Russia and the other republics of the former USSR are now more accessible than at any other time in history. In the future, the forest resource of Russia, easily the greatest of any country in the world, will become even more globally important both environmentally and commercially. This new dictionary incorporates an updated and enlarged version of the first Russian-English edition, published in 1966, plus an entirely new English-Russian section of similar size. It contains many new terms, species names, acronyms and abbreviations to account for the great changes which have taken place in Russian forestry in terms of mechanization, woodworking technology, forest management and economics, environmental pollution and conservation. A list of the botanical names of trees and shrubs, with their Russian and English equivalents has also been included. The book has been compiled by Dr William Linnard, former Assistant Director of the Commonwealth Forestry Bureau, with over 40 years’ experience of abstracting and translating forestry literature and David Darrah-Morgan, a full-time translator, specializing in forestry and related fields.

Russian-English Forestry and Wood Dictionary

Reference

Cab Intl

Human Gene Mapping Techniques

Science & Math

Donis-Keller, Helen

Biological Sciences

The essential handbook for everyone who works with or is interested in fungi (and lichens). This new edition, with about 16,500 entries, is the most far reaching revision of this standard reference work since the first edition of 1943. This the most complete listing of generic names of fungi (and lichens) available. For each the date of publication, status, systematic position, number of accepted species, distribution, and references to key publications is given. Diagnoses of families, orders and higher categories are included for most groups. In addition, there are explanations of terms used in mycology and lichenology, biographical notes, information on well known metabolites and mycotoxins, and short accounts of almost all pure and applied aspects of the subject- always including citations the important literature.

Ainsworth and Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi (Including the Lichens)

Ainsworth, G. C.

Bisby, Guy Richard

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

This book covers Goat production in the Tropics.

Goat Production in the Tropics

Engineering & Transportation

Devendra, C.

Engineering

Soil fertility is the overriding constraint to food production in the tropics, and yet in many developing countries fertilizers are unavailable or beyond the reach of subsistence farmers. The biological fixation of atmospheric nitrogen is the only way that plants can manufacture their own fertilizer and is the main input of nitrogen in many tropical cropping systems. This book provides a review of the main nitrogen-fixing grain crops, fodder plants and trees in the tropics and how the inputs of nitrogen can be most efficiently utilized for sustainable agricultural production.

Nitrogen Fixation in Tropical Cropping Systems

Giller, Ken E

Wilson, Kate J.

Medicinal Plants-Metabolite Production in Vitro: A Bibliography Compiled from the Cab Abstracts Database

A comprehensive overview of both traditional and current knowledge on the health effects of plant based antioxidants, this book reviews medicinal and aromatic plants from around the world. It covers the different sources of antioxidants including essential oils, algae and marine microorganisms, as well as the role of abiotic and biotic stresses, endophytes, transgenic approaches in scavenging ROS and antioxidant plants used in different therapeutic systems.

Plants as a Source of Natural Antioxidants

Fruits and vegetables are one of the richest sources of ascorbic acid, other antioxidants and produce specific bioactive compounds. A general consensus from health experts has confirmed that an increased dietary intake of specific bioactive compounds found in some fresh produce types may protect against oxidative damage and reduce the incidence of certain cancers and chronic diseases. This book collectively discusses and reviews empirical data on health-promoting properties of major fresh produce types. It provides detailed information on identity, nature, bioavailablity, chemopreventative effects and postharvest stability of specific chemical classes with known bioactive properties. In addition, chapters discuss the various methodologies for extraction, isolation, characterization and quantification of bioactive compounds and the in vitro and in vivo anticancer assays.

Health-promoting Properties of Fruits and Vegetables

Terry, Leon

In most developing countries, good quality seed is hard to obtain and farmers struggle to save seed from one year to the next. This title takes a people-centred look at the companies, public agencies and family farms that are taking on this role and making a difference to food security across Africa.

African Seed Enterprises: Sowing the Seeds of Food Security

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

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