This book contains 19 chapters providing information on fig (Ficus carica) botany, production, processing, nutritive value and marketing.

This book contains 11 chapters on illustrated guide of plants for soil regeneration. The purpose of this book is to explore some of the ways in which plants may be used to fix or build cultivable earth, restore impoverished soil, maintain soil in good condition and decontaminate polluted soil.

This book presents a clear set of integrative concepts for understanding the overall physiology and growth of temperate deciduous fruit trees. The emphasis is on overarching principles rather than detailed descriptions of tree physiology or difference among numerous species of fruit trees. Although ...

This book, which is selected in nature to Agaricus bisporus, presents fundamental guidelines for mushroom production together with the advances in research in this field. The first chapter presents the history of button mushroom cultivation, mushroom classification, distribution, and nutritional...

This book focuses on the current state of knowledge on various aspects of yam research, including its botany and taxonomy, composition and uses, cultivation, storage, diseases and pests, and world production and trade.

This book contains 5 chapters that presents a simple, straightforward discussion of the principles and processes involved in the production of grain yield by agronomic crops, and how these processes underlie and influence management decisions. The focus is on grain crops, principally maize and...

Hemp and cannabis, both belonging to Cannabis sativa, have emerged as some of the most valuable crops because of their multiple functionalities - industrial, medicinal and recreational uses. Like all other crops, diseases and pests attack these crops at the high expense of hemp growers and cannabis ...

This book contains 29 chapters focusing on wheat, maize and sorghum molecular breeding. It aims to contribute the latest understandings of the molecular and genetic bases of abiotic stress tolerance, yield and quality improvement of wheat, maize and sorghum to develop strategies for improving...

This publication presents the current state of knowledge concerning the origin, history, culture and trade of guava throughout the world. The fruit composition and processing, as well as fruit set, development and maturation are described. The propagation, biotechnology, nutrition, irrigation,...

This book contains 8 chapters focusing on the breadth and depth of the cut flower and foliage industry, the production and postharvest handling of the most economically important cut flowers, specialty cut flowers, irrigation, fertilizer application, plant pests and diseases and their control and...