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  • Botany

    by Charles Kovacs ...
    Series series Waldorf Education Resources
    Charles Kovacs characterizes different plants, from fungi, algae and lichens, to the lily and rose families. He describes the parts of each plant and their growth cycle.It is recommended for Steiner-Waldorf curriculum Classes 5 and 6 (age 10-12). ... Read more

    PHP884.79 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 2

    The Pillars of Civilization

    by Yuval Noah Harari ...
    Series Book 2 - Sapiens: A Graphic History
    The ebook is designed to be read on devices with large color displaysThe Kindle edition is incompatible with iOS. See below for a list of supported devices.This second volume of Sapiens: A Graphic History, the full-color graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari’s #1 New York Times bestseller, focuses on the Agricultural Revolution—when humans fell into a trap we’ve yet to escape: working harder and ... Read more

    PHP1,061.79

  • Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food

    Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food

    by Pamela C. Ronald, R. W. Adamchak ...
    By the year 2050, Earth's population will double. If we continue with current farming practices, vast amounts of wilderness will be lost, millions of birds and billions of insects will die, and the public will lose billions of dollars as a consequence of environmental degradation. Clearly, there must be a better way to meet the need for increased food production. Written as part memoir, part ... Read more

    PHP760.19

  • Handbook of Edible Weeds

    Herbal Reference Library

    by James A. Duke ...
    Series series Herbal Reference Library
    Handbook of Edible Weeds contains detailed descriptions and illustrations of 100 edible weeds, representing 100 genera of higher plant species. Some of the species are strictly American, but many are cosmopolitan weeds. Each account includes common names recognized by the Weed Science Society of America, standard Latin scientific names, uses, and distribution (geographic and ecological). ... Read more

    PHP14,474.99

  • The Hidden Life of Trees

    What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from A Secret World

    by Peter Wohlleben, Suzanne Simard ...
    Translated by Jane Billinghurst ...
    Series Book 1 - The Mysteries of Nature
    A NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • One of the most beloved books of our time: an illuminating account of the forest, and the science that shows us how trees communicate, feel, and live in social networks. After reading this book, a walk in the woods will never be the same again.“Breaks entirely new ground ... [Peter Wohlleben] has listened to trees and decoded ... Read more

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  • Oceanography and Marine Biology

    An annual review. Volume 59

    Edited by Stephen J. Hawkins ...
    Series series Oceanography and Marine Biology - An Annual Review
    CHOICE Highly Recommended, Sept 2022Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review remains one of the most cited sources in marine science and oceanography. The ever-increasing interest in work in oceanography and marine biology and its relevance to global environmental issues, especially global climate change and its impacts, creates a demand for authoritative refereed reviews summarizing and ... Read more

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  • Mosquitopia

    The Place of Pests in a Healthy World

    Edited by Marcus Hall, Dan Tamïr ...
    This edited volume brings together natural scientists, social scientists and humanists to assess if (or how) we may begin to coexist harmoniously with the mosquito. The mosquito is humanity’s deadliest animal, killing over a million people each year by transmitting malaria, yellow fever, Zika and several other diseases. Yet of the 3,500 species of mosquito on Earth, only a few dozen of them are ... Read more

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  • Sterile Insect Technique

    Principles And Practice In Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management

    Edited by Victor A. Dyck, Jorge Hendrichs, A.S. Robinson ...
    The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environment-friendly method of pest control that integrates well into area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programmes. This book takes a generic, thematic, comprehensive, and global approach in describing the principles and practice of the SIT. The strengths and weaknesses, and successes and failures, of the SIT are evaluated openly and fairly from ... Read more

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  • A Flower A Day

    by Miranda Janatka ...
    Series series A Day
    Fascinating and richly illustrated stories of flowers for every day of the year.Every day of the year a different species of flower bursts into bloom somewhere in the world. This collection of 366 flowers reveals not only their beauty but the fascinating botanical, literary, folkloric and historical stories behind them.Discover the magnificent magnolia, which evolved more than 95 million years ago ... Read more

