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• Fundamentals of Tree and Vine Physiology
• Mechanical Management of Modern Planar Fruit Tree Canopies
• Orchard Water Management
• Vineyard Water Management
• Pests and diseases management
• Advanced Technologies for Crop-load Management
• Mechanical Harvesting
• Autonomous Platforms
• Management Information Systems and Emerging Technologies
• Economic and Societal Aspects.

Modern tree fruit orchards and vineyards constitute complex production systems that are exposed to highly dynamic and stochastic natural, financial and societal forces, and face demands for increased production using fewer resources, with reduced environmental impact. Successful operation of orchards and vineyards under these conditions is practically impossible without careful and extensive use of state-of-the-art automation technologies and careful planning of future operations (e.g., training systems when replanting) that can be enabled by knowledge of emerging technologies and future trends. Also, improvement of existing automation technologies and development of novel future systems cannot be accomplished without a working understanding of the tree and vine biological production systems, their management needs, and the capabilities and limitations of existing automation systems. The book aims to provide the necessary knowledge to achieve the above goals in a way that can engage readers without engineering or horticultural backgrounds. .

• 1. Introduction to Forest Monitoring Using Advanced Remote Sensing Technology
• 2. Geospatial Perspectives of Sustainable Forests Management to Enhance Ecosystem Services and Livelihood Security
• 3. Distinguishing Carotene and Xanthophyll Contents in the Leaves of Riparian Forest Species by Applying Machine Learning Algorithms to Field Reflectance Data
• 4. Modelling of Abiotic Stress of Conifers with Remote Sensing Data
• 5. Retrieval of Mangrove Forest Properties Using Synthetic Aperture Radar
• 6. Photosynthetic Variables Estimation in a Mangrove Forest
• 7. Quantifying Carbon Stock Variability of Species within a Reforested Urban Landscape Using Texture Measures Derived from Remotely Sensed Imagery
• 8. Mapping Oil Palm Plantations in the Fringe of Sebangau National Park, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
• 9. Forest Fire Susceptibility Mapping by Integrating Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Algorithms
• 10. Leveraging Google Earth Engine (GEE) and Landsat Images to Assess Bushfire Severity and Postfire Short-Term Vegetation Recovery: a Case Study of Victoria, Australia.
• 11. Recent Advancement and Role of Drones in Forest monitoring: Research and Practices
• 12. Applications of Multi-Source and Multi-Sensor Data Fusion of Remote Sensing for Forest Species Mapping
• 13. Challenges and Monitoring Methods of Forest Management through Geospatial Application
• 14. Challenges and Future Possibilities Towards Himalayan Forest Monitoring.
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Advances in Remote Sensing for Forest Monitoring An expert overview of remote sensing as applied to forests and other vegetation In Advances in Remote Sensing for Forest Monitoring, a team of distinguished researchers delivers an expansive and insightful discussion of the latest research on remote sensing technologies as they relate to the monitoring of forests, plantations, and other vegetation. The authors also explore the use of unmanned aerial vehicles and drones, as well as multisource and multi-sensor data - such as optical, SAR, LIDAR, and hyperspectral data. The book draws on the latest data and research to show how remote sensing solutions are being used in real-world settings. It offers contributions from researchers and practitioners from a wide variety of backgrounds and geographical regions to provide a diverse and global set of perspectives on the subject. Readers will also find: A thorough introduction to forest monitoring using remote sensing including recent advances in remote sensing technology Comprehensive explorations of sustainable forest management to enhance ecosystem services and livelihood security using a geospatial approach Case studies of monitoring the biochemical and biophysical parameters of forests, including carotene and xanthophyll content Practical advice on how to apply machine learning tools to remote sensing data Perfect for postgraduates, lecturers, and researchers in the fields of environmental science, forestry, and natural resource management, Advances in Remote Sensing for Forest Monitoring will also earn a place in the libraries of professionals and researchers working with remote sensing technology.
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• Section 1 An introduction to nanoagriculture, agronanobiotechnology and nanoremediation.-
• Chapter 1. Nanoagriculture: Advantages and drawbacks.-
• Chapter 2. Agronanobiotechnology: present and prospect.-
• Chapter 3. Nanoremediation.-
• Chapter 4. Cutting-edge technologies in agriculture without hampering sustainable development.-
• Section 2 Nanoagriculture.-
• Chapter 5. Controlled Delivery of Elements, Molecules, Genetic Material, or Organisms.-
• Chapter 6. Nanosensors for crop management.-
• Chapter 7. Nanotechnology for pest management.-
• Chapter 8. Nanotechnology in water and wastewater treatment.-
• Chapter 9. The contribution of the nanotechnology to the farmer wellbeing.-
• Section 3 Agronanobiotechnology.-
• Chapter 10. Magnetofection for plant breeding.-
• Chapter 11. Nano and OMICs technologies.-
• Chapter 12. Interactions between nanomaterials and plant-microbe partnership.-
• Chapter 13. Nanobiological pest control.-
• Section 4 Nanoremediation.-
• Chapter 14 Nanoremediation of heavy metals in agricultural soils.-
