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  • Improving integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) by smallholders
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    Improving integrated soil fertility management (isfm) by smallholders

    Dr bernard vanlauwe

    Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to experience food insecurity underpinned by low crop productivity. Yields for cereal crops in smallholder farming systems are typically less than 30% of attainable yields and low use of fertilizer and other nutrient resources are recognized as the one of the ma...

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  • Developing varieties of Arabica coffee
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    Developing varieties of arabica coffee

    Herbert a.m. van der vossen

    About 60% of the annual world coffee production is harvested from Arabica (Coffea arabica) coffee, with the remainder harvested from Robusta (C. canephora) coffee. The former is superior in beverage quality, but more expensive to cultivate. The demand for quality coffees is steadily increasing, b...

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  • Understanding the nutritional and nutraceutical properties of sorghum
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    Understanding the nutritional and nutraceutical properties of sorghum

    Dr sarah cox ,  Dr weiqun wang ,  Dr seong-ho lee ,  Dr dmitriy smolensky

    Sorghum is a globally grown cereal. Many sorghum varieties contain high levels of polyphenolic compounds with potential health benefits. With a growing interest in using diet as a preventative measure against chronic diseases, the benefits of sorghum need to be examined. This chapter discusses cu...

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  • Improving sheep wool quality
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    Improving sheep wool quality

    E. k. doyle

    Wool is a natural fibre produced by nearly 500 different sheep breeds. Mean fibre diameter is the most important wool quality parameter and has the largest influence on the value of wool. Wool fibre competes with synthetic, cellulosic and cotton fibre consumption, and currently makes up 1.2% of w...

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  • Wheat diseases: an overview
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    Wheat diseases: an overview

    Albrecht serfling ,  Doris kopahnke ,  Antje habekuss ,  Fluturë novakazi ,  Prof frank ordon

    Fungal and viral pathogens lead to significant yield losses in wheat crops worldwide. This chapter reviews the important fungal and viral diseases of wheat, considering their mode of infection, symptoms, distribution and effect on wheat yield. Responses to each pathogen are discussed, including a...

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  • Understanding plant-pathogen interactions in net blotch infection of cereals
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    Understanding plant-pathogen interactions in net blotch infection of cereals

    Dr karl m. effertz ,  Dr shaun j. clare ,  Dr sarah m. harkins ,  Dr robert brueggeman

    An economically important disease of barley that causes significant yield and quality losses is net blotch caused by the necrotrophic fungal pathogen Pyrenophora teres. To reduce the impact of net blotch the research community is engaging in basic and applied research to enhance genetic resistanc...

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  • Biosecurity and safety for humans and animals in organic animal farming
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    Biosecurity and safety for humans and animals in organic animal farming

    Dr k. ellis

    ‘Biosecurity’ describes methods of reducing the risk of disease spread. Two defining aspects of organic farming are the requirement to allow animals outside access and the aim to nurture animal health without reliance on veterinary medicines. These measures create differences in risks of disease ...

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  • Advances in microbial control in integrated pest management: entomopathogenic fungi
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    Advances in microbial control in integrated pest management: entomopathogenic fungi

    Professor travis r. glare ,  Dr aimee c. mckinnon ,  Dr roma gwynn ,  Dr michael brownbridge

    The use of entomopathogenic fungi to control insect pests has been expanding in recent years, with improvements in formulation and more extensive commercialization. However, there are still limitations on their effectiveness in some situations. Combining entomopathogenic fungi with other control ...

