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Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction (Deborah C. Hayes, Becky K. Kerns, Toral Patel-Weynand, and Deborah M. Finch) -- Chapter 2. Impacts of Invasive Species in Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems in the United States (Albert E. Mayfield III, Steven J. Seybold, Wendell R. Haag, M. Tracy Johnson, Becky K. Kerns, John C. Kilgo, Daniel J. Larkin, Rima D. Lucardi, Bruce D. Moltzan, Dean E. Pearson, John D. Rothlisberger, Jeffrey D. Schardt, Michael K. Schwartz, and Michael K. Young) -- Chapter 3. Impacts of Invasive Species on Forest and Grassland Ecosystem Processes in the United States (Chelcy Ford Miniat, Jennifer M. Fraterrigo, Steven T. Brantley, Mac A. Callaham, Jr., Susan Cordell, Jeffrey S. Dukes, Christian P. Giardina, Shibu Jose, and Gary Lovett) -- Chapter 4. Effects of Climate Change on Invasive Species (Deborah M. Finch, Jack L. Butler, Justin B. Runyon, Christopher J. Fettig, Francis F. Kilkenny, Shibu Jose, Susan J. Frankel, Samuel A. Cushman, Richard C. Cobb, Jeffrey S. Dukes, Jeffrey A. Hicke, and Sybill K. Amelon) -- Chapter 5. Invasive Species Response to Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbance (Susan E. Meyer, Mac A. Callaham, Jr., Jane E. Stewart, and Steven D. Warren) -- Chapter 6. Early Intervention Strategies for Invasive Species Management: Connections Between Risk Assessment, Prevention Efforts, Eradication, and Other Rapid Responses (Robert C. Venette, Doria R. Gordon, Jennifer Juzwik, Frank H. Koch, Andrew M. Liebhold, Robert K.D. Peterson, Sharlene E. Sing, and Denys Yemshanov) -- Chapter 7. Management of Landscapes for Established Invasive Species (Therese M. Poland, Jennifer Juzwik, Allen Rowley, Cynthia D. Huebner, John C. Kilgo, Vanessa M. Lopez, Deanna H. Olson, Dean Pearson, Robert Progar, Robert Rabaglia, John D. Rothlisberger, Justin B. Runyon, and Sharlene E. Sing) -- Chapter 8. Restoration of Landscapes and Habitats Affected by Established Invasive Species (Jennifer Koch, Dean E. Pearson, Cynthia D. Huebner, Michael K. Young, and Richard A. Sniezko) -- Chapter 9. Sectoral Impacts of Invasive Species in the United States and Approaches to Management (Anne S. Marsh, Deborah C. Hayes, Patrice N. Klein, Nicole Zimmerman, Alison Dalsimer, Douglas A. Burkett, Cynthia D. Huebner, Robert Rabaglia, Laura A. Meyerson, Bonnie L. Harper-Lore, Jamie L. Davidson, Marla R. Emery, Travis Warziniack, Rebecca Flitcroft, Becky K. Kerns, and Vanessa M. Lopez) -- Chapter 10. Inventory and Monitoring of Invasive Species (Sonja Oswalt, Chris Oswalt, Alycia Crall, Robert Rabaglia, Michael Schwartz, and Becky K. Kerns) -- Chapter 11. Tools and Technologies for Quantifying Spread and Impacts of Invasive Species (Matt Reeves, Inés Ibáñez, Dana Blumenthal, Gang Chen, Qinfeng Guo, Catherine Jarnevich, Jennifer Koch, Frank Sapio, Michael K. Schwartz, Bruce K. Wylie, and Stephen Boyte) -- Chapter 12. Social and Cultural Dynamics of Non-Native Invasive Species (John Schelhas, Janice Alexander, Mark Brunson, Tommy Cabe, Alycia Crall, Michael J. Dockry, Marla R. Emery, Susan J. Frankel, Nina Hapner, Caleb R. Hickman, Rebecca Jordan, Michael J. LaVoie, Zhao Ma, Ross K. Meentemeyer, Joe Starinchak, and Jelena Vukomanovic) -- Chapter 13. The Role of International Cooperation in Invasive Species Research (Andrew Liebhold, Faith Campbell, Doria R. Gordon, Qinfeng Guo, Nathan Havill, Bradley Kinder, Richard MacKenzie, David R. Lance, Dean Pearson, Sharlene E. Sing, Travis Warziniack, Robert C. Venette, and Denys Yemshanov) -- Chapter 14. Economics of Invasive Species (Travis Warziniack, Robert G. Haight, Denys Yemshanov, Jenny L. Apriesnig, Thomas P. Holmes, Amanda M. Countryman, John D. Rothlisberger, and Christopher Haberland) -- Chapter 15. Legislation and Policy (Faith T. Campbell, Hilda Diaz-Soltero, and Deborah C. Hayes) -- Chapter 16. Future Invasive Species Research Challenges and Opportunities (Becky K. Kerns, Therese M. Poland, Robert C. Venette, Toral Patel-Weynand, Deborah M. Finch, Allen Rowley, Deborah C. Hayes, Mike Ielmini) -- APPENDIX 1: Regional Summaries.