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Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, 1980. Perspectives in World Agriculture, Common- wealth Agricultural Bureaux, Farnham Royal, Slough, 400 pp., 244 × 187 mm, hard back, U.K. price £20.00, overseas £24.00, ISBN 0-85198-458-4.

Duffus, C.M. and Slaughter, J.C., 1980. Seeds and Their Uses. John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., Chichester, approx. 176 pp., cloth, approx. US $28.00/£10.00, ISBN 0-471-27799-1, pr, approx. US $14.00/£4.95, ISBN 0-471-27798-3.

Esmay, M., Eriyatno, S. and Phillips, A., 1979. Rice Postproduction Technology in the Tropics. Published for the East-West Center by University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu, xii + 140 pp., illus., paper, US $7.00.

Foth, H.D. and Sharer, J.W., 1980. Soil Geography and Land Use. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, approx. 480 pp., approx. US $25.20/£11.55, ISBN 0-471-01710-8.

Frissel, M. and Van Veen, H. (Editors), 1980. Simulation of Nitrogen Behaviour of Soil-- Plant Systems. Papers of a Workshop "Models for the Behaviour of Nitrogen in Soil and Uptake by Plant. Comparison between Different Approaches", organised by ITAL. PUDOC, Wageningen, approx. 300 pp., 15 papers, cloth, approx, price Dfl. 65.00 + Value Added Tax, ISBN 90-220-0735-9.

Kogan, M. and Herzog, D.C. (Editors), 1980. Sampling Methods in Soybean Entomology. Springer Series in Experimental Entomology. Miller, T.A. (Series Editor). Springer- Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, NY, xxiii + 587 pp., 252 figs., 65 tab, cloth DM 88.00/approx. US $52.00, ISBN 3-540-90446-8.

Konovalov, Y.B., 1981. Earing of Spring Wheat and Barley. Kolos Publishers (Agricul- ture), Moscow, 160 pp., VAAP INFO No. 10/9.

Luh, B.S. (Editor), 1980. Rice: Production and Utilization. AVI Publishing Co., Ltd., Westport, CT, 926 pp., 24 chapters, U.S. and Canada $49.00, other countries $54.00, ISBN 0-87055-332-1.

Milthorpe, F.L. and Moorby, J., 1980. An Introduct ion to Crop Physiology. Second Edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, London, New York, NY, New Rochelle, Melbourne, Vic., Sydney, N.S.W., xi + 244 pp., Hardback, £15.00, ISBN 0-521-2264-4, paperback, £4.95, ISBN 0-521-29581-5.

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Norman, M.J.T., 1979. Annual Cropping Systems in the Tropics. An Introduction. University Presses of Florida, Gainesville, FL, xi + 276 pp., charts, tables, biblio- graphies, index, US $20.00, LC 79-10625, ISBN 0-8130-0632-5.

Poehlman, J.M., 1980. Breeding Field Crops. Second, completely updated edition. AVI Publishing Co., Westport, CT, Price in U.S.A. and Canada $25.00, elsewhere $27.50.

Ritchie, G.A. (Editor), 1979. New Agricultural Crops. AAAS Selected Symposium Series, 38. Published for the American Association for the Advancement of Science by West- view Press, Boulder, CO, xxviii + 260 pp., illus., US $18.50.

Sharvelle, E.G., 1980. Plant Disease Control. AVI Publishing Co., Ltd., Westport, CT, 340 pp., 11 chapters, U.S. and Canada $28.00, other countries $31.00, ISBN 0-87055-335-6.

Welsh, J.R., 1980. Genetics and Plant Breeding. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, approx. 450 pp., approx. £9.00/US $20.65, ISBN 0-471-02862-2.

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Zeigler, L.W. and Wolfe, H.S., 1979. Citrus Growing in Florida. Revised edition. Universi- ty Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL, x + 246 pp., illus., no. 488, U.S. $11.00.

A n n o u n c e m e n t

THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ECOLOGY

Under the auspices of: The International Association for Ecology (INTECOL); The Inter- national Union for Biological Sciencs (IUBS) and The Polish Academy of Sciences

Major theme: 'Ecology as a Basis for Environmental Management and Human Welfare'

T/me: 5--11 September 1982.

Place: Warsaw, Poland.

lnfo: Congress Secretariat of IIIrd International Congress, Institute of Ecology, DziekanSw Le~ny, 05-150 Lomianki, Poland. Telex: 817378 IE PAN PL.