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Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Global scenario of temperate nuts -- Chapter 2. Nutritional composition of temperate nuts -- Chapter 3. Development and selection of rootstocks -- Chapter 4. Cultivars and genetic improvement -- Chapter 5. Improved propagation techniques in temperate nuts -- Chapter 6. Pollination management -- Chapter 7. Mineral nutrition -- Chapter 8. Plant water relations and Irrigation -- Chapter 9. Canopy architecture -- Chapter 10. Biotechnological interventions for improvement of temperate nuts -- Chapter 11. Organic approaches in temperate nuts -- Chapter 12. Shelf life enhancement -- Chapter 13. Package and storage of temperate nuts -- Chapter 14. Physiological disorders -- Chapter 15. Diseases of temperate nuts -- Chapter 16. Integrated pest management of temperate nuts.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1: Global climate perturbations: sustainable microbial mitigation strategies -- Chapter 2: Soil microflora and their interaction with plants under changing climatic scenarios -- Chapter 3: Beneficial microbial consortia and their role in sustainable agriculture under climate change conditions -- Chapter 4: Unfolding the role of beneficial microbes and microbial techniques on improvement of sustainable agriculture under climatic challenges -- Chapter 5: Microbes and their role in alleviation of abiotic and biotic stress tolerance in crop plants -- Chapterb 6: Plant-microbe interaction and their role in mitigation of heat stress -- Chapter 7: Role of soil microbes against abiotic stresses induced oxidative stresses in plants -- Chapter 8: An overview of the multifaceted role of plant growth promoting microorganisms and endophytes in sustainable agriculture: Developments and prospects -- Chapter 9: Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR): an indispensable tool for climate resilient crop production -- Chapter 10: Plant endophyte interactions- a driving phenomenon for boosting plant health in the face of climate change -- Chapter 11: Deciphering the role of growth promoting bacterial endophytes in harmonizing plant health -- Chapter 12: Endophytic microbes and their role in plant health -- Chapter 13: Multitrophic Reciprocity of AMF with Plants and Other Soil Microbes in Relation to Biotic Stress -- Chapter 14: Effect of temperature and defence response on the severity of dry root rot disease in chickpea caused by Macrophomina phaseolina -- Chapter 15: Emerging roles of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in salt stress alleviation: applications in sustainable agriculture -- Chapter 16: Studies on orchidoid mycorrhizae and mycobionts. associated with orchid plants as plant growth promoters and stimulator in seed germination -- Chapter 17: Current status of mycorrhizal biofertilizer in crop improvement and its future prospects -- Chapter 18: New developments in techniques like metagenomics. metaproteomics for isolation. identification. and characterization of microbes from varied environment -- Chapter 19: Mushroom metagenome: tool to unravel interaction network of plant. mycorrhiza and bacteria -- Chapter 20: Extremophile bacterial and archaebacterial population: metagenomics and novel enzyme reserve -- Chapter 21: Microbial nanotechnology: a biocompatible technology for sustainable and green agriculture practice -- Chapter 22: Bacteriophage Assisted Diagnostics and Management of Plant Diseases.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1 Advances in research trends in vegetables under a changing climate: A way forward -- Chapter 2 Emerging obstacles of vegetable production due to climate change and mitigation strategies -- Chapter 3 Impact of climate change on nutraceutical properties of vegetables -- Chapter 4 Nutritional stress management in vegetable crops under changing climate scenario -- Chapter 5 Impact of climate change on tuber crops production and mitigation strategies -- Chapter 6 Impact of climate change on leafy vegetables and mitigation strategies -- Chapter 7 Impact of climate change on perennial vegetable production and mitigation strategies -- Chapter 8 Impact of climate change on vegetables seed production and mitigation strategies -- Chapter 9 Protected cultivation of high-value vegetables crop under changing climate -- Chapter 10 Impact of climate change on underexploited vegetable crops production and mitigation strategies -- Chapter 11 Improvement of vegetables through grafting techniques in changing climate scenario -- Chapter 12 Improvement of vegetables through molecular breeding in changing climate scenario -- Chapter 13 Kitchen gardening for nutritional security under changing climate -- Chapter 14 Emerging insect-pests of vegetables due to changing climate -- Chapter 15 Emerging diseases of vegetables due to changing climate -- Chapter 16 Impact of climate change on postharvest quality of vegetables.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1 The perpetual battle of bacteria and phages -- Chapter 2 Orchestration of the plant microbiome for enhanced agriculture -- Chapter 3 Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria to mitigate biotic and abiotic stress in plants -- Chapter 4 Ecology and mechanisms of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria.-Chapter 5 Diversity and evolution of nitrogen fixing bacteria -- Chapter 6 Encapsulation of biofertilizers, biopesticides and biocontrol agents -- Chapter 7 Induced systematic resistance and plant immunity -- Chapter 8 Microbial elicitors for priming plant defense mechanisms -- Chapter 9 Microbial mitigation of abiotic stress in crops -- Chapter 10 Microbial alleviation of abiotic and biotic stresses in rice -- Chapter 11 Nutritional biofortification of crops by microbes -- Chapter 12 Microbial rejuvenation of soils for sustainable agriculture -- Chapter 13 Microbial remediation of agricultural residues -- Chapter 14 The biotechnological story of microbial genes from soil to transgenic plants -- Chapter 15 Microbial biosurfactants in the green agricultural technology -- Chapter 16 Role of microbes in the synthesis of industrial products from lignocellulosic materials.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part – I Introduction -- Biomaterials and Biopolymers for the Development of Biosensors -- Part – II Development of nanomaterials and biocomposites as sensors -- Nanobiohybrid Materials for Development of Biosensors -- Biosynthesis, Biofunctionalization, and Bioapplications of Manganese Nanomaterials: An Overview -- Transducers in Biosensors -- Self-Assembly and Fabrication of Biomaterials onto Transducers and their Characterization -- Biocatalytic Sensors: Potentials, Maxims and Mechanisms for Optimal Performance -- Part – III Potential role and applications of bio-based sensors -- Polyhydroxyalkanoate-based sensors and their applications -- An Overview of Immunosensors and their Application -- Live Cells as Biosensors -- Part – IV Biomaterials-based sensors for agricultural and biomedical applications -- Magnetic Nanoparticles Based Novel Sensors for select biomedical/ biological science applications -- Electrochemical Biosensors in Agricultural and Veterinary Applications -- The Applications of Biosensors and Biochips for Prognosis and Diagnosis of Diseases.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter -1 Molecular markers for harnessing heterosis in crop plants -- chapter - 2 Komparative Allele Specific PCR (KASP): An efficient high-throughput genotyping platform and its applications in crop variety development -- Chapter - 3 Marker assisted recurrent selection and crop improvement -- chapter - 4 Concepts and employment of molecular markers in Crop Breeding -- Chapter - 5 Microsatellites as potential molecular markers for genetic diversity analysis in plants -- Chapter - 6 Application of molecular marker in assessment of genetic diversity in medicinal plants -- Chapter - 7 Non coding RNA based markers: A new weapon in armory of molecular markers -- Chapter - 8 Molecular marker technique on improvement of Niger crop -- Chapter - 9 Applicability of molecular markers in ascertaining genetic diversity and relationship between five edible bamboos of North -East India -- chapter - 10 DNA Markers Assisted Crop Improvement for Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Legumes.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1 -- Plant-microbe interactions promoting millets plant growth and health: Perspectives for use of microorganisms in millets production, Chapter 2 -- Diversity and function of microbes associated with the rhizosphere of millets, Chapter 3 -- Biodiversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and its impact on millets growth, Chapter 4 -- Drought-tolerant plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria associated with millets, Chapter 5 -- Identification of novel microbial strain for reduced pesticide use in millets, Chapter 6 -- Current insights into the role of rhizosphere bacteria in disease suppression in millets, Chapter 7 -- Comparison of rhizospheric functional diversity between chemically fertilized and bioinoculated millet, Chapter 8 -- Deciphering the role and diversity of microbes present in millet rhizosphere, Chapter 9 -- Role of phosphate solubilizing microbes on phosphorous availability and yield attributes of millet, Chapter 10 -- Impact of rhizosphere ecology on nitrogen fixation in millets, Chapter 11 -- Synergistic effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and PGPR on yield improvements in millets, Chapter 13 -- Understanding of belowground biochemical communication in millets through metabolomics, Chapter 14 -- Prospects of gene editing techniques in manipulating the rhizosphere microbiome for millets productivity, Chapter 15 -- Effect of nano-formulated agrochemicals on rhizospheric communities in millets, Chapter 16 -- Potential application of nanotechnology in biofertilizer formulation for millets.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Precision agriculture and nitrogen management technologies -- Chapter 3. Food safety and the importance of comprehensive analytical methods for pesticides and other contaminants -- Chapter 4. Artificial intelligence and hyperspectral modeling for soil management -- Chapter 5. Biochar-based technology in food production, climate change mitigation and sustainable agricultural soil management - post Terra Preta era -- Chapter 6. Diversity and ecological functions of soil microbial community in black soil in northeast China -- Chapter 7. Lignosulphonates as soil amendments in agriculture -- Chapter 8. Ecological functions of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in agriculture -- Chapter 9. The agro-extension service evolution in China and Norway: different pathways to tackle evolving challenges -- Chapter 10. Climate smart agriculture in China: current status and future perspectives -- Chapter 11. China-Africa joint force on integrated pest and disease management (IPM) for food security - fall armyworm as a showcase.