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to Toxicology -- Chapter 2. Laboratory Animal models -- Chapter 3. Toxicology Screening Methods -- Chapter 4. Toxicokinetics -- Chapter 5. Safety Pharmacology -- Chapter 6. Good Laboratory Practice.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1. Agricultural procedures for the cultivation and production of fenugreek -- Chapter 01. Historical Background, Origin, Distribution and Economic Importance of Fenugreek -- Chapter 02. Fenugreek Cultivation in The Middle East and Other Parts of The World With Emphasis on Use of Active Gradients in Traditional Medicine & and Modern Pharmaceutical Science -- Chapter 03. Employing Modern Technologies in the Cultivation and Production of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) -- Chapter 04. The Role of Agricultural Practices on Quality Characteristics of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) as a Medicinal and Aromatic Plant -- Chapter 05. Agronomic Practices in Fenugreek -- Chapter 06. Exogenously-Applied Gibberellic Acid Alleviates Morphological and Physiological Attributes in Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graceum L.) Under Salt Stress -- Chapter 07. Various Diseases Incidence on Fenugreek Crops and Their Management Strategies -- Chapter 08. Various Mitigation Approaches Applied to Confer Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) – A Review -- Part 2. Chemical Composition, Nutritional Properties and Active Compounds of Fenugreek -- Chapter 09. Extraction, Detection and Characterization of Various Chemical Components of Trigonella Foenum-graceum L. (Fenugreek) Known as a Valuable Seed in Agriculture -- Chapter 10. Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum): Nutritional, Health Properties and Food Uses -- Chapter 11. Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.): The magical Healing of human Health Hazards -- Part 3. Physiological, Biotechnological and Molecular Responses of Fenugreek -- Chapter 12. Nodulation Process, Nitrogen Fixation and Diversity of Fenugreek Rhizobia -- Chapter 13. Diversity of Trigonella foenum graecum Microsymbionts in Morocco -- Chapter 14. Impact of Various Environmental Stress Factors on Productivity, Quality and Secondary Metabolites of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) -- Chapter 15. Heavy Metals Induced Stress and Metabolic Responses in Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graceum L) Plants -- Chapter 16. Genomics, Transcriptomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics Approaches of Fenugreek -- Part 4. Medicinal and Clinical Approaches of Fenugreek -- Chapter 17. Medicinal Properties of Hulba (Fenugreek) in Unani System of Medicine -- Chapter 18. Fenugreek- A Wonder Spice with Versatile Pharmacological Activities and Clinical Applications -- Chapter 19. Trigonella foenum-graecum and its Bioactive Compounds having Potential Antidiabetic Activity -- Chapter 20. Evaluating the Chemopreventive Properties of Aqueous Extract of Trigonella foenumgraecum Against p-dimethylaminoazobenzene (p-DAB) Induced Carcinogenesis in Mice -- Chapter 21. Therapeutic Uses and Applications of Fenugreek -- Chapter 22. Pharmacological Actions and Therapeutic Potential of Trigonella foenum-graecum L.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction (Ayad M. Fadhil Al-Quraishi) -- Part I: Land Degradation -- Chapter 2. Assessing Environmental Degradation using Geo-spatial Technology: A Case Study (Arnab KUNDU) -- Chapter 3. Land Use Land Cover mapping using optimized Multi-layer Perceptron algorithm (Ali Jamali) -- Chapter 4. Environmental Degradation of Mongolia from 1990 to 2019 using Landsat, MODIS, AVHRR Data, and Machine Learning Technique (Otgonbayar Munkhdulam) -- Chapter 5. Assessment of Land Degradation Vulnerability Using GIS-Based Multi-criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) (Hazhir Karimi) -- Chapter 6. Evaluation of Zarand Earthquake in Central Iran using Satellite images and GIS (Hamid Allahvirdias) -- Chapter 7. Environmental Control of the Sand Dunes in Iraq (Hasan K. Jasim) -- Chapter 8. Assessment of Aircraft Sound on Students’ Performance (Khaula Abdulla Saif Alkaabi) -- Chapter 9. Soil Degradation Assessment for the Arid Territories of Kazakhstan (Dmitry V. Malakhov).

