Corn: Origin, History, Technology, and Production (Wiley Series in Crop Science) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471411841 ISBN 13: 9780471411840

Verlag: Wiley, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

Your all-in-one guide to corn. This book provides practical advice on planting techniques and rates, seed production, treating plant diseases, insect infestation and weeds, harvesting, processing, and worldwide utilization. This is the fourth, and final, volume in the series of comprehensive references on the major crops of the world.

• Covers new biotechnology techniques for plant breeding and pest management
• Provides practical advice on planting techniques and rates, seed production, treating plant diseases, insect infestation and weeds, harvesting, processing and worldwide utilization.

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C. Wayne Smith is an associate professor and director of the Archaeological Preservation Research Laboratory - APRL. He holds the INA Faculty Fellowship. Working as a conservator, he specializes in the preservation of organic artifacts using silicone oils, resins, and other polymers. Archaeological Conservation Using Polymers, his most recent work published by Texas A&M University Press, discusses practical applications for the stabilization of organic artifacts. Since 1981, he has participated in survey and shipwreck assessment in the Great Lakes and participated as a student and research assistant in excavations at Port Royal, Jamaica. Working in conjunction with Donny L. Hamilton of Texas A&M University and Dow Corning Corporation of Midland, Michigan, he has developed and patented new conservation strategies and industrial applications. He also participates in numerous joint international research projects.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wiley
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0471411841
• ISBN 13: 9780471411840
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 976
• Herausgeber: Smith C. Wayne, Betrán Javier, Runge Edward C. A.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Wiley-VCH GmbH; product_safety@wiley.com; ; Boschstrasse 12; Weinheim; 69469; Deutschland