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. An overview of medicinal plants: Drugs of tomorrow -- Chapter 2. Medicinal properties of plant under adverse environmental condition -- Chapter 3. Response of Secondary Metabolites of Ocimum gratissimum L. Under Copper Stress Condition -- Chapter 4. Resilience mechanism of medicinal plants under harsh environment -- Chapter 5. Nature Interpretation Sites (NIS) A New Hope of Ex-situ garden for Conservation and cultivation of Economically Important RET MAP’s In Higher Himalayan Regions -- Chapter 6. Gene expression in medicinal plants in stress condition -- Chapter 7. Revealing the epigenetic mechanisms underlying the stress response in medicinal plants -- Chapter 8. Transcriptional Regulation in biosynthesis of phytochemicals in medicinal plants under stress conditions -- Chapter 9. Role of miRNA in medicinal plants under stress condition -- Chapter 10. Secondary metabolites biosynthesis and related gene expression under Ultraviolet-B radiation -- Chapter 11. Signaling molecules in medicinal plants response to cold stress -- Chapter 12. Aquaporins gene expression in plants under stress condition -- Chapter 13. Genomic instability in medicinal plants in response to heavy metal stress -- Chapter 14. Proteomics response of medicinal plants to salt stress -- Chapter 15. Regulation of PGPR-related genes in medicinal plants in adverse condition -- Chapter 16. Role of phytomelatonin in plant tolerance under environmental stress -- Chapter 17. Omics’ approaches to analysis of stress responses genes in medicinal plants -- Chapter 18. Next generation sequencing (NGS) for metabolomics study in medicinal plants under stress condition -- Chapter 19. Targeted improvement of medicinal plants under stress condition through CRISPR/Cas mediated genome engineering -- Chapter 20. Molecular farming of medicinal plants in the face of environmental challenges.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. Concept of entrepreneur and entrepreneurship -- 2. Government schemes for entrepreneurship programs -- 3. Skills for entrepreneurs -- 4. Intellectual Property Principles in Microbial Technologies -- 5. Ethical and legal issues in microbial products in India -- 6. Mass multiplication, production cost analysis, and marketing of cyanobacterial biofertilizers -- 7. Rhizobium biofertilizers: mass production process and cost-benefit ratio analysis -- 8. Mass multiplication, production cost analysis and marketing of VAM fungal biofertilizer -- 9. Mass multiplication and cost analysis of Frankia biofertilizer -- 10. Mass multiplication, production cost analysis and marketing of Azospirillum -- 11. Mass multiplication, production cost analysis and marketing of Azotobacter -- 12. Mass multiplication, production cost analysis and marketing of Pseudomonas -- 13. Mass production, formulation and cost-benefit ratio analysis of Bacillus thuringiensis bioinsecticide -- 14. Mass multiplication, production cost analysis and marketing of Trichoderma -- 15. Mass multiplication, production cost analysis and marketing of Metarhizium -- 16. Mass multiplication, production cost analysis and marketing of Beauveria -- 17. Chaetomium sp.: An in-sight to its antagonistic mechanisms, mass multiplication, and production cost analysis -- 18. Vermicomposting: a leading feasible Entrepreneurship -- 19. Mass Production and marketing of microbial compost -- 20. Cost benefit assessment of solid based biofertilizer production.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1 Climate change and farming system- a review of status, potentials, and further work needs -- Chapter 2 Disaster Risk Reduction in Agriculture -- Chapter 3 Agricultural Producers' Behavioral Adaptation to Climate Change Disaster in Turkiye -- Chapter 4 Water Management Strategies for Agricultural Disasters -- Chapter 5 Disasters impacts on soil and their management -- Chapter 6 Role of Soil Science in Mitigating Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters -- Chapter 7 Role of Environmental Science for Disaster Risk Reduction in Agriculture -- Chapter 8 Sustainable Development in Agriculture beyond the Notion of Minimizing Environmental Impacts -- Chapter 9 Drought Stress in Crop Plants and its Management -- Chapter 10 - Impact of Heat Stress on Cereal Crops and its Mitigation Strategies -- chapter 11 Causes of Soil Erosion, its Measurements and Management -- chapter 12 Management of Crops in Water-Logged Soil -- Chapter 13 Climate Change Impact on Mangrove Forests in Pakistan -- Chapter 14 Climate Change, Flash Floods and It’s Consequences; A Case Study of Gilgit-Baltistan -- Chapter 15 Conservation agriculture a sustainable approach for disaster Risk reduction in rice wheat cropping system of Pakistan -- Chapter 16 Forestry a Way Forward for Disaster Risk Reduction in Agriculture -- Chapter 17 Risks of Deserts Locust and Its Mitigation -- Chapter 18 Role of Horticulture in Disaster Risk Management -- Chapter 19 Disaster Hazards and Vulnerabilities In Agriculture- Role of Food Technologist -- Chapter 20 Role of Livestock for Disaster Risk Reduction -- Chapter 21 Role of Social Sciences in Reducing Disaster Risk in Agriculture -- Chapter 22 Use of AI for Disaster Risk Reduction in Agriculture -- Chapter 23 Disaster Risk Reduction through Agricultural Engineering technologies -- Chapter 24 Integrated Approach for Disaster Risk Reduction in Agriculture through Crop, Livestock, Forestry, Poultry, and Fish farming -- Chapter 25 Key Challenges and Financial Needs to Promote Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) in Pakistan: A Case Study of Hunza, Pakistan.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Fundamentals of Tree and Vine Physiology -- Mechanical Management of Modern Planar Fruit Tree Canopies -- Orchard Water Management -- Vineyard Water Management -- Pests and diseases management -- Advanced Technologies for Crop-load Management -- Mechanical Harvesting -- Autonomous Platforms -- Management Information Systems and Emerging Technologies -- Economic and Societal Aspects.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part I : FOOD SYSTEM CONCEPT AND SUMMARIZED RECOMMENDATIONS -- Chapter 1: Food systems: seven priorities to end hunger and protect the planet -- Chapter 2: Food system concepts and definitions for science and political action -- Part II: ACTIONS ON HUNGER AND HEALTHY DIETS -- Chapter 3: Healthy diet - A Definition for the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021 -- Chapter 4: Ensuring Access to Safe and Nutritious Food for All Through Transformation of Food Systems -- Chapter 5: Shift to Healthy and Sustainable Consumption Patterns -- Chapter 6: Fruits and Vegetables for Healthy Diets: Priorities for Food System Research and Action -- Chapter 7: Modelling Actions for Transforming Agrifood Systems -- Part IV: ACTIONS FOR EQUITY AND RESILIENCE IN FOOD SYSTEMS -- Chapter 8: Advance Equitable Livelihoods -- Chapter 9: A Review of Evidence on Gender Equality, Women‘s Empowerment and Food Systems -- Chapter 10: The Future of Small Farms: Innovations for Inclusive Transformation -- Chapter 11: Diversification for enhanced food systems resilience -- Chapter 12: Addressing Food Crises in Violent Conflicts -- Chapter 13: In brief: The White/Wiphala Paper on Indigenous Peoples’ food systems -- Chapter 14: Marginal areas and indigenous people – Priorities for research and action -- Chapter 15: Priorities for inclusive urban food system transformations in the Global South -- Chapter 16: Secondary Cities as Catalysts for Nutritious Diets in Low- And Middle-Income Countries -- Part V: ACTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT -- Chapter 17: Boost Nature Positive Production. Chapter 18: Pathways to Advance Agroecology for a Successful Transformation to Sustainable Food Systems -- Chapter 19: A New Paradigm for Plant Nutrition -- Chapter 20: Livestock and sustainable food systems: status, trends, and priority actions -- Chapter 21: The Vital Roles of Blue Foods in the Global Food System -- Chapter 22: Food System Innovations and Digital Technologies to Foster Productivity Growth and Rural Transformation -- Chapter 23: Leveraging data, models & farming innovation to prevent, prepare for & manage pest incursions: Delivering a pest risk service for low-income countries -- Chapter 24: Food Systems Innovation Hubs in Low-and-Middle-Income Countries -- Chapter 25: A Whole Earth Approach to Nature Positive Food: Biodiversity and Agriculture -- Chapter 26: Water for Food Systems and Nutrition -- Chapter 27: Climate Change and Food Systems -- Chapter 28: Delivering climate change outcomes with agroecology in low- and middle-income countries: evidence and actions needed -- Chapter 29: Crop Diversity, its Conservation and Use for Better Food Systems -- Chapter 30: Safeguarding and using Fruit and Vegetable Biodiversity -- Chapter 31: Reduction of Food Loss and Waste – The Challenges and Conclusions for Actions -- Part V: COSTS, INVESTMENT, FINANCE, AND TRADE ACTIONS -- Chapter 32: The True Cost of Food – a preliminary assessment -- Chapter 33: Cost and Affordability of Preparing a Basic Meal around the World -- Chapter 34: The global cost of reaching a world without hunger: Investment costs and policy action opportunities -- Chapter 35: Financing SGD2 and Ending Hunger -- Chapter 36: Trade and Sustainable Food Systems -- Part VI: Regional Perspectives -- Chapter 37: Policy Options for food system transformation in Africa and the role of science, technology and innovation -- Chapter 38: The Role of Science, Technology and Innovation for Transforming Food Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Chapter 39: The Role of Science, Technology, and Innovation for Transforming Food Systems in Asia -- Chapter 40: The Role of Science, Technology, and Innovation for Transforming Food Systems in Europe -- Chapter 41: Transforming Chinese Food Systems for both Human and Planetary Health -- Chapter 42: Key Areas of the Agricultural Science Development in Russia in the Context of Global Trends and Challenges -- Chapter 43: Food System in India. Challenges, Performance and Promise -- Part VII: STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES AND GOVERNANCE -- Chapter 44: The Role of Science, Technology and Innovation for Transforming Food Systems Globally -- Chapter 45: The Bioeconomy and Food Systems Transformation -- Chapter 46: In the Age of Pandemics, connecting Food Systems and Health: a Global One Health Approach -- Chapter 47: How could science–policy interfaces boost food system transformation? -- Chapter 48: The Transition Steps Needed to Transform Our Food Systems -- Chapter 49: Engaging Science in Food Systems Transformation: Toward Implementation of the Action Agenda of the United Nations Food Systems Summit -- Chapter 50: Science for Transformation of Food Systems: Opportunities for the UN Food Systems Summit.