RISULTATI della RICERCA

Stan Lotter H.

Fendrihan S.

Adaption of microbial life to environmental extremes

Novel research results and application

Once considered exceptional rarities, extremophiles have become attractive objects for basic and applied research ranging from nanotechnology to biodiversity to the origins of life and even to the search for extraterrestrial life. Several novel [...]

Carr M. K. V.

Advances in Irrigation Agronomy

Plantation Crops

Irrigation has been used for thousands of years to maximize the performance, efficiency and profitability of crops and it is a science that is constantly evolving. This potential for improved crop yields has never been more important as population [...]

Vieri S.

Agricoltura

Settore multifunzionale allo sviluppo

Il volume vuole fornire un quadro completo del sistema di rapporti che intercorrono tra agricoltura, economia, società e ambiente. Ciò, al fine di rendere un'immagine della nostra agricoltura che sia coerente con la sua moderna accezione di settore [...]

Hakeem K.

Jawaid M.

Agricultural biomass based potential materials

Agricultural biomass is abundant worldwide and it can be considered as alternative source of renewable and sustainable materials which can be used as potential materials for different applications. Despite this enormous production of agricultural [...]

Jenkins E. N.

Agriculture & energy

Evolving relationships & issues

Rising energy prices and changing energy and environmental policies have transformed the relationship between the energy and agriculture sectors. Traditionally, the relationship has been one-way, with agriculture using energy products as an input in [...]

Lockie S.

Carpenter D.

Agriculture biodiversity and markets

Livelihoods and agroecology in comparative perspective

Debate about how best to ensure the preservation of agricultural biodiversity is caught in a counter-productive polemic between proponents and critics of market-based instruments and agricultural modernisation. This book argues that neither position [...]

Santilli J.

Agrobiodiversity and the law

Regulating genetic resources, food security and cultural diversity

A wide range of crop genetic resources is vital for future food security. Loss of agricultural biodiversity increases the risk of relying on a limited number of staple food crops. However, many laws, such as seed laws, plant varieties protection and [...]

Altieri M. A.

Nicholls C. I.

Ponti L.

Agroecologia

La scienze dell'agricoltura sostenibile

Prabhakaran Nair K. P.

Agronomy and economy of black pepper and cardamom

The “King” and “Queen” of Spices

Known as the ";King"; of spices, black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) and the ";Queen"; of spices, cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum M.), both perennial crops of the tropics, are the most important and most widely sought after spice crops of the world. They [...]

Körner C.

Alpine plant life

Functional plant ecology of high mountain ecosystems