    PHP983.19

  • Handbook of Microbial Bioresources, The

    by Aakash Goyal, Jose López-Bucio, R.S. Upadhyay, Marcela Pagano, Marcela Panago, Pradeep Kumar, Igor Maksimov, Iqbal Ahmad, Gamini Seneviratne, Harikesh Bahadur Singh, Javier Hernández-Fernández, M.A. Mazutii, Bishnu Maya, Javed Ahamad Khan, Smriti Gaur, Sandipan Ganguly, Quang D. Nguyen, Vinod Singh, Hesham A. El Enshasy, Mohammed Kuddus, Marina G. Holyavka, Thais Martins Marques Costa, Franciele M. Pelissari, Ram Naraian, Gerardo Díaz Godínez, Gustavo Molina, Alfredo Aires, Ahmed M. El-Bondkly, Ipek Kurtböke, Hector Cristóbal, Mark Eppinger, María-del-Carmen Durán-Domínguez-de-Bazúa M, Ravichandra Potumarthi, Pattanathu K.S.M. Rahman, Neela Badrie, Christian Cumagun, Kanika Sharma, Shikha Shikha, Jeyabalan Sangeetha, S Chandra Nayak, Helen Treichel ...
    Microbial technology plays an integral role in the biotechnology, bioengineering, biomedicine/biopharmaceuticals and agriculture sector. This book provides a detailed compendium of the methods, biotechnological routes, and processes used to investigate different aspects of microbial resources and applications. It covers the fundamental and applied aspects of microorganisms in the health, industry, ... Read more

    PHP14,139.69

  • Sustainable Viticulture

    The Vines and Wines of Burgundy

    by Claude Chapuis ...
    Series series Advances in Hospitality and Tourism
    Written by an expert of the ins and outs of viticulture in Burgundy and many other areas of the world, this new volume showcases the wine-growing culture of Burgundy. Sustainable Viticulture: The Vines and Wines of Burgundy covers the rich history and culture of the wine growing tradition of the region.The author, who has worked as a viticulturist in Burgundy, Switzerland, Germany, California, ... Read more

    PHP9,547.74

  • The Pollination Biology of North American Orchids: Volume 1

    North of Florida and Mexico

    by Charles L. Argue ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Recent studies have revealed remarkable complexity and diversity in orchid-pollinator relationships. These studies comprise a vast literature currently scattered in numerous, often obscure, journals and books. The Pollination Biology of North American Orchids brings together, for the first time, a comprehensive treatment of this information for all native and introduced North American orchids ... Read more

    PHP6,458.39

  • Curatorial Practices for Botanical Gardens

    by Timothy C. Hohn ...
    This breakthrough handbook for botanical garden and arboretum curators (and curators in training) has now been expanded and updated fifteen years after the last edition was published.The new edition includes up-to-date information and methods for the preservation and conservation of plants and their use in both ex-situ and in-situ conservation programs, habitat restorations, and conservation ... Read more

    PHP4,536.59

  • Novel Plant Imaging and Analysis

    Water, Elements and Gas, Utilizing Radiation and Radioisotopes

    by Tomoko M. Nakanishi ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This open access book is only an introduction to show that radiation and radioisotopes (RI) are premier tools to study living plant physiology which leads to new findings. Who had ever imagined that we could see water in a plant? Who had ever imagined that we could see ions moving toward roots in solution? Who had ever imagined that we could see invisible gas (CO2) fixation and movement in a plant ... Read more

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  • Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Vegetable Crops

    Volume 8: Bulbs, Roots and Tubers

    Edited by Jameel M. Al-Khayri, S. Mohan Jain, Dennis V. Johnson ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book examines the development of innovative modern methodologies towards augmenting conventional plant breeding, in individual crops, for the production of new crop varieties under the increasingly limiting environmental and cultivation factors to achieve sustainable agricultural production, enhanced food security, in addition to providing raw materials for innovative industrial products and ... Read more

    PHP13,499.29

  • The Olive Tree Genome

    Edited by Eddo Rugini, Luciana Baldoni, Rosario Muleo, Luca Sebastiani ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book provides an introduction to the genetics, genomics, and breeding of the olive tree, a multi-functional long-lived crop plant that is relevant not only for culinary olive and oil production, but also for shaping the landscape and history of many rural areas for centuries. Today, the recognized health benefits of extra-virgin olive oil provide new impulses for introducing innovation in ... Read more