• Chapter 15 Nanoremediation of organic pollutants.-
• Chapter 16 Phytobial remediation.-
• Chapter 17 Nanobioremediation.-
• Section 5 Ecological impacts.-
• Chapter 18 Nanomaterials in the human food chain.-
• Chapter 19 Nanotechnological achievements and the environmental degradation.-
• Chapter 20 Accumulation of engineered nanomaterials in soil, water and air.-
• Chapter 21 Collateral effects of nanopollution on human and environmental health.
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This book highlights the best practices regarding nanoscience and nanotechnology for agriculture and environmental sectors to shape sustainable development thought to improve the quality and quantity of the agriculture products and to decrease the collateral effect of nanotechnology in the ecosystems. Besides, leading nanotechnologies are showed and discussed to guarantee their proper management in lands and ecosystems. Therefore, nanotechnologies such as agronanobiotechnology, nanofertilization, pest control, magnetofection for plant breeding, plant molecular farming, OMICs technologies, phytonanotechnology, nanoremediation, etc. are described in five sections and 21 chapters. Undoubtedly it is an ideal and updated book for undergraduate or postgraduate students, and scientists or researchers involved in nanoscience, nanotechnology, crop production, and remediation technologies as well as for those researchers that solving technical problems regarding the crop management and the human and environmental health without hampering the pursuit of sustainable development goals.
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• 1. Sustainable Agro-Bioeconomy After Covid
• -19: Nineteen Utopian and Dystopian Scenarios for the World and Turkey
• 2. Organic Systems Under Major Changes - A Deep Crisis in the Management of the Organic World of Our Planet - New Tasks for Foresight: An Opinion Paper
• 3. Universal access to vaccines
• 4. Peptide production by molecular farming with antiviral effects
• 5. An assessment of smallholder farmers status in the Umzinyathi and Harry Gwala districts in Kwazulu Province, South Africa
• 6. Using Geospatial Technologies to manage through COVID-19
• 7. Potential Constraint of Rainfall Availability on the Establishment and Expansion of Agroforestry in the Joe Gqabi, Alfred Nzo and OR Tambo Districts, Eastern Cape in South Africa
• 8. The Establishment of Agricultural Biotechnology in Bangladesh
• 9. Strategic Tropical Natural Resources Management and Household Socio-Economic Resilience due to the Covid-19 Pandemic
• 10. The Healing and Bioeconomic Prospect of Tropical Ecosystems due to the Covid-19 Pandemic
• 11. Towards the fifth agricultural innovation era
• 12. The role of collaboration and entrepreneurship in strengthening the participation of primary producers in the bioeconomy
• 13. Biofuel Co-products for Livestock Feed
• 14. Education and training in agriculture and the Bioeconomy: learning from each other
• 15. Urban Agriculture and Agro - Environment: A Case Study of Homestead Food Gardeners in the City of Tshwane, Gauteng Province, South Africa.
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Agricultural Bioeconomy: Innovation and Foresight in the Post-COVID Era presents recent advancements in biotechnology, exploring the optimal utilization of technologies to provide rapid and impactful economic recovery and sustainable resources in a future that will bear the mark of COVID-19. Understanding that there is a necessary balance between risk and reward, this book provides a foundational hypothesis as well as operational direction for addressing the commercialization and regulatory issues in a bio-based economy where agricultural output is at the core. By presenting adaptable practices to successfully establish and progress agri-based global bioeconomies, the book features a new paradigm focused on technological foresight and response to future risks and disasters. Key considerations include assessing and managing the urban bioeconomy, climate change mitigation, biofuels and bioenergy, GMOs, and employment generation. This book provides the solid next step toward future-proofing global economies using a combination of agricultural technologies and economic goals. Professionals and advanced students focused on the production of renewable biological resources and their conversion into value-added products including food, feed, bio-based products, and bioenergy will find this book useful.
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• Chapter 1. A model for developing a well-prepared agricultural workforce in Arab countries
• Chapter 2. Establishing and managing successful agricultural education programs at universities and secondary technical schools in the Arab countries
• Chapter 3. Agricultural education in Egypt: a case study
• Chapter 4. Community colleges and universities in the Arab countries
• Chapter 5. Workforce skills and agribusiness needs for development in Arab countries: minding the gap
• Chapter 6. Active learning strategies in higher education in the Arab world
• Chapter 7. Education, community, industry: partnerships for agricultural development
• Chapter 8. Establishing career advancement centers in Egypt's faculties of agriculture for human resources career development
• Chapter 9. Advancing sustainable development through teacher professional development
• Chapter 10. Improving teaching and learning of ornamental and medicinal plants in the Arab countries
• Chapter 11. Food security and the future role of agricultural extension in building agricultural human capital in the Arab countries
• Chapter 12. The perspectives of higher agricultural education in the gulf cooperation council countries

