Abiotic Stress Management in Fruit Crops explores the growing challenges posed by abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity, temperature fluctuations, soil degradation, and environmental pollution on fruit crop production. This academic volume integrates theoretical frameworks and practical approaches. The book brings together the latest research, case studies, and management strategies aimed at enhancing resilience, productivity, and sustainability in fruit crops. With a focus on innovat...

Nutrition of Fruit Crops explores nutrient management strategies essential for sustainable fruit production. The book presents foundational principles of plant nutrition, diagnosis of nutrient deficiencies, fertilizer application techniques, and modern tools like DRIS and integrated nutrient management (INM). Designed for students, researchers, and horticultural professionals, it provides both theoretical knowledge and field-level insights to improve crop yield and quality. In the context ...

Set around the time of Partition and written with absorbing intelligence and sympathy, Difficult Daughters is the story of a young woman torn between the desire for education and the lure of illicit love.' Difficult Daughters is intensely imagined, fluidly written, moving. Through our struggles with our parents, it flings us into their own momentous times, their youthful yearnings for love and independence and life. And so it becomes an urgent and ...

A #1 bestseller in India: Three generations of Delhi shopkeepers confront a changing worldHome tells the story of Banwari Lal and his family, merchants in one of the oldest districts of Delhi. An immigrant from Pakistan, Banwari Lal believes in fate, faith, and hard work. He comes to India after the Partition and opens a sari business. His daughter is given away into an arranged marriage, with tragic consequences. His eldest son is determined to marry for l...

Authentic Indian food from Manju, the world's oldest chef, and her award-winning restaurant in this homage to the vegetarian cuisine of Gujarat. 2022 She Awards Outstanding Culinary Skills winner Manju Patel. The food being served at Manju's fabulous restaurant in Brighton is a homage to the cuisine of Gujarat, where vegetarian cooking is both a religious belief and an environmental cause. Living and growing up in Uganda, Manju was passionate about cooking and was taught to cook by her mot...

This new reference volume, Handbook of Industrial Food Microbiology, introduces industrial microbiology in the food industry. The techniques and technologies discussed in the book focus on production, processing, and recovery of food industry metabolites (primary or secondary). The process of alcohol production, fermentation metabolites, and drug delivery components through food are the main highlights of the book. The authors use their research and academic experience in food sci...

Beer has been one of the staples in alcohol consumption since the earliest civilizations. In the present day, beer is more popular than ever and shows no signs of decreasing in production volume and revenue generation. Some of the most popular craft beer types utilize fruit raw materials in their production, including wheat beers, porters, high gravity beers, stouts and Lambics. There have been multiple sources published over the decades focusing on beer brewing and brewing science, many o...

"Told with rich vivid detail and mesmerizing language that inexorably propels the reader to the end."- Lesego Malepe, AuthorOn a winter's day in 1968, in a town in South Africa, a nineteen-year-old medical student changed the course of his country's history. Steve Biko's philosophy of Black Consciousness would inspire thousands of black students to demand an equal education.Soni chronicles her own personal history as an activist with that of the anti-apartheid youth...

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You watch someone seemingly stumble into success, into love, into abundance, while you work twice as hard for half the results. You meet people who radiate a frequency of ease and attraction, and you wonder: What do they know that I don't? These aren't just philosophical questions—they're urgent, personal, sometimes agonizing questions.Why is everyone's life so different?Why do opportunities seem to fall into some laps while others struggle for scraps?

Quinoa and chia are recognized among consumers worldwide due to the wide variety of nutrients each crop provides for healthy living. These cereal crops contain bioactive compounds, are gluten-free proteins, and provide essential vitamins and minerals. Both quinoa and chia are extraordinarily adaptable to various agroecological zones and highly suited to climate change and harsh environments. Quinoa is expanding in underdeveloped countries as a superfood and its cultivation is spreading rap...

Understanding the functions and properties of molecules in living systems requires a detailed knowledge of their three-dimensional structures and the conformational variability that allows them to adopt multiple functional forms. Interpreting biological systems in the language of three-dimensional structures is of fundamental importance and innumerable research groups around the world are working in this area. This book is a compilation of articles describing attempts at understanding the ...