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Characteristics of Risk (Jan Kleinn et al) -- Chapter 2. Climate Change Impacts to Hurricane-Induced Wind and Storm Surge Losses for Three Major Metropolitan Regions in the U.S. (Peter Sousounis et al.) -- Chapter 3. Development of an Open-source Hurricane Wind Risk Model for Bermuda (Pinelopi Loizou et al.) -- Chapter 4. Downwards Counterfactual Analysis in Insurance Tropical Cyclone Models: A Miami Case Study (Cameron Rye et al.) -- Chapter 5. Estimating Tropical Cyclone Vulnerability: A Review of Different Open-Source Approaches (Katy Wilson and Jane Baldwin) -- Chapter 6. Geohome: Affordable, Resilient Housing for Climate Hazard Mitigation (George Elvin) -- Chapter 7. Identifying Limitations when Deriving Probabilistic Views of North Atlantic Hurricane Hazard from Counterfactual Ensemble NWP Re-forecasts (Tom Philp) -- Chapter 8. Perspective on Hurricane Risk Management Strategies in the Built Environment (Kelly Hereid) -- Chapter 9. The Response of Hurricane Inland Penetration to the Nearshore Translation Speed (Yi-Jie Zhu and Jennifer Collins),.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter Outlines -- Section 1: What is an Urban Bat? Morphological, Physiological, Behavioural and Genetic Adaptations -- Chapter 1: Physiological adaptation of bats to urban areas -- Chapter 2: Genetic impoverishment and species endangerment in the Anthropocene -- Chapter 3: Behavioral preadaptation of molossid bats to urban environments -- Chapter 4: The ecology of bats and their parasites in relation to urbanisation -- Chapter 5: Effect of urbanization on the social and mating system of bats -- Section 2: How do Bats Inhabit Urban Environments? Uses of Artificial Roosts, the Aerospace, and Green Spaces -- Chapter 6: Roost selection by urban bats -- Chapter 7: Bat boxes as roosting habitat in cities – ‘thinking outside the box’ -- Chapter 8: Woah, living in the air! Aerial habitats and aeroconservation for urban bats -- Chapter 9: What traits of greenspace in urban environments influence bat abundance and diversity? -- Chapter 10: Urban bats living in the city of Recife, Brazil -- Section 3: How do Bats and Humans Interact in Urban Environments? Human Perceptions, Public Health, and Ecosystem Services of Bats -- Chapter 11: Human dimension of bats in the city -- Chapter 12: Public health /conflicts between humans and bats -- Chapter 13: Ecosystem services of bats in urban habitats -- Chapter 14: The big picture, and moving forward with urban bat research, management, and conservation.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Oxygen Metabolism and Health Monitoring -- Chronic Ketosis Modulates HIF1α Mediated Inflammatory Response in Rat Brain -- Event Related NIRS and EEG Analysis for Mental Stress Monitoring -- Simulation Study of Breast Cancer Lipid Changes Affecting Membrane Oxygen Permeability -- Updated Evaluation of Cholesterol’s Influence of Oxygen Permeability -- Systems biology model of cerebral oxygen delivery and metabolism during therapeutic hypothermia: application to the piglet model -- Effect of Adrenaline on Cerebral Blood Oxygenation Measured by NIRS in a Rat Asphyxia Cardiac Arrest Model -- Two consecutive invasive surgeries utilizing Zymogen Protein C (ZPC) that enhanced patient safety and reduced costs -- Scanning Tissue-Oxygen Needle-Probe -- Transcranial photobiomodulation of clearance of beta-amyloid from the mouse brain: the effects on meningeal lymphatic drainage and blood oxygen saturation of the brain -- Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Might Help Prevent Onset of Cerebral Hyperperfusion