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Books in Agricultural and biological sciences

The Agricultural and Biological Sciences collection advances science-based knowledge for the improvement of animal and plant life and for secure food systems that produce nutritious, novel, sustainable foods with minimal environmental impact. Food Science titles include not only those products from agriculture but all other aspects from food production to nutrition, health and safety, chemistry to security, policy, law and regulation. Biological Sciences address animal behaviour and biodiversity, organismal and evolutionary biology, entomology, marine biology and aquaculture, plant science and forestry.

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Aquaculture Mycology and Bacteriology

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Frederick S.B. Kibenge + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Aquaculture Mycology and Bacteriology is a practical reference to address the steadily increasing importance of infectious diseases of aquatic animals. With the burgeoning expansion of the animal aquaculture industry to new geographic areas, new microbial and parasitic species with pathogenic potential will continue to emerge. This necessitates rapid identification of the new pathogens to enable their control. Each pathogenic bacterial or fungal species is accompanied by the full description of both taxonomic and clinical information for the three major aquatic food animals (fish, crustaceans and mollusks). The book takes a comprehensive approach to facilitate research to develop vaccines or other similar pathogen mitigation measures, and is useful to bacteriologists, mycologists, aquaculturists, clinical practitioners in aquatic animal health and all those in industry, government or academia who are interested in aquaculture, fisheries and comparative biology.

Sustainable Goat Production in the Changing Climate

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Veerasamy Sejian + 2 more
  • English
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Sustainable Goat Production in the Changing Climate aims to make the global scientific and academic communities aware of the potential of goats as a livestock of the future. When compared to more popular meat sources like cattle and swine, goats have a lower carbon footprint and can aid in mitigating the effects of climate change and even improve food production, poverty, and equity issues. The book provides insights into the implication of climate change on goat production systems in addition to emphasizing the physiological potential of goats to adapt towards erratically changing climatic conditions.Finally, some of the advanced technological interventions used to assess the impact of heat stress in goats is covered. Written and edited by an international team of experts on goats, livestock, animal agriculture, and climate-smart food systems, this book will appeal to a broad audience, from researchers and livestock specialists to veterinarians and policymakers in food and sustainability.

Craft Beer

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Patrizia Romano + 2 more
  • English
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Recently, both researchers and consumers have shown strong and growing interest in craft beer, which is characterized by its small batches, local breweries, and unique varieties. Craft Beer: New Frontiers in Brewing Science provides a comprehensive picture of the craft beer market, history and legal definition, brewing processes, and the qualities and styles of the end product. It emphasizes traditional and innovative microbial resources involved in the fermentation process, as well as safety, nutrition, and emerging problems, such as the sustainability of the production process.Craft Beer: New Frontiers in Brewing Science is the first and only scientific text to comprehensively summarize this exciting field. Researchers and students in interested brewing science, as well as industry specialists from beer companies will all benefit from this unique resource.

Plant Polyphenols in the Food and Cosmetic Industries

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • José Manuel Lorenzo + 1 more
  • English
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Plant Polyphenols in the Food and Cosmetic Industries: Extraction and Applications explores the use of polyphenols in food and cosmetics.Broken into three parts, the book begins with coverage of extraction and purification processes before delving into specific food and cosmetic applications.Plant Polyphenols in the Food and Cosmetic Industries: Extraction and Applications provides nutrition researchers, food scientists, and plant scientists an opportunity to better understand the use of polyphenols in their industries.

Safety and Sustainability Aspects of Food Packaging

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Swarna Jaiswal + 2 more
  • English
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Safety and Sustainability Aspects of Food Packaging is a volume of the Sustainable Food Packaging series and serves as a comprehensive guide to the multifaceted world of food packaging. Organized into three sections, this book covers the foundations of food packaging, sustainable food packaging, and legal and regulatory aspects of food packaging. Section 1 provides an overview of the historical background and current trends in food packaging, different types of food packaging materials, and their properties and applications. Section 2 explores innovative solutions for sustainable packaging materials, packaging optimization, logistics, and carbon footprint reduction, edible and biodegradable food packaging, the environmental impact of food packaging, life cycle analysis, and design for recycling and the circular economy. Section 3 delves into regulatory and legal considerations in food packaging, consumer perception, marketing claims, safety considerations, packaging labelling, compliance, and consumer education. With the growing importance of sustainability and increasing regulatory requirements, this series of books represents a comprehensive guide to navigating this rapidly evolving landscape.