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  • Improving integrated pest management in horticulture
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    Improving integrated pest management in horticulture

    Prof rosemary collier ,  Professor travis r. glare ,  Dr aimee c. mckinnon ,  Dr philippe c. nicot ,  Dr thomas pressecq ,  Dr marc bardin ,  Dr surendra k. dara ,  Dr clare butler ellis ,  Dr irene vänninen ,  Dr catello pane ,  Dr mark w. ramsden ,  Dr aoife o’driscoll ,  Dr aude alaphilippe ,  Dr claude bussi ,  Dr marion casagrande ,  Dr tarek dardouri ,  Dr sylvaine simon ,  Dr pierre-éric lauri ,  Dr amélie lefèvre ,  Dr mireille navarrete ,  Dr robbie d. girling ,  Dr tom d. breeze ,  Dr michael p. garratt ,  Dr philip r. crain ,  Dr david w. onstad ,  Dr norma r. samuel ,  Prof oscar e. liburd ,  Dr bruno gobin ,  Dr els pauwels ,  Dr joachim audenaert ,  Dr richard h. binks ,  Dr louis lippens ,  Dr sander fleerakkers ,  Dr femke temmerman ,  Dr annelies de roissart

    This collection reviews current advances in integrated pest management (IPM) for horticultural crops, including the use of biological control mechanisms, technological developments such as proximal sensors, agronomic practices and physical control.

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  • Advances in soil management for successful establishment and maintenance of turfgrass
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    Advances in soil management for successful establishment and maintenance of turfgrass

    Dr douglas j. soldat ,  Dr paul l. koch

    Soil properties influence how turfgrass will look, function and perform. In this chapter, we explore our current understanding of soil physical, chemical, and biological properties relevant to turfgrass management and identify areas for future study. Recent advances in our understanding of physic...

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  • Advances in understanding the epidemiology of Fusarium in cereals
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    Advances in understanding the epidemiology of fusarium in cereals

    Prof stephen n. wegulo

    Cereal grains contribute more than half of the global daily calorie intake. However, cereal crops are prone to attack by plant pathogens that cause devastating losses estimated in the billions of dollars, threatening global food and economic security. One of the diseases of small grain cereals th...

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  • Organic sheep and goat farming: opportunities and challenges
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    Organic sheep and goat farming: opportunities and challenges

    Georgios arsenos ,  Dr angeliki argyriadou ,  Dr sotiria vouraki ,  Dr athanasios gelasakis

    Organic goat and sheep farming is a highly diverse type of production throughout Europe and other continents. Current practices are geared to achieve a number of objectives, including sustainability and high standards of animal welfare. This chapter aims to characterize organic goat and sheep far...

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

    Prof. philippe rott ,  Prof. philippe rott ,  Xiping yang ,  Ramkrishna kandel ,  Jian song ,  Qian you ,  Mengjuan wang ,  Jianping wang ,  Dr frederick c. botha ,  Anna l. hale ,  Phillip jackson ,  James r. todd ,  Per mccord ,  Fredy alpeter ,  Ratna karan ,  Nicole thompson ,  Philippe roumagnac ,  Jean-heinrich daugrois ,  Denis filloux ,  Dimitre mollov ,  Rasappa viswanathan ,  A. ramesh sundar ,  R. selvakumar ,  P. malathi ,  Claudia monteiro-vitorello ,  Patricia dayane carvalho schaker ,  Juliana benevenuto ,  Natália de sousa teixeira e silva ,  Sintia silva de almeida ,  R. stuart rutherford ,  Kathy braithwaite ,  Monique royer ,  Isabelle pieretti ,  Stéphane cociancich ,  Graham r. stirling ,  Francois-regis goebel ,  Julien m. beuzelin ,  Mike j. way ,  Jack c. comstock ,  Sushma g. sood ,  Calvin odero

    Sugarcane cultivation faces a range of challenges to improve yields sustainably. This volumes reviews how these challenges can be addressed through developments in breeding as well as better management of pests and diseases.

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  • Advances in conventional potato-breeding techniques
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    Advances in conventional potato-breeding techniques

    Jai gopal

    Potato is highly heterozygous. In order to maintain productivity, improved potato varieties are therefore developed by inter-mating desired parental lines and selecting superior clones from the progeny. Since potato is vegetatively propagated, any selected genotype can be fixed with all its intra...

