Advances in Agronomy

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 170, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.

List of contents

1. Agronomic, Socio-economic, and Environmental Challenges and Opportunities in Nepal's Cereal-based Farming Systems
Timothy J. Krupnik, Jagadish Timsina, Krishna P. Devkota, Bhaba P. Tripathi, Tika B. Karki, Anton Urfels, Yam Kanta Gaihre, Dyutiman Choudhary, AbduRahman Beshir, Vishnu Prasad Pandey, Brendan Brown, Hom Gartaula, Sumona Shahrin and Yuga N. Ghimire
2. Environmentally Friendly Plant Essential Oil: Liquid Gold for Human Health
Yuanyuan Chen, Li Liu, Hannan Wang, Jinghua Ma, Wanxi Peng, Ximei Li, Yong Lai, Baohong Zhang and Dangquan Zhang
3. The Use of Laser Biotechnology in Agri-environment as a Significant Agronomical Advance Increasing Crop Yield and Quality
Agnieszka Klimek-Kopyra, Jan Wincenty Dobrowolski, Tomasz Czech, Reinhard W. Neugschwandtner, Florian Gambus and Dominika Kot
4. Drought Stress Responses in Non-transgenic and Transgenic Alfalfa - Current Status and Future Research Directions
Andre A. Diatta, Doohong Min and S. V. Krishna Jagadish
5. Organic Farming: A Prospect for Food, Environment and Livelihood Security in Indian Agriculture
Madhab Chandra Manna, Mahammad Mahmudur Rahman, Ravi Naidu, A.S.M. Fazle Bari, A. B. Singh, J. K. Thakur, Avijit Ghosh, Ashok K. Patra, S. K. Chaudhai and A. Subbarao

Product details

• Assisted by: Donald L. Sparks (Editor), Donald L. Sparks (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.09.2021
• EAN: 9780128245910
• ISBN: 978-0-12-824591-0
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 20 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 700 g
• Series: Advances in Agronomy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, Applied ecology, The environment, Biology, life sciences, Science / Environmental Science, Life sciences: general issues, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Botany & plant sciences, Agriculture and farming, AGRICULTURE & FARMING, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Botany and plant sciences