    PHP5,812.49

  • Ginkgo

    The Tree That Time Forgot

    by Peter Crane ...
    Perhaps the world’s most distinctive tree, ginkgo has remained stubbornly unchanged for more than two hundred million years. A living link to the age of dinosaurs, it survived the great ice ages as a relic in China, but it earned its reprieve when people first found it useful about a thousand years ago. Today ginkgo is beloved for the elegance of its leaves, prized for its edible nuts, and revered ... Read more

    PHP1,774.09

  • Serotonin and Melatonin

    Their Functional Role in Plants, Food, Phytomedicine, and Human Health

    Edited by Gokare A. Ravishankar, Akula Ramakrishna ...
    Serotonin and Melatonin: Their Functional Role in Plants, Food, Phytomedicine, and Human Health highlights the significance of the plant sources of serotonin and melatonin in the fields of medicine, agriculture, and food science. Over the last few decades, an enormous amount of research data has been generated on these two neurotransmitters/plant signalers. This book covers topics regarding the ... Read more

    PHP3,572.09

  • Plant-Thinking

    A Philosophy of Vegetal Life

    by Michael Marder ...
    The margins of philosophy are populated by non-human, non-animal living beings, including plants. While contemporary philosophers tend to refrain from raising ontological and ethical concerns with vegetal life, Michael Marder puts this life at the forefront of the current deconstruction of metaphysics. He identifies the existential features of plant behavior and the vegetal heritage of human ... Read more

    PHP1,884.39

  • Advances of Basic Science for Second Generation Bioethanol from Sugarcane

    Edited by Marcos S. Buckeridge, Amanda P. De Souza ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book focuses on the basic science recently produced in Brazil for the improvement of sugarcane as a bioenergy crop and as a raw material for 2nd generation bioethanol production.It reports achievements that have been advancing the science of cell walls, enzymes, genetics, and sustainability related to sugarcane technologies and give continuity to the research reported in the “Routes to ... Read more

    PHP5,812.49

  • Perth Plants

    A Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park

    by Russell Barrett, Eng Pin Tay ...
    The city of Perth is well known and treasured for its areas of protected bushland in the heart of the city. Kings Park and Bold Park represent a significant part of the natural heritage of the Swan Coastal Plain and are an important part of city life. The city is also a gateway to the incredible biodiversity to be found in south-west Western Australia. Perth Plants provides a comprehensive ... Read more

    PHP1,594.49

  • Biogeography and Evolution in New Zealand

    by Michael Heads ...
    Series series CRC Biogeography Series
    Biogeography and Evolution in New Zealand provides the first in-depth treatment of the biogeography of New Zealand, a region that has been a place of long-enduring interest to ecologists, evolutionary scientists, geographers, geologists, and scientists in related disciplines. It serves as a key addition to the contemporary discussion on regionalization—how is New Zealand different from the rest of ... Read more

    PHP4,742.45

  • Forest Governance and Management Across Time

    Developing a New Forest Social Contract

    by Erland Mårald, Camilla Sandstrom, Annika Nordin, and Others ...
    Series series The Earthscan Forest Library
    The influence of the past, and of the future on current-time tradeoffs in the forest arena are particularly relevant given the long-term successions in forest landscapes and the hundred years’ rotations in forestry. Historically established path dependencies and conflicts determine our present situation and delimit what is possible to achieve. Similarly, future trends and desires have a large ... Read more

    PHP4,064.87

  • Eco-friendly Agro-biological Techniques for Enhancing Crop Productivity

    Edited by Rakesh Singh Sengar, Ashu Singh ...
    As the world population is exploding and alongside fluctuations in climate is also prevalent, there is an increasing stress on the food requirements of the population.We have an urgent necessity to produce more food in the limited agricultural land. Further, to feed 7 billion people there is a requirement of high yielding crops, without harming environment and limiting the use of unnecessary ... Read more

    PHP9,041.89