This monograph introduces the students and specialists of agricultural and food science to the fundamentals of optical spectroscopy main principles of modern spectroscopic instrumentation advantages and practical applications of spectroscopic methods to investigation of agricultural objects such as milk and dairy products eggs honey animal hair and agronomic plants. This monograph introduces the students and specialists of agricultural and food science to the fundamentals of optical spectroscopy main principles of modern spectroscopic instrumentation advantages and practical applications of spectroscopic methods to investigation of agricultural objects such as milk and dairy products eggs honey animal hai. This book deals with the practical applications of the methods of optical and laser spectroscopy to the evaluation of the state content and quality of agricultural and food products particularly the determination of fat protein and lactose contents in milk and dairy products evaluation of the quality of eggs and eggshell estimation of spoilage in eggs laser control of bird feathering. Buy practical spectroscopy in agriculture and food science 9781578085057 nhbs yuriy posudin science publishers