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  • Drying, handling, storing and quality monitoring of pulses
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    Drying, handling, storing and quality monitoring of pulses

    C. b. singh ,  D. s. jayas

    Pulses are an affordable, vegetarian source of protein. They are low in fat, high in carbohydrates and a rich source of micronutrients, amino acids and vitamins. This chapter discusses on how drying, storing and handling of pulses can adversely affect their quality. It reviews how pulse quality i...

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  • Soil health assessment and inventory: indices and databases
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    Soil health assessment and inventory: indices and databases

    Brian k. slater

    It is increasingly appreciated that the soil resource embodies significant natural capital supporting valuable ecosystem services, yet soil natural capital and ecosystem services are threatened by land degradation at the same time as they become more central to efforts to expand food production t...

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  • Amenity and recreation values of tropical forests: an ecosystem services perspective
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    Amenity and recreation values of tropical forests: an ecosystem services perspective

    Prof gamini herath

    This chapter discusses the role of ecosystem services (ESS) in enhancing recreational and amenity services of tropical forests. It outlines the relationship between forests, recreation and tourism, including the concepts and issues involved in policy making. This chapter discusses the challenges ...

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  • Modifying photosystem antennas to improve light harvesting for photosynthesis in crops
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    Modifying photosystem antennas to improve light harvesting for photosynthesis in crops

    Prof min chen ,  Dr robert e. blankenship

    All photosynthetic organisms contain a light-harvesting antenna system, in which pigments absorb solar photons and energy is delivered to the photochemical reaction centers, and subsequent biochemical reactions store it for cellular use. The identity and quantity of pigments and the proteins that...

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  • Variety selection and seed quality management in grain legume cultivation
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    Variety selection and seed quality management in grain legume cultivation

    Dr jean claude rubyogo ,  Wilfred odhiambo

    A key aspect of grain legume crop cultivation is selecting and being able to access the seed of the right type and quality. This is becoming more challenging as grain legumes become cash crops and smallholder farmers transition from subsistence farming to market-oriented production. This chapter ...

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  • Managing biodiversity in agricultural landscapes
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    Managing biodiversity in agricultural landscapes

    Emeritus professor nick c. h. reid ,  Emeritus professor nick c. h. reid ,  Emeritus professor nick c. h. reid ,  Dr rhiannon smith ,  Professor andrew f. bennett ,  Professor andrew f. bennett ,  Dr gary howling ,  Professor g. r. squire ,  Professor g. r. squire ,  Professor theodore alter ,  Professor theodore alter ,  Professor david johnson ,  Professor david johnson ,  Dr jane morrison ,  Dr jane morrison ,  Dr ian montgomery ,  Dr ian montgomery ,  Dr sara burbi ,  Dr ruth little ,  Dr ruth little ,  Emeritus professor gordon rausser ,  Emeritus professor gordon rausser ,  Dr dean ansell ,  Dr dean ansell ,  Dr liz lewis-reddy ,  Dr liz lewis-reddy ,  Professor ruurd van diggelen ,  Professor ruurd van diggelen ,  Professor thomas a. jones ,  Professor thomas a. jones ,  Professor david lindenmayer ,  Professor david lindenmayer ,  Professor adrian d. manning ,  Professor adrian d. manning ,  Professor joanna lambert ,  Professor christopher r. dickman ,  Professor christopher r. dickman ,  Dr angie haslem ,  Dr frederick w. rainsford ,  Dr alex c. maisey ,  Dr james q. radford ,  Dr c. hawes ,  Dr kayla faith laddin ,  Dr lauren hull ,  Dr michael reid ,  Dr heidi kleinert ,  Dr alice day ,  Dr ezekiel m. ezekiel m. ,  Dr neil reid ,  Dr jennifer dodsworth ,  Dr rachel lasko ,  Dr david zilbreman ,  Dr andrew macintosh ,  Dr don butler ,  Dr marie waschka ,  Dr tobias ceulemans ,  Dr camiel aggenbach ,  Dr willem-jan emsens ,  Dr david smith ,  Dr daniel florance ,  Dr clare crane ,  Dr eleanor lang ,  Dr angelina siegrist ,  Dr michelle young ,  Dr ben c. scheele ,  Dr kiarrah j. smith ,  Dr iain j. gordon ,  Dr belinda a. wilson ,  Dr aaron c. greenville ,  Dr glenda m. wardle ,  Dr david c. paton

    This collection reviews the wealth of research on ways to promote biodiversity within agricultural landscapes, focussing on the range of conservation, restoration and rewilding practices farmers and landowners can adopt.