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Nutritional Enhancement of Vegetable Crops-(with major emphasis on broccoli-a new cole crop in India -- Chapter 2. New Systems of Vegetable Production: Vertical, Hydroponics, Aeroponics, Organic, Microgreens -- Chapter 3. Bio-active Nutrients in Vegetables for a Healthy Life -- Chapter 4. Nutritive Vegetable crops germplasm for future food security -- Chapter 5. Nutritive Vegetable Production and Protection with the use of Virekshayurved based Herbal Kunapjal -- Chapter 6. Nutrition Rich Microgreens- An opportunity for Nutri-preneurs -- Chapter 7. On Farm Organic Input Generation for quality Vegetable Production -- Chapter 8. Bitter gourd- A Vegetable Crop for Nutrition and Health Security -- Chapter 9. Nutrition in Potato and Food Products -- Chapter 10. Antioxidants and Health Benefits of Brinjal -- Chapter 11. Home Gardening-The Way Forward to be Safe and Healthy -- Chapter 12. Andaman’s Indigenous Vegetables for Nutrition and Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 13. Off-season vegetable growing for nutrition and Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 14. Capsicums for Nutrition and Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 15. Genetic Resources of Vegetable Crops-A potential Source of Nutrition and Entrepreneurship in NEH region of India -- Chapter 16. Moringa for Nutrition and Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 17. Mushrooms for Nutrition and Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 18. Aquatic Vegetables for Nutrition and Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 19. Tropical Tuber Vegetables for Nutrition and Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 20. Legume Vegetables for Nutrition and Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 21. Underexploited Vegetables of Coastal India for Nutrition and Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 22. Root Vegetables for Nutrition and Entrepreneurship.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Pulses waste to biofuels -- Chapter 2. Utilization of Wheat and Maize waste as Biofuel source -- Chapter 3. Agricultural residues and manures into bioenergy -- Chapter 4. Bioenergy from cellulose of Woody Biomass -- Chapter 5. Potential Technologies for Advanced Generation Biofuels from Waste Biomass -- Chapter 6. Biological pretreatment strategies for second generation lignocellulosic biomass to enhance ethanol production -- Chapter 7. Agricultural lignocellulosic waste to Biofuels -- Chapter 8. Mixed lignocellulosic feedstocks: An effective approach for enhanced biofuel production -- Chapter 9. Bioenergy: Challenges ahead and Future -- Chapter 10. Production of bioethanol from mixed lignocellulosic biomass:Future prospects and challenges.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: History, origin, and geographical distribution of subterranean crops -- Chapter 3:What are the precise aspects of crop management, post-harvest technology, and key points of storage of subterranean crops? -- Chapter 4: A catalogue of field equipment used in the cultivation of subterranean crops -- Chapter 5: Subterranean crops and Starches -- Chapter 6: The role of post-harvest technology and value addition in subterranean crops -- Chapter 7: Global economic potential for value addition in subterranean crops -- Chapter 8: The role of bioprocessing in protein-enriched animal feed -- Chapter 9: Biotechnological potential and interventions in subterranean crops and some thoughts on the future course of research in these crops. .

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Section 1 An introduction to nanoagriculture, agronanobiotechnology and nanoremediation -- Chapter 1. Nanoagriculture: Advantages and drawbacks -- Chapter 2. Agronanobiotechnology: present and prospect -- Chapter 3. Nanoremediation -- Chapter 4. Cutting-edge technologies in agriculture without hampering sustainable development -- Section 2 Nanoagriculture -- Chapter 5. Controlled Delivery of Elements, Molecules, Genetic Material, or Organisms -- Chapter 6. Nanosensors for crop management -- Chapter 7. Nanotechnology for pest management -- Chapter 8. Nanotechnology in water and wastewater treatment -- Chapter 9. The contribution of the nanotechnology to the farmer wellbeing -- Section 3 Agronanobiotechnology -- Chapter 10. Magnetofection for plant breeding -- Chapter 11. Nano and OMICs technologies -- Chapter 12. Interactions between nanomaterials and plant-microbe partnership -- Chapter 13. Nanobiological pest control -- Section 4 Nanoremediation -- Chapter 14 Nanoremediation of heavy metals in agricultural soils -- Chapter 15 Nanoremediation of organic pollutants -- Chapter 16 Phytobial remediation -- Chapter 17 Nanobioremediation -- Section 5 Ecological impacts -- Chapter 18 Nanomaterials in the human food chain -- Chapter 19 Nanotechnological achievements and the environmental degradation -- Chapter 20 Accumulation of engineered nanomaterials in soil, water and air -- Chapter 21 Collateral effects of nanopollution on human and environmental health.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Introduction to the book -- Chapter 2. Best practices for saline and brackish water management -- Chapter 2.1 Salt-affected soils and their management in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: A holistic approach -- Chapter 2.2 Innovation and practical experience of using saline water at farm level in Tunisia -- Chapter 2.3 Soil and nutrient management under saline conditions -- Chapter 2.4 Irrigation management under saline conditions in MENA and Sub-Saharian conditions: Lessons learned -- Chapter 2.5 Irrigation Water Management under Salinity Conditions in Arid Regions -- Chapter 2.6 Seed priming and Nano priming techniques as tools to alleviate osmotic stress in legumes -- Chapter 3. Using saline water for conventional, nonconventional and forage crops -- Chapter 3.1 Exploration and collection of quinoa’s wild ancestor in Argentina -- Chapter 3.2 Multilocality evaluation of alternative forage crops grown under salinity conditions in the south of Morocco -- Chapter 3.3 Innovation and Practical Experience of Using Saline Water at the Farm Level in Tunisia -- Chapter 4. Land management when irrigating with saline water -- Chapter 4.1 Do cultivating methods improve crop yield under saline condition in semi-arid areas? -- Chapter 4.2 Posphoypsum as potential amendment and fertilizer for crop nutrition and salt affected soils remediation -- Chapter 5. The challenges faced when using of non-Conventional water in agriculture -- Chapter 5.1 Status, Drivers and Suggested Management Scenarios of salt affected soils in Africa -- Chapter 5.2 The use of nonconventional water resources in agriculture in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: Key challenges and opportunities for the use of treated wastewater -- Chapter 6. Use of models as management tools -- Chapter 6.1 SALTMED model as a tool for water, crop, field and N-fertilizers management -- Chapter 7. Use of desalination technology to produce non-saline water for irrigation -- Chapter 7.1 Is desalination for agriculture sustainable? -- Chapter 7.2 The Technological Challenges of Desalination for Irrigation in Morocco.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Preface - A courageous and truly necessary work -- General introduction - Questions, issues and analytical framework -- PART I. SPECIALIZATION/DIVERSIFICATION -- Introduction - Productive and territorial specialization: a blocking factor or a resource -- 1. From agro-industrial specialization to the plurality of models in southern Brazil -- 2. The construction of development itineraries in dairy basins, between specialized and diversified models -- 3. Does the evolution of agricultural production models allow for their coexistence in the territories -- PART II. INNOVATION -- Introduction - Innovation: ferment and fruit of the coexistence and confrontation of agricultural and food models -- 4. Mass retailing, a driving force for hybridization and innovation in territorial food systems -- 5. Coexisting in Cuma: cooperation between heterogeneous farmers -- 6. Emergence and compartmentalization of advisory subsystems for ecological intensification of agriculture in Burkina Faso -- PART III. ADAPTATION -- Introduction - Adaptation: necessity and project in coexistence -- 7. ProHuerta: from subsistence self-production to the agroecological challenge of giants -- 8. Hybridization of food chains in peri-urban production systems: the example of Pisa, Italy -- 9. Tradition in the market: valuing the know-how and identity of the Faxinal Emboque community in Brazil -- 10. History and coexistence of agricultural development models. The cases of Argentina, France and Brazil -- PART IV. TRANSITION -- Introduction - Thinking about transitions through the coexistence and confrontation of agricultural and food models: scales, actors and territorial trajectories -- 11. The role of interactions between organic and "conventional" in the ecological transition of the territorial food system of southern Ardèche -- 12. Challenging and caring: forms of solidarity in local purchasing groups -- 13. Governing coexistence in an economy "in transition": peasant farming and mega-farms in the Vietnamese dairy sector -- 14. Thinking about the diversity of transition trajectories -- PART V. A NEW PARADIGM OF TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT? -- Introduction - Ambivalence of models and the challenge of territorial governance of coexistence -- 15. Coexistence as an arrangement: the multiplicity of dairy models in Switzerland -- 16. Neoliberalization of agricultural policy in Japan and contradictions between agricultural models -- 17. Where is the development model of food systems that emerged at the end of the 20th century going -- 18. Agricultural and food models: don't believe in them too much, but believe in them anyway -- 19. Confronting models: coexistence to navigate between the naivety of consensus and the violence of polarization -- 20. Governing the coexistence and confrontation of agricultural and food models in the territories: paradigm, postures, methods -- List of authors.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1 Disposal of Agricultural waste and its effects on Environment, production of useful metabolites and energy: potential and challenges -- 2 Utilizing Agricultural Waste in Production of Biochar for Improving Soil Properties and Increasing Crop Yield through Field Application -- 3 Value-added products from agricultural waste -- 4 Biomaterials derived from agricultural waste – a focus on collagen -- 5 Valorization of Agricultural Lignocellulosic Plant Byproducts Following Biorefinery Approach Towards Circular Bioeconomy -- 6 Bioactive Peptides from Protein-Rich Waste -- 7 Biopolymers in sugarcane vinasse treatment and valorization -- 8 Valorization of Guava fruit by-products -- 9 Valorization of coffee by-products:An overview -- 10 Valorization of tomato fruit processing residues -- 11 Sustainable utilization of tea waste -- 12 Vitis wastes as a source of stilbenes: natural occurrence, factors affecting biosynthesis and valorization in agri-food sector -- 13 Useful bioactive compounds from Olive tree by-products (leaves, branches, fruits) -- 14 Fruit pomaces as valuable by-products of wine and cider industries -- 15 Secondary Metabolites and Antioxidant Activity of the Solid-State Fermentation in Fruit Waste/Bagasse -- 16 Green extraction techniques applied to recover chemical compounds from olive-derived biomasses -- 17 Production and use of hydrolates from the distillation process of aromatic plants -- 18 From agricultural waste to functional food products: An Overview -- 19 Recent advancements in agricultural residues valorisation into bio-products -- 20 Biogas Energy from Animal Waste -- 21 Recent Trends and Future Prospects of Nanotechnology for Agro-wastes Valorization into Biofuels.