1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996389422303316

Autore

Playford John <approximately 1655-1685 or 1686.>

Titolo

Vade mecum: or, The necessary pocket companion [[electronic resource] ] : Containing, I. Sir Samuel Morland's Perpetual almanack, ... curiously graved in copper; with many useful tables proper thereto. II. The years of each king's reign from the Norman Conquest, compar'd with the years of Christ. III. Directions for every month in the year, what is to be done in the orchard, kitchin, and flower-gardens. IV. The reduction of weights, measures, and coins; wherein is a table of the assize of bread. V. A table wherein any number of farthings, half-pence, pence, or shillings, are ready cast up; ... VI. The interest and rebate of money; the forebearance, discompt, and purchase of annuities. VII. The rates of post-letters, both in-land and out-land. VIII. An account of the penny-post. IX. The principal roads in England. X. The names of the counties, cities, and borough-towns in England and Wales, ... XI. The usual and authorized rates or fairs of coach-men, carmen, and water-men. XII. Tables for casting up nobles, marks, guineas and broad gold

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : printed for G. Sawbridge, at the Three Flower D'Luces in Little-Britain, 1699

Edizione

[The seventh edition, to which is added, Interest in epitome; or tables, in a shorter method than any yet published, from 1 pound to 10 millions, at 5, 6, 7, and 8, per. cent. by Israel Falgate, at the Bank of England.]

Descrizione fisica

[8], 229, [15] p. : fold. table

Altri autori (Persone)

MorlandSamuel, Sir,  <1625-1695.>

FalgateIsrael

Soggetti

Ready-reckoners

Roads - England

Great Britain Handbooks, manuals, etc Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Dedication signed: John Playford; dedication from the sixth edition.

Much of the almanac is engraved, with tavles.

"Interest in epitome: or, Tables in a shorter method than any hitherto publish'd" has separate dated title page.

With an advertisement.



Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018

2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00403198

Autore

RADFORD, M.A.

Titolo

Encyclopaedia of superstitions / E. and M.A. Radford ; with a foreword by Sir John Hammerton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : The Philosophical Library, c1949

Descrizione fisica

X, 269 p. ; 22 cm.

Altri autori (Persone)

RADFORD, E.

Soggetti

CULTURA POPOLARE

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910637724603321

Autore

Tiwari Aparna

Titolo

Market-Driven Plant Breeding for Practicing Breeders / / by Aparna Tiwari, Surinder K. Tikoo, Sharan P. Angadi, Suresh B. Kadaru, Sadananda R. Ajanahalli, M. J. Vasudeva Rao

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

981-19-5434-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXXI, 387 p. 53 illus., 31 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

631.5233

Soggetti

Agricultural genome mapping

Agricultural biotechnology

Agriculture

Agricultural Genetics

Agricultural Biotechnology

Biotecnologia agrĂ­cola

Millorament selectiu de plantes

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Plant Breeding: Its Evolution and Recent Trends -- Chapter 2. Germplasm Management in Commercial Plant Breeding Programs -- Chapter 3. Designing Plant Breeding Programs for Targeted Deliveries -- Chapter 4. Inbred Line Development and Hybrid Breeding -- Chapter 5. Use of Molecular Technologies in Plant Breeding -- Chapter 6. Product Development in Market-Driven Plant Breeding -- Chapter 7. Maintenance Breeding -- Chapter 8 Seed Production Research -- Chapter 9. Breeders` Role in Supporting Allied Functions in the Seed Business -- Chapter 10. Regulatory Aspects of the Seed Business in Relation to Plant Breeding.

Sommario/riassunto

This book highlights the technicalities of plant breeding in a seed-business environment and explains the crucial aspects of the value chain. It educates the readers on how to initiate, participate, sustain national and international agreements for material transfer, how consortia work to facilitate germplasm accessibility, and how to set



visionary goals to develop a superior plant varieties. The book covers the aspects such as how to conduct disease screening trials at hot spots, preparing an operational budget, and how to accelerate product advancement. Plant breeding is broadly defined as manipulation of plant genotypes to create phenotypes that are beneficial to mankind. It helps to achieve food security and sustainability by developing high yielding, climate-resilient, nutritious varieties of crops and hence is able to address unprecedented challenges like rising global population, diminishing genetic biodiversity, and uncertainties of the weather . This book is an extraordinary source of information starting from goal-genesis to market-oriented product-profiling and help readers to accelerate/enhance? their work/professional performance more effectively. This book will be very useful to practicing plant breeders at various levels in the public and private sectors. It is a must-have book for potential plant breeders who enter plant breeding profession just after the completion of their formal plant breeding education.