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  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 2
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    Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava volume 2

    Dr clair h. hershey ,  Virgilio gavicho uarrota ,  Deivid l. v. stefen ,  Clovis arruda de souza ,  Cileide maria medeiros coelho ,  Rodolfo moresco ,  Marcelo maraschin ,  Fernando david sánchez-mora ,  Eduardo da costa nunes ,  Enilto de oliveira neubert ,  Luiz augusto martins peruch ,  Michael abberton ,  Badara gueye ,  Tchamba marimagne ,  Folarin soyode ,  Hernán ceballos ,  Nelson morante ,  Fernando calle ,  Jorge lenis ,  Sandra salazar ,  Luis augusto becerra lopez-lavalle ,  Ismail y. rabbi ,  P. zhang ,  Q. ma ,  M. naconsie ,  X. wu ,  W. zhou ,  J. yang ,  Piya kittipadakul ,  Pasajee kongsil ,  Chalermpol phumichai ,  Shelley h. jansky ,  Elizabeth parkes ,  Olufemi aina ,  Adebayo abass ,  Wasiu awoyale ,  Lateef sanni ,  Taofik shittu ,  Dr james p. legg ,  Elizabeth alvarez ,  Ignazio graziosi ,  Kris a. g. wyckhuys ,  Dr stefan hauser ,  Dr friday ekeleme

    Volume 2 reviews genetic resources and breeding techniques as well as their use to produce varieties with traits such as enhanced resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. It also discusses key pests and diseases and their management in making cultivation more efficient and sustainable.

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  • Measuring and assessing beef quality and sensory traits for retailers and consumers
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    Measuring and assessing beef quality and sensory traits for retailers and consumers

    Derek a. griffing ,  Christy l. bratcher

    Verifying qualities that contribute to a pleasurable eating experience prior to consumption is an obstacle for the beef industry. There are many ways to assess eating quality, such as sensory evaluation, shear force measurement and relying on the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) quality gradin...

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  • Practical application of integrated pest management in greenhouses and protected cultivation
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    Practical application of integrated pest management in greenhouses and protected cultivation

    Dr bruno gobin ,  Dr els pauwels ,  Dr joachim audenaert

    Greenhouse production is at the forefront of using IPM systems to tackle pests and diseases. The shift to IPM was a challenge for growers, but was overcome through research, extension and demonstration of the strengths of biocontrol. We provide examples from ornamental plant greenhouse horticultu...

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  • Harnessing ecosystem services with Conservation Agriculture
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    Harnessing ecosystem services with conservation agriculture

    Prof amir kassam ,  Professor emilio j. gonzález-sánchez ,  Dr tom goddard ,  Dr hongwen li ,  Dr ivo mello ,  Dr saidi mkomwa ,  Dr francis shaxson ,  Dr theodor friedrich

    This chapter presents the relationship between Conservation Agriculture (CA) and ecosystem services. Ecosystem services comprise resources and processes supplied by nature that benefit farmers and societies. Services that benefit farmers operate in production fields and those that benefit societi...

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  • Poultry meat quality: an overview
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    Poultry meat quality: an overview

    Michael a. grashorn

    Meat quality is a complex issue, with different requirements from consumers and processors. Consumption quality is based on an assessment of subjective sensory qualities, nutritive value and assurance that animal welfare issues have been respected. In contrast, processing quality is mainly based ...

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  • Advances in feeding grass silage
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    Advances in feeding grass silage

    Pekka huhtanen

    Grass silage is the main forage source during indoor feeding periods in many temperate regions. The digestibility and energy concentration of silage are mainly determined by the maturity at harvest, but changes in carbohydrate and nitrogen fractions during fermentation process can markedly modify...

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  • Optimising fertiliser use to maintain soil health
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    Optimising fertiliser use to maintain soil health

    Prof. bijay singh

    Maintaining the health of soils, and therefore their capacity to carry out the ecosystem functions necessary for sustainable food production, is a complex and evolving area of science. This chapter examines management of mineral fertilisers and organic manures in relation to its effects on soil h...

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  • Instant Insights: Bacterial diseases affecting pigs
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    Instant insights: bacterial diseases affecting pigs

    Prof alejandro ramirez ,  Prof dominiek maes ,  Filip boyen ,  Freddy haesebrouck ,  Charlotte lauridsen ,  Dr ole højberg ,  Dr nuria canibe ,  Dr p. bosi ,  Dr d. luise ,  Dr p. trevisi

    This collection features four peer-reviewed literature reviews on bacterial diseases affecting pigs.