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  • Instant Insights: Alternative sources of protein for poultry
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    Instant insights: alternative sources of protein for poultry

    Dr sahil kalia ,  Dr andrew d. magnuson ,  Dr guanchen liu ,  Professor xin gen lei ,  Arya rezaei far ,  Somaya naser el deen ,  Dr teun veldkamp ,  Dr m. mabelebele ,  E. malematja ,  S. d. kolobe ,  T. g. manyelo ,  N. a. sebola ,  F. manyeula ,  Archibold g. bakare ,  Taiye olugbemi ,  Mohammed m. ari ,  Professor paul iji ,  Professor peter williams

    This book provides a comprehensive overview on the range of alternative sources of protein for poultry, including algae, insect meal and corn fermented protein.

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  • Temperature deviations during transport as a cause for food losses
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    Temperature deviations during transport as a cause for food losses

    Dr reiner jedermann ,  Dr ulrike praeger ,  Dr martin geyer ,  Dr walter lang

    Deviating temperature conditions during distribution processes reduce the quality of food and significantly contribute to global food losses. The effect of careless handling and inadequate processing only become visible much later in the cool chain, making it difficult to quantify the contributio...

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  • Bioherbicides: an overview
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    Bioherbicides: an overview

    Dr erin n. rosskopf ,  Raghavan charudattan ,  William bruckart

    Weed control is one of the greatest concerns in agriculture and land management. Chemical control methods are widespread, but there are many invasive species for which these are not economically feasible. In addition, there are social, economic and political drivers that work towards reducing the...

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  • Progress in understanding fungal diseases affecting sugarcane: smut
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    Progress in understanding fungal diseases affecting sugarcane: smut

    Claudia monteiro-vitorello ,  Patricia dayane carvalho schaker ,  Juliana benevenuto ,  Natália de sousa teixeira e silva ,  Sintia silva de almeida

    Amongst the relevant issues impacting sugarcane agricultural practices are fungal diseases, such as sugarcane smut, that constitute a worldwide threat to the cultivation. Smut is caused by the biotrophic fungus Sporisorium scitamineum. After providing a historical perspective on the disease, this...

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  • Advances in the use of entomopathogenic oomycetes as biopesticides in suppressing crop insect pests
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    Advances in the use of entomopathogenic oomycetes as biopesticides in suppressing crop insect pests

    Dr aurélien tartar

    This chapter reviews advances in the use of entomopathogenic oomycetes as biopesticides in suppressing crop insect pests. It begins by discussing how oomycetes have evolved from invertebrate pathogens to plant pathogens, what they are commonly known as today. The chapter also provides a case stud...

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  • Site-directed genome modification
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    Site-directed genome modification

    Dr jochen kumlehn ,  Dr stefan hiekel ,  Dr nagaveni budhagatapalli

    The principle of customized endonuclease-triggered genome modification offers unprecedented opportunities for the elucidation of gene functions and the improvement of crop plant performance. The advantage of this technology lies in the possibility of defining the genomic site where a modification...

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  • Agroecosystem models for delivering ecosystem services
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    Agroecosystem models for delivering ecosystem services

    Dr jerry l. hatfield ,  Dr christian dold ,  Dr erica j. kistner-thomas ,  Dr kenneth m. wacha

    Agroecosystems are complex representations of the interactions occurring among multiple biological systems at the field and landscape scale. Models simulating these interactions across time and space are not very mature and expanding our current knowledge on crop, pest, and soils models provides ...

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  • Dealing with uncertainty in crop models
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    Dealing with uncertainty in crop models

    Dr daniel wallach

    There is increasing awareness in crop modeling of the importance of uncertainty. The modeler needs uncertainty information to prioritize improvements, while the user needs uncertainty information to make informed decisions. This chapter introduces the concept of model uncertainty, considering suc...

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  • The use of molecular genetic information in genetic improvement programmes for pigs
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    The use of molecular genetic information in genetic improvement programmes for pigs

    Professor jack dekkers

    Genetic improvement of pigs has been achieved by selection of individuals for breeding based on estimated breeding values (EBV), derived using phenotypes for important traits. Ideally, phenotypes on the individual itself and its relatives are utilized in order to obtain the most accurate estimate...

