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Combating Desertification with Plants

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Some Observations Relating to the Global Agricultural Situation
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    Chapter 2 Combating Poverty with Plants
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    Chapter 3 The Role of Horticulture Plants in Combating Desertification
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    Chapter 4 Terfezias, a Family of Mycorrhizal Edible Mushrooms for Arid Zones
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    Chapter 5 The Role and Potential of Traditional Tuber Crops in Malawi
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    Chapter 6 Honeybees and Nectariferous Plants in the Desert are an Important Factor to Sustain Modern Agriculture
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    Chapter 7 Importance of Non-Wood Forest Products as Source of Rural Women’s Income in Western Burkina Faso
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    Chapter 8 Ethnobotany and Importance of Three Local Species in Northern Cameroon
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    Chapter 9 Potentials of Non-Wood Forest Products of the Semiarid Regions of Uganda
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    Chapter 10 Biodiversity Prospecting in Drylands of Latin America
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    Chapter 11 Provenance Trial for Indigenous Tree Species
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    Chapter 12 Introduction and Selection of Drought and Salt Tolerant Plants for Afforestation and Landscaping in Arid Lands
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    Chapter 13 The Screening of Multipurpose Tree Species for Agroforestry Practices in the Semiarid Ecozone of Ghana
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    Chapter 14 Results of 50-Year Studies on Afforestation as Related to the Problem of Desertification Control in Ciscaspian Lowland in Russia
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    Chapter 15 Citrullus Colocynthis , an Israeli Desert Plant, as a Potential Source of Edible Oil
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    Chapter 16 Euphorbia Tirucalli for High Biomass Production
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    Chapter 17 Boraginaceae as Potential Sources of Gamma-Linolenic Acid
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    Chapter 18 Root Involvement in Plant Development and Productivity under Semiarid Conditions
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    Chapter 19 Acacia Mearnsii for Income Generation and Environmental Protection in Kenya
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    Chapter 20 Potential of Australian Acacias for Human Food
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    Chapter 21 The Effect of Shade on Initial Growth, Development and Occurrences of Leaf Diseases on Wild Indigenous Fruit Trees
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    Chapter 22 Afforestation of Semiarid Areas of Tanzania: Focusing on the Root Compartment
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    Chapter 23 Introduction of Cacti as Vegetable Crops for Israel
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    Chapter 24 Upscaling the Experimental Planting of Argania Spinosa at Kibbutz Ketura, Israel
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    Chapter 25 Mungbean ( Vigna radiata L. ), a Choice Crop for Improvement of Human and Soil Health in Southern Africa
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    Chapter 26 Many Problems and Some Solutions to the Commercialisation of NTFPs in Botswana
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    Chapter 27 Fighting Desertification by Production and Use of Jatropha Oil
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    Chapter 28 Combating Desertification with Seabuckthorn
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    Chapter 29 Reversing Desertification with Tamarix in China
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    Chapter 30 Bioreclamation of Saline Soils of the Western Coast of Senegal
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    Chapter 31 Utilizing the Underground Forest
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    Chapter 32 Sand Dune Stabilization with Plants in China
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    Chapter 33 Development of a Technology for Sand Dune Stabilization in Northern Nigeria
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    Chapter 34 Sand Dune Stabilization Practices Implemented in Turkey
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    Chapter 35 Desertification in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
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    Chapter 36 Reversing Desertification Through Large, Herding Ungulates
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    Chapter 37 Passive Transfer
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    Chapter 38 Response to Agroforestry Intervention
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    Chapter 39 FAO, Plants and Sustainable Development in Drylands
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    Chapter 40 Combating Desertification with Trees
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    Chapter 41 Promoting Indigenous Tree Species Plantation in the Sahel, with Special Reference to Burkina Faso
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    Chapter 42 Incorporating Tree and Shrub Species into Small Scale Farming Systems in the Dry Region of Indonesia
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    Chapter 43 Obstacles to the Adoption of Cover Crops
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Title
Combating Desertification with Plants
Published by
Springer Science & Business Media, December 2012
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-1327-8
ISBNs
978-1-4615-1327-8, 978-1-4613-5499-4
Editors

Pasternak, Dov, Schlissel, Arnold

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Country Count As %
Taiwan 1 6%
Unknown 17 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 4 22%
Student > Master 3 17%
Researcher 3 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 6%
Other 3 17%
Unknown 2 11%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 56%
Arts and Humanities 1 6%
Environmental Science 1 6%
Computer Science 1 6%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 1 6%
Other 1 6%
Unknown 3 17%