The negative impact of chemical pesticides on human wellbeing and the environment has encouraged the development of eco-friendly alternatives for the management of plant pathogens. However, only a small number of microbial biocontrol agents (mBCAs) have been developed, registered and used in the management of plant diseases. This book analyses the deployment of mBCAs for the development of novel microbial biopesticides, considering the main plant-beneficial traits, procedures needed for ef...

Early on the morning of August 8, 2016, Sri T.K.V. Desikachar, son of the great yogi Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, passed away in Chennai, in the Tamil Nadu, a province of southern India.Those whose written accounts are compiled here were his personal students for many years. Some of them, Indians, taught alongside him at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram for 20, 30, or 40 years. Others, Europeans, belong to the “pioneers” who, beginning in the 1960s and 1970s, went to Madras, som...

Dive headfirst into France and discover everything you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime.France rewards curiosity - discover world-class prehistoric cave art alongside crowd-pleasing gallery masterpieces, and dazzling coastal road trips that lead to sun-baked hilltop villages. Our on-the-ground experts have embraced the beaches in Bonifacio, roamed Chateau de Versailles, and slurped oysters in Cancale. Just think of us as your friend on the inside

Discover the freedom of the open road with Lonely Planet's France's Best Road Trips. This trusted travel companion features 38 amazing drives, from 2-day escapes to 2-week adventures. See Britanny's stunning coastline, explore medieval Burgundy, and trawl through Provence's markets. Get to France, rent a car, and hit the road!Inside Lonely Planet's France's Best Road Trips**:**Itineraries for class...

Your guide to loans, bursaries, grants, tuition fees and preparing your own budget.Find out exactly how much university will cost you and how you can fund your studies. Understand how tuition fees differ within England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Get a realistic picture of all your likely outgoings - accommodation, food, travel, study costs, insurance and socialising - and work out a budget you can keep to. Take advantage of the latest information on stu...

A new edition of the collection featuring each of the Doctor's full-cast BBC radio adventures - and more.In The Paradise of Death and The Ghosts of N-Space, the Third Doctor reunites with Sarah Jane Smith and UNIT for adventures on Earth and beyond, first broadcast on BBC Radio in the 1990s.In Doctor Who and the Pescatons, made for LP release in 1976, the Fourth Doctor and Sarah fight alien invasion on present day Earth.The duo return in

Songs, barks, roars, hoots, squeals, and growls: exploring the mysteries of how animals communicate by soundWhat is the meaning of a bird’s song, a baboon’s bark, an owl’s hoot, or a dolphin’s clicks? In The Voices of Nature, Nicolas Mathevon explores the mysteries of animal sound. Putting readers in the middle of animal soundscapes that range from the steamy heat of the Amazon jungle to the icy terrain of the Arctic, Mathevon reveals the amazing variety o...

Discover twice the city in half the time with our expert team of travel writers who share what you need to know to plan the ultimate short trip to Paris.Imagine a place where old world bistros look out onto architectural stunners, and artistic masterpieces are just moments from bustling artisan markets. Every must-see spot in this guide comes straight from travellers and locals who have visited the Louvre at night, shopped for foodie delights on rue Montorgueil, an...

Dive headfirst into Paris and discover everything you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime.Paris rewards curiosity - discover old world bistros alongside open-air artisanal markets, and artistic masterpieces moments from the banks of the Seine. Our on-the-ground experts have toasted the sunset from Parc de Belleville's hilltop, fallen under the spell of island life on Ile St-Louis, and gallery-hopped through the historic Marais district. Just think of us as ...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart, held in Lyon, France, in June 2023.The 72 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 80 submissions. The focus of the papers is on following topics: increased imaging resolutions, data explosion, sophistication of computational models and advent of AI frameworks, while new imaging modalities have emerged (e.g. combined PET-MRI, Spectral CT)...

‘Banana Systems in the Humid Highlands of Sub-Saharan Africa: Enhancing Resilience and Productivity’ addresses issues related to agricultural intensification in the (sub)humid highland areas of Africa, based on research carried out in the Great Lakes Region by the Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based Livelihoods in Central Africa.

This book aims at gathering roboticists, control theorists, neuroscientists, and mathematicians, in order to promote a multidisciplinary research on movement analysis. It follows the workshop “ Geometric and Numerical Foundations of Movements ” held at LAAS-CNRS in Toulouse in November 2015[1]. Its objective is to lay the foundations for a mutual understanding that is essential for synergetic development in motion research. In particular, the book promotes applications to robotics --and co...