Syndrome -- Part II. Oxygen Measurement and Modeling -- Online assessment of hemodynamics in suctioned volume of biological tissue by the embedded Near-infrared Spectroscopy sensor -- Skeletal Muscle Deoxygenation and its Relationship to Aerobic Capacity During Early and Late Stages of Aging -- Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) of Muscle HbO2 and MBO2 Desaturation During Exercise -- Relationship between Corticosteroid Dose and Muscle Oxygen Consumption in Recipients of Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation -- Relationship between the Borg Scale Rating of Perceived Exertion and Leg Muscle Deoxygenation during Incremental Exercise in Healthy Adults -- Effects of Exercise Training on Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle Functions in Patients in Chronic Heart Failure -- Reduced Scattering Coefficient During Incremental Exercise is Constant without being Affected by Changes in Muscle Oxygenation or Hemodynamics -- Changes in the laterality of oxygenation in the prefrontal cortex and premotor area during a 20-min moderate-intensity cycling exercise -- Relationship Between Decrease of Oxygenation During Incremental Exercise, Partial Pressure End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide: Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Vector Analysis -- Cerebral Oxygenation Dynamics during Incremental Exercise: Comparison of Arm Cranking and Leg Cycling -- Localization of Deep of Deep Ischemia and Hemorrhage in Preterm Infants’ Head with Near Infrared Optical Tomography: A Numerical Case Study -- Discerning Membrane Steady-State Oxygen Flux by Monte Carlo Markov Chain Modeling -- Part III. Tumor Oxygenation and Modeling -- Role of MicroRNA Expression for Proliferation and Apoptosis of Tumor Cells: Impact of Hypoxia-Related Acidosis -- Functional Impact of Acidosis-regulated MicroRNAs on the Migration and Adhesion of Tumor Cells -- Impact of Acidosis-Regulated MicroRNAs on the Expression of Their Target Genes in Experimental Tumors In Vivo -- An Observation on Enhanced Extracellular Acidification and Lactate Production Induced by Inhibition of Lactate Dehydrogenase A -- Keynote Lecture - The Warburg Effect: Historical Dogma versus Current Rationale -- The Acidic Tumor Microenvironment Affects Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Markers as well as Adhesion of NCI-H358 Lung Cancer Cells -- Assessment of the probability of tumor control for prescribed doses based on imaging of oxygen partial pressure -- On the feasibility of Pulse Wave Velocity Imaging for remote assessment of physiological functions -- Mechanisms of sound-induced opening of the blood-brain barrier -- Multimodal measurements of brain tissue metabolism and perfusion in a neonatal model of hypoxic-ischaemic injury -- Cerebral Spreading Depression Transient Disruption of Cross Frequency Coupling in the Rat Brain: Preliminary Observations -- Long-Term Blue Light Exposure Changes Frontal and Occipital Cerebral Hemodynamics: Not all Subjects React the Same -- Changes in Prefrontal Cortex Asymmetry Due to Standing Loading in Stroke Patients Measured by NIRS -- Parasympathetic Nervous Activity Associated with Discoordination between Physical Acceleration and Heart Rate Variability in Patients with Sleep Apnea -- The Changes in Brain Oxygenation during Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation as Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Near-infrared Spectroscopy Study -- Error Evaluation for Automated Diameter Measurements of Cerebral Capillaries Captured with Two-Photon Laser Scanning Fluorescence Microscopy -- Potential