Biodiversität & Ökotrophologie

Soil Essentials

Soil Essentials is a practical reference for farmers and land managers covering soil issues commonly encountered at the farm level. Written in a straightforward style, it explains the principles o...

Wheat Antioxidants

This comprehensive reference consolidates current information on the antioxidant properties of wheat, their beneficial effects, the mechanisms involved, factors affecting availability/bioavailabil...

Advances in Thermal and Non-Thermal Food Preservation

Advances in Thermal and Non-Thermal Food Preservation provides current, definitive and factual material written by experts on different thermal and non-thermal food preservation technologies. Emph...

The Baobabs: Pachycauls of Africa, Madagascar and Australia

G.E. Wickens

<P>This is the only comprehensive account of all eight species in the genus Adansonia. It describes the historical background from the late Roman period to the present. It covers the extraor...

During Wind and Rain

n telling the story of five generations of her family and its farm in the Arkansas Delta, Margaret Jones Bolsterli brings together her own research, historical perspective, and family lore as it r...

Classical Biological Control of Bemisia tabaci in the United States - A Review of Interagency Research and Implementation

This book reviews interagency research and development of classical (importation) biological control of Bemisia tabaci (biotype B) conducted in the USA from 1992- 2002. The successful discovery, e...

Sensory Discrimination Tests and Measurements

Jian Bi

Sensory discriminative analysis forms a fundamental type of methodology and is used widely in sensory and consumer research. Sensory Discrimination Tests and Measurements: Statistical Principles, ...

Advances in Food Diagnostics

Food diagnostics is a relatively new and emerging area fuelled in large part by the ever-increasing demand for food safety. Advances in Food Diagnostics provides the most updated, comprehensive pr...

Origins of the Organic Agriculture Debate

Thomas R. DeGregori

Origins of the Organic Agriculture Debate takes an historical look at two contrasting streams of ideas. The first view comprises the flow of ideas in chemistry and biology that have created the co...

Redefining Family Policy

Aimed at social scientists, this book discusses family policy in general and the New Federalism in particular, and experimental implementation of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity R...

Managing Food Industry Waste

Robert R. Zall

In Managing Food Industry Waste: Common Sense Methods for Food Processors, waste management expert Robert Zall shares his philosophy and techniques for monitoring and accounting for food processin...

Handbook of Milk of Non-Bovine Mammals

No one can deny the fact that the cow is the primary dairy animal species to provide humans with nutritious dairy foods through its abundance of lacteal secretion. The goat or other minor dairy sp...

Multivariate and Probabilistic Analyses of Sensory Science Problems

Jean-François Meullenet / Rui Xiong / Christopher J. Findlay

Sensory scientists are often faced with making business decisions based on the results of complex sensory tests involving a multitude of variables. <i>Multivariate and Probabilistic Analyses...

Aquaculture Genome Technologies

Zhanjiang (John) Liu

Genomics is a rapidly growing scientific field with applications ranging from improved disease resistance to increased rate of growth. <i>Aquaculture Genome Technologies</i> comprehens...

Whole Grains and Health

<i>Whole Grains and Health</i> presents a science-based discussion of whole grains and their expanding role in health and disease. An international collection of authors presents curre...

Food Labeling Compliance Review

James L. Summers

Consultant and long-time Food and Drug Administration (FDA) food labeling expert James Summers answers the many questions surrounding FDA food labeling regulations and compliance in <i>Food ...

Species and System Selection for Sustainable Aquaculture

Published in Cooperation with THE UNITED STATES AQUACULTURE SOCIETY<br /> <p>As aquaculture production continues to grow and develop there is a continuous search for new species to cul...

Encapsulation and Controlled Release Technologies in Food Systems

In <i>Encapsulation and Controlled Release Technologies in Food Systems</i>, editor Lakkis has gathered a highly respected collection of expert contributors from industry and academia ...

Neotyphodium in Cool-Season Grasses

Charles P. West / Craig A. Roberts / Donald E. Spiers

Divided into logical easy-to-use sections, <i>Neotyphodium in Cool-Season Grasses</i> is an up-to-date anthology of the latest knowledge on the genus <i>Neotyphodium.</i> T...

Dietary Supplement Labeling Compliance Review

James L. Summers

Consultant and long-time FDA food and dietary supplement labeling expert James Summers offers a comprehensive guide to understanding and complying with the dietary supplement labeling requirements...