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. Drylands: An Introduction -- 2. Current state and prediction of future global climate change and variability in terms of CO2 levels and temperature -- 3. Vulnerability of dryland agriculture over non-dryland agriculture toward the changing climate -- 4. Climate risk management in dryland agriculture: Technological management and institutional options to adaptation -- 5. Achieving land degradation neutrality to combat the impacts of climate change -- 6. Establishing linkages among changes in land-use, vegetation and crop lands to arrest soil erosion and desertification -- 7. Management of salt-affected soils for increasing crop productivity -- 8. Role of water harvesting and supplemental irrigation in enhancing agriculture productivity of dryland under climate change -- 9. Assessment and management of soil and water erosion in dryland ecosystem -- 10. Advances in micro-irrigation practices for improving water use efficiency in dryland agriculture -- 11. Enhancing agricultural water productivity using deficit irrigation practices in water Scarce regions -- 12. Meta-analysis studies emphasizing activities related to natural resources management for imparting resilience to dryland agriculture -- 13. Soil organic carbon sequestration in dryland soils to alleviate impacts of climate change -- 14. Soil Inorganic Carbon in drylands: An unsung player in climate change mitigation -- 15. Remediation of polluted soils for managing toxicity stress in crops of dryland ecosystems -- 16. Fertilizer management in dryland cultivation for getting stable crop yields -- 17. Development of a successful integrated farming system model for livelihood sustenance of dry land farmers -- 18. Unlocking potential of dryland horticulture in climate-resilient farming -- 19. Genetically-modified crops and crop species adapted to global warming in dry regions -- 20. Weed Management in Dryland Agriculture -- 21. Insect and Pest Management for sustaining crop production under changing climatic patterns of drylands -- 22. Potential effects of future climate changes in pest scenario -- 23. Impact of climate change on plant viral diseases -- 24. Adaptation Strategies for Protected Cultivation under Changing Climate Patterns in Dry Regions -- 25. Organic farming: prospects and challenges in drylands -- 26. Biochemical and Molecular aspects for plant improvement under climate stress -- 27. Understanding linkages between livestock sensitivity and climate variability in drylands for developing appropriate management strategies -- 28. Grass-legume intercropping for enhancing quality fodder production in drylands -- 29. Economic analysis of sustainable dryland agriculture practices -- 30. Adoption of Sustainable Dryland Technologies for Improving Livelihood of Farmers in Developing Countries -- 31. Challenges and Prospects in managing dry land agriculture under climate change scenario -- 32. Adaptive Resilience: Sustaining Dryland Agriculture the pastoralist way -- 33. Resource Conserving Mechanization Technologies for Dryland Agriculture -- 34. Agricultural mechanization for efficient utilization of input resources to improve crop production in arid region.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. Maize Genome Genome diversity in Maize -- 2. Maize biodiversity: state of the art and future perspective for breeding -- 3. European maize landraces made accessible for plant breeding and genome-based studies -- 4.Maize genome analysis to elucidate evolution with time -- 5. QTL mapping for high temperature stress in Maize -- 6. QTL mapping advances for European Corn Borer Resistance in maize -- 7. GWAS for maize yield Improvement -- 8. Transcriptional Factor; a molecular switch to adapt Abiotic Stress mechanism in maize -- 9. Gene expression Divergence in Maize -- 10. Physiological and Biochemical Responses of Maize under Drought Stress -- 11. Fungal Pathogen Induced Modulation of Structural and Functional Proteins in Zea mays -- 12.Maize improvement using recent Omics approaches -- 13. Molecular Genetic Approaches to Maize Improvement. -- 14. Genomic selection in maize improvement -- 15. Genetic engineering for improvement of qualitative and quantitative traits in Maize -- 16. Potential of phenomics in climate resilient maize breeding -- 17. Current Genomic Approaches for biotic stress tolerance in Maize -- 18. Genomics approaches for ascertaining Drought stress responses in Maize -- 19. Genotyping advances for Heat stress Tolerance in Maize -- 20. Biofortification in Maize through Marker Assisted Breeding -- 21. Molecular breeding approaches to improve NUE in Maize -- 22. Molecular breeding (QTL mapping) for Phosphorus Use Efficiency in Maize -- 23. Maize improvement for water use efficiency: Advances in Recent molecular marker technology -- 24. Genome editing Advances for Maize Improvement.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter-01 Waste biomass valorization and its application in the environment -- Chapter-2 Biomass valorization as Energy production using waste biomass -- Chapter-3 Volatile Organic Compounds Impacts on Environment Bio-filtration an effective control method-A Review -- Chapter - 4 Utilization of waste Biomass for producing useful Chemical -- Chapter-5 Forestry biomass as carbon neutral source for the production of biofuels and aromatics -- Chapter-6 Biomass (Algae) Valorization as an Energy Perspective: Review of Process Options and Utilization -- Chapter-7 Bio-hydrogen Production Using Agricultural Biowaste Materials -- Chapter-8 Conversion of Food Waste into Valuable Products -- Chapter-9 Food Waste Materials for Bioenergy Production -- Chapter-10 Biochar for sustainable crop production -- Chapter-11 Production of alternative fuel from lignocellulosic kitchen waste through pyrolysis -- Chapter-12 Generation of bio-energy from industrial waste materials.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Rice Chemistry, Nutrition and Processing: An Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Structure of Rice Starch and its Application -- Chapter 3. Rice Proteins and Their Applications -- Chapter 4. The Oil from Rice Bran and Its Processing Technology -- Chapter 5. Extraction and Identification of Rice Polyphenols and Related Health Benefits -- Chapter 6. Dietary Fiber from Rice By-products and Its Applications -- Chapter 7. Postharvest Processing of Rice -- Chapter 8. Cooking of Rice -- Chapter 9. Storage of Cooked Rice -- Chapter 10. Commercial Processing of Rice -- Chapter 11. Germinated Brown Rice -- Chapter 12. Impact of Heat-Moisture Treatment on Hierarchical Structure and Functional Properties of Rice Starch -- Chapter 13. Perspective of Future Rice Processing.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. Permaculture principles, practices, and environmentalism (Jungho Suh) -- 2. Sources and solubilization of phosphatic fertilizers (Waleed Fouad Abobatta, Amr Mahmoud Abdel Gawad, Haythum M. Salem, Mohamed A. Abdel-Salam, Taghred A. Hashim) -- 3. Organic phosphorous as an alternative to mineral phosphatic fertilizers (Muhammad Zaina, Muhammad Adeelb, Noman Shakoor, Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Saliha Maqboole, Jiusheng Li, Shafeeq Ur-Rahman, Xu Ming, Asif Iqbal, Waqar Afzal Malik, Aiwang Duan) -- 4. Adaptive responses of crop species against phosphorus deficiency (Mehtab Muhammad Aslam, Aisha Lawan Idris, Eyalira Jacob Okal, Muhammad Waseem) -- 5. Biochar for sustainable phosphorus management in agroecosystems (Komel Jehangir, Muhammad Riaz, Rashid Mahmood, Muhammad Arif) -- 6. Phenotyping for assessing genotypic variation in phosphorus use efficiency (Amjad Farooq, Waqas Shafqat Chattha, Muhammad Tehseen Azhar, Azeem Iqbal Khan, Amir Shakeel) -- 7. Advanced biotechnological tools for improving phosphorus 1 use efficiency (Hafiza Aasia Malik, Atta Ur Rahman, Fazal Akbar, Nisar Ahmad, Syed Shujait Ali, Muhammad Suleman, Shahid Ali, Zahid Hussain, Nasib Zaman, Akhtar Rasool, Muzafar Shah, Muhammad Israr, Asif Iqbal) -- 8. Role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in plant phosphorus acquisition for sustainable agriculture (Muhammad Riaz, Muhammad Tehseen Azhar, Muhammad Kamran, Omar Aziz, Xiurong Wang) -- 9. Phosphorus cycle enzymes to remedy soil phosphorus deficiency (Alhassan Idris Gabasawa) -- 10. Phosphorus nutrition enhancement of biological nitrogen 1 fixation in pastures (Suleiman Kehinde Bello1, Taofeek Olatunbosun Muraina, Saheed Olaide Jimoh, Ibraheem Olamide Olasupo, Samaila Usman) -- Index.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter. 1. The utilization of speed breeding and genome editing to achieve zero hunger -- Chapter. 2. Multiomics approach for crop improvement under climate change -- Chapter. 3. The intervention of multi-omics approaches for developing abiotic stress resistance in cotton crops under climate change -- Chapter. 4. Big data revolution and machine learning to solve genetic mysteries in crop breeding -- Chapter. 5. Applications of multi-omics approaches for food and nutritional security -- Chapter. 6. Applications of high throughput phenotypic phenomics -- Chapter. 7. Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) : Botany, Genetic resource, Cultivation, Conservation, and Stress factors -- Chapter. 8. Multi-Omics Approaches for Breeding in Medicinal Plants -- Chapter. 9. Applications of some nanoparticles and responses of medicinal and aromatic plants under stress conditions -- Chapter. 10. Sustainable agriculture through technological innovations -- Chapter. 11. Sustainable Rice Production under Biotic and Abiotic Stress Challenges -- Chapter. 12. Emerging Techniques to Develop Biotic Stress Resistance in Fruits and Vegetables -- Chapter. 13. Genome editing in crops to control insect pests -- Chapter. 14. CRISPR revolution in gene editing, targeting plant stress tolerance and physiology -- Chapter. 15. Genomics for Abiotic Stress Resistance in Legumes -- Chapter. 16. Genetic and molecular factors modulating phosphorous use efficiency in plants -- Chapter. 17. Recent Trends in Genome Editing Technologies for Agricultural Crops Improvement -- Chapter. 18. Recent trends and applications of omics based knowledge to end global food hunger -- Chapter. 19. Nutritional enhancement in horticultural crops by CRISPR/ Cas9: status and future prospects -- Chapter. 20. Physiological interventions of antioxidants in crop plants under multiple abiotic stresses -- Chapter. 21. Proteomics and its scope to study salt stress tolerance in quinoa -- Chapter. 22. Sustainable Cotton Production in Punjab: Failure and its Mitigating Strategies -- Chapter. 23. Biosafety and biosecurity in genetically modified crops.