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Genome Editing for Crop Improvement: Theory and Methodology

October 06, 2025 04:28 PM
Genome editing offers a powerful tool to significantly accelerate crop-breeding programs in order to develop new and improved varieties. It allows precise modification of an organism's DNA sequence, often by creating targeted double-strand breaks at specific locations. The CRISPR-Cas system has emerged as the preferred method of gene editing and offers a powerful technology for crop improvement.

Uploaded October 2025

Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms: Technology and Applications

October 06, 2025 04:26 PM
Comprehensive and timely, Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms: Technology and Applications provides the most up to date information on the various edible mushrooms on the market. Compiling knowledge on their production, application and nutritional effects, chapters are dedicated to the cultivation of major species such as Agaricus bisporus, Pleurotus ostreatus, Agaricus subrufescens, Lentinula edodes, Ganoderma lucidum and others.

Uploaded October 2025

Crop Pollination by Bees, Volume 2: Individual Crops and Their Bees

October 06, 2025 04:21 PM
Since the second half of the 20th Century, our agricultural bee pollinators have faced mounting threats from ecological disturbance and pan-global movement of pathogens and parasites. At the same time, the area of pollinator-dependent crops is increasing globally with no end in sight. Never before has so much been asked of our finite pool of bee pollinators.

Uploaded October 2025

Solidarity Between Species: Living with Animals Exposed to Pandemic Viruses

September 26, 2025 10:42 AM
This book examines how the Covid-19 pandemic can be described as a biopolitical crisis, taking into account a fact often overlooked by commentators: Covid-19 is a zoonosis, a disease transmissible between animal species. The Sars-Cov2 virus causing this respiratory disease circulated in bats before passing to humans under as-yet mysterious conditions, and it was transmitted from humans to other species, notably mink and deer.

Uploaded September 2025

Pursuing the Leviathan: The Heroic Life of New England Whaling Captain Benjamin Clough

September 26, 2025 10:30 AM
Set in the golden age of whaling in the nineteenth century, this book brings to life the adventures of Benjamin Clough, best known for single-handedly rescuing the ship Sharon from mutineers in 1842. Clough's heroism earned him a whaling command, which led to a whaling career that for a quarter-century took him into the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans.

Uploaded September 2025

Peatlands: A Journey Between Land and Water

September 26, 2025 10:12 AM
A journey into the mysterious and wonderful world of peat bogs by award-winning nature writer Alys Fowler A beautiful, urgent and personal exploration of bogs and the role they must play in saving our planet - for fans of Otherlands and The Last Rainforests of Britain.

Uploaded September 2025

Take to the Trees: A Story of Hope, Science, and Self-Discovery in America's Imperiled Forests

September 12, 2025 10:26 AM
Run by twin sister tree doctors Bear LeVangie and Melissa LeVangie Ingersoll, the programme helps people - from everyday tree lovers to women arborists working in a largely male industry - develop remarkable skills and channel their passion for the outdoors. As Holloway tackles unfamiliar equipment and dizzying heights, she tells stories of charismatic trees and spotlights experts exploring the ecology of resilience amidst climate-driven plagues of pests and drought.

Uploaded September 2025.

Plant Breeding Technology : Future Trends and Challenges

September 12, 2025 10:22 AM
This book highlights the latest and most exciting technological tools for plant breeding that are becoming the staple of all crop improvement programs. Using case studies and an evidence-based approach to examine the current status of each technique, the book discusses the challenges so far uncovered and future trends.

Uploaded September 2025.

Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Canary Islands

September 12, 2025 10:17 AM
This long-awaited field guide covers more than 2000 of the region's exceptionally diverse and important plant-life, from the most common species to local endemics through the collaboration of British scientists and local experts. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs, each species profile includes nomenclature, description, dimensions, habitat, flowering times and distribution.

Uploaded September 2025.

Optimum Vitamin Nutrition for More Sustainable Ruminant Farming

June 23, 2025 11:29 AM
Food production, particularly animal protein production, is ever evolving. In adaptation to change, producers are required to push the boundaries of productivity, efficiency, and the minimization of food waste by driving increasing standards in animal health and welfare, sustainability, and food quality. Optimizing vitamin nutrition is a valuable tool enabling a more sustainable beef and dairy production by enhancing animal welfare, robustness, performance and reducing food waste by improved product quality.

Uploaded June 2025

Mike Goates

Life & Geological Sciences Librarian
michael_goates@byu.edu