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  • Certifying sustainability in oil palm cultivation
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    Certifying sustainability in oil palm cultivation

    Dr marcel djama

    In recent years, transnational private regulations, aimed at implementing sustainable development principles, have emerged across several commodity sectors. To address the growing environmental and social concerns raised by oil palm expansion, the sector has adopted voluntary sustainability stand...

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  • Advances in irrigation/fertigation techniques in greenhouse soilless culture systems (SCS)
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    Advances in irrigation/fertigation techniques in greenhouse soilless culture systems (scs)

    Dr georgios nikolaou ,  Dr damianos neocleous ,  Dr evangelini kitta ,  Prof nikolaus katsoulas

    The objective of this chapter is to describe the most common soilless culture system (SCS) irrigation and fertigation methods. The chapter summarizes common types of irrigation/fertigation system and types of management system. It then discusses the shift to real-time plant-based sensing and mon...

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  • Improving sorghum cultivation in South America
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    Improving sorghum cultivation in south america

    Rafael augusto da costa parrella ,  Robert eugene schaffert ,  Cicero bezerra de menezes ,  José avelino santos rodrigues ,  Jurandir vieira magalhães ,  Cynthia maria borges damasceno ,  Dagma dionisia da silva ,  Simone martins mendes

    Sorghum production in Brazil has expanded significantly in recent years, with a current planted area of close to one and a half million hectares. Sorghum provides an excellent source of grain to feed cattle, poultry and swine, as well as forage for cattle, especially in situations of drought and ...

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  • Instant Insights: Soil health indicators
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    Instant insights: soil health indicators

    Dr e. a. stockdale ,  Dr paul hargreaves ,  Dr anne bhogal ,  A. fortuna ,  Dr a. bhowmik ,  Dr a. bary ,  Dr c. cogger ,  Dr eleanor e. campbell ,  Dr john l. field ,  Keith paustian ,  Dr jacqueline l. stroud

    This collection features four peer-reviewed literature reviews on soil health indicators.

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  • Achieving sustainable greenhouse cultivation
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    Achieving sustainable greenhouse cultivation

    Professor leo f. m. marcelis ,  Professor leo f. m. marcelis ,  Dr ep heuvelink ,  Dr ep heuvelink ,  Professor miguel r. c. costa ,  Dr juan i. montero ,  Dr yi zhang ,  Professor qichang yang ,  Dr xinglin ke ,  Dr josef tanny ,  Prof. b. w. alsanius ,  Dr s. khalil ,  Dr a. tadesse ,  Dr a. k. rosberg ,  Dr k. j. bergstrand ,  Dr r. hartmann ,  Dr l. mogren ,  Dr m. alam ,  Dr m. grudén ,  Dr t. naznin ,  Dr a. getahun ,  Dr martine dorais ,  Emeritus professor toyoki kozai ,  Dr yumiko amagai ,  Dr eri hayashi ,  Prof. chieri kubota ,  Dr youbin zheng ,  Prof. stefania de pascale ,  Dr luca incrocci ,  Dr daniele massa ,  Prof youssef rouphael ,  Prof alberto pardossi ,  Professor neil mattson ,  Dr christopher j. currey ,  Dr gerben j. messelink ,  Dr h. marjolein kruidhof ,  Professor eldert van henten ,  Dr oliver körner ,  Prof nazim s. gruda ,  Dr s. hemming ,  Dr j. c. bakker ,  Dr j. b. campen ,  Dr f. l. k. kempkes ,  Dr assumpció antón ,  Dr erica montemayor ,  Dr nancy peña

    Greenhouse and other forms of protected cultivation create controlled environments to offset climate change and optimise resource use. This book reviews current research in more efficient climate control and root development to optimise their use.

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  • Advances in preservation of seed vigour during storage
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    Advances in preservation of seed vigour during storage

    Dr fiona r. hay

    Anyone acquiring a sample of seeds for growing, would be hopeful that most of the seeds would germinate in a timely manner and regardless of the normal stressors that are apparent in agricultural / horticultural environments, i.e., that the acquired seed lot has high viability and vigour. For see...