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. Climate Change and Global Crop Production: An Inclusive Insight -- 2. Uptake and Use Efficiency of Major Plant Nutrients for Climate Resilient Agriculture -- 3. Improving Land Use Efficiency for Climate Resilient Agriculture -- 4. Climate Resilient Fertilizer Management for Crop Production -- 5. Modern Agronomic Measurement for Climate Resilient Agriculture -- 6. Crop Management for Sustainable Wheat Production -- 7. Climate Resilient Weed Management for Crop Production -- 8. Climate Resilient Technology for Maize Production -- 9. Climate Resilience Technologies for Wheat production -- 10. Improving Plant Nutrient Use Efficiency for Climate Resilient Agriculture -- 11. Biochar for Plant Stress Tolerance for Climate Resilient Agriculture -- 12. Chitosan for Plant Growth and Stress Tolerance -- 13. Exogenous Application of Biostimulants and Commercial Utilization -- 14. Crosstalk of Biostimulants with Other Signaling Molecules under Abiotic Stress -- 15. Abiotic Stress Sensitivity and Adaptation in Field Crops,- 16. Biostimulants for Plant Abiotic Stress Resistance and Climate-Resilient Agriculture -- 17. Approaches in Enhancing Salt Tolerance in Plants -- 18. Mechanism and Approaches to Enhance Salt Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants -- 19. Mechanisms and Approaches of Enhancing Drought Stress Tolerance in Crops Plants -- 20. Conferring Plant Tolerance to Drought and Salinity by the Application of Biochar -- 21. Accumulation and Toxicity of Arsenic in Rice and its Practical Mitigation -- 22. Mechanism and Approaches to Enhancing Heat Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants -- 23. Mechanisms and Responses to Enhancing Pollutants Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants -- 24. Phytohormones as Stress Mitigator in Plants -- 25. Role of Plant Extracts and Biostimulant in Mitigating of Plant Drought and Salinity Stress -- 26. Secondary Metabolism and its Role in Enhancing Drought Stress Tolerance -- 27. Seed Priming for Abiotic Stress Tolerance -- 28. Advances in Biotechnological Tools and their Impact on Global Climate Change and Food Security -- 29. Biotechnological Attributes of Bio-stimulants for Relieving Abiotic Stress -- 30. Biotechnological Techniques for Sustainable Waste Management -- 31. Role of Biotechnology in Management of Solid Waste -- 32. Bioremediation of Sites Contaminated with Heavy Metals, Techniques and their Application -- 33. MicroRNAs (miRNAs): Crosstalk with Regulatory Networks of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants -- 34. Orchestration of Omics Technologies for Crop Improvement -- 35. Transgenic Approaches for Stress Tolerance in Crops -- 36. Translationally Controlled Tumor Protein and its Relationship with Responses of Plants to Abiotic Stresses -- 37. Plant Tissue Culture and Crop Improvement -- 38. Nanotechnology for Climate-Resilient Agriculture -- 39. Mitigation of Plant Abiotic Stress by Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria, Hormones and Plant Extracts -- 40. Bioremdiation and Phytoremediation Aspects of Crop Improvement -- 41. Ecofriendly Management of Insect Pests for Sustainable Agriculture -- 42. Ecofriendly Management of Disease for Sustainable Agriculture -- 43. Use of Advance Composting Techniques and Areas of Improvement in Pakistan.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1_ Microbial inoculants in the climate change scenario: An overview -- Chapter 2_Climate change, its effects on soil health and role of bioinoculants in mitigating climate change -- Chapter 3_ Emerging weeds under climate change and their microbial management -- Chapter 4_Climate change and agriculture: Impact assessment and sustainable alleviation approach using Rhizomicrobiome -- Chapter 5_Micronutrient mobilizer microorganisms: Significance in crop sustainability -- Chapter 6_Legume-rhizobium symbiosis and beyond: producing synthetic communities for increasing crop production under climate change challenges -- Chapter 7_Salinity mitigation using microbial inoculants -- Chapter 8_Cyanobacterial bioinoculants for abiotic stress management in the changing climate scenario -- Chapter 9_Alleviation of drought stress and amelioration of tomato plant growth by bacterial inoculants for mitigating climate change -- Chapter 10_Associative nitrogen fixers- Options for mitigating climate change -- Chapter 11_Trichoderma-based bioinoculant: A potential tool for sustainable rice cultivation -- Chapter 12_Photosynthetic microorganisms and their role in mitigating climate change through C sequestration and plant-soil interactions -- Chapter 13_Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: A keystone to climate-smart agriculture -- Chapter 14_Microbial siderophores in sustainable agriculture applications - preventing and mitgating effects of climate change. .

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1:The concept of soil health -- Chapter 2:The establishment of “The Nutrient Buffer Power Concept” – Ground breaking research in Germany and Belgium -- Chapter 3:Outreach in Africa- Central Africa -- Chapter 4:Outreach in Asia – Central Asia and South Asia -- Chapter 5: Future Imperatives.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1: Introduction—How Swiss Foreign Aid for International Development Benefits Agricultural Development across Asia -- Chapter 2: Environmental, social and economic challenges in lowland rice production -- Chapter 3: Faunal Biodiversity in Rice-dominated Wetlands—an Essential Component of Sustainable Rice Production -- Chapter 4: Innovations, Technologies, and Management Practices for Sustainable Rice Production -- Chapter 5: Carbon Footprint Reduction from Closing Rice Yield Gaps -- Chapter 6: Partnerships and Approaches Used for Scaling: An Assessment of the Process for Rice Postharvest Technologies in CORIGAP -- Chapter 7: Incentive Mechanisms, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Communication of the CORIGAP Project.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Reproductive biotechnologies applied to the female sheep and goat -- Chapter 2. Oogenesis and folliculogenesis -- Chapter 3 Proteomics of animal viruses -- Chapter 4. Influence of the ovarian reserve and oocyte quality on livestock fertility -- Chapter 5. Metabolomics of food systems -- Chapter 6. Phytobioactive compounds on ovarian functions in mammals -- Chapter 7. Buffalo embryo production.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. IoT x AI: Introducing Agricultural Innovation for Global Food Production -- Chapter 2. Transforming Controlled Environment Plant Production toward Circular Bioeconomy Systems -- Chapter 3. Artificial Lighting Systems for Plant Growth and Development in Indoor Farming -- Chapter 4. An IoT-based Precision Irrigation System to Optimize Plant Water Requirements for Indoor and Outdoor Farming Systems -- Chapter 5. Artificial Intelligence & Internet of Things: Application in Urban Water Management -- Chapter 6.Purification of Agricultural Polluted Water Using Solar Distillation and Hot Water Producing with Continuous Monitoring Based on IoT -- Chapter 7. Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) for Oil Palm Soil Monitoring -- Chapter 8. Application of Smart Machine Vision in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery, and Animal Husbandry -- Chapter 9. Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture: Commitment to Establish Society 5.0 -- Chapter 10. Potentials of Deep Learning Frameworks for Tree Trunk Detection in Orchard to Enable Autonomous Navigation System -- Chapter 11. Real Time Pear Fruit Detection and Counting Using YOLOv4 Models and Deep SORT -- Chapter 12. Pear Recognition in an Orchard from 3D Stereo Camera Datasets to Develop an Autonomous Mechanism Compared with Deep Learning Algorithms -- Chapter 13. Thermal Imaging and Deep Learning Object Detection Algorithms for Early Embryo Detection – A Methodology Development Addressed to Quail Precision Hatching -- Chapter 14. Intelligent Sensing and Robotic Picking of Kiwifruit in Orchard -- Chapter 15. Low-cost Automatic Machinery Development to Increase Timeliness and Efficiency of Operation for Small Scale Farmers to Achieve SDGs -- Chapter 16. Vision-based Leader Vehicle Trajectory Tracking for Multiple Agricultural Vehicles -- Chapter 17. Autonomous Robots in Orchard Management: Present status and future trends -- Chapter 18. Comparing Soil Moisture Retrieval from Water Cloud Model and Neural Network Using PALSAR-2 for Oil Palm Estates -- Chapter 19. Development of a Recognition System for Spraying Areas from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using a Machine Learning Approach -- Chapter 20. Basal Stem Rot Disease Classification by Machine Learning Using Thermal Images and an Imbalanced Data Approach -- Chapter 21. Early Detection of Plant Disease Infection using Hyperspectral Data and Machine Learning -- Chapter 22. The Spectrum of Autonomous Machinery Development to Increase Agricultural Productivity for Achieving Society 5.0 in Japan.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Assessment Of Biological Activities Of Various Phytochemicals Isolated From Passion Fruit Bagasse -- Indigenous Soybean Cultivars of North East India: Source of Protein and Product Development for Climate Smart Foods -- A Review Of Bioactive Compounds And Maillard Reaction-Based Products Generated During Thermal Treatment Of Garlic -- Optimality Of Process Parameters During Refractance Window Drying Of Ginger -- Techno-Economic Efficacy Of Refractance Window Dried Curcuma Longa.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Unheard Being Heard: Women Farmers- An Introduction -- Chapter 2. Mainstreaming women farmers: Innovations and Approach -- Chapter 3. Women Farmers or the Farmers’ Wives: Unveiling the Negotiated Gender Roles -- Chapter 4. Women farmers, constraints, and policy around them to harness maximum benefit -- Chapter 5. Challenges and Lessons Learned in Mainstreaming Gender into Rice Research and Technology Development: a case in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India -- Chapter 6. Women farmers in South Asia: Training needs and Aspiration -- Chapter 7. Is scale-appropriate farm mechanization gendered? Learning from Nepal hills -- Chapter 8. Land rights of Women in India: How much has changed after 2005 -- Chapter 9. Transformative approaches to empower tribal farmwomen of Ladakh cold arid Himalayan deserts: Challenges & Solutions -- Chapter 10. Extent of participation of farm women in decision making regarding agricultural activities -- Chapter 11. Empowering Women Farmers through Drudgery reduction and Nutritional Diversity: A KVK, Nalanda-ICAR (Government of India) Initiative -- Chapter 12. Women Farmers and Technologies in Agriculture: A review of current practices.