"This book, with an emphasis on the Arab world, provides the reader with all the essential knowledge, know-how and ways and means to enhance all elements of agricultural secondary, post-secondary, and university education programs to effectively prepare students for successful careers in global agriculture, multi-national food supply chains and natural resource management"-- Provided by publisher

• Stimulating the Export of Organic Products.- Risks in Animal Feeding and Digital Methods of Their Analysis.- Specific Approaches to Robotic Milking with Different Cow Movement Systems.- Fish-Breeding Technological Cadastre as a Mechanism for the Development of Aquaculture in the Kaliningrad Region.- Towards the Managed Transition to Organic Agriculture: Searching for a Strategic Model.- Smart Technologies in Bio-Intensive Organic Agriculture.
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This book includes selected papers from the Second International Conference on Agriculture Digitalization and Organic Production (ADOP 2022), held in St. Petersburg, Russia, during June 06-08, 2022. The topics covered in the book are ground robotic systems in crop production, unmanned aerial vehicles in crop production, aerospace monitoring tools in crop production, robotic animal husbandry, digitalization of technological processes of agricultural production, evaluation of the effectiveness of digital technologies for the production of organic products, rational nature management and ecology in agricultural production, technologies for the production of organic agricultural products, market analysis of organic agricultural products, and legal aspects of organic production.
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• Assessment Of Biological Activities Of Various Phytochemicals Isolated From Passion Fruit Bagasse
• Indigenous Soybean Cultivars of North East India: Source of Protein and Product Development for Climate Smart Foods
• A Review Of Bioactive Compounds And Maillard Reaction-Based Products Generated During Thermal Treatment Of Garlic
• Optimality Of Process Parameters During Refractance Window Drying Of Ginger
• Techno-Economic Efficacy Of Refractance Window Dried Curcuma Longa.