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  • Molecular breeding techniques to improve egg quality
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    Molecular breeding techniques to improve egg quality

    Anna wolc ,  Janet e. fulton

    Multiple tools for the molecular analysis of variation at both the DNA and protein level have recently been developed. These molecular tools that include low cost sequencing, simultaneous genotyping of large numbers of single nucleotide polymorphisms chips, real-time polymerase chain reaction (PC...

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  • Advances in classical biological control to support IPM of perennial agricultural crops
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    Advances in classical biological control to support ipm of perennial agricultural crops

    Dr ivan milosavljević ,  Dr mark s. hoddle

    Scientific advances in classical biological control and supporting disciplines have provided ‘tools’ that could enable permanent suppression of some seemingly intractable invasive pest problems that limit the effectiveness of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programmes in perennial crops. This ch...

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  • Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in Central Asia
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    Adoption of conservation agriculture in central asia

    Dr aziz nurbekov ,  Dr alisher mirzabaev ,  Dr muratbek karabayev ,  Dr nurali asozoda ,  Dr nasriddin khalilov ,  Dr dossymbek sydyk

    Up to date, scientific and practical experience of adopting CA systems and practices in Central Asia has been limited compared to other regions of the world. There is limited reliable data on CA adoption and spread and the uptake process except for Kazakhstan. The purpose of this chapter is to co...

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  • Developing drought-resistant cereals
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    Developing drought-resistant cereals

    Prof. roberto tuberosa ,  Prof. roberto tuberosa ,  Professor tom sinclair ,  Dr michel e. ghanem ,  Dr arnauld a. thiry ,  Dr matthew p. reynolds ,  Prof william j. davies ,  Dr ian c. dodd ,  Dr ambra viviani ,  Dr marco maccaferri ,  Dr mitiku a. mengistu ,  Professor john c. cushman ,  Dr jack christopher ,  Dr eric s. ober ,  Dr anya heathcote ,  Dr weiguo chen ,  Dr daizhen sun ,  Dr runzhi li ,  Prof ruilian jing ,  Prof rodomiro ortiz ,  Dr ilaria marcotuli ,  Dr agata gadaleta ,  Dr osvin arriagada ,  Dr samantha reveco ,  Dr andrés r. schwember ,  Dr matteo campana ,  Dr christian alfaro ,  Dr iván matus ,  Dr elhan ersoz ,  Dr robert bensen

    This collection explores the challenge of achieving improved drought tolerance in key cereal crops such as wheat and barley and reviews key research and strategies which address how to overcome this challenge in order to mitigate the effects of climate change on cereal production.

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  • Molecular identification of major morphological mutations in poultry
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    Molecular identification of major morphological mutations in poultry

    Dr michèle tixier-boichard

    Morphological variation provides examples of phenotypes which mode of inheritance was characterized by Mendelian genetics since many years. This chapter describes seventeen phenotypes affecting skeleton, skin appendages, feather distribution, growth rate or structure, for which the underlying gen...

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  • Plant biostimulants and their influence on nutrient use efficiency (NUE)
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    Plant biostimulants and their influence on nutrient use efficiency (nue)

    Prof patrick brown ,  Dr douglas c. amaral ,  Dr meerae park ,  Dr jennifer schmidt ,  Dr amélie gaudin

    This chapter reviews evidence for effects of biostimulants on both agronomic nutrient use efficiency and internal nutrient use efficiency. Many biostimulants improve the agronomic nutrient use efficiency (AE) by enhancing root growth and soil exploration, increasing solubilization of soil nutrien...

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  • Factors influencing the efficiency of rumen energy metabolism
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    Factors influencing the efficiency of rumen energy metabolism

    Dr emilio ungerfeld ,  Dr timothy j. hackmann

    The rumen microbial community transforms feed into nutrients that the ruminant host animal absorbs and utilises for maintenance, growth and fattening, reproduction and lactation. Volatile fatty acids produced by microbial fermentation in the rumen are the main source of energy, glucose and fat fo...