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents -- 1-Silicon biogeochemistry in terrestrial ecosystems -- Jörg Schaller, Daniel Puppe -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Silicon chemistry in soils -- 1.3 Silicon cycling in natural and agricultural plant-soil systems -- 1.3.1. Si bioavailability -- 1.3.2. Si cycling in natural plant-soil systems -- 1.3.3 Si cycling in agricultural plant-soil systems -- 1.4 Silicon mitigating drought -- 1.5 Si controlling nutrient availability and carbon turnover -- 1.6 Concluding remarks -- Reference -- 2- Silicon: transcellular and apoplastic absorption and transport in the xylem -- Rafael Ferreira Barreto, Lúcia Barão -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Active uptake of Si -- 2.3 Passive uptake of Si -- 2.4 Rejection uptake of Si -- 2.5 Si transport in the xylem -- Reference -- 3- Root silicification and plant resistance to stress -- Zuzana Lukacova, Boris Bokor, Marek Vaculík, Jana Kohanová, Alexander Lux -- Introduction -- Sites of Si deposition in roots -- Silicon transport in plants – from chemistry to cell biology and anatomy -- Silicification in the root cell walls -- Cellulose and Polysaccharides -- Lignin -- Callose -- Proteins -- Phytoliths -- Stegmata -- The function of silica deposits in roots -- Reference -- 4- Dynamics of silicon in soil and plant to establish silicate fertilization -- Brenda S Tubana -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Silicon in soils -- 4.3 Components of silicon cycle in soil -- 4.4 Bases of silicon fertilization -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 4.6 Reference -- 5- Innovative sources and ways of applying silicon to plants -- Rilner Alves Flores, Maxuel Fellipe Nunes Xavier -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Sources and ways of supplying Si to tropical crops -- 5.2.1 Silicon sources for soil application or fertigation in tropical regions -- 5.2.2 Silicon sources for foliar application in tropical regions -- 5.3 Final considerations -- Reference -- 6- Silicon mitigates the effects of nitrogen deficiency in plants -- Cid Naudi Silva Campos, Bianca Cavalcante da Silva 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Biochemical and physiological effects of N deficiency in plants -- 6.3 Beneficial effect of Si on plants under nutrient deficiency stress -- 6.4 Beneficial action of Si in tropical plants under N deficiency: how can Si mitigate the effects of N deficiency? -- 6.5 Concluding remarks -- Reference -- 7-Silicon mitigates the effects of phosphorus and potassium deficiency in plants -- Gustavo Caione -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Silicon in the plant -- 7.3 The role of silicon in potassium-deficient plants -- 7.4 The role of silicon in phosphorus-deficient plants -- Reference -- 8- Silicon mitigates the effects of calcium, magnesium and sulfur in plants -- Dalila Lopes da Silva, Renato de Mello Prado 8.1 The relationship calcium and silicon -- 8.1.1 General aspects -- 8.1.2 Sources of calcium and silicon -- 8.1.3 Physiological and biochemical benefits of silicon in mitigating nutritional calcium deficiency -- 8.2 The relationship between magnesium and silicon -- 8.3 The relationship between sulfur and silicon -- 8.4 Conclusions and future perspectives -- Reference -- 9- Silicon mitigates the effects of zinc and manganese deficiency in plants -- Kamilla Silva Oliveira, Guilherme Felisberto, Renato de Mello Prado -- 9.1 Zinc deficiency in tropical plants -- 9.2 Silicon mitigates the effects of zinc deficiency in tropical plants -- 9.2.1 Silicon influences zinc uptake and accumulation -- 9.2.2 Silicon acts on oxidative metabolism and reduces zinc deficiency symptoms -- 9.2.3 Silicon improves physiological responses and increases production in Zn-deficient plants -- 9.3 Manganese deficiency in tropical plants -- 9.4 Silicon mitigates the effects of manganese deficiency in tropical plants -- 9.4.1 Silicon influences manganese uptake and accumulation -- 9.4.2 Silicon acts on oxidative metabolism and reduces manganese deficiency symptoms -- Reference -- 10-Silicon mitigates the effects of boron deficiency and toxicity in plants -- Davie Kadyampakeni, Jonas Pereira de Souza Júnior -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Boron and silicon interaction in the development of tropical crops -- 10.2.1 Effect on soil solution and root system development -- 10.2.2 Effect on shoot growth and biomass production -- 10.2.3 Effect on the development of reproductive organs -- 10.3 Final considerations -- Reference -- 11- Silicon mitigates the effects of iron deficiency -- Luis Felipe Lata-Tenesaca, Diego Ricardo Villaseñor Ortiz -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Iron uptake and the benefits of Si -- 11.3 Iron redistribution and the benefits of Si -- 11.4 Effect of Si on oxidative stress in Fe-deficient plants -- 11.5 Final considerations and future perspectives -- Reference -- 12-Silicon mitigates the effects of aluminium toxicity -- Martin J. Hodson -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 A historical perspective -- 12.3 A Brief Consideration of silicon and aluminium in Soils -- 12.4 Silicon and aluminium uptake and accumulation by plants -- 12.4.1 Silicon uptake and accumulation -- 12.4.2 Aluminium uptake and accumulation -- 12.4.3 The interaction between silicon and aluminium uptake and accumulation -- 12.5 The amelioration of aluminium toxicity by silicon in experiments carried out in hydroponic cultures -- 12.5.1 Plant growth -- 12.5.2 Effects on mineral nutrition -- 12.5.3 Effects on oxidative damage -- 12.6 Co-deposition of silicon and aluminium -- 12.6.1 Co-deposition in roots -- 12.6.2 Co-deposition in conifer needles -- 12.6.3 Co-deposition in the leaves of dicot trees -- 12.6.4 Co-deposition in other systems -- 12.7. Possible mechanisms for the mitigation effect -- 12.7.1 Solution effects -- 12.7.2 Mitigation in root systems -- 12.7.3 Mitigation in shoot systems -- 12.7.4 Mitigation in tissue culture systems -- 12.8 Mitigation in plants grown in soil -- 12.9. Conclusion -- Reference -- 13- Structural role of silicon-mediated cell wall stability for ammonium toxicity alleviation -- Mikel Rivero-Marcos, Gabriel Barbosa Silva Júnior, Idoia Ariz 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Metabolic targets and structural vulnerability in root cell membranes and cell walls in response to ammonium toxicity -- 13.2.1 High ammonium uptake increases AMT-dependent apoplastic acidification -- 13.2.2 Translocation of ammonium from the root increases ammonium assimilation and acidification in the shoot -- 13.2.3 Ammonium nutrition decreases protein N-glycosylation-dependent ammonium efflux and arrests root elongation -- 13.2.4 Internal ammonium accumulation initiates ROS-dependent cell wall lignification and limits cell growth -- 13.3 Repairing role of Si in plant cell structural components resulting from ammonium nutrition. -- 13.3.1 Silicon decreases oxidative stress caused by excess ammonium -- 13.3.2 Structural role of Si in cell wall stability aiming at ammonium toxicity alleviation -- 13.3.3 Silicon supply mitigates ammonium toxicity symptoms related to plant growth and development -- 13.4 Conclusions and future perspective -- Reference -- 14- Silicon mitigates the effects of potentially toxic metals -- Lilian Aparecida de Oliveira, Flávio José Rodrigues Cruz, Dalila Lopes da Silva, Cassio Hamilton Abreu Junior, Renato de Mello Prado 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Hm stress mitigation mechanisms -- 14.3 Effects of silicon on absorption, transport and accumulation of Hm -- 14.4 Antioxidant defense mechanisms -- 14.5 Morphological alterations -- 14.6 Altering gene expression -- 14.7 Conclusions -- Reference -- -- 15- Beneficial role of silicon in plant nutrition under salinity conditions -- Alexander Calero Hurtado; Dilier Olivera Viciedo; Renato de Mello Prado -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Silicon and salt stress remediation -- 15.3 Role of Si in decreasing Na+ uptake, transport, and accumulation -- 15.4 Increasing mineral uptake by Si under salt stress -- 15.5 Especial role of Si in increasing plant growth, biomass, and yield under salt stress -- 15.6 Conclusions -- Reference -- 16-Silicon mitigates the effects of water deficit in plants -- Gelza Carliane Marques Teixeira; Renato de Mello Prado -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Damage to tropical plants caused by water deficit -- 16.3 Plant defense system against damage caused by water deficit -- 16.4 Silicon for mitigating damage to tropical plants caused by water deficit -- 16.5 Fertigation and leaf spraying with silicon -- 16.6 Conclusion -- Reference -- 17- Association of silicon and soil microorganisms induces stress mitigation, increasing plant productivity -- Krishan K. Verma, Xiu-Peng Song, Munna Singh, Dan-Dan Tian, Vishnu D. Rajput, Tatiana Minkina, Yang-Rui Li -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 Impact of Si and plant microbiome on plants -- 17.3 Role of plant rhizobacteria and Si on plants during environmental stress -- 17.4 Role of plant hormones with the application of plant microbes and silicon -- 17.5 Crop rotation and fertilizer use -- 17.6 Limitations and concluding remarks of the study -- Reference -- 18- Heat stress mitigation by silicon nutrition in plants: a comprehensive overview -- Jayabalan Shilpha, Abinaya Manivannan, Prabhakaran Soundararajan, Byoung Ryong Jeong -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 Impact of heat stress on plants -- 18.3 Versatile functions of silicon in mitigating stress -- 18.4 Silicon in ROS homeostasis -- 18.5 Si-mediated regulation of heat stress tolerance in plants -- 18.5.1 Rice -- 18.5.2 Wheat -- 18.5.3 Barely -- 18.5.4 Date Palm -- 18.5.5 Tomato -- 18.5.6 Strawberry -- 18.5.7 Cucumber -- 18.5.8 Poinsettia -- 18.5.9 Salvia -- 18.6 Conclusions -- Reference -- 19-Silicon in plants mitigates damage against pathogens and insect pests -- Waqar Islam, Arfa Tauqeer, Abdul Waheed, Habib Ali, Fanjiang Zeng -- Introduction -- 19.2 Mechanisms of silicon against insect pests and pathogens -- 19.2.1 Formation of physical barrier -- 19.2.2 Biochemical mechanisms -- 19.2.3 Biochemical mechanism and physically barrier: a joint action -- 19.3 In-vivo and in-vitro application of silicon for disease and insect pest m.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Indian agriculture @75: Unraveling the trend and Trajectory -- Chapter 2. Contribution towards food supply and security -- Chapter 3. Changing Structure of Rural Employment and its Implications for Agriculture in India -- Chapter 4. Contributions of Technologies to Agricultural Development in India -- Chapter 5. Evolution of The Indian Seed Sector and its Role in Agricultural Growth -- Chapter 6. Rice research in India: A historical perspective -- Chapter 7. Wheat -- Chapter 8. Maize and Millets -- Chapter 9. Pulses -- Chapter 10. Role of Oilseeds and Oil Palm in Food, Nutritional and Income Security -- Chapter 11. Indian Horticulture @75 years of Independence -- Chapter 12. Growth and Developments in Livestock Sector -- Chapter 13. Fishery -- Chapter 14. Status of commercial crops (Jute, Cotton and Sugarcane) -- Chapter 15. Natural Resource Management to attain Food and Environment Security -- Chapter 16. Water -- Chapter 17. Land – a vital component of natural resource: Pre- and post-Independence status, challenges and options to achieve food and environmental security in India -- Chapter 18. Farm Mechanization -- Chapter 19. Forests to attain Food and environment security -- Chapter 20. Agrometeorological Research in India Towards Food and Environment Security -- Chapter 21. Sustainable Production Systems in Indian Agriculture -- Chapter 22. Dryland Agriculture -- Chapter 23. Biotic stress management in India– an endless fight since pre-independence -- Chapter 24. Invasive and Transboundary Pests -- Chapter 25. Bio pesticides -- Chapter 26. Trajectory of Market Reforms in India Facts and Foundation -- Chapter 27. Prospects of Agribusiness and Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 28. The Food Processing Industry in Post-Independence Era: Performance and Way Forward -- Chapter 29. Transformation of Agricultural Extension System in India -- Chapter 30. Recent policy reforms in India.