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Canada is a world leader in biological control research. Reporting the status of biocontrol agents released in Canada over the last decade, this book presents case studies by target pest that evaluate the impact of biocontrol and recommend future priorities.

The CABI Encyclopedia of Forest Trees provides an extensive overview of 300 of the world's most important forest trees. Tropical, subtropical, temperate and boreal trees of major economic importance are included, covering tree species used in agroforestry practices around the world.

Examining meningitis mainly from a bacterial perspective, but also including an overview of viral, fungal and chronic meningitis, this book describes the anatomy of the meninges and clinical signs and symptoms of meningitis.

The first comprehensive review of quinoa, this book includes four sections covering the history of the crop, phylogeny and systematics, botany and agrotechnology, and the qualitative aspects, economics and marketing of quinoa, making it a vital resource for students and researchers of crop science.

This book is an accessible overview of recurring global problems in the display and analysis of health data involving a geographic component. Focusing on proven techniques for real-world data sets, it provides a comprehensible introduction to geographic information systems (GIS) and includes information on GIS applications in disaster response.

Covering the theory and practice of non-insecticidal control of insect vectors of human disease, this book provides an overview of methods including the use of botanical biocides and insect-derived semiochemicals, with an overall focus on integrated vector management strategies.

Concentrating on the experience of the volunteer tourist and the host community, this book builds on the view of volunteer tourism as a positive and sustainable form of tourism to examine a broader spectrum of behaviours and experiences and consider where the volunteer tourist experience both compliments and collides with host communities.

Australia's agricultural system has developed from almost non-existence 220 years ago to one of the most advanced and efficient today. This book provides a comprehensive account of this agricultural success story, which can stimulate policy makers, researchers and students to relate the Australian experience to their own agricultural development.

Agricultural Markets in a Transitioning Economy: An Albanian Case Study throws light on the future of agriculture in transitioning economies, in particular making a case for the important role of ongoing education.

Certain nutrients and physical activity can significantly alter immune function and inflammation, and targeted interventions may be an effective and inexpensive means to improve the inflammation and immune dysfunction associated with chronic diseases. This book explores how nutrients and physical activity impact inflammatory diseases.

Comprehensively updated to incorporate major lessons from the 2009/10 pandemic, this accessible new edition includes new contributions from global experts on surveillance, the International Health Regulations, clinical management and local health service responses, illustrated with vibrant international case studies.

Innovation has moved through a range of revolutionary epochs, but there is no clear picture of how, or if, innovation can be managed. This single, coherent volume that outlines the theory and practices related to innovation, offering a critical assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches, backed up with empirical evidence.

This book challenges the reader to examine the core beliefs that created our public parklands, comparing them with the beliefs that guide contemporary park stewardship in an effort to improve the management of parks and reassess their purpose in modern life.

Bringing together ecology and management of invasive plants within natural and agricultural ecosystems, this book bridges the knowledge gap between the processes operating within ecosystems and the practices used to prevent, contain, control and eradicate invasive plant species.

Divided into four sections covering anatomy in relation to crop management, anatomical descriptions of the major crop plants, anatomical changes in adaptation to environments and the link between anatomy and productivity, this book provides a comprehensive source of crop plant anatomy information.

This book provides an overview of the available methodology for safety assessments of microorganisms. Also covered are the regulatory systems in risk assessment and management of microbial products, quarantine legislations, international treaties, the importance of public risk perception and risk reduction behaviour.

This book documents and systematizes findings in shifting cultivation over the last six decades and also characterizes secondary succession and related changes that fallow vegetation undergoes to the process of soil fertility restoration under bush fallow.

This book is an expansion of the EFSA report on the subject, and details the significance of tick-borne diseases, identification of tick species, emerging tick-borne infections, factors influencing the spread and distribution of ticks and surveillance and control measures.

This book explores the consequences of preparing for EU accession for Serbia's agricultural policies and agri-food supply chain. It presents Serbia's agricultural and food sectors, agricultural policies, trade, environmental, animal and plant health issues, and addresses budgetary consequences of EU membership for both Serbia and the EU.

From icy poles to arid deserts, boiling pools to the depths of the sea, this exciting new work studies the remarkable life forms that have made these inhospitable environments home. A fascinating resource, it is packed with colour figures and photos showcasing the most extreme environments and the organisms that have adapted to live in them.

Richly illustrated with 600 colour photographs, this book is a visual field identification guide for symptoms of most common nutrient deficiencies in field crops, covering all their stages of occurrence. Detailed descriptions and suggestions for management practices are given with each entry.

Discussing pathology and laboratory diagnosis, this book covers diseases that cause significant threat to animals in terms of severity and epidemiological risk, as well as those which are used as models in the study of infectious disease. Also including viruses with zoonotic potential, it reviews rinderpest, Rabies, Ebola and more.

Rural women and leadership have, in recent years, come to be the focus of development initiatives in many countries. Citing examples from a case study in Northern Ireland, this book gives voice to the many vital, positive elements in rural women's leadership development.

This book provides an up-to-date treatment of antioxidant and biocidal compounds from Latin American plants. Descriptions are given for antioxidants with medicinal and biocidal properties; peptides with insecticidal and antimicrobial properties; and phytoecdysteroids, alkaloids, polyphenols, terpenoids with allelochemical properties.

Understanding the links between ecosystems, water, and food production is important to the health of all three, and sustainably managing these connections is becoming increasingly necessary. This book shows how sustainable ecosystems, especially agroecosystems, are essential for water management and food production.

This book examines evidence on the wealth of farming households, and concludes that in nearly all member states, they are not generally a poor societal sector. This new edition discusses the evidence, makes recommendations for gathering information, and considers the implications for the CAP as we enter the second decade of the 21st century.

This book documents the latest research, covering current and promising activities in four key areas: computational chemistry and chemoinformatics, High Throughput Screening (HTS), non-vertebrate model hosts and light and nano-based technologies.

Disease resistance can help sustain yield potential in cultivated crops. This book looks at disease resistance in wheat, concentrating on all of the economically important diseases - their economic impact and geographical spread, breeding for resistance, pathogen variability, resistance mechanisms and recent advances made on resistance genes.

Good animal husbandry practices and animal health are vital for people in poorer countries. This practical manual is a guide for those who train farmers in poor countries, taking into account traditional farming systems, existing inputs and resources, sustainable farming initiatives and advising on the right approaches to training.

Invasive arthropods cause significant damage in agricultural crops and natural environments across the globe. This book focuses on the most recent invasive pests of agricultural crops in temperate subtropical and tropical areas and on potential invaders, discussing their spread, biology and control.