Biomarker for Triple Negative Breast Cancer Invasiveness by Optical Redox Imaging -- Optical redox imaging differentiates triple-negative breast cancer subtypes -- Oxygen-sensing Paramagnetic Probes for Clinical Oximetry -- Evaluation of the Quality of Chest Compression with Oxy-hemoglobin Level by Near-infrared Spectroscopy in a Rat Asphyxia Cardiac Arrest Model -- Altered Behavioural Performance in the Neuron-specific HIF-1 and HIF-2 deficient mice following Chronic Hypoxic Exposure -- Effect of Adrenaline on Cerebral Blood Oxygenation Measured by NIRS in a Rat Asphyxia Cardiac Arrest Model -- Addition of Drag Reducing Polymers to Colloid Resuscitation Fluid Enhances Cerebral Microcirculation and Tissue Oxygenation after Traumatic Brain Injury Complicated by Hemorrhagic Shock -- Effects of 20-minute intensive exercise on subjects with different working memory bases -- Supine cycling exercise enhances cerebral oxygenation of motor-related areas in healthy male volunteers -- Keynote Lecture - What is the Meaning of an Oxygen Measurement? Analysis of methods purporting to measure oxygen in targeted tissues -- Part IV. Brain Oxygenation and Function -- Assessment of Cerebral Blood Oxygenation by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy before and after Resuscitation in A Rat Asphyxia Cardiac Arrest Model -- Effect of 3-Day and 21-Day Hypoxic Preconditioning on Recovery following Cerebral Ischemia in Rats -- Time Series Tracking of Cerebral Microvascular Adaptation to Hypoxia and Hyperoxia Imaged with Repeated in vivo Two-Photon Microscopy -- Environmental Enrichment Improved Cognitive Performance in Mice under Normoxia and Hypoxia -- Effect of Prolonged Pressure on Hemodynamics of Sacral Tissues Assessed by Diffuse Optical Imaging: A Pilot Study -- In-phantom Validation of Time-Domain Near-Infrared Optical Tomograph Pioneer for Imaging Brain Hypoxia and Hemorrhage -- Online Non-invasive Assessment of Human Brain Death by Near-infrared Spectroscopy with Protocol of O2 Inspiration -- Not removing the glossy white cover from adhesive INVOS neonatal sensors affects the oxygenation measurement -- Probe design optimization for time-domain NIROT ‘Pioneer’ system for imaging the oxygenation of the preterm brain -- Effect of blood flow on hemoglobin and myoglobin oxygenation in contracting muscle using near infrared spectroscopy -- Magnetoresistance Properties of Red Blood Cells in Plasma Combined with Several Magnetic Beads Passing Two Cu Electrodes -- Measurement of Tissue Oxygen as a Novel Approach to Optimizing Red Blood Cell Quality Assessment -- Prox-1 and Hif-1a Genes Expression of Primo Vessel in Rabbit’s Lymphatic Vessel -- On the Feasibility of Pulse Wave Velocity Imaging for Remote Assessment of Physiological Functions -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I- Reviews on energy and environment -- Chapter 1. A review on production, properties and applications microbial surfactants as a promising biomolecule for environmental applications (Kidist Mulugeta, M. Kamaraj, Mesfin Tafesse & J. Aravind) -- Chapter 2. Hairy Root Applications in Phytoremediation – An updated Review (Anil Kumar Moola, Balasubramanian P, Lakkakula Satish, Sasanala Shamili, Manikandan Ramesh, T. Senthil Kumar & B. D. Ranjitha Kumari) -- Chapter 3. Pretreatment of wheat straw using ionic liquids for bioethanol production – A review (Ibsa Neme & Chandra Masi) -- Chapter 4. Harnessing the sustainable bioresource, cellulose at the nanoscale for multifarious environmental applications (Ebrahim M. Abda & Rocktotpal Konwarh) -- Chapter 5. Allelochemicals as natural herbicides for sustainable agriculture