Following in the tradition of its predecessor, Crop Responses to Environment, this fully updated and more comprehensive second edition describes aspects of crop responses to environment that are particularly relevant to the development of improved crop cultivars and management methods on a global scale. It includes an extensive discussion of the difficulties in developing agricultural systems that accommodate increasing human needs for agricultural products during the twenty-first...

This 33-chapter volume presents a critical examination of the importance of stable isotopes in understanding key plant metabolic processes. - Carbon isotope analyses for estimates of plant water use and metabolism - Integrated estimates of stress impacts and life history in ecological systems - Hydrogen and oxygen isotope analyses for evaluating water sources and transpiration - Use of stable isotopes in scaling from leaf to global levels - Sections include: History and Theoretical Conside...

′Strong social policy is essential for sustainable growth. This book is an extremely useful overview of social policy issue for policy makers and anyone who wants to understand the true roots of successful sustainable development′ -Ian Johnson, Vice President for Sustainable Development, The World Bank′Throughout the world issues of social development have now taken centre stage. There is no more comprehensive and readable guide to the choices and conflict...

They carried the dead on their shoulders. They carry them still.In Somewhat Difficult to Put into Words, award-winning author Anthony Hall Seed delivers a searing collection of short stories and short plays that plunge readers into the chaos, confusion, and quiet devastation of war. From a grainy film of an unknown soldier's final defiant smirk before execution to the brutal reality of the 1968 Tet Offensive, these pieces pull no punches. Young men, drafted before they are ready, a...

Ready for a dose of hard-hitting, no-holds-barred, honest narrative on the issues of the day without the spin? Then Anthony Livingston Hall is your man. In this fourth volume of commentaries from The iPINIONS Journal weblog, Hall offers a bold, comprehensive anthology on the most significant and popular developments of our time. An unsparing, equal-opportunity critic, Hall’s sting is made both edifying and entertaining by his cogent writing and inimitable wit. Hall’s refreshing worldview s...

ANTHONY L. HALL takes aim at the global events of 2016 with a unique and refreshing perspective. Here are some topics in this twelfth volume of his writings:Hillary Calling Half of Trump’s Supporters a “Basket of Deplorables”“Hillary was only half right … But the most troubling thing is not how deplorable they are; it’s how willing they are to elect an even more deplorable man as president of the United Sates. The latter is what I find incomprehensible … unf...

Commentaries on the Global Events of Our TimesVolume VIIIn the year 2011, the world witnessed many historical events. Whether these events were joyful, catastrophic, or simply annoying, seasoned political observer Anthony Hall once again shares insightful commentary designed to spark lively discussions and challenge personal opinions.In his seventh collection of thought-provoking essays, Hall shares an outsider’s glimpse into global events—from the sublime to the rid...

Anthony L. Hall takes aim at the global events of 2014 with a unique and refreshing perspective. For example, on:Media broadcasting terrorist propaganda as breaking newsWe live in a Twitter age of such promiscuous, indiscriminate and surreal media practices that it seems perfectly normal for our own media to be helping the enemy perpetrate psychological warfare against us. What else explains the media shielding us from the epithets of racists, but bombarding us with the tau...

About the BookGhetto Demonz, the first entry of the Archangel Series, is an epic fictional tale about the incarnation of archangels and Egyptian deities in an urban metropolitan reality. Pretty Boy Valentino must navigate the common tribulations ordinary youth confronts during this day and age. It’s a philosophic and theoretical metaphor for the purpose and reason we must deal with tumultuous life. It’s a fast-paced adventure with a marriage of fantasy and mysticism along with sexin...

ANTHONY LIVINGSTON HALL COMMENTS ON: Bush's legacy of support for Africa: "I was dismayed by the number of people who refused to believe that Bush had done more for Africa than any other US president; notwithstanding testimonials I proffered from renowned crusaders for African development (like Sir Bob Geldof and Bono) to support this claim." Oprah's school for African girls: "I applaud Oprah for founding this school for the same reason I applauded Madonna for adopting that African boy: Sh...

Current Events Hall takes aim at the global events of 2018 with a unique and refreshing perspective. Topics in this volume include the following: • President Trump displaying brazen hypocrisies—“Complaining about Trump’s hypocrisy is like complaining about a prostitute’s promiscuity.” • The Catholic Church covering up sins of pedophile priests—“These putative men of God cannot believe God exists. They must reason that, if he did, he would have stopped priests from systematically abusing ch...

ANTHONY L. HALL takes aim at the global events of 2019 with a unique and refreshing perspective. Some of the topics in this volume include: Republicans and Democrats aping Sunnis and Shias “Even if Democrats impeach Trump in Congress or defeat him at the polls, his presidency has already sown seeds of division and dysfunction that could harvest political thorns for a thousand years.” Social networks abolishing ‘Likes’ “They can’t quit likes. Because networks are as hooked on the money like...