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Established by Alberto Mondadori in 1958, il Saggiatore is an independent publishing house focused on literary fiction and non-fiction, with a particular emphasis on science, history and economics. Our wide-ranging non-fiction list comprises the likes of Claude Lévi-Strauss, Jean-Paul Sartre, Fernand Braudel, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Daron Acemoglu, Paul Mason, Jaron Lanier, Joseph Mazur, Mark Cousins and Piero Camporesi, among others. Our ever-growing literary fiction list includes Allen Ginsberg, Witold Gombrowicz, Joan Didion, Geoff Dyer, Olivia Laing, Esther Kinsky, Mircea Cărtărescu, László Darvasi, Akwaeke Emezi, Emma Glass, Mike McCormack and David Peace, to name just a few. Shortly after the birth of the publishing house, speaking to an Italian newspaper, Alberto Mondadori said: “I’m an explorer, I like to travel in time”. Sixty years later, his words and his vision live on, and il Saggiatore’s project is still the same: to publish books that can stand the test of time.
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August 2023Faye Fox 2. Ganz gezaubert ist halb gewonnen
by Andy Sagar, Kristina Kister, Anja Herre
Das zweite Abenteuer um Faye Fox und den reisenden Teeladen: auf nach London! Das Wilde Gelage findet endlich wieder statt! Es ist der größte magische Wettbewerb in ganz Europa und Faye Fox und ihre Freunde fahren nach London, um das aufregende Spektakel anzuschauen. Als jedoch der reisende Teeladen samt seiner Besitzerin, der Teehexe Miss Butterling, geschrumpft und vom Meisterspion des Hofs der Lichtfeen gestohlen wird, nimmt Faye an dem gefährlichen Wettkampf teil, um Dwimmerly End zurückzugewinnen. Doch die Teilnehmenden schrecken vor nichts zuru¨ck, um am Ende den großen Preis in Händen zu halten. Und die böse Feenkönigin handelt alles andere als fair. Wird es Faye Fox und ihren Freuden dennoch gelingen, Miss Butterling zu befreien? Die fantastischen Abenteuer des Mädchens mit den Fuchsohren gehen weiter. Fantasy für starke Mädchen: Hochspannung garantiert in Teil 2 der magischen Trilogie. Fantastische Hexengeschichte, in der es vor verwunschenen Orten und spleenigen Charakteren nur so wimmelt. Atmosphärisch dicht und aufregend: Endlich geht das Abenteuer des Mädchens mit den Fuchsohren und seiner Freunde weiter – für Kinder ab 10 Jahren. Dich fesseln die Romane von Katja Brandis und Anna Ruhe? Du konntest „Nevermoor“ und „Fuchsland“ nicht aus der Hand legen? Dann bist du in Miss Butterlings Dwimmerly End goldrichtig! Von Andy Sagar, der Jura studiert hat und dessen Doktorarbeit zur Rolle des Gesetzes bei der Hexenverfolgung ihn zu diesem Fantasy-Abenteuer inspirierte.
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October 2006Regeln und Prinzipien.
Zur Soziologie juristischer Argumentation am Beispiel persönlichkeitsrechtlicher Normbildung im Bereich der Genanalyse.
by Maitra, Dilip David
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August 2022Faye Fox 1. Eine Prise Wunder hilft bei jedem Fluch
by Andy Sagar, Kristina Kister, Anja Herre
Die fantastischen Abenteuer des Mädchens mit den Fuchsohren. Die zwölfjährige Faye Fox wurde mit Fuchsohren geboren und ihr Leben lang als Hauptattraktion im Zirkus ausgestellt. Doch sie träumt von einem besseren Leben bis eines Tages ein kleines Wunder geschieht: Die freundliche Hexe Miss Butterling nimmt Faye in ihrem magischen Teeladen als Lehrling auf. Ein Traum scheint wahr zu werden. Täglich ist Faye nun umgeben von zuckrig-leckerem Gebäck, verrückt-zauberhaften Zutaten und skurril-lebendigem Geschirr. Bei Miss Butterling findet sie neue Freunde, zum Beispiel einen vorlauten weißen Raben namens Madrigal. Alles wäre gut, wäre da nicht der fiese Mr Gram, König der Toten. Einst versprach er Faye, sie von ihren ungeliebten Fuchsohren zu befreien – unter einer Bedingung: Sie soll ihm ins Reich der Toten folgen. Werden Faye und ihre Freunde den bösen Fluch des Mr Gram abwenden können? Fantasy für starke Mädchen – Spannung garantiert. Start der magischen Trilogie um Faye Fox und ihre Freunde: Band 2 und 3 folgen 2023 und 2024. Du hast Nevermoor und Ein Mädchen namens Willow geliebt, hast Fuchsland verschlungen? Dann freu dich darauf Faye Fox kennenzulernen. Kinderbuch ab 10 Jahren für alle großen und kleinen Fans fantasievoller, magischer Hexen-Geschichten.
