Ecological Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 11
    • English

  • Advances in Botanical Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 7
    • English

  • Advances in Food Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 25
    • English

  • Advances in Marine Biology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 16
    • English

  • Advances in Agronomy

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 30
    • English

  • Advances in Botanical Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 6
    • English

  • Advances in Marine Biology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 15
    • English

  • Basic and Clinical Aspects of Veterinary Immunology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 23
    • C. A. Brandly + 1 more
    • English
    Advances in Veterinary Science and Comparative Medicine, Volume 23: Basic and Clinical Aspects of Veterinary Immunology provides information pertinent to the basic and applied aspects of veterinary immunology. This book discusses the biology of immune responses, which is significant in the understanding of disease processes in a number of animal species. Organized into 10 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of immunoglobulin classes observed in various animal species, with emphasis on the role of colostral and local immunity in the neonatal ungulate. This text then discusses the importance of the immune response to the well-being of an individual. Other chapters consider the clinical manifestation of diseases observed in primary and acquired immune deficiencies. This book discusses as well the mechanisms by which humoral and cellular immune factors effect their action on bacteria. The final chapter deals with toxic substances or environmental contaminants that cause aberrant immune responses. This book is a valuable resource for immunologists and clinicians.

  • Advances in Food Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 24
    • English

  • Advances in Agronomy

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 29
    • English

  • Advances in Botanical Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 5
    • English

  • Advances in Food Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 23
    • English

  • Advances in Botanical Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 4
    • English

  • Advances in Ecological Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 10
    • English

  • Gregarines, Haemogregarines, Coccidia, Plasmodia, and Haemoproteids

    • 1st Edition
    • Julius Kreir
    • English

  • Advances in Marine Biology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 14
    • English

  • Advances in Agronomy

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 28
    • English

  • Advances in Food Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 22
    • English

  • Advances in Marine Biology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 13
    • English

  • Advances in Agronomy

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 27
    • English

  • Advances in Food Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 21
    • English

  • Advances in Ecological Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 9
    • English

  • Introduction to Modern Biochemistry 3e

    • 4th Edition
    • P Karlson
    • English
    Introduction to Modern Biochemistry, Fourth Edition provides a better understanding of the chemical background of biological phenomena. The book presents an introduction and a survey of the facts and concepts of biochemistry. The text is intended to be an instructional material. Topics of general importance, such as the generation and utilization of free energy, the role of genes in protein and enzyme synthesis, and the importance of the submicroscopic structure of the cell in biochemical reactions, are emphasized. No distinction between descriptive biochemistry and dynamic biochemistry are made, for the sake of simplicity and better comprehension of concepts presented in the book. Students, biochemists, biologists, pharmacists, and medical practitioners will find this book as a good reference.

  • Advances in Agronomy

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 26
    • English

  • Advances in Marine Biology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 12
    • English

  • Soil Organic Matter

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 8
    • M. Schnitzer + 1 more
    • English

  • Advances in Agronomy

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 25
    • English

  • Advances in Ecological Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 8
    • English

  • Advances in Food Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 20
    • English

  • Aspects of Nuclear Structure and Function

    • 1st Edition
    • K Leon
    • English
    Aspects of Nuclear Structure and Function deals with various aspects of nuclear structure and function and covers topics ranging from the ultrastructure of the female gamete to the structure, biochemistry, and functions of the nuclear envelope. Banding patterns in chromosomes, histones and nonhistone proteins, and the transfer of genetic information in polytene cells are also discussed. This book is comprised of six chapters and begins by presenting a comparative view of some aspects of the ultrastructure of the vegetative (growth) aspects of oogenesis, with emphasis on microtubules, intercellular bridges of differentiating oocytes, and vitellogenesis as well as accessory structures of the egg envelope. The following chapters explore the structure, biochemistry, and functions of the nuclear envelope; banding patterns in chromosomes; chromosomal proteins (histones and nonhistone proteins); transfer of genetic information in polytene cells; and the intracellular biology of DNA polymerases in eukaryotic cells, their association with the nucleus, and how this association changes during the mitotic cell cycle. The relationship between eukaryotic DNA polymerases and DNA replication is also examined. This monograph should be a valuable resource for biochemists.

  • Advances in Marine Biology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 11
    • English

  • Thermobacteriology in Food Processing

    • 2nd Edition
    • C. R. Stumbo
    • English
    Thermobacteriology in Food Processing, Second Edition focuses on the principles involved in sterilization processes for canned goods and pasteurization of foods. The book first ponders on organisms of greatest importance in the spoilage of canned foods and food pasteurization and bacteriological examination of spoiled canned foods. Discussions focus on toxin-producing microorganisms, pathogenic microorganisms, bacteriological examination, classification of spore-bearing bacteria with reference to oxygen requirements, classification of food with respect to acidity, and interpretation of observations. The text then takes a look at contamination and its control, producing, harvesting, and cleaning spores for thermal resistance determinations, and death of bacteria subjected to moist heat. The manuscript tackles thermal resistance of bacteria and thermal process evaluation, including important terms and equations, basic considerations, general method, and conversion of heat penetration data. Topics include change of initial food temperature when the retort temperature remains the same, integrated lethality of heat at all points in the container, heat penetration and processing parameters, and determination of process lethality requirement. The publication is a valuable reference for researchers interested in thermobacteriology in food processing.

