Agronomi & spannmålsproduktion

Gräsättlingar försörjer mänskligheten, ris, vete och majs är alla gräs. Rågen, från början ett turkiskt ogräs, blev så småningom nationalsymbol i Finland. Rågen har besjungits i dikten och svedjebruket har avbildats i konsten. Under ljusa sommarnä...

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Författaren, Bengt Weidow, är agronom med växtodlingsinriktning och har mångårig erfarenhet som växtodlingslärare och som medverkande vid fortbildningskurser. Han har givit ut ett flertal läroböcker inom sitt ämnesområde.

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Agroecology is at the forefront of transforming our food systems. This bestselling textbook provides the essential foundation for understanding this transformation in all its components: agricultural, ecological, economic, social, cultural, and po...

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Årets Svenska Måltidslitteratur 2021 Bli inspirerad att göra som Selma Lagerlöf gjorde - börja varje ny dag med en skål nyttig skrädmjölsvälling! Följ med till Sveriges tre kvarnar som mal skrädmjöl: Stöpafors Kvarn, Björkaholm Qvarn och Femtå Qva...

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Stan Hieronymus expertly explains the nature of hops, their origins, hop quality and utilization--and even devotes an entire chapter to dry hopping. For the Love of Hops also includes a reference catalog of more than 100 varieties and their charac...

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Fröet är matens bortglömda huvudrollsinnehavare. Det är fröerna som ser till att sushiriset mognar på andra sidan jorden, som säkrar vetet i pastan och som ordnar morgonkaffet. Nästan allt vi äter börjar med ett frö. Utan fröerna skulle tallrikarn...

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Often playing second fiddle to hops in the minds of craft beer drinkers, malt is the backbone of beer: "No barley, no beer." Malt defines the color, flavor, body, and alcohol of beer and has been cultivated for nearly as long as agriculture has ex...

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The Ecological Farm is a breakthrough resource for ecological fruit and vegetable growers at every scale who want to go beyond organic. Through a unique ecosystem-balancing approach focusing on reduced tillage, minimising farm and garden inputs an...

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This is the definitive history of Monsanto, a St. Louis chemical firm that became the world's largest genetically engineered seed enterprise. Monsanto merged with German pharma-biotech giant Bayer in 2018 but its Roundup Ready seeds, introduced tw...

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Att mala mjöl var i tidernas begynnelse en tung och tidskrävande syssla. Tidigt utvecklades därför malningsteknik som hämtade kraft från naturen. Kvarnnäringen kan därför betraktas som den allra äldsta industrigrenen. I boken lyfts kvarnnäringen f...

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Följ med ut i de svenska rapsmarkerna och titta in i de böljande raps¿fältens hemliga vrår. Du får veta det mesta om fröer, pålrötter och träffa en och annan rapsbagge. Du kan både se och läsa om hur raps odlas, förädlas och hur det går till att p...

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As the crucible of life, the source and final resting place of everything that grows, soil inspires reverence not only in the peasant who derives his daily bread from it, but also in the scientist who contemplates its meaning as the place where li...

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A comprehensive and lushly photographed guide to growing and using healing plants, including recipes, from the founder of the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine This is the ultimate reference for anyone looking to bring the beauty and therapeutic ...

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This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of plant diseases, including pathogens, plant-pathogen interactions, their management, and future perspectives. Plant diseases limit potential crop production and are responsible f...

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The origin of agriculture is one of the defining events of human history. Some 11-10,000 years ago bands of hunter-gatherers started to abandon their high-mobility lifestyles in favour of growing crops, and the creation of settled, sedentary commu...

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Bränning av gräs i ängs- och betesmarker har en lång historia i Sverige. Bränning som skötselmetod var särskilt utbredd i sydvästra Sveriges ljunghedar, men även i andra delar av landet och i andra slags marker har man använt elden för att hålla m...

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This is the story of the bean, the staple food cultivated by humans for over 10,000 years. From the lentil to the soybean, every civilization on the planet has cultivated its own species of bean. The humble bean has always attracted attention - fr...

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Successful seed supplies are vital in maintaining vegetable production and availability, and for ensuring food security for many subsistence farmers in developing countries. Providing a broad and expert coverage of the horticultural production of ...

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This book examines the changing roles and functions of the soybean throughout world history and discusses how this reflects the complex processes of agrofood globalization. The book uses a historical lens to analyze the processes and features that...

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This new and updated edition of a popular text provides a broad, balanced review of the scientific knowledge of strawberries and their cultivation. The worldwide strawberry industry has grown substantially since the original book was published, an...

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Each chilli demands and deserves to be known in its own right. With hundreds of varieties, and a dizzying array of flavours, shapes, sizes and colours, chillies are a key ingredient in everything from our favourite curries to drinks and desserts. ...

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Most food and fiber crops are produced from seed. This means that the world's population is dependent on annual seed production for its food supply. Vegetable seed production is much different and more challenging than production of grain crops. T...

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From the best-selling author of The Circle - the gripping true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana'a by civil war Mokhtar Alkh...

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Mr. Faulkner's masterpiece is recognized as the most important challenge to agricultural orthodoxy that has been advanced in this century. Its new philosophy of the soil, based on proven principles and completely opposed to age-old concepts, has h...

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The urban landscape has swallowed vast swaths of prime farmland across North America. Imagine how much more self-reliant our communities would be if thirty million acres of lawns were made productive again. Permaculture is a practical way to apply...

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Essential for all gardeners, horticulturists, teachers, students and naturalists, this is a practical guide to dealing with the pests, diseases and disorders that commonly affect fruit, vegetables, trees and ornamental garden plants.A revision of ...

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