to promote a cleaner environment- A review (Hemalatha Palanivel, Gebiyaw Tilaye, Sathish Kumar Belliathan, Solomon Benor, Solomon Abera & Kamaraj M) -- Chapter 6. Strategies and limitations of water treatment methods for point-of-use application (N. R. Srinivasan, M. Kamaraj & S. Venkatesa Prabhu) -- Part II - Cleaner technologies on mitigation of organic and inorganic pollutants -- Chapter 7. Recent trends in application of Bacterial polymers to mitigate organic and inorganic pollutants (P Muthukumaran, J Aravind, M Kamaraj & KK Ramachandran) -- Chapter 8. Bioremediation: Efficient technology to combat Pesticide pollutants in Environment (Raman Kumar Ravi & R.Y. Hiranmai) -- Chapter 9. Removal of dyes from industrial effluents using bioremediation technique (Narayana Saibaba K.V.) -- Chapter 10. A harmless approach on textile effluent detoxification: bioremediation and its recent strategies (R. Kavitha, S. Venkatesa Prabhu & Melkamu Kifetew. M) -- Chapter 11. Modern Bioremediation Approaches for Clean and Green Environment (AnkitaMurmu, S. Murugan) -- Chapter 12. Arsenic-transforming bacteria – A potential weapon for Arsenic contaminated soil (Radhesh Krishnan Subramanian & Prabhakaran Narayanasamy) -- Chapter 13. Phycoremediation of heavy metals, factors involved and mechanisms related to functional groups in the algae cell surface- A review (Abate Ayele, Arumuganainar Suresh & Solomon Benor) -- Chapter 14. Heavy Metal Extraction from E-Waste through Bioleaching: A Promising Ecofriendly Approach (S. Venkatesa Prabhu, N.R. Srinivasan & Sintayehu Mekuria. H.) -- Chapter 15. Potential of Free Floating Macrophytes for Bioremediation of Heavy Metals – A conceptual Review (Punita Parikh & Krupa Unadkat) -- Chapter 16. Bioremediation of heavy metals using Salvinia molesta – a freshwater aquatic weed for pollutant remediation approach (Nithya T.G, Snegapriya P & Kamaraj M) -- Chapter 17. Mycoremediation: Fungal-based technology for biosorption of heavy metals – A Review (Abate Ayele, Setegn Haile, Digafe Alemu, Tamiru Tesfay & Kamaraj Murugesan) -- Part III - Impact and risk assessments -- Chapter 18. Geospatial modelling of air pollution and its impact on the health of urban residents using spatial statistical models - A review (Janani Selvaraj, Harathi Dayalan & Prashanthi Devi M) -- Chapter 19. Health impacts of contaminated water in India: Coping Strategies for Sustainable Development (J.V. Arun & A. Premkumar) -- Chapter 20. The potential of biotechnology on soil quality by minimizing agrochemical impact to ensure sustainable agriculture - A review (Solomon Abera).

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Part I: Leaves -- Chapter 1. Advances in Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) Breeding Strategies (Laila Aldahak, Khaled F. M. Salem, Salih H. F. Al-Salim, and Jameel M. Al-Khayri) -- Chapter 2. Chinese Cabbage (Brassica rapa L. var. pekinensis) Breeding: Application of Molecular Technology (Takumi Okamoto, Xiaochun Wei, Hasan Mehraj, Mohammad Rashed Hossain, Ayasha Akter, Naomi Miyaji, Yoshinobu Takada, Jong-In Park, Ryo Fujimoto, Ill-Sup Nou, and Masao Watanabe) -- Chapter 3. Breeding Advances and Prospects in Rocket Salad (Eruca vesicaria ssp. sativa Mill.) Cultivation (Pasquale Tripodi, Paula Santos Coelho, and Carla Guijarro-Real) -- Chapter 4. Spring Onion (Allium fistulosum L.) Breeding Strategies (Fatimah Kayat, Ahmed Mahmood Ibrahim, and Arifullah Mohammed) -- Chapter 5. Water Spinach (Ipomoea aquatica Forsk.) Breeding (Moumita Gangopadhyay, Anup Kumar Das, Subhendu Bandyopadyay, and Samanwita Das) -- Chapter 6. Watercress (Nasturtium officinale