This book focuses on sustainable agro and food technologies for the northeast region of India and provides holistic insights into relevant and contextual scientific and technical advances in the agro-food sector. Agriculture is an important livelihood avenue for many residents of northeast India. Low-cost scientific and technological intervention can transform agricultural farm produces and generate farm waste into processed value-added products. This book will serve as a valuable resource to further enhance the linkage between managerial aspects and technological knowledge systems in this field and eventually catalyse potential knowledge frameworks for the long-term prosperity and sustainability of bio-diversity-rich North-east India. It emphasizes the research culture that needs to be adopted for the most relevant food and agro-processing technologies for the sustainable growth and prosperity of the region.

• Part I: Progress Towards Sustainable Intensification and Climate Change
• Chapter 1. Introduction: Agroforestry for Sustaining the Global Agriculture in Changed Environment
• Chapter 2. Agroforestry Matches the Evolving Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Agenda in Asia and Africa
• Chapter 3. Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration in Africa: Evidence for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Drylands
• Chapter 4. Urban and Peri-urban Agroforestry to Sustain Livelihood and Food Security in the Face of Global Environmental Change and Epidemic Threats
• Part II. Landscape Restoration and Combating Desertification
• Chapter 5. Agroforestry for Climate Change Resilience in Degraded Landscapes
• Chapter 6. The Great Green Wall Initiatives and Opportunities for Integration of Dryland Agroforestry to Mitigate Desertification
• Chapter 7. Silvopastoral Systems on Degraded Lands for Soil Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change Mitigation
• hapter 8. Utilization of Saline and Other Poor-quality Waters to Sustain Agroforestry Production
• Chapter 9. Potential of Agroforestry Systems for Food Security, Climate Change Mitigation, Landscape Restoration and Disaster Risk Reduction in Nepal
• Part III: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
• Chapter 10. The Role of Agroforestry Systems for Enhancing Biodiversity and Provision of Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Landscapes in Southeast Asia
• Chapter 11. Potentials of Indigenous Fruit Trees in Enhancing Nutrition, Income and Biodiversity Conservation in African Agroforestry
• Chapter 12. Ethnic Homestead Gardens: Diversity, Management and Conservation
• Chapter 13. Agroforestry for Plant Diversity and Livelihood Security in Southwest Asia
• Chapter 14. Achieving Biodiversity Conservation, Livelihood Security and Sustainable Development Goals through Agroforestry in Coastal and Island Regions of India and South East Asia
• Chapter 15. Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services of the Agroforestry Systems of the Himalayan Region: An Overview
• Chapter 16. Soil Biodiversity and Litter Decomposition in Agroforestry Systems of the Tropical Regions of Asia and Africa
• Part IV: Analytical Approaches and Policy Perspective
• Chapter 17. Agroforestry Suitability Mapping: A Geospatial Approach for Quantifying Land Potential for Intensification
• Chapter 18. Agroforestry as a Climate-Smart Agriculture: Strategic Interventions, Current Practices and Policies
• Chapter 19. Agroforestry as a Key Intervention to Achieve Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Targets
• Chapter 20. Potential of Traditional Agroforestry Systems for Intensification of Agriculture and Meeting Global Goals: Lessons from Asia and Africa
• Chapter 21. A Framework for Analysing Spatial Patterns and Extent of Influence by Single Trees on Ecosystem Properties in Agroforestry
• Chapter 22. Integrating Moringa oleifera and Moringa stenopetala in Agroforestry for Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change in Asia and Africa
• Chapter 23. Payment for Ecosystem Services from Agroforestry: Case Studies and Lessons
• Chapter 24. Agroforestry for Sustaining Industrial Raw Materials: Experience from a Value Chain Leveraged Consortium Model
• Chapter 25. Synthesis: Agroforestry for Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture in Asia and Africa.

