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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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  • 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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  • 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

  • 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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  • 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

    PHP840.49 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

  • 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

  • The Vegetable Pathosystem

    Ecology, Disease Mechanism, and Management

    Edited by Mohammad Ansar, Abhijeet Ghatak ...
    Series series Innovations in Horticultural Science
    Variability in vegetable pathogens is a critical issue, particularly in changing environments, as it presents challenges to accurate diagnoses and proper management. This book focuses on the diverse ecology of phytopathogens, covering the varying disease categories (acute, chronic, and emerging), the mechanisms involved in disease development, pathogen variability, and disease management. The book ... Read more

    PHP11,084.62

  • Infection Control

    Dilemmas and Practical Solutions

    Edited by K.R. Cundy, E. Hinks, Bruce Kleger, L.A. Miller ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    When we were setting the theme of "infection control dilemmas and practical solutions" for this symposium, we asked ourselves a basic question: What are some of the most vexing problems and situations facing the hospital microbiologist epidemiologist team in today's world of opportunistic and new infectious diseases unheard of as common pathogenic occurrences 10 years ago? One of the areas which ... Read more

    PHP3,228.89

  • The Role of Phytoconstitutents in Health Care

    Biocompounds in Medicinal Plants

    Edited by Megh R. Goyal, Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, Ramasamy Harikrishnan ...
    Series series Innovations in Plant Science for Better Health
    This informative volume provides new insights with scientific evidence on the uses of medicinal plants in the treatment of certain diseases. It reviews various therapies with herbal phytoconstituents for certain types of disorders, modes of action, and pharmacological screening. It focuses on potential benefits of herbal extracts and bioactive compounds for human health care, provides a ... Read more

    PHP11,084.62

  • The Globe Artichoke Genome

    Edited by Ezio Portis, Alberto Acquadro, Sergio Lanteri ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book presents the latest information on the genetics and genomics of the globe artichoke. It focuses on the latest findings, tools and strategies employed in genome sequencing, physical map development and QTL analyses, as well as genomic resources. The re-sequencing of four globe artichoke genotypes, representative of the core varietal types in cultivation, as well as the genotype of ... Read more

    PHP9,041.89

  • Rose selvatiche siciliane

    Caratteristiche biomorfologiche e fitochimiche, propagazione, coltivazione innovativa ed ecosostenibile, utilizzi e potenziali applicazioni

    by Giancarlo Fascella, Michele Massimo Mammano, Adele Salamone, Carlo Greco ...
    Series series Italian language eBook collection
    Le Rose siciliane autoctone costituiscono una ricca fonte di biodiversità finora poco utilizzata (e conosciuta) ma che merita di essere adeguatamente valorizzata. In questa monografia vengono dettagliatamente descritte le quattro specie più presenti in Sicilia, riportando le principali attività sperimentali svolte e i risultati di maggior interesse realizzati dagli autori nell’ambito di diversi ... Read more

    PHP1,810.49

  • Soil Fertility Management for Sustainable Development

    Edited by Deepak G. Panpatte, Yogeshvari K. Jhala ...
    Soil fertility is the backbone of agricultural systems and plays a key role in determining food quantity and quality. In recent decades, soil fertility has decreased due to indiscriminate use of agrochemicals, and nations around the globe are now facing the challenge of increasing food production while sustainably maintaining soil fertility. Written by leading international scientists in the field ... Read more

    PHP9,687.79

  • Woodland Development

    A Long-term Study of Lady Park Wood

    by George Peterken, Edward Mountford ...
    In 1944 Lady Park Wood (45 hectares of woodland in Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire, UK) was set aside indefinitely by the Forestry Commission so that ecologists could study how woodland develops naturally. Since then, in a unique long-term study, individual trees and shrubs have been recorded at intervals, accumulating a detailed record of more than 20,000 individual beech, sessile oak, ash, ... Read more

