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Cotton Production

~~239,76€~~ 191,81€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Provides a comprehensive overview of the role of cotton in the economy and cotton production around the world This book offers a complete look at the world’s largest fiber crop: cotton. It examines its effect on the global economy—its uses and products, harvesting and processing, as well as the major challenges and their solutions, recent trends, and modern technologies involved in worldwide production of cotton. Cotton Production presents recent developments achieved by major cotton producing regions around the world, including China, India, USA, Pakistan, Turkey and Europe, South America, Central Asia, and Australia. In addition to origin and history, it discusses the recent advances in management practices, as well as the agronomic challenges and the solutions in the major cotton producing areas of the world. Keeping a focus on global context, the book provides sufficient details regarding the management of cotton crops. These details are not limited to the choice of cultivar, soil management, fertilizer and water management, pest control, cotton harvesting, and processing. <ul> <li>The first book to cover all aspects of cotton production in a global context</li> <li>Details the role of cotton in the economy, the uses and products of cotton, and its harvesting and processing</li> <li>Discusses the current state of cotton management practices and issues within and around the world’s cotton producing areas</li> <li>Provides insight into the ways to improve cotton productivity in order to keep pace with the growing needs of an increasing population </li> </ul> Cotton Production is an essential book for students taking courses in agronomy and cropping systems as well as a reference for agricultural advisors, extension specialists, and professionals throughout the industry.
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Oil Palm

de P. B. H. Tinker e R. H. V. Corley

~~223,86€~~ 179,09€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 The oil palm is the world's most valuable oil crop. Its production has increased over the decades, reaching 56 million tons in 2013, and it gives the highest yields per hectare of all oil crops. Remarkably, oil palm has remained profitable through periods of low prices.
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Quinoa - Improvement And Sustainable Production

~~227,83€~~ 182,26€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Quinoa is an ancient grain that has grown in popularity in recent years. It has been known as a good source of both protein and fiber. As the demand for quinoa increases a comprehensive and up-to-date reference on the biology and production of the crop is essential.
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Quinoa - Improvement And Sustainable Production

~~235,16€~~ 188,13€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Quinoa is an ancient grain that has grown in popularity in recent years. It has been known as a good source of both protein and fiber. As the demand for quinoa increases a comprehensive and up-to-date reference on the biology and production of the crop is essential.
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Sugarcane

~~221,21€~~ 176,97€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 From enhancing the flavour of food to providing a substrate for fermentation, sugar is renowned worldwide for its importance as a commodity. For many centuries sugarcane has been cultivated and developed, and we now have a huge range of crop varieties.
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Sugar Beet

~~373,58€~~ 298,86€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Sugar beet, alongside sugar cane, is the main source of sugar across the world. Grown widely in Europe, North and South America, Asia and parts of North Africa, the crop is at the core of a multi-billion dollar global industry. This book offers coverage of various aspects of sugar beet growing.
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Wheat - Science And Trade

~~361,66€~~ 289,33€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Wheat: Science and Trade is an up-to-date, comprehensive reference work designed to expand the current body of knowledge on this staple crop, incorporating new information made available by genetic advances, improvements in the understanding of wheat's biology, and changes in the wheat trade industry.
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Barley - Production, Improvement, And Uses

de Steven E. Ullrich

~~321,98€~~ 257,58€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Barley is one of the world's most important crops with uses ranging from food and feed production, malting and brewing to its use as a model organism in molecular research. The demand and uses of barley continue to grow and there is a need for an up-to-date comprehensive reference that looks at all aspects of the barley crop from taxonomy and morphology through to end use. Barley will fill this increasing void. Barley will stand as a must have reference for anyone researching, growing, or utilizing this important crop.
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Coffee - Recent Developments

de O. G. Vitzthum e Ronald Clarke

~~332,51€~~ 266,01€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Coffee: Recent Developments Edited by R.J. Clarke and O.G. Vitzthum Coffee, one of the most commercially important crops grown, is distributed and traded globally in a multi--million dollar world industry. This exciting new book brings together in one volume the most important recent developments affecting the crop.
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Oilseed Crops

de Edward Weiss

~~302,76€~~ 242,21€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Oilseeds are a very important component of semi--tropical and tropical agriculture, providing easily available and highly nutritious human and animal food. Many also have industrial uses and are relatively easy to incorporate into locally manufactured products.
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Sugarcane

