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1. Handbook of Plant Nutrition

   Edited by Allen V. Barker, David J. Pilbeam

   The burgeoning demand on the world food supply, coupled with concern over the use of chemical fertilizers, has led to an accelerated interest in the practice of precision agriculture. This practice involves the careful control and monitoring of plant nutrition to maximize the rate of growth and...

   Published August 27th 2006 by CRC Press
2. Fetal Origins of Cardiovascular and Lung Disease

   By David J. Barker

   Series: Lung Biology in Health and Disease

   This watershed reference presents epidemiological, clinical, and experimental evidence that cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, and chronic lung disease originate through adaptations to the intrauterine environment. These new findings suggest that major chronic diseases in adult life may be...

   Published September 24th 2000 by CRC Press