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August 2023Faye Fox 1. Eine Prise Wunder hilft bei jedem Fluch
by Andy Sagar, Ilka Teichmüller, Anja Herre
Die fantastischen Abenteuer des Mädchens mit den Fuchsohren. Die zwölfjährige Faye Fox wurde mit Fuchsohren geboren und ihr Leben lang als Hauptattraktion im Zirkus ausgestellt. Doch sie träumt von einem besseren Leben bis eines Tages ein kleines Wunder geschieht: Die freundliche Hexe Miss Butterling nimmt Faye in ihrem magischen Teeladen als Lehrling auf. Ein Traum scheint wahr zu werden. Täglich ist Faye nun umgeben von zuckrig-leckerem Gebäck, verrückt-zauberhaften Zutaten und skurril-lebendigem Geschirr. Bei Miss Butterling findet sie neue Freunde, zum Beispiel einen vorlauten weißen Raben namens Madrigal. Alles wäre gut, wäre da nicht der fiese Mr Gram, König der Toten. Einst versprach er Faye, sie von ihren ungeliebten Fuchsohren zu befreien – unter einer Bedingung: Sie soll ihm ins Reich der Toten folgen. Werden Faye und ihre Freunde den bösen Fluch des Mr Gram abwenden können? Fantasy für starke Mädchen – Spannung garantiert. - Start der magischen Trilogie um Faye Fox und ihre Freunde - Du hast Nevermoor und Ein Mädchen namens Willow geliebt, hast Fuchsland verschlungen? Dann freu dich darauf Faye Fox kennenzulernen. - Kinderhörbuch ab 10 Jahren für alle großen und kleinen Fans fantasievoller, magischer Hexen-Geschichten.
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September 2023Faye Fox 2. Ganz gezaubert ist halb gewonnen
by Andy Sagar, Ilka Teichmüller, Anja Herre, Kristina Kister
Das Wilde Gelage findet endlich wieder statt! Es ist der größte magische Wettbewerb in ganz Europa und Faye Fox und ihre Freunde fahren nach London, um das aufregende Spektakel anzuschauen. Als jedoch der reisende Teeladen samt seiner Besitzerin, der Teehexe Miss Butterling, geschrumpft und vom Meisterspion des Hofs der Lichtfeen gestohlen wird, muss Faye an dem gefährlichen Wettkampf teilnehmen, um Dwimmerly End zurückzugewinnen. Die böse Feenkönigin handelt allerdings alles andere als ehrlich. Wird es Faye Fox und ihren Freuden dennoch gelingen Miss Butterling rechtzeitig zu befreien? Die fantastischen Abenteuer des Mädchens mit den Fuchsohren gehen weiter. Hochspannung garantiert!
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Botany & plant sciencesDecember 2011Invasive Alien Plants
An Ecological Appraisal for the Indian subcontinent
by A S Raghubanshi, A Sathyanarayana, A S Yadav, Aijaz Hassan Ganie, Anzar A Khuroo, B A Wafai, C Muthumperumal, C N Pandey, D Adhikari, Daizy R Batish, G H Dar, G P Sharma, G C. S. Negi, Gurpreet Kaur, H P Singh, Irfan Rashid, Irshad A Hamal, Ishwar Singh, J P N Rai, J K Patterson Edward, Kavitha Sagar, L Arul Pragasan, M L Khan, M Pant, Manzoor A Shah. Edited by J R Bhatt, J S Singh, S P Singh, R S Tripathi, Ravinder K Kohli.
Invasive alien species are a major threat to biodiversity and ecosystems throughout the world. In India, a country with four of the world's most important 'biodiversity hotspots', the invasion of alien plants means risking a national ecological disaster with major social and economic consequences. Currently, there is insufficient information about invasive alien plants; their distribution, rate of spread and adaptability to new environments. This book reveals existing and potential invaders, evaluates the level of risk they pose to native species and suggests steps to manage spread and limit damage. Invaluable to policy-makers, this book is also required reading for researchers of invasive plants worldwide.