R. Br.) Breeding (Mohammadreza Hassandokht, Sajad Jafari, and Raheleh Ebrahimi) -- Part II: Flowerheads and Green Pods -- Chapter 7. Advances in Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis L.) Breeding, with Emphasis on India (Pritam Kalia and Shrawan Singh) -- Chapter 8. Globe Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus L.) Breeding (Fernando López-Anido and Eugenia Martin) -- Chapter 9. Breeding Strategies of Garden Pea (Pisum sativum L.) (Amal M.E. Abdel Hamid and Khaled F.M. Salem) -- Chapter 10. Genetic Improvement of Yardlong Bean (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. ssp. sesquipedalis (L.) Verdc.) (Pidigam Saidaiah, Thuraga Vishnukiran, Someswar Rao Pandravada, Natarajan Sivaraj, Adimulam Srivani, Amarapalli Geetha, Nimmarajula Srinivas, and Venkateswaran Kamala) -- Part III: Mushrooms -- Chapter 11. Enoki Mushroom (Flammulina velutipes (Curtis) Singer) Breeding (Ved P. Sharma, Anupam Barh, Rakesh Kumar Bairwa, Sudheer K. Annepu, Babita Kumari and Shwet Kamal) -- Chapter 12. Shiitake Mushroom (Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Sing.) Breeding in China (Quanju Xiang, Bilal Adil, Qiang Chen, Yunfu Gu, Xianfu Zeng, and Xinzhu Li) -- Part IV: Truffles -- Chapter 13. Desert Truffles (Terfezia spp.) Breeding (Asunción Morte, Francisco Arenas, José E. Marqués-Gálvez, Alberto Andrino, Ángel L. Guarnizo, Almudena Gutiérrez, Luis Miguel Berná, Manuela Pérez-Gilabert, Antonio Rodríguez, and Alfonso Navarro-Ródenas) -- Chapter 14. Enhancing White Truffle (Tuber magnatum Picco and T. borchii Vittad.) Cultivation through Biotechnology Innovation (Alessandra Zambonelli, Mirco Iotti, Federico Puliga, and Ian R. Hall).

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Part I: Bulbs -- Chapter 1. Traditional and Novel Approaches in Garlic (Allium sativum L.) Breeding (Einat Shemesh-Mayer and Rina Kamenetsky Goldstein) -- Chapter 2. Genetic Improvement of Leek (Allium ampeloprasum L.) (Fevziye Celebi-Toprak and Ali Ramazan Alan) -- Chapter 3. Shallot (Allium cepa L. Aggregatum group) Breeding (Haim D. Rabinowitch) -- Part II: Roots -- Chapter 4. Molecular Breeding Strategies of Beetroot (Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris var. conditiva Alefeld) (Farrag F.B. Abu-Ellail, Khaled F.M. Salem, Maysoun M. Saleh, Lina M. Alnaddaf, and Jameel M. Al-Khayri) -- Chapter 5. Carrot (Daucus carota L.) Breeding (Philipp W. Simon) -- Chapter 6. Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa L.) Breeding for the Future (Lauren H.K. Chappell and Adrian J. Dunford) -- Chapter 7. Radish (Raphanus sativus L.): Breeding for Higher Yield, Better Quality and Wider Adaptability (Binod Kumar Singh) -- Chapter 8. Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris L.) Improvement with Next-generation Breeding Technology (Chiara De Lucchi, Enrico Biancardi, George Skaracis, Marco De Biaggi, Ourania Pavli, Samathmika Ravi, Claudia Chiodi, Chiara Broccanello, and Piergiorgio Stevanato) -- Chapter 9. Turnip (Brassica rapa var. rapa L.) Breeding (Hesham S. Abdel-Razzak) -- Part III: Tubers -- Chapter 10. Recent Advances in Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Breeding (Emre Aksoy, Ufuk Demirel, Allahbakhsh Joiya, Muhammad Abu Bakar Zia, Muhammad Naeem Sattar, Faisal Saeed, Sevgi Çalışkan, and Mehmet Emin Çalışkan) -- Chapter 11. Application of Genome Editing Tools to Accelerate Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Breeding (Zafar Iqbal and Muhammad Naeem Sattar) -- Chapter 12. Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) Breeding (Jolien Swanckaert, Dorcus Gemenet, Noelle L. Anglin, and Wolfgang Grüneberg).