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Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture
Emerging Approaches and Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture: Emerging Approaches and Strategies is an outstanding collection of current research that integrates basic and advanced concepts of agricultural biotechnology with future development prospects. Using biotechnology with sustainable agriculture effectively contributes...
by J Harston, F Ropital
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2007
The corrosion of carbon steels in amine units used for gas treatment in refining operations is a major problem for the petrochemical industry. Maximising amine unit reliability, together with improving throughput, circulation and treatment capacity, requires more effective ways of measuring and predicting...
Machining Technology for Composite Materials
Principles and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2011
Machining processes play an important role in the manufacture of a wide variety of components. While the processes required for metal components are well-established, they cannot always be applied to composite materials, which instead require new and innovative techniques. Machining technology for...
Pesticide Chemistry and Bioscience
The Food-Environment Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999
This volume, with contributions from leading international experts, reports on the need to produce high quality food whilst satisfying environmental concerns. Including material on natural products, modes of action and metabolism, it covers all the key areas in pesticide chemistry and related activities....
Barley
Chemistry and Technology, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Barley: Chemistry and Technology, Second Edition is an important resource for any cereal chemist, food scientist, or crop scientist who needs to understand the development, structure, composition, and end-use properties of the barley grain for cultivation, trade, and utilization.
Editors Peter...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2008
Consumers are advised to increase fruit and vegetable consumption, but the health effects of increased intake are not fully understood. This important collection brings together information on the health-promoting properties of fruit and vegetables.
Introductory chapters provide an overview...
Handbook on Natural Pigments in Food and Beverages
Industrial Applications for Improving Food Color
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
Handbook on Natural Pigments: Industrial Applications for Improving Food Colour is unique in its approach to the improvement of food colors. The book is written with industrial applications in mind, with each chapter focusing on a color solution for a specific commodity that will provide food scientists...
Multisensory Flavor Perception
From Fundamental Neuroscience Through to the Marketplace
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Multisensory Flavor Perception: From Fundamental Neuroscience Through to the Marketplace provides state-of-the-art coverage of the latest insights from the rapidly-expanding world of multisensory flavor research. The book highlights the various types of crossmodal interactions, such as sound and taste,...
Flavor
From Food to Behaviors, Wellbeing and Health
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2016
Flavor: From Food to Behaviors, Wellbeing and Health is the first single-volume resource focused on the different mechanisms of flavor perception from food ingestion, to sensory image integration and the physiological effects that may explain food behaviors.
The information contained is highly...
Meat Products Handbook
Practical Science and Technology
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2006
There has long been a need for a comprehensive one-volume reference on the main types of processed meat products and their methods of manufacture. Based on over twenty years’ experience in the industry, Meat products handbook is designed to meet that need. It combines a detailed practical knowledge...
Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes
Structure, Function and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2008
Recent advances in biochemistry and biotechnology have enabled significant progress in basic research on carbohydrate-active enzymes and advances in their effective application. The mechanism of catalytic reaction of carbohydrate-active enzymes is not fully understood, though, as they often show unusual...
Cotton
Science and Technology
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2006
Despite the increased variety of manufactured fibres available to the textile industry, demand for cotton remains high because of its suitability on the basis of price, quality and comfort across a wide range of textile products. Cotton producing nations are also embracing sustainable production practices...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2008
Apparel production is a complex process often involving an international supply chain which must respond rapidly to the changing needs and tastes of consumers. This important book discusses the technological improvements which are transforming the speed, flexibility and productivity of the industry.
The...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2006
The first part of the book reviews the way flavour is detected and measured. The first two chapters discuss our understanding of how humans perceive and then process information about taste compounds. Chapter three reviews current practice in the sensory analysis of food flavour. Chapter four discusses...