This edited book opens up new vistas for sustainable intensification in agriculture to provide food to ever growing population as well as adapting to the risks of global environmental change. Diverting from conventional agriculture, the book explores new dimensions and concepts that have been identified for future research and development in sustaining agriculture in Asia and Africa regions. The chapters are written by leading researchers and practitioners in the field of agroforestry. The book demonstrates how agroforestry could be instrumental in bringing stability and sustainability in agricultural production. It offers sustainable solutions for the impending problems of climate change, ecosystem degradation, declining agricultural productivity, and uncertain food security. It is an essential resource for students in agroforestry courses, as well as a valuable introduction to the field for professionals in related areas.

This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of biosystems engineering, as presented at the 12th Conference of the Italian Association of Agricultural Engineering (AIIA), held in Palermo, Italy, on September 19-22, 2022. Focusing on the challenges of improving the resilience of agriculture, forestry and food systems in the post-Covid era, it shows how the research has addressed the following topics: Monitoring and modelling hydraulic and hydrological processes in agriculture and forestry systems; Challenges in stream rehabilitation and soil conservation strategies; Sustainable water resource management under climate change scenarios; Planning safe, healthy and resilient territorial, built and green systems; Cultural heritage preservation and rural landscape protection, planning and management; Plant and livestock production processes and technologies. Healthy and Organic farming. Animal welfare; Energy, waste and by-products smart use; Post-harvest logistics and food chain structures technology; Applications and experiences in smart agriculture and forestry; One Health, management and standardization for agriculture and forestry machinery and structures; Big data, machine learning and data hub in biosystems engineering. The contributions were selected by a rigorous peer-review process, and offer an extensive and multidisciplinary overview of the research in the field of biosystems engineering for sustainable agriculture

• Almond genome analysis and breeding
• Labelling Almond Genome: SAM, QTLs and Association mapping
• Identification of natural variation in almond target genes
• Recent advances on almond bitterness expression at genomic and trascriptomic level
• Recent advances on flower self-incompatibility expression at genomic and transcriptomic level
• Molecular basis of abiotic and biotic stresses in almond
• Genomics for fruit quality traits in almond: QTLs vs Association mapping
• Transcriptional changes associated with flower bud dormancy in almond and other Prunus species: DNA sequence motifs, mRNA and miRNA expression, transcription factors, chromatin modifications and phytohormone signaling
• Almond transcriptome analysis using high-throughput sequencing technologies
• Almond miRNA expression and horticultural implications

This book brings together the latest information on almond genomics and transcriptomics, with a particular focus on cutting-edge findings, tools, and strategies employed in genome sequencing and analysis with regard to the most important agronomic traits. Cultivated almond [(Prunus dulcis (Miller) D. A. Webb, syn. Prunus amygdalus Batsch., Amygdalus communis L., Amygdalus dulcis Mill.)] is a tree crop producing seeds of great economic interest, and adapted to hot and dry climates. Domesticated in Southeast Asia, its small diploid genome and phenotypic diversity make it an ideal model to complement genomics studies on peach, generally considered to be the reference Prunus species. Both represent consanguineous species that evolved in two distinct environments: warmer and more humid in the case of peach, and colder and xerophytic for almond. The advent of affordable whole-genome sequencing, in combination with existing Prunus functional genomics data, has now made it possible to leverage the novel diversity found in almond, providing an unmatched resource for the genetic improvement of this species

• Disc 1. Episode 1: Blood memory
• Disc 2. Episode 2: Into the storm.

The dramatic story of America's national mammal, which sustained the lives of Native people for untold generations, being driven to the brink of extinction, before an unlikely collection of people rescues it from disappearing forever. Ken Burns recounts the tragic collision of two opposing views of the natural world--and the unforgettable characters who pointed the nation in a different direction.

• Introduction
• Aquaculture ecosystems
• Productivity and carrying capacity of aquaculture waters
• Interactions between aquaculture and environment
• Growth of aquaculture animals
• Effects of cyclical fluctuation of environmental factors on aquatic organisms
• Biological control of water quality in aquaculture
• Sediment and remediation of aquaculture ponds
• Integrated aquaculture and their structure optimization
• Land based intensive aquaculture
• Pond aquaculture in waterlogged salt-alkali land
• Fish cage farming in open waters
• Health maintenance and welfare of aquaculture animals
• Sustainability of aquaculture production systems.