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November 2024Genetic Engineering of Vegetable Crops
by Pritam Kalia, Donata Arena, Suresh H. Antre, Rehna Augustine, S. Backiyarani, Nikita Balyan, Rafal Baranski, Satyaprakash Barik, D. R. Bhardwaj, Vinay Bhardwaj, S.K. Chakrabarti, Supriya Chakraborty, Branca Ferdinando, Megha Ganachari, P.H. Ramanjini Gowda, Rasmieh Hamid, Vageeshbabu S. Hanura, Feba Jacob, A. Jeevalatha, Anjala K, Varsha K, S. Kalpana, Ashish Kaushal, Magdalena Klimek-Chodacka, Manoj Kumar, Polumetla Ananda Kumar, Ravinder Kumar, Aneta Lukasiewicz, DC Lakshamanareddy, T Makeshkumar, M. Malavika, Manisha Mangal, Deepu Mathew, Pallavi Mishra, Upsana Mohapatra, N. Nagesha, T.M. Ningaraju, Saurabh Pandey, Naresh Ponnam, K N Poornima, Roshini Pydi, Manoj Prasad, K. V. Ravishankar, K. Madhavi Reddy, A. T. Sadashiva, Vidya Sagar, Koushik Saha, B.G. Sangeetha, Sanjay Sathian, K.M Senthilkumar, Sanjeev Sharma, M.N. Sheela, H.K. Shreyas, B.P. Singh, Arpita Srivastav, S Sundaresha, KRM Swamy, Kamil Szymonik, Brindha T. M, Arun TS, Jagesh K. Tiwari, Shailesh K Tiwari, Simone Trecc
Conventional plant breeding alone can no longer sustain the rising global demand for food. Genetic engineering technology makes it possible to develop new crop varieties with improved yield performance, specific quality attributes (external and internal in vegetable crops), resistance to diseases and insect pests, and environmental stresses. Genetic engineering technology for developing GM crops is complementary to genome editing and other breeding technologies. In addition to food requirements, transgenic crops have the possibility to carry edible vaccines and therapeutic proteins, to help combat human disease and malnutrition. This book reviews the importance and safety of transgenic vegetable crops and covers a wide variety of crops and different technologies. It includes: Genetic engineering in tomato, eggplant, peppers, amaranth, cauliflower, carrot, cucurbits, potato, tropical tubers and melons. Transgenic resistance to viral diseases. Embryogenic cell suspension culture. Genome editing and CRISPR/Cas9. Molecular techniques for biofortification. RNAi strategies for vegetable crop improvement. Designing futuristic vegetable crop varieties. This book is suitable for researchers in horticulture, plant science, and agricultural biotechnology as well as practitioners in vegetable breeding and seed production.
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Agriculture & farmingNovember 2022Intercropping System
Theory and Practices
by Sagar Maitra
Intercropping system is an age-old cropping system where two or more crops coexist for a significant time of their growth period. In the present context of negative impacts on crop productivity and soil fertility, a system approach in cropping has become more relevant. The book Intercropping System is divided into nine chapters that deal with the theory and practices of the intercropping system including recent research evidence. The first two chapters describe the overview of the intercropping system and complexity as well as the competitive relationship among component crops. The third chapter narrates the management options in the intercropping systems, while the fourth chapter highlights the multifaceted benefits of an intercropping system. Chapter 5 tells the suitability for the adoption of the intercropping system in organic agriculture. The sixth chapter describes how an intercropping system can ensure agricultural sustainability and some of the sustainable development Goals (SDGs). Chapter 7 illustrates the practice of alley cropping, a form of agroforestry, in resource-poor conditions. Legumes are considered an automatic choice in the intercropping system and hence, in the eighth chapter, the benefits of the inclusion of legumes as components have been described. Finally, in the ninth chapter, the performance of important crops in the intercropping system has been highlighted.
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Sustainable agricultureSeptember 2018Cutting Edge Technology for Agricultural Sustainability
by A. Zaman & Sagar Maitra
The book contains 33 chapters pertaining to sections on (i) water resource management (ii) irrigation water management (iii) soil resource management (iv) sustainability in agriculture and (v) crop management and productivity with the content contributed by eminent researchers throughout the world. The book will come as an important contribution to the latest agricultural technologies in bridging up the gap of scientific information to the researchers and policy makers in different relevant field of specialization.
