Agronomi & spannmålsproduktion

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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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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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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Fully revised and updated, this new edition of 'Aphid's on the World's Crops' is the only publication to provide non-specialist workers wherever they are in the world, with an identification guide and an information source on one of the main group...

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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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Principles and farm-tested practices for no-dig market gardening-for healthier, more productive soil! From the host of the popular The No-Till Market Garden Podcast - heard around the world with nearly one million downloads! Discovering how to mee...

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Healthy Soils for Healthy Vines provides a clear understanding of vineyard soils and how to manage and improve soil health for best vineyard performance. It covers the inherent and dynamic properties of soil health, how to choose which soil proper...

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All gardeners and farmers should be plant breeders, says author Carol Deppe. Developing new vegetable varieties doesn't require a specialized education, a lot of land, or even a lot of time. It can be done on any scale. It's enjoyable. It's deeply...

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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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Soil Microbiology, Ecology, and Biochemistry, Fifth Edition addresses the increasingly important field of soil biota and their interactions in research and education. Soil biota are extremely important, and especially relevant to today's societal ...

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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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Forages, Volume I, Seventh Edition¿is the¿most comprehensive text available for teachers of undergraduate Forages courses. This edition will provide students with a good balance of scientific principles, to aid in integrating the concepts they lea...

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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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Breeding Disease-Resistant Horticultural Crops is a complete and comprehensive resource for understanding the concept of breeding disease resistant crops, especially horticultural crops. Breeders of horticultural crops face distinct challenges tha...

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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 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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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 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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Brewers often call malt the soul of beer. Fourth in the Brewing Elements series, Malt: A Practical Guide from Field to Brewhouse delves into the intricacies of this key ingredient used in virtually all beers. This book provides a comprehensive ove...

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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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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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The use of natural and seeded grass pastures for the feeding of livestock and other unfamiliar uses for the ubiquitous grass family are described in this succinct and beautifully illustrated work.The New Naturalist series has already covered many ...

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What if the food you eat could rewind your biological clock? From the rising incidence of cancer in the under-50s to increased infertility rates, there are signs everywhere that growing numbers of us are ageing too quickly. Why? Many believe...

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What if the food you eat could rewind your biological clock? From the rising incidence of cancer in the under-50s to increased infertility rates, there are signs everywhere that growing numbers of us are ageing too quickly. Why? Many believe there...

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