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  • Advances in wheat breeding techniques
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    Advances in wheat breeding techniques

    Dr alison r. bentley ,  Ian mackay

    Wheat production must be increased to meet growing demand, making it critical to increase the rate of genetic gain in wheat breeding. This chapter reviews the suit of core breeding methodologies currently applied, including methods proposed and employed for their advancement. It also discusses te...

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  • Sugarcane genome sequencing and genetic mapping
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    Sugarcane genome sequencing and genetic mapping

    Xiping yang ,  Ramkrishna kandel ,  Jian song ,  Qian you ,  Mengjuan wang ,  Jianping wang

    Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is one of the most important crops for producing sugar and bioethanol, and breeding for superior sugarcane cultivars would benefit significantly from available genetic and genomic resources. This chapter explains the difficulties of sequencing and mapping the genome of ...

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  • Health-promoting effects of glucosinolates and their breakdown products
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    Health-promoting effects of glucosinolates and their breakdown products

    Dr ella o'grady ,  Dr greta pileckaite ,  Dr almha gilheany ,  Dr endrita kucana ,  Dr swarna jaiswal ,  Dr amit k. jaiswal

    Glucosinolates (GLs) are a large group of secondary metabolites which are found in cruciferous plants such as broccoli, cabbage, and kale and contain nutritional and physiological active properties. Several factors affect composition levels of glucosinolates such as storage conditions, methods of...

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  • Improving operating standards in sustainable forest management of tropical forests in Africa
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    Improving operating standards in sustainable forest management of tropical forests in africa

    Prof paxie w. chirwa ,  Dr oghenekevwe arabomen ,  Dr stephen syampungani ,  Dr vincent o. oeba

    Forests in Africa, if managed sustainably, are important for providing livelihood support to millions of people by delivering environmental, economic and social values. However, high deforestation and forest degradation, undefined policies on land and forest tenure, and associated benefit sharing...

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  • Advances in insect pest monitoring using pest population growth and geospatial data for pest risk assessment
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    Advances in insect pest monitoring using pest population growth and geospatial data for pest risk assessment

    Prof michael j. brewer ,  Dr isaac l. esquivel ,  Dr john w. gordy

    Insect pest monitoring serves to evaluate pest severity over time and space. Special attention is given to acquiring and estimating pest population levels and affiliated variables that may influence trajectory of pest severity within and across crops and other habitat. The chapter reviews approac...

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  • Advances in liquid- and solid-medium soilless culture systems
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    Advances in liquid- and solid-medium soilless culture systems

    Dr yüksel tüzel ,  Dr astrit balliu

    There are two types of soilless cultivation. Liquid systems are the growing of plants in the nutrient solution or under the mist of nutrient solution without a solid substrate. Solid-medium systems use inorganic, or organic materials for the plant roots. The chapter reviews a number of liquid sys...

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  • Cover crops for soil health
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    Cover crops for soil health

    Professor sieglinde snapp ,  Dr carmen m. ugarte ,  Dr dane w. hunter ,  Professor michelle m. wander

    Cover crops are accessory plants integrated in production agriculture as means to enhance organic inputs and diversification, both above and belowground. The living cover provides a bundle of environmental services including soil conservation and healthy function. This chapter reviews the literat...

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  • Understanding ageing processes in seed potatoes
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    Understanding ageing processes in seed potatoes

    Paul c. struik

    The physiological quality of seed tubers is very important for the performance of the crop grown from them, and interacts strongly with seed tuber size. Physiological quality consists of two components: dormancy and physiological age. This chapter reviews the conditions which influence both dorma...

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  • Genetic and other factors affecting wheat quality
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    Genetic and other factors affecting wheat quality

    A. s. ross

    Wheat quality derives from interactions between the components of the kernel. In turn these components are themselves collections of multiple sub-components. Many components are under genetic control and are modulated, if not profoundly influenced, by growing conditions. This chapter focuses on t...