This book introduces aquaculture ecology as a science of the interaction between commercial aquatic organisms as well as their farming activities and the environment, including the rationales of building and management of aquaculture systems. This book covers productivity and carrying capacity, effects of cyclical fluctuation of environmental factors on aquatic organisms, biological control of water quality, structural optimization of aquaculture systems and ecological prevention of disease. In the last chapter, aquaculture production systems are introduced from multiple perspectives. This book has been designed to provide a stimulating and informative text for researchers in aquaculture, fisheries as well as hydrobiology.

• Isolation and identification of Aeromonas sp. from fishes
• Isolation and identification of Edwardsiellosis causing microorganism
• Methods for characterizing Flavobacterium in fish
• Isolation and Identification of Citrobacter species
• Isolation and Identification of Infectious Salmon anemia virus from shrimp
• Isolation and Identification of Betanodavirus from shrimp
• Isolation and Identification of Hemorrhagic septicemia virus from shrimp
• Isolation and identification of pathogens from Fish: Tilapia Lake Virus (TiLV)
• Isolation and identification of pathogens from shrimp: IHHNV
• Isolation and Identification of Ichthyophonus hofer from fishes
• Isolation and Identification of Branchiomyces demigrans from fishes
• Isolation and identification of Microsporidian parasites, Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei infection of penaeid shrimp
• Method for isolating and identifying probiotic bacteria from fishes
• Isolation of probiotic bacteria from gut of the aquatic animals
• Characterization of probiotic properties of isolated bacteria
• Antibacterial activity of probiotic bacteria from aquaculture
• Preparation of marine algal (seaweed) extracts and quantification of phytocompounds
• Treating bacterial infections in fishes and shrimps using seaweed extracts
• Preparation and treatment of seaweed encapsulated pellet feed in fisheries aquaculture
• Treatment using seaweeds in fishes and shrimp by invivo method
• Treatment using medicinal plants in fishes and shrimps
• Preparation of Feed and Characterization of feed supplemented with phytocompounds
• Isolation and identification of Actinomycetes
• Assay of hemolytic activity
• Cytotoxicity Assay
• Antibacterial activity and extraction of bioactive compound from actinomycetes
• Isolation and identification of harpacticoid copepod.

This volume details techniques involved to study aquatic pathogens that cause infections, especially in fish. Chapters guide readers through a wide range of basic and advanced methods, viral and fungal pathogens, probiotic bacteria, treatment of pathogens using seaweed extract, medicinal plant extracts, and actinomycetes. Authoritative and cutting-edge, Aquaculture Microbiology aims to be a useful practical guide to researches to help further their study in this field. .

• Pt. 1. L'arbre rural devint urbain
• 1789
• 1. L'acte fondateur
• Les mâts de la colère
• La contagion des mais
• Le dessous des cartes
• 2. Arbres de l'espoir
• Fédérer les citoyens
• Rassurer les opinions
• Ordonner les festivités
• Sacraliser la plantation
• 3. Arbres en péril
• Les héros de la fête
• Excès de propagande
• La honte des populus
• Essai de réhabilitation
• Pt. 2. L'arbre conquit la ville
• XVIIe-XVIIIe siècle
• 4. Patrimoine en héritage
• La cité d'antan
• Le rôle des arbres
• Le charme des allées
• 5. Initiatives citoyennes
• Les devoirs de M. le Maire
• Les ordres de M. le Préfet
• Le téléthon des plantations
• La restauration de l'ouvrage
• 6. Tiercé gagnant
• Le trio des utilitaires
• Nouveautés en stock
• Les difficultés en vue
• Percée des outsiders
• Pt. 3. La ville s'adapte
• XVIIIe-XIXe siècle
• 7. Rattraper, imiter, innover
• Vent d'ouest, vent d'est
• Inspirations parisiennes
• Expositions universelles
• Déclinaisons provinciales
• 8. Survivre en ville
• Sacrifié
• Importun
• Mal à l'aise ?
• Protégé, enfin!
• 9. Résister au progrès
• Engagement militant
• Réponse parlementaire
• Nouveau métier : urbaniste
• Nouveau métier : paysagiste
• Pt. 4. La société se mobilise
• 10. Nostalgie rurale
• Vieux beaux en campagne
• Belles trognes, vilains têtards
• Paradis verts : haies et brise-vents
• 11. Les batailles du platane
• Arbre à tout faire
• Succès du platane
• Mortelle randonnée
• Massacre programmé
• 12. Magie verte partout et pour tout
• Espaces à bâtir
• Ensembles à verdir
• Des arbres pour plaire
• Des arbres pour être élu
• Épilogue : un ami qui nous fait du bien
• La marque du temps
• La vie et rien d'autre
• Le sauveur du monde
• Le chéri de ces dames.

