Antifungal Metabolites of Rhizobacteria for Sustainable Agriculture focuses on plant health in agro-ecosystems of various economically important cash and food crops with a concern to promote sustainable agriculture. They have emerged as a key organic tool for enhancing yields. In a natural environment the interactions between plants and phytopathogenic fungi are complex and survival requires a development of resistance to plant diseases. Diversity of Plant Growth ...

This edited book is focused on antioxidant compounds and their biosynthesis, up-regulation, mechanism of action for selective bioactivity, targeted role and the advancement of their bioactive potential during plant-microbe interaction and other stress conditions. This book also emphasizes on the role of antioxidants in recruiting beneficial microbes in plant surroundings. Antioxidants have multiple biological roles in plants especially in the signalling pathway. These compounds are seconda...

This book presents the select proceedings of the International Conference on Novel Materials and Technologies for Energy and Environment Applications (NMTE2A 2024). It covers the latest research outcomes and discusses probable solutions for global energy and environmental challenges using advanced materials and the way forward. Various topics covered in this book are computational materials, polymers and composites, sensors, green hydrogen, hydrogen storage, green materials, recycling mate...

Goats are the predominant domestic livestock, and certainly the predominant small ruminant, in most of Asia, Africa and the warmer parts of Europe. Important for meat, milk, fibre and leather production, their widescale production and husbandry allows many opportunities for the spread of disease between livestock and their keepers. Taking a One Health approach to the issue, this book provides clear, accurate and comprehensive coverage of the zoonotic diseases of goats. Including informatio...

This collection presents critical and action-oriented approaches to addressing food systems inequities across places, spaces, and scales. With case studies from around the globe, Radical Food Geographies explores interconnections between power structures and the social and ecological dynamics that bring food from the land and water to our plates. Through themes of scale, spatial imaginaries, and human and more-than-human relationships, the authors explore ongoing efforts to co-construct mo...

Summarises current research on optimising CA system practices and their ecological, economic and social benefits.Elaborates on how CA systems make efficient use of production inputs such as water, nutrients, energy and addresses challenges in such areas as weed, insect pest and disease management.Reviews the central issues of improvement in yield, profitability and ecosystem services as well as climate change adaptability and mitigation in CA systems.

The lime is an important fruit crop throughout the citrus producing regions of the world, with its own specific benefits and issues affecting successful cultivation and production. Limes: Botany, Production and Uses covers the breeding, genetics and biodiversity of the plants, and explains the processes for establishing a lime orchard, including propagation techniques, pruning and thinning of established trees, water requirements and irrigation systems. All the major problems of lime culti...

Whilst crop models have made significant progress in recent years, different models still diverge and struggle to predict the complex effects of genetic, environmental and management (G x E x M) variables in optimising crop production in the face of climate change.Current crop models: State-of-the-art and future developments provides a comprehensive overview of the major crop models and the ways they address these challenges. The book explores the development of major crop...

Not all minds learn the same way. Some absorb knowledge through numbers, others through images. Some read fast, others listen better. And then there are those who walk a different path altogether-slower, quieter, yet no less brilliant.This book, Brilliant Minds, Different Paths, is a celebration of such journeys. It brings together ten heart-touching stories of children and teenagers across South India who faced the invisible yet powerful barriers of learning disabilities....

Development of 'Self' is a journey not a destination in coherence with words that create our world here. Ila Singh a student at Earth school started 'A Journal for Self Discovery' learning as well as unlearning to be with 'My Vision is My Mission' to now gather the delicate threads of relearning from the magical reflections as 'Date @ Dal'; in alignment with the four main seasons in Nature and in the life of a human being.

Footprints and verses - poems of Journey, Adventure, and Resilience is a heartfelt collection of poems that captures the essence of personal growth, the thrill of exploration, and the strength found in overcoming life's challenges. Each poem takes the reader on a journey through time, emotions, and landscapes, weaving together experiences of self-discovery, adventure, and resilience.

Homo Sapiens are intellectual and knowledgeable species who have played different social roles at different point of times. They've been feminists to fight for the rights of women, and we have seen many of them come up to support men and speak on the wrong that's done to men. In this process , they have forgotten the real essence of being a human being. Humanity, which is one of the greatest qualities of every being which is considered a 'human', has been left on the parched land of life t...