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: PART 1. TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOIL FERTILITY MANAGEMENT -- Chapter 1. Animal manure and soil fertility management on smallholdings in South Africa -- Chapter 2. Integrated soil fertility management for soil fertility restoration in sub–Saharan Africa -- Chapter 3. Integrated Soil Fertility Management: A Basis for Sustainable Intensification of Maize-Based Cropping Systems of Southern Africa -- Chapter 4. Insights of microbial inoculants in complementing organic soil fertility management in African smallholder farming systems -- Chapter 5. Potential of Agroforestry Technologies and Mineral Fertilisers in Improving Soil Fertility and Crop Production in Semi-arid Areas of Africa -- Chapter 6. Integrated Soil Acidity Management for Sustainable Crop Production in South African Smallholder Farming Systems -- PART 2: WATER MANAGEMENT IN SMALLHOLDER FARMING SYSTEMS -- Chapter 7. Improving productivity of smallholder irrigation in Africa through adoption of best management practices and technologies -- Chapter 8. Being small does not make it easy: the management conundrum on smallholder canal schemes -- Chapter 9. Sustainable winery wastewater management for improving soil quality, environmental health and crop yields -- Chapter 10. Water harvesting technologies for sustainable crop production in African smallholder farming systems._ PART 3: CROP PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICES -- Chapter 11. Advances in Sorghum Production in Smallholder Farming Systems of Africa -- Chapter 12. Knowledge and Innovation Approaches to Out-Scale Sorghum Adoption in Africa -- Chapter 13. Integration of cover crops into maize-based smallholder farmer systems of Southern Africa -- Part 4: CLIMATE SMART LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS -- Chapter 14. Utilising Encroacher Bush in Animal Feeding -- Chapter 15. Opportunities for delivering sectoral climate-smart livestock interventions in southern Africa -- Chapter 16. The Benefits of Winter Cover Crops in Mixed Crop-Livestock Conservation Agriculture Systems of the Swartland Region, South Africa._ PART 5: URBAN AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY IN AFRICA -- Chapter 17. Urban Food Production Technologies, Innovations and Management Practices in Africa -- Chapter 18. Hydroponics in urban agriculture.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Chickpea diseases: Breeding and ‘omics’ approaches for designing next-generation disease-resistant chickpea cultivar -- Chapter 2. Ascochyta blight of chickpea- A menace to be managed by resistance breeding -- Chapter 3. Fusarium wilt of chickpea: Breeding and Genomics approaches for designing wilt resistant chickpea -- Chapter 4. Dry root rot in chickpea: a perspective on disease resistance breeding strategies -- Chapter 5. An overview of major Bean diseases and current scenario of Common Bean Resistance -- Chapter 6. Diseases in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp): Next generation breeding techniques for developing disease resistant cowpea -- Chapter 7. Biotic stress resistance in Vigna mungo and Vigna radiata: A Molecular perspective -- Chapter 8. Disease resistance an essential for better adaptability and production of faba bean in India (Vicia faba L.) -- Chapter 9. Next generation crop breeding approaches for improving disease resistance in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) -- Chapter 10. Disease resistance breeding in Lathyrus sativus L. -- Chapter 11. Understanding fungal diseases and their mitigation in lentils -- Chapter 12. Biotic stresses in multipurpose legume: rice bean -- Chapter 13. Genomic approaches for resistance against fungal diseases in soybean -- Chapter 14. Disease resistance and Seed production in two common New England Grain Legumes.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. Global Prospects of Climate-resilient Agriculture -- 2. Climate Change and Global Crop Production -- 3. Crop Responses to Climate Change -- 4. Impact of Climate Change on Vegetable Production -- 5. Impacts of Climate Change on Fruit Physiology and Quality -- 6. Effect of Climate Change on Medicinal Plants and their Active Constituents -- 7. Climate Change and Wine Quality -- 8. Crop Responses to Drought Stress -- 9. Crop Responses to High Temperature Stress -- 10. Crop Responses to Metal Toxicity -- 11. Water Logging and Crop Productivity -- 12. Phytoremediation of Atmospheric Pollutants in the Era of Climate Change -- 13. Water Stress and Crop Productivity in the Water-limited Environment -- 14. Climate Change and Nutrient Use Efficiency of Plants -- 15. Conservation Tillage for Sustainable Agriculture -- 16. Prospect of Underutilized (minor) Crops for Climate Resilient Agriculture -- 17. Crop Protection for Sustainable Agriculture in the Era of Climate Change -- 18. Biofertilizers and Biofortification in Future Agriculture -- 19. Plant Secondary Metabolites in Stress Tolerance -- 20. Sustainable Crop Management for Drylands -- 21. Crop Improvement in Desert -- 22. Importance of Soil Management in Sustainable Agriculture -- 23. Sustainable Plant Production from the Soils Degraded with Microplastics -- 24. Biostimulants in Sustainable Agriculture,- 25. Vermicompost for Sustainable Future: Nature based Solution for Environmental Degradation, Climate Change, and Food Security -- 26. Biofertilizer: Boon for Sustainable Sugarcane Production -- 27. Beneficial Role of Microbial Diversity for Sustainable Agriculture -- 28. Crop Production and Soil Management Interventions for Increased Organic Carbon Sequestration in Soils -- 29. Microclimate Modification in Field Crops: A Way Towards Climate-Resilience -- 30. Bioremediation: A Substantive Potential for Clean Earth -- 31. Consolidating the Knowledge of Black Soldier Fly Larva Compost: A Resilience Response to Climatic Variations, Resource Conservation, and Food Security Challenges -- 32. Roles of Organic Acids in Plant Stress Tolerance, Food Security, and Soil Remediation -- 33. Role of Microbial Ecology to Manage Remediation and Degradation Processes in the Environment -- 34. Principles and Applications of Environmental Biotechnology for Sustainable Future -- 35. Fungal Nanobionics: Principles and Applications in Environment -- 36. Plant Parasitic Nematodes: A Silent Threat to Agricultural Output and Sustainable Approaches for their Management -- 37. Accelerating Crop Improvement through Speed Breeding -- 38. Crop Improvement of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) utilizing Wild Species and Transgenic Rice -- 39. Unlocking CRISPR/Cas-mediated Editing Potential for Designing Climate Smart Crop Plants -- 40. Biochemical, Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Adaptation to Salinity -- 41. Managing Soil Salinity for Sustainable Agriculture -- 42. Climate Resilient Livestock Production System in Tropical and Sub-tropical Countries.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. Introduction -- 2. Problems of small and marginal farmers related to agriculture -- 3. What is cropping system -- 4. Crop component -- 5. Vegetable component -- 6. Horticultural component -- 7. Livestock rearing -- 8. Poultry rearing -- 9. Fish farming -- 10. Bee-keeping -- 11. Mushroom cultivation -- 12. Vermicomposting -- 13. Rabbit farming -- 14. Turkey rearing -- 15. Sericulture -- 16. Waste recycling in IFS -- 17. Sustainable Rural livelihood Security through IFS -- 18. Farming system approach and its role towards livelihood security under different farming situations -- 19. Concept of farming system in relation to conservation of natural resources -- 20. Distribution of area under different farming components in two-hectare models of farming system in a tropical and sub-tropical situation -- 21. Scope of Farming System in the Indo – Gangetic Plain to Ensure the Food Security in the Country -- 22. Organic integrated farming system -- 23. Scope of integrated nutrient management in the Indo-Gangetic plains towards food productivity enhancement in a major cropping system -- 24. Conclusion.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Preface -- How we got here, and where we need to go: The bitter fight about meat and climate -- The consequences for climate of meat consumption -- The Limits of Vegetarianism -- The Benefits of Modern Efficiency -- The Limits of Efficiency -- The Miracle of Grass -- The limits of grass -- Lightening our Carbon Hoofprint -- Policy Pathways -- Index.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Agronomical approaches for biofortification of cereal crops -- Chapter 2. Molecular approaches for biofortification of cereal crops -- Chapter 3. Molecular Approaches for Biofortification of Cereal crops -- Chapter 4. Genome editing approaches for biofortification of cereal crops -- Chapter 5. Metabolomics approaches to study nutritional aspects in cereal crops -- Chapter 6. Biofortification of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) -- Chapter 7. Biofortification of wheat using current resources and future challenges -- Chapter 8. Biofortification of maize (Zea mays) -- Chapter 9. Biofortification of barley for nutritional security -- Chapter 10. Biofortification of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) -- Chapter 11. Biofortification of oats (Avena sativa) -- Chapter 12. Nutrigenomics in Cereals -- Chapter 13. Genetically modified cereal crops regulation policies -- Chapter 14. Nanotechnological approaches for biofortification concept and concern in cereal crops.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter. 1. Soil Physics and Plant Growth -- Chapter. 2. Soil Water and Plant Growth -- Chapter. 3. Irrigation Management -- Chapter. 4. Drainage -- Chapter. 5. Soil Structure and Plant Growth -- Chapter. 6. Soil Air and Plant Growth -- Chapter. 7. Soil Temperature and Plant Growth -- Chapter. 8. Soil Strength and Plant Growth -- Chapter. 9. Management of Soil Physical Environment in Relation to Plant Growth.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. TILLING in the era of precise genome editing -- 2. Induced mutagenesis -- 3. Bioinformatics and candidate gene mining for TILLING -- 4. Next generation mutation detection techniques in crops -- 5. TILLING by sequencing -- 6. Advances in Eco-TILLING -- 7. Mutagenesis in somatic tissues -- 8. Forward genetics: Phenomics and trait selection -- 9. Towards development of climate resilient crops -- 10. Future of TILLING in plant breeding -- 11. Perception of food crops developed by mutagenesis among various stakeholders.