Roles of Osmolytes in Changing Environment

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Azamal Husen
  • English
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Roles of Osmolytes in Changing Environment is the only available comprehensive coverage of the recent advances in our understanding on how plants coordinate with different osmolytes, and their role in improving the tolerance of plants under stress conditions. Including insights of their effect against cold, heat, UV, submergence, wounding, extremes of temperature, drought, salinity, high metal concentrations, water logging, pollution, and nutrient deficiency stress, the book also explains the role of various osmolytes against phytopathogenic viruses, bacteria, fungi, algae, nematodes, and insects. Understanding the significance of different osmolytes for sustainable plant growth and production under diverse stress situations is increasingly important for both crop and non-crop plants. This volume presents the latest research and inspires further research toward osmolyte use in developing stress tolerance in plants. Roles of Osmolytes in Changing Environment is a valuable resource for scientists, researchers and advanced level students working in plant biology, plant physiology, plant stress physiology, plant biochemistry, botanical or crop sciences, environmental sciences, and ecological sciences.

Culinary Nutrition

  • 2nd Edition
  • April 28, 2025
  • Jacqueline B. Marcus
  • English
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Culinary Nutrition: The Science and Practice of Healthy Cooking, Second Edition is one of the first textbooks specifically written to bridge the relationship between food science, nutrition, and culinology as well as consumer choices for diet, health, and enjoyment. The book uses a comprehensive format with real-life applications, recipes, and color photographs of finished dishes to emphasize the necessity of sustainably deliverable, health-beneficial, and taste-desirable products.The book includes pedagogical elements to enhance and reinforce learning opportunities; explores which foods and beverages involve the optimum nutritional values for dietary and health needs; includes specific dietary requirements throughout the lifecycle; and examines how foods and beverages are produced. The fully revised second edition includes updated dietary and health guidelines and recommendations; more vegan, vegetarian, and plant-based meals; updated protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamin and mineral recommendations; environmental and sustainability considerations; and much more.

Mechanical Separation Processes in the Food Industry

  • 1st Edition
  • April 1, 2025
  • Seid Mahdi Jafari + 1 more
  • English
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Mechanical Separation Processes in the Food Industry, a volume in the Unit Operations and Processing Equipment in the Food Industry series, explains the processing operations and equipment necessary for mechanical separation unit operations, including filtration, centrifugation, sieving, metal detection, sedimentation, etc. These processes and unit operations are very important in the manufacture of products such as cream, fruit juices, beverages, refining of edible oils and sugar. The book's chapters emphasize basic texts relating to experimental, theoretical, computational, and/or applications of food engineering principles and the relevant processing equipment for mechanical separation unit operations.Written by experts in the field of food engineering, and in a simple and dynamic way, this book targets industrial engineers working in the field of food processing and within food factories to make them more familiar with the particular food processing operations and equipment.

Agriculture Toward Net Zero Emissions

  • 1st Edition
  • April 1, 2025
  • Sandeep Kumar + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Agriculture Toward Net Zero Emissions explores how agriculture has historically contributed to carbon emissions and then takes the reader forward, offering insights into an integrated approach to reducing those emissions toward the COP26 goal. The dual challenge of increasing production to meet population and nutrition food demands while reducing the traditional emissions generated by production practices is significant. It requires understanding the foundation of current practices and then revising those underlying principles to reflect the resources and greater insights of today.Presented in three parts, this book provides an overview of the current state of the science, explores the development of policies and plans to improve carbon management, and provides examples of technology and agroecosystem management practices. It includes the latest updates in carbon neutral farming, carbon and energy management, and addresses the knowledge gap between input management, livestock management and agroecosystem management.Advancing agroecosystem science through a roadmap for improving capacity, Agriculture Toward Net Zero Emissions is a valuable resource for those seeking to develop and apply new agricultural best practices.

AQUATIC BIOMES

  • 1st Edition
  • April 1, 2025
  • Germano Leão Demolin-Leite
  • English
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Aquatic Biomes: Global Biome Conservation and Global Warming Impacts on Ecology and Biodiversity explores the effects of anthropogenic activities on Earth’s aquatic biomes, species, and climate. It summarizes operational and potential monitoring tools to conserve or recover aquatic biomes at global scale. Written by international experts in ecology and biodiversity conservation, this book identifies the challenges and threats to aquatic organisms and connects them to real cases of conservation.Aquatic Biomes: Global Biome Conservation and Global Warming Impacts on Ecology and Biodiversity is an important resource for students, professors, researchers, governmental and non-governmental organizations active in biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation seeking guidance on the best practices for aquatic biome conservation.