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Football (Soccer, Association football)October 2012Everton FC On This Day
History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year
by Neil Roberts
Everton On This Day revisits all the most magical and memorable moments from the club's distinguished past, mixing in a maelstrom of quirky anecdotes and legendary characters to produce an irresistibly dippable diary of royal blue history - with an entry for every day of the year. From the club's Victorian roots, playing at Anfield in salmon pink or even ruby red, right up to the Premier League era, Evertonians have witnessed glorious league and cup triumphs, a record top-tier run, a World Cup semi-final at Goodison Park and heady nights of European conquest culminating against Bayern Munich and Rapid Vienna in 1985 - all featured here. All-time greats including Dixie Dean, Ted Sagar and Brian Labone, Alan Ball, Graeme Sharp and Neville Southall loom larger than life, appearing alongside Everton heroes such as Harry Catterick, Howard Kendall and the "Golden Vision" Alex Young.
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FictionJanuary 2018The Wayward Daughter
A Kathmandu Story
by Shradha Ghale
Set against the backdrop of approaching civil war, the story of a young girl’s coming of age by one of Nepal’s newest, strongest voices writing in English Sumnima Tamule is in a crisis. Her friends at Rhododendron High School—all girls from semi-royal and other rich families—will soon be going abroad, but she, with second-division marks in her final exams, might have to settle for a grimy little college in town. Her parents, plodding away in middle-class Kathmandu, are deeply disappointed, and all their hopes are now pinned on Numa, her sister. Sundry cousins from their village in far-off Lungla—driven out by poverty and the warring Maoists—come to live with the family, trample upon her privacy, and wage kitchen politics with Boju, her foul-tongued grandmother. Other relatives embarrass her with their gauche village ways. And, worst of all, Sagar, Sumnima’s US-returned RJ boyfriend, for whom she has been lying, sneaking around and stealing money from home, keeps her waiting for his phone calls. Employing a rich cast of characters, The Wayward Daughter tells the story of a young girl seeking out love, finding herself and her own spaces in life. Equally, it draws a telling portrait of Kathmandu—its class and caste divisions, its cosmopolitanism which exists alongside conservative attitudes, and its politics due to which a civil war looms. Written with humour, empathy and skill, this novel is a must-read.
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MedicineAugust 2015Fast Facts: Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Dyscrasias
by Karthik Ramasamy, Sagar Lonial
Multiple Myeloma accounts for approximately 0.8% of cancers worldwide, with about 114 000 new cases each year. Rapid progress is being made in the development of new treatments and, although myeloma is incurable at present, survival has almost tripled over the past 10 years and it is now projected that a third of patients will survive more than 10 years after diagnosis. Fast Facts: Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Dyscrasias emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis for a favourable outcome, covers the ever-increasing role of genetics in diagnosis and treatment, and discusses new and gold-standard treatments. A chapter on supportive care also features and briefs the healthcare professional on long-term outcomes and quality of life issues. Primarily intended for primary care providers, specialist nurses, junior doctors and allied healthcare professionals, this highly readable resource provides a comprehensive overview of myeloma and other plasma cell dyscrasias, from bench to bedside, putting the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of these disorders in the context of daily clinical practice.
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MedicineAugust 2015Fast Facts: Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Dyscrasias, Lite Version
by Karthik Ramasamy, Sagar Lonial
Multiple Myeloma accounts for approximately 0.8% of cancers worldwide, with about 114 000 new cases each year. Rapid progress is being made in the development of new treatments and, although myeloma is incurable at present, survival has almost tripled over the past 10 years and it is now projected that a third of patients will survive more than 10 years after diagnosis. Fast Facts: Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Dyscrasias emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis for a favourable outcome, covers the ever-increasing role of genetics in diagnosis and treatment, and discusses new and gold-standard treatments. A chapter on supportive care also features and briefs the healthcare professional on long-term outcomes and quality of life issues. Primarily intended for primary care providers, specialist nurses, junior doctors and allied healthcare professionals, this highly readable resource provides a comprehensive overview of myeloma and other plasma cell dyscrasias, from bench to bedside, putting the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of these disorders in the context of daily clinical practice.