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  • Embryo development and hatchery practice in poultry production
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    Embryo development and hatchery practice in poultry production

    Dr nick french ,  Dr david cavero ,  Dr maurice raccoursier ,  Dr rick van emous ,  Prof maureen m. bain ,  Dr murray r. bakst ,  Dr marleen boerjan ,  Dr dinah nicholson ,  Dr anke fӧrster ,  Dr thomas bartels ,  Dr christopher j. williams ,  Dr ron meijerhof ,  Dr r. michael hulet ,  Dr michael j. wineland ,  Prof israel rozenboim ,  Dr liron dishon ,  Dr natalie avital-cohen ,  Dr joanna bartman ,  Dr ronen shviki ,  Dr e. david peebles ,  Prof okan elibol ,  Professor edgar oviedo-rondón ,  Dr roos molenaar ,  Dr henry van den brand ,  Dr bas kemp ,  Prof m. a. mitchell

    This collection reviews the latest research on embryo development, as well as the effects of incubation and the hatching stage on chick health, welfare and production traits.

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  • Advances and challenges in sustainable apple cultivation
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    Advances and challenges in sustainable apple cultivation

    Dr pierre-éric lauri ,  Dr sylvaine simon

    Developing sustainable apple cultivation is based on both a better knowledge of tree architecture and physiology in relation to fruiting, and on how the tree interacts with its abiotic and biotic environments. Improving knowledge in these domains is crucial to take into account the societal deman...

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  • Advances in understanding barley plant physiology: responses to abiotic stress
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    Advances in understanding barley plant physiology: responses to abiotic stress

    Dr alessandro tondelli ,  Dr cristina crosatti ,  Dr stefano delbono ,  Dr luigi cattivelli

    The full expression of barley yield potential depends on its resilience capacity, which allows the crop to face a multiplicity of different abiotic stress conditions. The impact of abiotic stresses is expected to increase in the future because of the climatic changes that modify the annual temper...

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  • Preventing and managing lameness in dairy cows
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    Preventing and managing lameness in dairy cows

    Dr nick j. bell

    Lameness in dairy cows is a major economic and welfare problem worldwide. Despite its importance there are still significant gaps in the published evidence-base, particularly on the subject of disease pathogenesis, treatment and herd interventions. None-the-less, using a systematic approach invol...

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  • Understanding pig behaviour
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    Understanding pig behaviour

    Simon p. turner ,  Richard b. d'eath

    The behavioural patterns of domesticated pigs are well conserved from their ancestors. This suggests that the underlying motivational systems are similar to those of wild boar and feral domestic populations. This chapter describes how commercial conditions, whilst providing some welfare benefits,...

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  • Factors affecting flavour development in beef
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    Factors affecting flavour development in beef

    Chris r. kerth

    Many attributes of the eating quality, especially tenderness, of beef have received much attention in research over the years. However, it has been widely accepted that one of the major attributes that make beef unique is its flavour; in fact, recent research has shown that it is flavour that is ...

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  • Developments in automated systems for monitoring livestock health: mastitis
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    Developments in automated systems for monitoring livestock health: mastitis

    Dr m. van der voort ,  Prof henk hogeveen

    Dairy farmers need on-site, real-time information regarding mastitis occurrence in order to implement appropriate management actions. Technological progress has enabled the use of sensor systems as the basis for mastitis management. In this chapter, we describe the current state of automated mast...

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  • Advances in machine learning for agricultural robots
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    Advances in machine learning for agricultural robots

    Dr polina kurtser ,  Dr stephanie lowry ,  Dr ola ringdahl

    This chapter presents a survey of the advances in using machine learning (ML) algorithms for agricultural robotics. The development of ML algorithms in the last decade has been astounding, and there has therefore been a rapid increase in the widespread deployment of ML algorithms in many domains,...

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  • Thermal adaptation and tolerance of poultry
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    Thermal adaptation and tolerance of poultry

    Shlomo yahav

    Fowls are endothermic species controlling body temperature (Tb) within a relatively narrow range, despite moderate to extreme changes in environmental conditions. Tb is recognized as the main characteristic that reflects thermal status. Significant developments in the genetic selection of domesti...

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  • Sustainable banana cultivation: from standards to multiple solutions
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    Sustainable banana cultivation: from standards to multiple solutions

    Sietze vellema ,  Dr kees jansen

    There is no single recipe for sustainable banana cultivation. Pest and disease management has been central to sustainability efforts, particularly in the export industry. The global and local spread of pathogens make the capacity to manage such threats a shared concern for leading banana exporter...