~~218,94€~~ 175,15€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 From enhancing the flavour of food to providing a substrate for fermentation, sugar is renowned worldwide for its importance as a commodity. For many centuries sugarcane has been cultivated and developed, and we now have a huge range of crop varieties.
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Wheat - Science And Trade

~~373,05€~~ 298,44€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Wheat: Science and Trade is an up-to-date, comprehensive reference work designed to expand the current body of knowledge on this staple crop, incorporating new information made available by genetic advances, improvements in the understanding of wheat's biology, and changes in the wheat trade industry.
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Tobacco - Production, Chemistry And Technology

~~344,66€~~ 275,73€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Including all the processes from seed to smoke, this book explains the science of tobacco -- the cultivation of the plant, the leaves, curing, processing, manufacture and the physical and chemical properties of the final product. Breeding and genetics of the tobacco plant are discussed in relation to the new advances in biotechnology.
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Cotton Production

~~237,87€~~ 190,30€ 20% IMEDIATO

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Fandom - Identities And Communities In A Mediated World

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 Looks beyond television and film to literature and music to examine fans, their practices and their favorite texts. This work contains a selection of 25 essays that examine instances across the spectrum of modern cultural consumption from Karl Marx to Paris Hilton, Bach fugues to Bollywood cinema, and 19th-century concert halls to computer gaming.
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Manifest Destinies - The Making Of The Mexican American Race

de Laura E. Gomez

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 Traces the origins of Mexican Americans as a racial group in the United States, paying attention to shifting meanings of race and law in nineteenth century. This title explores the paradox of Mexican American racial status as entailing the law's designation of Mexican Americans as white and their social position as non-white in American society.
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Understanding The 2000 Election - A Guide To The Legal Battles That Decided The Presidency

de Abner Greene

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 An accessible, comprehensive guide to the legal battles that finally gave George W. Bush the Presidency five weeks after election night. Abner Greene provides a step by step, non-partisan explanation and analysis of the major legal issues involved in resolving the presidential contest.
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Post-Bellum, Pre-Harlem - African American Literature And Culture, 1877-1919

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 The years between the collapse of Reconstruction and the end of World War I mark a pivotal moment in African American cultural production. This work offers fresh perspectives on the literary and cultural achievements of African American men and women during this period of the nation's past.
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Jim Crow New York - A Documentary History Of Race And Citizenship, 1777-1877

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 In 1821, New York's political leaders met for over two months to rewrite the state's constitution. The fresh document secured the right to vote for the mass of white men while denying all but the wealthiest African-American men access to the polls. This title introduces students and scholars to this watershed event in American political life.
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The Games Black Girls Play - Learning The Ropes From Double-Dutch To Hip-Hop

de Kyra D. Gaunt

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 Argues that the games black girls play - handclapping songs, cheers, and double-dutch jump rope - reflect and inspire the principles of black popular musicmaking. The author argues that such games are connected to traditions of African and African American musicmaking, and that they teach musical and social lessons that are carried into adulthood.
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Speaking Of Race, Speaking Of Sex - Hate Speech, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties

de Anthony P. Griffin, Donald E. Lively, Henry Louis Gates Jr. e Nadine Strossen

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 Argues that hate speech restrictions are not only dangerous, but counterproductive. Acknowledging the legitimacy of concerns that prompt speech codes and combining support for civil liberties with a concern for civil rights issues, this title demonstrates that it is difficult, to draw the line between unprotected insults and protected ideas.
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Bombay Runner

de Drew Howell

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Let It Be

de Rush Roberts

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Crittenden County, Kentucky Obituaries And Death Notices Volume I 1886-1899

de Stephen Eskew

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 This book is a compilation of obituaries and death notices transcribed from issues of The Crittenden Press dating from 1886 through 1899. It includes obituaries and death notices from Crittenden County and neighboring counties in Kentucky.
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