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Mineralogy & gemsJanuary 2009A Handbook of Minerals, Crystals, Rocks and Ores
by P.O. Alexander
The book is divided into four sections, minerals, crystals, rocks and ores. Section A incorporates nine chapterss, begins with presenting salient features of the earth--its structure and composition. The second Minerals and Mineralogy briefly tells about their diversity and their categorisation and introduces the interesting way they are named. Crystal chemistry the third is the heart and soul of mineralogy and deals in somewhat details about the building blocks of minerals -atoms and ions and the way they form diverse types of minerals are. It tries to tell why every combination of chemical compounds cannot result into a naturally occurring mineral. The fourth and fifth s deal with Properties of Minerals, physical and optical. The section describe various physical properties that are helpful in the identification both in hand specimens and as thin section under the microscope. These two s are adequately aided with a number of illustrations, photographs and photomicrographs to bring home the point. five deals with classification of minerals and their occurrence and forms a prelude to the next two s on descriptive mineralogy. Important silicate and non silicate minerals are described in s eight and nine. A brief description of mineral uses is dealt with in both descriptive mineralogy as well Section D on mineral deposits, however, the last , Mineral uses presents an overall picture and will be interesting as well as educating to students and even general reader. Section B is devoted to crystals and crystallography. one introduces the subject while two presents basic crystallographic elements. three deals with the main six crystals systems while also giving a preliminary idea about stereographic projection and x-ray crystallography. Section C covers petrology, beginning with introduction to science of petrology, rock nomenclature. two is devoted to the study of igneous rocks, including their forms, composition, textures, structures, classification and description. Sedimentary rocks is the theme of three while different aspects of metamorphic rocks including kinds and agents of metamorphism and classification and description of metamorphism. The last portion of this also considers metamorphism in the background of global tectonics. five, the rock cycle presents a concise summary of geological events that have shaped the planet earth. The last section D is what geology is all about for a man on the street and its significance in nation building--the Ore minerals. It begins with what ore is and its place in human affairs as a well as presenting the important terminology in economic geology. two deals with ore genesis and presents various hypogene and supergene process that carves out ore deposits from non economic materials. three, mineral deposits and global tectonics is becoming a very popular theme among the earth scientists. A brief introduction of the same will be certainly appreciated by the student community and prompt them for further study in this direction. A general survey of Indias mineral resources is the theme of four. It covers almost all of the commonly used ores, metallic, non metallic or fuels. The last of section D and the boom, Indian mineral industry: some facts and figures will present where our country stands in the realm of mineral resources. Latest available data of resources, production, export, import, organisations that matter and other useful facts and figures are presented.
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Agriculture & farmingJune 2020Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
Utilization and Conservation Techniques
by Gopal Shukla ,Bidhan Roy, Vineeta & Sumit Chakravarty
Medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) are invaluable natural resources of use to human race, without which the survival of human/ animal race is incredible. There is an enormous diversity of plants which are put into medicinal, beauty care and culinary purposes. Cultivation of commercially important medicinal plants is in high demand as the global community is growing towards a green and herbal oriented approach. India as a country has thousands of years old traditional medicinal systems which rely solely on medicinal plants. There is a gradual loss of medicinal plants with the increasing demand of plant derived drugs. Majority of medicinal plants are still collected from the wild. This doesnt meet the demand and thereby pave ways to adulterants. The over extraction and ignorant activities cause biodiversity loss. Farm production of MAPs in these days is extremely vulnerable to underlying climate risk. Sustainable management of these resources requires urgent attention for environmental stability and improvement of livelihood. New income generating opportunities are opening up for rural populations and in particular for small-scale farmers as well as marginal farmers through MAPs cultivation. New generation are not well aware of the various uses of many plants to which it was put before. Thus there is an urgent need to spread the knowledge and conserve the wild populations of medicinal plant diversity in various forest areas of India. Considering the importance of the MAPs, an attempt was taken in this edited book to understand and highlight the role of MAPs in livelihood improvement and income generation through cultivation, conservation and utilisation. Most of the chapters in this book dealt with individual medicinal plants in detail. Two chapters have also been included on pests and diseases management of MAPs. Nowadays, IPR issues are more important. One chapter has been included on IPR issues on medicinal plants. A chapter also devoted on value addition of the medicinal plant products.
