Agriculture Meteorology and Water Management
| Agriculture Meteorology and Water Management |
| Autore | Wafullah Nekesah T |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Burlington : , : Arcler Education Inc, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 pages) |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MuneneKuria C |
| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture
Hydrology |
| ISBN |
9781779560377
1779560370 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- About the Authors -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Acronyms -- Acknoledgement -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Agrometeorology -- Definition of Agrometeorology -- Importance and Applications -- Physical Climatology and Agrometeorology -- Agrometeorology Scope -- Agrometeorological Information -- Agrometeorological Services -- Fundamental Principles of Agrometeorology -- Chapter 2: Radiation -- Overview -- Measuring Systems -- Global Radiation -- Chapter 3: Surface Energy Balance -- Overview -- Contact Point -- The Surface Energy Budget -- Variation of Energy Balance Components With Latitude -- Chapter 4: Soil and Its Heat Balance -- Overview -- Surface Energy Balance and Soil Heat Flux -- Soil Thermal Regime and Soil Heat Flux -- Measurement of Soil Temperature and Thermal Properties -- Chapter 5: Water and the Hydrological Cycle in Agriculture -- Overview -- Moisture Characteristics of Soils -- Determination of Water Loss from Land Surfaces -- Fundamentals of the Evaporation Process -- Special Forms of' Precipitation -- Soil Moisture Budgets -- Soil Moisture Budgets, Irrigation Need -- Chapter 6: Climate, Representativity and Topography -- Overview -- The Basic Scales -- Observation Representativity, Exposure and Sampling -- Wind Behavior -- Topo-Scale Representativity of Meteorological Observations -- Topo-Climatological Effects Arising from Landscape Variations -- Chapter 7: Agrometeorological Management -- Overview -- Principles and Applications of Agricultural Meteorology -- Managing Agrometeorological Factors -- Chapter 8: Agrometeorological Observatory -- Overview -- Classification of Agro-Meteorological Observatory -- Instruments Installed in Observatory -- Agro-Meteorological Models and Remote Sensing -- Index -- Back Cover. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910985635703321 |
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| Burlington : , : Arcler Education Inc, , 2024 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Apiculture
| Apiculture |
| Autore | Wafullah Nekesah T |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Burlington : , : Arcler Education Inc, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 pages) |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MuneneKuria C |
| Soggetto topico |
Honeybee
Pollination |
| ISBN |
9781779560322
177956032X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- About the Authors -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Acronyms -- Acknoledgement -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction To Apiculture -- Overview -- History -- Importance of Bee Keeping -- Challenges of Beekeeping -- Bees and Pollination -- Decline of Bee Populations -- Habitat Loss -- Tips To Promote Pollinators -- Chapter 2: Honeybees -- Introduction -- Bee Anatomy -- The Apis Genus -- The Biology -- Chapter 3: Beekeeping Equipment -- Introduction -- Equipment -- Beehives -- Chapter 4: Apiary Management -- Overview -- General Practices -- Safety and Preparation -- Apiary Maintenance -- Colony Management -- Chapter 5: Bee Nutrition -- Introduction -- Bee Nutrition Requirements -- Honey Plants and Pollen Plants -- Nutrition Summary Per Season -- Chapter 6: Bee Pest and Diseases -- Introduction -- Varroa Mites and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) -- American Foulbrood -- Chalkbrood -- Sac-Brood -- Nosema -- Honey Bee Tracheal Mite (HBTM) -- Wax Moth -- Small Hive Beetle (SGB) -- Yellow Jackets, Hornets, and Wasps -- Ants -- Birds -- Mammals -- Humans -- Other Insects -- Rodents and Small Mammals -- Large Mammals -- Chapter 7: Beekeeping with Common Species -- Introduction -- Beekeeping Products -- Beekeeping with Oriental Honeybees (Apis Cerana) -- Beekeeping with European Honeybee (Apis Mellifera) -- The Marketing of Bee Product -- References -- Index -- Back Cover. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910985633203321 |
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| Burlington : , : Arcler Education Inc, , 2024 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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