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part I: Biodiversity and Human Health Impacts of Agrochemicals -- Chapter 1. Agrochemicals: Safety Evaluation and Characterization for Human and Biodiversity -- Chapter 2. Agrochemical Use and Emerging Human and Animal Diseases -- Chapter 3. Global biodiversity decline and loss from agricultural intensification through agrochemical application -- Chapter 4. Evidence of the Toxic Potentials of Agrochemicals on Human Health and Biodiversity -- Chapter 5. Agrochemicals and Pollinator Diversity: A Socio-ecological Synthesis -- Chapter 6. One Health Implications of Agrochemicals and their Eco-benign Substitutes -- Chapter 7. Risk of Agrochemical on Biodiversity and Human Health: Implication on Conservation and Sustainable Mitigations Strategies -- Chapter 8. Mitigating the One Health Impacts of Agrochemicals through Sustainable Policies and Regulations -- Chapter 9. Health Implications of Agrochemicals - Nexus of their Impacts, Sustainable Management Approaches, and Policy Gaps -- Chapter 10. Detrimental Effects of Agrochemical-based Agricultural Intensification on Biodiversity: Evidence from Some Past Studies -- Part II: Food Production, Safety, Security, Sovereignty and the Economic Implications of Agrochemical Use -- Chapter 11. Food Safety and Agrochemicals: Risk Assessment and Food Security Implications -- Chapter 12. Chemical-based fruit ripening and the implications for ecosystem health and safety -- Chapter 13. Socio-economic and Ecological Values of Sustainable Alternatives to Pesticides -- Chapter 14. Meta-evaluation of the One Health Implication on Food Systems of Agrochemical Use -- Chapter 15. Food Quality and Agrochemical Use: Integrated Monitoring, Assessment, and Management Policies -- Chapter 16. Plants and Soil Microbiota Health Implications of Agrochemicals: Potential Alternatives for the Safe Propagation of Food Crops -- Chapter 17. A global perspective of synthetic agrochemicals in local farmers’ markets of fruits and vegetables -- Chapter 18. Factors Influencing Agrochemical Use, Practices, and Knowledge Systems: Case Study of Rice farmers in the Cauvery Delta Zone of Tamil Nadu, India -- Part III: Agrochemicals and Environmental Justice: Dynamics, Remediation, and Sustainable Alternatives -- Chapter 19. Sustainable approaches for the remediation of agrochemicals in the environment -- Chapter 20. Plant-based Agrobiodiversity Solutions to Reduce Agrochemical Use -- Chapter 21. Prospects of Insect Farming for Food Security, Environmental Sustainability and as an Alternative to Agrochemical Use -- Chapter 22. Implications of Agrochemical Application on Soil Fauna and Ecosystem and their Sustainable Alternatives -- Chapter 23. Sustainable Agricultural Pest Control Strategies to Boost Food and Socioecological Security: The Allelopathic Strategy -- Chapter 24. Impacts of Agrochemicals on Fish Composition in Natural Waters: A Sustainable Management Approach -- Chapter 25. Sustainable Alternatives to Agrochemicals and their Socio-Economic and Ecological Values -- Chapter 26. Global Environmental Sustainability and Agrochemical Use -- Chapter 27. Impacts of Chemical Use in Agricultural Practices: Perspectives of Soil Microorganism and Vegetation -- Chapter 28. Eco-farming for Sustainability: Defending Our Way of Life Against Agrochemicals.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1: Soil And Water Management -- Chapter 2: Water Erosion -- Chapter 3: Modeling Water Erosion -- Chapter 4: Wind Erosion -- Chapter 5: Wind Erosion Modeling -- Chapter 6: Tillage Erosion -- Chapter 7: Tillage Systems -- Chapter 8: Cropping Systems -- Chapter 9: Crop Residue Management -- Chapter 10: Cover Crops -- Chapter 11: Perennial Plants And Soil Management -- Chapter 12: Soil Amendments -- Chapter 13: Mechanical Structures And Engineering Techniques -- Chapter 14: Restoration And Management Of Degraded Soils -- Chapter 15: Soil Fertility Management -- Chapter 16: Nutrient Erosion And Hypoxia Of Aquatic Ecosystems -- Chapter 17: Soil Water Management -- Chapter 18: Management Of Grazing Lands -- Chapter 19: Soil Management And Carbon Dynamics -- Chapter 20: One Health -- Chapter 21: Soil Resilience -- Chapter 22: Food, Water, And Climate -- Chapter 23: The Way Forward.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Occurrence of salinity and drought stresses: status, impact and management -- Chapter 2. Multiple stresses is a big challenge for development of tolerant varieties: Shared and unique physiological responses -- Chapter 3. Physio-biochemical approaches for raising drought tolerance in plants: Recent progress and future perspectives -- Chapter 4. Physiological, biochemical and molecular responses to salt stress and seed priming approach to enhance salt tolerance in bread wheat -- Chapter 5. Drought and salinity stress: an overlapping osmotic resistance -- Chapter 6. Physiological and Post-Harvest Quality Changes of Horticultural Crops under salt stress -- Chapter 7. Conventional Breeding and Advance Approaches to Mitigate Drought and Salt Stress in Crop Plants -- Chapter 8. Strategies for improving tolerance to combined effect of drought and salinity stress in crops -- Chapter 9. Stress protectants in amelioration of abiotic stress: mechanism of action and potential role in sustaining oilseed and pulses productivity -- Chapter 10. Insights into drought and salinity stress tolerance in crop plant through various genomic approaches under changing climate -- Chapter 11. Strategies to improve drought and salinity tolerance in some cash crops through proteomics perspective -- Chapter 12. Insights in metabolomics responses to drought and salinity stress in crop plants -- Chapter 13. Transcriptional Regulatory Network Involved in Drought and Salt Stress Response in Rice -- Chapter 14. Advancement of omics approaches in understanding the mechanism of salinity tolerance in legumes -- Chapter 15. Speed Breeding: A budding technique to improve crop plants for drought and salinity tolerance.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part I: System definitions -- Chapter 1: Introduction: why agroecology, why systems, why now? -- Chapter 2: Systems approach: analysis, design and modelling -- Chapter 3: Structure, functions and diversity of agroecosystems -- Part II: Analysis-oriented approaches -- Chapter 4: Categorising diversity through rural household typologies -- Chapter 5: Production functions and factors in agroecosystems -- Chapter 6: Landscape structure, functions and biodiversity -- Chapter 7: Spatial heterogeneity in agroecosystems -- Part III: Design-oriented approaches -- Chapter 8: Evaluation and indicators in the design of agroecosystems -- Chapter 9: Trade-offs around production and livelihood decisions -- Chapter 10: Pathways for agroecological transitions.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1 Introduction -- PART 1: MODELLING -- Chapter 2 Statistical Modelling -- Chapter 3 Geostatistics -- Chapter 4 Crop and Soil Modelling -- Chapter 5 Pest and Disease Modelling -- Chapter 6 Adoption of Model-Based Practices in Precision Agriculture -- PART 2: ACADEMIC/STATE-OF-THE-ART -- Chapter 7 Water -- Chapter 8 Nitrogen -- Chapter 9 Pest Diseases -- Chapter 10 Data Assimilation/Fusion -- PART 3: CASE STUDIES -- Chapter 11 Potato Company McCain.-Chapter 12 Soil Essentials -- Chapter 13 Adapt-N -- Chapter 14 Granular -- Chapter 15 BASF /XARVIO -- Chapter 16 Watch It Grow Belgium -- Chapter 17 Akkerweb -- Chapter 18 Kubota -- Chapter 19 India TATA Consultancy -- Chapter 20 DACOM -- PART 4: SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK -- Chapter 21 Summary -- Chapter 22 Outlook.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Global Framework on Climate Change -- Chapter 2. Conceptual Elucidation of Climate Change for Developing Countries -- Chapter 3. Climate Change and Social Concerns -- Chapter 4. Unpredictable Weather and Agriculture-Based Economy of Developing Countries -- Chapter 5. Nutrition-Sensitive Climate-Smart Agriculture -- Chapter 6. Food Security Issues in Changing Climate -- Chapter 7. Engineering Principles of Precision Farming: Pathway for the Developing Countries to Ensure Food Security -- Chapter 8. GHG management implications for developed and developing nations -- Chapter 9. Concept of Climate Finance -- Chapter 10. Need of Social Security in Vulnerable Countries - A Comparison of a Developed and a Developing Country -- Chapter 11. Climate and Development -- Chapter 12. Sustainable development goals and governments’ roles for social protection -- Chapter 13. Integrated farming approach -- Chapter 14. An overview of precision agricultural technologies for crop yield enhancement and environmental sustainability -- Chapter 15. Irrigation Scheduling under Crop Water Requirements: Simulation and Field Learning -- Chapter 16. Nutrient Management Under Changing Climate -- Chapter 17. Modern Breeding approaches for climate change -- Chapter 18. Heat stress tolerance in crop plants-physiological and biochemical Approaches -- Chapter 19. Crop protection under climate change: the effect on tri-trophic relations concerning pest control -- chapter 20. Climate Change Effects on the Quality of Different Crop Plants and Coping Mechanisms -- Chapter 21. Application of Remote Sensing in Agriculture -- Chapter 22. Mitigation of climate change through carbon farming -- Chapter 23. Use of Biochar for Biological Carbon Sequestration.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Preface -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1 Agricultural Meteorology: A Preview -- Chapter 2 Atmospheric Temperature -- Chapter 3 Atmospheric Pressure and Solar Radiation -- Chapter 4 Atmospheric Humidity -- Chapter 5 Microclimate and Climatic Normals -- Chapter 6 Weather Disasters and Management, Air Pollution and Role of Meteorology -- Chapter 7 Weather Forecasting -- Chapter 8 Climate Change Impact on Plants -- Chapter 9 Climate Change Effect on Fruit Production -- Chapter 10 Climate change Effect on Forests.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Introduction: Growth of agricultural waste, its disposal, and related environmental issues -- Chapter 2. Global status of agricultural waste-based industries, challenges and future prospects -- Chapter 3. Technoeconomic and Sustainability Analysis of Agricultural Waste Conversion Technologies -- Chapter 4. Biochemical approach for transformation of agricultural waste to bioenergy production and other value-added products through the bioelectrochemical system -- Chapter 5. Energy-efficient Bio-electrochemical system for treatment of agricultural wastes and wastewater: mechanism, scope and challenges -- Chapter 6. Microbial Conversion of Agricultural Residues into Organic Fertilizers -- Chapter 7. Thermochemical approach for sustainable transformation of agricultural waste into value-added end-products -- Chapter 8. Advances in Thermochemical Valorization of Agricultural Waste -- Chapter 9. Conversion of Agricultural Waste with Variable Lignocellulosic Characteristics into Biochar and its Application -- Chapter 10. Agricultural waste-based biochar for soil carbon sequestration and emission reduction: Preparation, evaluation, application, and mechanism -- Chapter 11. Contemporary Approaches for Biochar Production from Agro-Waste and Its Current and Prognostic Applications in Environment Health -- Chapter 12. Valorisation of Sugarcane Bagasse Fly Ash into a Low Cost -Adsorbent Material for Removal of Heavy Metals: A Review -- Chapter 13. Extraction of lignin from various agricultural biomass: Its characterization and applications -- Chapter 14. Rice husk: from agro-industrial to modern applications -- Chapter 15. Production and application of nano-materials from agricultural waste -- Chapter 16. Agricultural waste as a source of fine chemicals -- Chapter 17. Centralized approach for the agricultural waste-based industry -- Chapter 18. Decentralized Composting and Vermicomposting for Agricultural Waste Management: Recycle at Source.