    PHP2,408.29

  • 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

  • Size- and Age-Related Changes in Tree Structure and Function

    Edited by Frederick C. Meinzer, Barbara Lachenbruch, Todd E. Dawson ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Millions of trees live and grow all around us, and we all recognize the vital role they play in the world’s ecosystems. Publicity campaigns exhort us to plant yet more. Yet until recently comparatively little was known about the root causes of the physical changes that attend their growth. Since trees typically increase in size by three to four orders of magnitude in their journey to maturity, ... Read more

    PHP17,374.59

  • Temperate Horticulture for Sustainable Development and Environment

    Ecological Aspects

    Edited by Larissa I. Weisfeld, Anatoly I. Opalko, Sarra A. Bekuzarova ...
    Ecological and genetic control of plant resistance to unfavorable environmental influences is being carried out all over the world, and new varieties and hybrids of plants are being created, resulting in rich, new information and innovative new methods of cultivation. This new volume, Temperate Horticulture for Sustainable Development and Environment: Ecological Aspects, explores the vast biotic ... Read more

    PHP9,852.65

  • Constitution of Organs of the Higher Plants

    The multiple secondary axis theory

    by Chi Yen ...
    Translated by Yang Yen ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book written by Professor Chi Yen of Sichuan Agricultural University in Chinese was published by China Agriculture Press (ISBN 978-7-109-22791-0). It describes a new theory on the constitution of organs of the higher plants based on experimental evidence, the multiple secondary axis theory. This theory states that all organs of the higher plants are the constitution of multiple secondary axes ... Read more

    PHP8,395.99

  • Plant Galls

    Structure and Functions

    Edited by Denis Coelho de Oliveira, Rosy Mary dos Santos Isaias ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book provides topics on gall development, chemistry, and physiology focusing on galls from different parts of the world. The chapters are devoted to get together basic knowledge and novelties on plant responses to the stimuli of diverse gall inducers, on cell, tissue, and organism levels. The information contained in this volume will set lights on crucial points that together explain how the ... Read more

    PHP14,145.09

  • SYLVA: OR A DISCOURSE OF FOREST TREES Vol.1 Book 1

    by John Evelyn ...
    "SYLVA: OR A DISCOURSE OF FOREST TREES" Volume 1 is a seminal work authored by means of John Evelyn, a seventeenth-century English writer, gardener, and diarist. This comprehensive volume is a continuation of Evelyn's exploration of wooded area timber and their cultivation, following the achievement of the primary volume. In Volume 1, Evelyn delves deeper into the challenge, offering a wealth of ... Read more

    PHP60.98

  • Comprehensive and Molecular Phytopathology

    Edited by Yuri Dyakov, Vitaly Dzhavakhiya, Timo Korpela ...
    Series Book 9 - Studies in Plant Science
    This book offers a collection of information on successive steps of molecular 'dialogue' between plants and pathogens. It additionally presents data that reflects intrinsic logic of plant-parasite interactions. New findings discussed include: host and non-host resistance, specific and nonspecific elicitors, elicitors and suppressors, and plant and animal immunity. This book enables the reader to ... Read more

    PHP5,899.29

  • Underwater Sydney

    by Inke Falkner, John Turnbull ...
    Admired all over the world and loved by locals for its natural beauty, Sydney Harbour is enjoyed by thousands of people every day. But rarely do we look below the surface where, beneath all the hustle and bustle, lively communities go about their business. With underwater forests and gardens, hundreds of species of fish and thousands of invertebrates, Sydney is as colourful and diverse below the ... Read more

    PHP1,418.79

  • Minnesota in Bloom

    Find and Identify the 142 Most Common Wildflowers

    by Michael Homoya ...
    A practical, pocket-sized, and beginner-friendly wildflower guide for the North Star State.Minnesota is home to more than just its famous “10,000 Lakes.” If you look closely, you’ll see that it also boasts a wide array of interesting and beautiful wildflowers, with no shortage of National and state forests, lakeshores, nature preserves, parks, scenic riverways, and wildlife refuges in which to ... Read more

    PHP650.49