"Autrefois, l'arbre en ville était cantonné aux enclos vivriers, il n'ombrageait pas nos routes ni nos fleuves et nos canaux. Vivant plutôt à la campagne, il procurait bois, fruits, fibres et feuilles. Aujourd'hui, le végétal entre en force dans nos cités par trop minérales ; il améliore nos conditions de vie, protège le sol, régule la température, purifie l'air et atténue les bruits. Comment l'arbre a-t-il conquis le pavé ? Cette histoire, moins utilitaire et monolithique qu'il n'y paraît, croise en fait celle de la modernité, et mérite d'être racontée. Car, bien avant la révolution industrielle et son introduction dans la cité pour assainir l'air, l'arbre s'y est fait une place dès la Révolution, comme symbole de la liberté. Récupéré dans le champ politique, il a depuis servi à commémorer un événement, à symboliser l'autorité, à améliorer l'aménagement urbain ou encore à satisfaire le besoin de nature des administrés. Ce faisant, il a suscité à la fois colères et affections. Une histoire qui est ainsi celle des hommes, de leurs revendications et de leurs aspirations. Mort ou vif, l'arbre fait partie du roman national."--Page 4 of cover.

• Chapter1. Research Background
• Chapter2. Methodological framework
• Chapter3. Fusarium Wilt of Bananas: A threat to the banana production systems in Venezuela
• Chapter4. Evaluation of the incidence of banana wilt and its relationship with soil properties
• Chapter5. Identification of the main soil variables correlated with banana productivity
• Chapter6. Potential use of soil morphological properties to differentiate levels of banana productivity
• Chapter7. Discussion and Conclusions

This book presents an important contribution to the knowledge of the banana soils of Venezuela. Banana, the edible fruit of Musaceae, is a staple food for more than 400 million people worldwide due to their nutritional and energy attributes. This makes Musaceae a crop of worldwide relevance, particularly in tropical regions, highlighting the impact of improved Musaceae cropping systems in the current efforts worldwide oriented towards a new agricultural revolution based on sustainable intensification. To achieve this, better practices for food production based on scientific and technical research capable to consider the complexity and variability within the agri-food sector are necessary. The research presented in this book is oriented towards providing answers to the causes of two aspects considered of high relevance for banana production, both affecting productivity and sustainability, always addressed for the Venezuelan conditions, one of the world’s largest producing countries: 1- The impact of phytosanitary risks related to Fusarium Wilt (FW) and the influence of the soil on the incidence of Banana Wilt (BW); and 2- An observed trend towards loss of productivity and decline of soil quality in some commercial farms of Aragua and Trujillo states in Venezuela. The book presents a pioneering study in the application of categorical regression (CATREG) in the characterization of banana soils and analyses soil morphological variables, such as texture, dry consistency, biological activity, reaction to HCl, and type of structure to characterize soil productivity for growing healthy bananas. It develops, for the first time in Venezuela, risk analysis and climatic suitability maps for lethal wilt disease in bananas caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) Tropical Race 4 (TR4) (syn. Fusarium odoratissimum). Innovative machine learning techniques are used to predict BW so that future crop development can be done more efficiently and sustainably