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Sustainable agricultureNovember 2022Advanced Extension & Communication Strategies for Sustainable Livelihood Through Animal Husbandry and Allied Farming System
by Arunasis Goswami & Sukanta Biswas
The book is divided into two advanced thematic area, where in first part, 22 numbers of nationally acclaimed eminent authors contributed in various aspects of Advanced Extension and Communication Strategies and in second part, 21 numbers of eminent resource persons explained different concepts of Applied Extension & Communication Strategies for Sustainable Livelihood Through Animal Husbandry & Allied Farming System. In these two thematic area, several nationally acclaimed eminent authors contributed on various topics of basic & advanced communication-management skills , problem solving, Negotiation, project management skills, social networking, conflict & stress management, emotional intelligence, ICT in knowledge management, technology socialization, supply chain management and research prioritization techniques have well been accommodated and supported by advanced research methodology and empirical studies. Considering the need and importance of sustainable and holistic societal development and developing competency and efficiency of the extension performers, this multi-authorship compilation will be immense helpful and educative for the faculty, scholars, researchers and field functionaries of Extension education in pan India.
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Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensingSeptember 2017Soil Resources and Its Mapping Through Geostatistics Using R and QGIS
by Priyabrata Santra, Mahesh Kumar, N.R. Panwar & C.B. Pandey
This book will provide an exposure to recent developments in the field of geostatistical modeling, spatial variability of soil resources, and preparation of digital soil maps using R and GIS and potential application of it in agricultural resource management. Specifically following major areas are covered in the book.
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Sustainable agricultureJuly 2021Sustainable Farming
by Partha Sarathi, Kausik Pradhan, Shyamal Kheroar, Amrit Tamang & Pabitra Adhikary
In the recent era, the ability to future generation to produce food and enjoy productivity decreases in a faster rate due to the depletion of the natural resource base through high external input based agriculture. It is believed that, the decline of ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia, the Mediterranean region, Pre-Columbian southwest U.S. and Central America is strongly influenced by natural resource degradation from non-sustainable farming and forestry practices. In this backdrop the sustainable agriculture is utilizing the existing natural resource base and low external input for regenerating the productive capacity of the same along with the minimization of harmful impacts on ecosystems.
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Agriculture & farmingJanuary 2012Microbial Diversity and Functions
by D. Joseph Bagyara ,K.V.B.R. Tilak & H.K.Kheri
The book contains 31 articles written by distinguished scientists of the country having expertise in dealing with the microbes and exploiting their potential for the benefits of mankind. The articles included in the book are thought provocating and deals with: o the topics of Taxonomy, Diversity and Applications of VAM fungi in different Ecosystems o Applications of Microbial Technology for Treatment of effluents of a Gelatine Factory, Biodiversity of Mycotoxigenic Fungi and Trichoderma, o Useful microbes of Mangrove Ecosystem, Extremophiles, PGPRs, Phytotoxins, Litter decomposition, Biopesticides, Botanical Pesticides, biofertilizers and so many others including major concerns about the Evolution and Conservation of Microbial Biodiversity. o All the articles written by the authors are original, timely and appropriate.
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NanotechnologyJanuary 2012Applied Computational Biology and Statistics in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (Set of 2 Vols.)
by Ajit Kumar Roy
The book entitledis aimed to cater to the growing demand of academia, researchers and commercial ventures. Altogether there are forty four s divided into the following broad sections like 1. Bioinformatics, Genomics and Proteomics, 2. Phylogeny 3. Drug Design and Epigenomics 4. Advanced Computational Tools and Techniques 5. Statistical methods for computational biology, data mining and visualization 6. Socio Economics and Ethics. This book presents the foundations of key problems in computational molecular biology and bioinformatics. It contains basic molecular biology concepts, tools, techniques and ways to measure sequence similarity, presents simple applications of searching sequence databases. After introducing methods for aligning multiple biological sequences and genomes, the text explores applications of the phylogenetic tree, methods for comparing phylogenetic trees, the problem of gene expression and motif finding. Interestingly, it is attempted to introduce computational biology without formulas that presents the biological and computational ideas in a relatively simple manner. It focuses on computational and statistical principles applied to genomes, and introduces the computational statistics that are crucial for understanding and visualization of problems. This makes the material accessible to Statistician and computer scientists without biological training, as well as to biologists with limited background in Statistics and computer science. Furthermore one has been exclusively devoted to computational biology and computational statistics as applied in biotechnology illustrated with methodology, application and interpretation of results. More than four hundred figures, illustrations and diagrams reinforce concepts and present key results from the primary literature that will be very much useful to grasp on the subject, visualize the output and make right interpretation of the result. The book will be useful for all those working in Biotechnology sector in general and particularly researchers working in the laboratories of ICAR, CSIR, SAUs and many more institutions engaged R&D activities.