  • Sensory Evaluation Practices

    • 3rd Edition
    • Herbert Stone + 1 more
    • English
    The enjoyment of products is closely related to the senses, and in the case of food - mainly taste, aroma and texture. Sensory evaluation is a dynamic field concentrating on the utilization of humans for the measurement of sensory perceptions and/or their effect on food and taste acceptance.Since 1985 when the first edition of this book was published, there have been many changes in he field of sensory evaluation. Sensory Evaluation Practices, Third Edition provides a critical evaluation of all current developments in the field, recognizing the impact that the discipline has had within academic circles, in business, and the relationships between research developments and their applications. This new edition takes into consideration the impact of data processing systems, as well as the internet and its implications for the future of sensory evaluation.

  • The Herpesviruses

    • 1st Edition
    • Albert Kaplan
    • English
    The Herpesviruses provides information pertinent to all the herpesviruses, with emphasis on the classification, morphology, replication, physical–chemical properties, and immunological relationships of all the herpesviruses. This book presents the fundamental and clinical aspects of the viruses. Organized into 21 chapters, this book starts with an overview of the classification of the herpesvirus and proceeds to explore the origins and phylogeny of the herpesviruses. This text then examines the earliest electron microscopic studies on the morphology of the herpesviruses by using shadowcast preparations of herpes simplex virus and of herpes zoster virus. Other chapters consider the serological tests as well as the antigenic relationships among herpesviruses. The final chapter deals with the clinical application of antiviral drug treatment. This book is a valuable resource for virologists, molecular biologists, veterinarians, physicians, as well as teachers and graduate students who are interested in the herpesviruses from either a fundamental or clinical viewpoint.

  • Soil Organic Matter and its Role in Crop Production

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 3
    • English

  • Advances in Agronomy

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 24
    • English

  • Advances in Marine Biology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 10
    • English

  • Photosynthesis and Nitrogen Fixation, Part B

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 24
    • Nathan P. Kaplan + 1 more
    • English
    The critically acclaimed laboratory standard, Methods in Enzymology, is one of the most highly respected publications in the field of biochemistry. Since 1955, each volume has been eagerly awaited, frequently consulted, and praised by researchers and reviewers alike. The series contains much material still relevant today - truly an essential publication for researchers in all fields of life sciences.

  • Advances in Agronomy

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 23
    • English

  • Fundamentals of transport phenomena in porous media

    Based on the proceedings of the first International Symposium on the Fundamentals of Transport Phenomena in Porous Media, Technion City, Haifa, Israel, 23-28 February, 1969
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 2
    • English

  • Mitochondria

    • 1st Edition
    • Bernard Tandler
    • English

  • Advances in Food Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 19
    • English

  • Advances in Ecological Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 7
    • English

  • Advances in Marine Biology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 9
    • English

  • Advances in Agronomy

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 22
    • English

  • Cambial Growth, Root Growth, and Reproductive Growth

    • 1st Edition
    • T.T. Kozlowski
    • English
    Growth and Development of Trees, Volume II: Cambial growth, Root Growth, and Reproductive Growth describes the important features of growth and development of trees and other woody plants during their life cycles. This nine-chapter book highlights the significant changes that take place in vegetative and reproductive growth as woody plants progress from juvenility to adulthood and, finally, to a senescent state. The first four chapters cover the growth of tree cambium, which is a layer of delicate meristematic tissue between the inner bark or phloem and the wood or xylem. These chapters examine the variation, control, and measurement of cambial growth. The next two chapters look into the growth mechanism of specialized and modified root systems, such as aerial, grafted, knee, and nodulated roots, root buttresses, mycorrhiza, and pneumatophores. These chapters also discuss the distribution and growth characteristics of roots of woody plants. Other chapters explore the significant changes and features during flowering and fruit, cone, and seed development. The last chapter considers some aspects of internal and external control of reproductive growth at critical stages of development. Some practical methods for stimulating fruit and seed production by trees are also provided. This book will be of great value to arborists, foresters, horticulturists, plant ecologists, plant physiologists, plant anatomists, tree breeders and geneticists, plant pathologists, entomologists, soil scientists, meteorologists, and landscape architects. It is also intended for upper level undergraduate and graduate students.

  • Advances in Marine Biology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 8
    • English

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