• Intro
• Preface
• Introduction
• Contents
• Part I: The Baobab
• Chapter 1: The Distinguishing Features of the Tree of Life and the Baobab
• Baobab Description
• The Tree of Life and the Kinds of Trees of Life
• Biblical Trees of Life
• The Edenic Tree of Life
• The Heavenly Jerusalem Tree of Life
• Representational Trees of Life
• Botanic Trees of Life
• Evergreens
• Palms
• Other Botanical Trees of Life
• The Baobab as the Exemplary Botanical Tree of Life
• Manifest Tree of Life
• Ecological Tree of Life
• Multipurpose Tree of Life
• Central-Place Tree of Life

• Inspirational Tree of Life
• The Baobab as Humanity's Ancestral Tree of Life
• The Evolutionary Origin of the Baobab
• The Baobab Tree in the Landscape of the Hadza
• Chapter 2: The Hadza and the Studies That Document Their Use of the Baobab
• Part II: Theoretical Framework: Societal Specialization and Bipedality
• Chapter 3: Hominin Adaptation as the Development of a Gendered Forager Division of Labor
• Division of Labor and Societal Specialization
• Societal Specialization and the Hadza/Baobab Relation
• When Did the Gendered Forager Division of Labor Develop in Hominin Evolution

• Exchange in Hominin Evolution
• Resource Transfer and Exchange
• Exchange in Foraging Societies
• The Importance of Exchange
• Summary
• Chapter 4: Bipedality as the Outcome of the Multidimensional Selective Pressure of the Developing Forager Way of Life
• A Change in the Method of Food Procurement
• Darwin and the Correlated Evolution of Handiness and Bipedality
• Savanna Adaptation
• Desiccating Climate Change
• Why Did the Descendants of an Arboriterrestrial Ape End Up on the Savanna?
• The Upright Advantages of Bipedalism
• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Raymond Dart

• Feeding Behaviors Leading to Obligate Bipedalism
• Postural Feeding
• Arboreal Bipedality to Terrestrial Bipedality
• Physiological Adaptions and the Savanna Origin of Bipedalism
• Bipedality and Tool Use, Weapons, and Other Kinds of Equipment
• Carrying Things as the Selective Advantage of Bipedality
• Food Carrying
• Carrying and the Things Carried
• Gender-Specialized Foraging as a Unifying Explanation of Bipedality
• Summary
• Part III: Material Culture and Technology
• Chapter 5: Africa's Premier Fiber Tree
• Hadza Use of Baobab Bark Fiber
• Cordage
• Hadza Bowstrings

• Hadza Bead Stringing
• The Use of Animal Skins Versus Baobab Fiber
• Summary
• Chapter 6: The Baobab and Containers
• The Development of Container Use in Hominin Evolution
• The Baobab as a Container Structure
• The Baobab as a Source of Handling Containers
• Hadza Container Use in General
• Baobab Resources That Generate the Need for Containers
• Handling Containers as a Hominin-Specific Trait
• Chapter 7: The Baobab and Fire in Hominin Evolution
• The Three Key Moments of the Hominin/Fire Relation
• The Timeline of the Human/Fire Relation

Modern humans, descendants of a founding population that separated from chimpanzees some five to eight million years ago, are today the only living representative of a branching group of African apes called hominins. Because of its extraordinary size and shape, the baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) has long been identified as the most striking tree of Africas mosaic savanna, the landscape generally regarded as the environment of hominin evolution. This book makes the case for identifying the baobab as the tree of life in the hunter-gatherer adaptation that was the economic foundation of hominin evolution. The argument is based on the significance of the baobab as a resource-rich environment for the Hadza of northeastern Tanzania, who continue to be successful hunter-gatherers of the African savanna