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  • Advances in understanding health benefits of pistachio
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    Advances in understanding health benefits of pistachio

    Pablo hernández-alonso ,  Dr mònica bulló ,  Dr jordi salas-salvadó

    The health benefits of nuts, mainly in relation to cardiovascular disease (CVD) but also for other chronic conditions, have been widely demonstrated in epidemiological studies and clinical trials. Among nuts, pistachio is a nut with a moderate amount of macronutrients and micronutrients. It is sp...

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  • Welfare issues affecting broiler breeders
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    Welfare issues affecting broiler breeders

    Dr anja brinch riber

    The demand for broiler meat has been growing for decades, and broiler meat represents the major animal protein source in many countries around the world. To meet the demand for cheap and increasing amounts of broiler meat, a consistent selection for fast growth is employed in the broiler industry...

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  • National governance and tropical forests: key challenges
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    National governance and tropical forests: key challenges

    Mr mafa e. chipeta

    This chapter reviews the status and trends of tropical forest governance, how it is manifested in sustainable forest management (SFM), and what can improve it. The chapter starts by drawing attention to the development ambitions which provide a context for efforts to preserve or sustainably manag...

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  • Advances and improvements in modeling plant processes
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    Advances and improvements in modeling plant processes

    Dr soo-hyung kim ,  Dr jennifer hsiao ,  Dr hannah kinmonth-schultz

    This chapter provides an overview of the advances made historically and today in modeling key plant processes with a focus on the processes associated with carbon acquisition and allocation (photosynthesis, stomatal conductance, respiration, and assimilate partitioning), and the timing of plant d...

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  • Advances in postharvest management of cereals and grains
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    Advances in postharvest management of cereals and grains

    Prof. dirk e. maier ,  Prof. dirk e. maier ,  Emeritus prof. steven t. sonka ,  Dr kizito nishimwe ,  Dr julie aiza l. mandap ,  Dr gary p. munkvold ,  Dr david schlipalius ,  Dr paul ebert ,  Dr peter r. brown ,  Dr grant r. singleton ,  Dr steven r. belmain ,  Dr nyo me htwe ,  Dr loth mulungu ,  Dr mashaka mdangi ,  Dr regino cavia ,  Dr michelle a. friedmann ,  Dr dieudonne baributsa ,  Dr ma cristine concepcion ignacio ,  Dr paul fields ,  Dr fuji jian ,  Dr dianxuan wang ,  Prof. shlomo navarro ,  Dr hagit navarro ,  Dr benjamin fűrstenau ,  Dr garnet marlen kroos ,  Dr peter follett ,  Dr georgios akepsimaidis ,  Dr nicolas meneses ,  Dr matthew murdoch ,  Dr heidi kotilainen ,  Prof. naresh magan ,  Dr esther garcia-cela ,  Dr carol verheecke-vaessen ,  Dr angel medina ,  Dr roger g. aby ,  Prof. brighton m. mvumi ,  Dr tanya stathers

    Part 1 of this collection assesses the causes of postharvest losses. Part 2 reviews advances in storage technologies, including management of insect pests using techniques such as fumigation, controlled atmospheres and biopesticides, as well as control of fungal contamination.

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  • Viruses affecting African crops and their vectors
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    Viruses affecting african crops and their vectors

    Dr james p. legg ,  Dr p. lava kumar ,  Dr george mahuku ,  Dr everlyne wosula ,  Dr livia stavolone ,  Dr eugene terry ,  Dr nilsa bosque-pérez

    Plant viruses are one of the major constraints to crop production in Africa. Consequently, research into understanding and managing viruses has been a major theme of IITA’s work over its 50-year history. This chapter reviews the progress made in characterizing the major viruses affecting bananas,...

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  • The role of hedgerows in supporting biodiversity and other ecosystem services in intensively managed agricultural landscapes
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    The role of hedgerows in supporting biodiversity and other ecosystem services in intensively managed agricultural landscapes

    Dr audrey alignier ,  Dr léa uroy ,  Dr stéphanie aviron

    Over the past half century, agricultural intensification has substantially changed agricultural landscapes and farming systems. These changes have been beneficial to provisioning services, i.e. agricultural yields, but detrimental for biodiversity and associated ecosystem services. As a contribut...

