Gardening & Horticulture

The Indian calendar is replete with festivals especially during the monsoon and the harvest time. Delicacies enjoyed during festivals in states like Gujarat, Kerala or Bengal have all been brought together between these covers. Festival Cookbook presents an impressive collection of recipes most typi... More

From Anatomy to Wildlife—everything you need to know about temperate-zone tree fruit culture and physiology! The Concise Encyclopedia of Temperate Tree Fruit is a unique resource that examines all aspects of tree fruit cultivation in the world’s temperate zones. This book addresses more than 40 ... More

The Encyclopedic Dictionary Of Plant Breeding And RelatedSubjects is the first comprehensive book that contains clear and usefuldefinitions of the terms associated with plant breeding and relatedscientific/technological disciplines. This well-organized guide defines all ofthe jargon surrounding this... More

In her first full-length nonfiction narrative, bestselling author Kingsolver opens readers' eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: you are what you eat. The bestselling author returns with a wise and compelling celebration of family, food, nature, and community.Bestselling author Barbara Kingso... More

The book "Microbes-Redefined Personality" is intended primarily as a text book of science teachers and students of biological sciences, interested in microbes and microbiology. It presents information that is mandatory in the modern aspects of biological development, economic of microorganisms, and ... More

The last quarter of the twentieth-century witnessed a burgeoning of interest in ecological or naturally inspired use of vegetation in the designed landscape. More recently a strong aesthetic element has been added to what was formerly a movement aimed at creating nature-like landscapes. The book adv... More

The value of planet Earth's biodiversity has been estimated at US $16-54 trillion per year. Trillions of dollars of food, raw materials, pharmaceuticals, oxygen production, soil nutrient enrichment, climate regulation and sheer aesthetic delight and wonder. We are reliant on biodiversity to keep the... More

128 pages (all in color), 7 1/4 x 9 1/2. ... More

When Namita is ten, her mother takes her to Kennedy Bridge, a seamy in Mumbai. There, in a cramped one room flat, lives Dhondutai. Despite her squalid surroundings, Dhondutai is special. For she is the only remaining student of the finest singers of the Jaipur gharana: the legendary Alladiya Khan an... More

James Wines is a larger-than-life character whose work cuts a swathe through modern architecture. Since 1970, when he founded SITE, the highly regarded architecture and environmental arts organisation based in New York, he and his practice have led the way to a more socially and environmentally resp... More

In recent years, plant biotechnology has emerged as an exciting area of research by creating unprecedented opportunities for the manipualtion of plant systems for better yield. This book explains the basic techniques used and the applications of plant biotechnology. The main objective of this bok wo... More

It is seen that lot of literature is available on symptomolgy of plant diseases, physiological and molecular aspects of the plant pathogens. However it is observed that all farmers are unable to identify the diseases visually. Many farmers are identifying by using their logic and past experience and... More

128 pages (all in color), 7 1/4 x 9 1/2. ... More