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  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of temperate zone tree fruits and berries Volume 2
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    Achieving sustainable cultivation of temperate zone tree fruits and berries volume 2

    Prof. gregory a. lang ,  Prof. gregory a. lang ,  Dr dario j. chavez ,  Dr rachel a. itle ,  Dr daniel mancero-castillo ,  Dr jose x. chaparro ,  Dr thomas g. beckman ,  Prof luca corelli grappadelli ,  Dr brunella morandi ,  Dr luigi manfrini ,  Dr pasquale losciale ,  Dr josé quero-garciá ,  Dr amy iezzoni ,  Dr gregorio lópez-ortega ,  Dr cameron peace ,  Dr mathieu fouché ,  Dr elizabeth dirlewanger ,  Dr mirko schuster ,  Dr danielle guzman ,  Dr amit dhingra ,  Assoc. prof. todd einhorn ,  Dr amanda karlström ,  Dr magdalena cobo medina ,  Dr richard harrison ,  Dr pierre-éric lauri ,  Dr sylvaine simon ,  Prof mihai botu ,  Dr chris barbey ,  Prof kevin folta ,  Prof m. p. pritts ,  Dr t. m. sjulin ,  Dr ramón molina-bravo ,  Dr margaret leigh worthington ,  Dr gina e. fernandez ,  Dr julie graham ,  Dr alison karley ,  Dr alison dolan ,  Dr dominic williams ,  Dr nikki jennings ,  Dr susan mccallum

    The second volume in this collection reviews advances in breeding and cultivation of key stone fruits (peach, cherry, plum and apricot), pome fruits (pear and apple), and berry fruits (strawberry, raspberry, blackberry and blueberry).

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  • Valorizing byproducts from broiler processing: biologics and sustainability
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    Valorizing byproducts from broiler processing: biologics and sustainability

    Professor steven c. ricke ,  Dr v.a. leone ,  Dr a.a. tarcin

    Poultry production and processing continue to expand globally. In addition to traditional poultry meat products, a wide range of byproducts are also produced which do not end up as human food. Poultry coproducts are generally classified as edible or nonedible, however, their downstream use depend...

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  • Challenges and initiatives in reducing postharvest food losses and food waste: sub-Saharan Africa
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    Challenges and initiatives in reducing postharvest food losses and food waste: sub-saharan africa

    Dr tanya stathers ,  Prof. brighton m. mvumi

    This chapter reviews food losses and waste in sub-Saharan Africa. It gives a general introduction to the terms ‘food loss’ and ‘food waste’ and how they differ. It focuses on the postharvest food losses occurring in sub-Saharan Africa and compares ‘objective measurements’ with ‘perceptions’ of fo...

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  • Improving organic agriculture in the developing world: Africa
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    Improving organic agriculture in the developing world: africa

    Victor olowe

    The continent of Africa accounts for 25% of the world’s arable land and yet produces just 10% of the global agricultural output. Against the backdrop of the challenges to agriculture in Africa, the African heads of states took a decision in 2011 to integrate organic agriculture into the mainstrea...

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  • Acrylamide formation in fried potato products and its mitigation
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    Acrylamide formation in fried potato products and its mitigation

    Bruno de meulenaer ,  Raquel medeiros vinci ,  Frédéric mestdagh

    Acrylamide is carcinogenic to rodents and also a ‘probable’ human carcinogen. No regulatory limits have yet been established on the levels of this contaminant in food, but food industries are nevertheless under pressure to find ways of reducing acrylamide formation. The greatest contribution to d...

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  • Meeting computer vision and machine learning challenges in crop phenotyping
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    Meeting computer vision and machine learning challenges in crop phenotyping

    Dr hanno scharr ,  Prof sotirios a. tsaftaris

    Use of imaging data has become more profound with the advent of digital cameras, the internet, and automation. With advances of computer vision, actionable information can now be extracted from images to advance the study of plants and their phenotype. In this chapter we document the experience o...

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  • Improving cultivation practices for soybeans in sub-Saharan Africa
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    Improving cultivation practices for soybeans in sub-saharan africa

    Frederick p. baijukya ,  Harun m. murithi ,  Fred kanampiu

    Soybean production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has significantly increased due to the surge in demand arising from increasing populations and improved incomes. Analysis across SSA revealed an increase in soybean consumption of 7.4% between 1990 and 2011 with more than 50% of the production gap fi...

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  • The effects of organic management on greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficiency in livestock production
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    The effects of organic management on greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficiency in livestock production

    Mr l. g. smith ,  Dr a. g. williams

    The central objectives of organic farming are reducing external inputs and increasing long-term sustainability. Whilst there may be local improvements in resource efficiency, the extent to which organic livestock systems contribute to net greenhouse gas mitigation and fossil energy efficiency gai...

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