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  • The rumen wall microbiota community
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    The rumen wall microbiota community

    Dr mi zhou ,  Dr junhua liu ,  Prof le luo guan

    The rumen microbes are usually divided into three distinct groups based on their habitats: the planktonic microbiota, feed particle associated microbiota, and the epimural microbiota. Among these three groups of microorganisms, the epimural community is the least studied and understood. Although ...

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  • Advances in phosphite utilization for turfgrass
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    Advances in phosphite utilization for turfgrass

    Dr john dempsey

    This chapter will assess the sustainable use of phosphite in amenity turfgrass management, by exploring the often-contentious use of phosphite as a nutrient source, its use as a biostimulant, and its properties and efficacy as a plant protectant within many plants including turfgrasses.

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  • Advances in understanding the biology and epidemiology of barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV)
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    Advances in understanding the biology and epidemiology of barley yellow dwarf virus (bydv)

    Dr douglas lau ,  Dr talita bernardon mar ,  Dr carlos diego ribeiro dos santos ,  Dr eduardo engel ,  Dr paulo roberto do valle da silva pereira

    A tri-trophic network of domesticated grasses (host), various aphids (vector) and barley yellow dwarf virus (pathogen) species has been spread by humans from Eurasia to the rest of the world. Understanding how climate, natural and agricultural landscapes challenge pathogens, vectors, and their na...

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  • Advances in understanding pig nutritional requirements
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    Advances in understanding pig nutritional requirements

    Professor robert van barneveld ,  Robert j. e. hewitt ,  Darryl n. d'souza

    Linking advances in our understanding to sustainable production of pig meat requires a more lateral perspective centred on the primary drivers of sustainability. This chapter considers advances in nutritional requirements and metabolism and how these contribute to sustainable production of pig me...

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  • Advances in dairy cattle breeding to improve longevity
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    Advances in dairy cattle breeding to improve longevity

    Prof roel veerkamp ,  Dr mathijs van pelt

    Improving longevity of dairy cows has long been of economic interest. There is also a societal interest in improving longevity and evidence suggests it is an important factor in mitigating greenhouse gases. Longevity is a complex trait to record and to improve genetically, despite considerable ge...

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  • Setting and reviewing standards for organic farming
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    Setting and reviewing standards for organic farming

    Susanne padel

    One of the cornerstones of organic farming is the fact that it is governed by clear standards which are legally protected in many parts of the world, but there is concern that the current certification system does not fully safeguard the objectives and principles of the movement and encourage fur...

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  • Improving application systems for bioprotectants in integrated pest management (IPM) programmes in horticulture
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    Improving application systems for bioprotectants in integrated pest management (ipm) programmes in horticulture

    Dr clare butler ellis

    The fundamental principles of good application are the same whether a biopesticide or chemical pesticide is being used. However, there is a view that biopesticides are more sensitive to application. A good application technique should result in the minimum amount of biopesticide being used, which...

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  • Towards sustainable management of nematodes in banana
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    Towards sustainable management of nematodes in banana

    Dr anthony b. pattison ,  Dr jennifer a. cobon ,  Dr mario araya-vargas ,  Dr christian chabrier

    Plant-parasitic nematodes present a major constraint to production of bananas and plantains world-wide. Early efforts in management in the mid-twentieth century relied on applications of fumigant nematicides followed by non-fumigant organophosphates and carbamate compounds. The development of int...

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  • Nutrient cycling in soils
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    Nutrient cycling in soils

    Dr e. a. stockdale

    Sustainable agricultural systems must enable profitable production of sufficient high-quality crops to meet human demands while simultaneously minimising off-site impacts. Though simple chemical equilibrium plays a part, nutrient cycling processes in soil are largely the outcome of biochemical pr...

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  • Protecting biodiversity in grasslands
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    Protecting biodiversity in grasslands

    J. isselstein

    Grasslands in Europe are critically important to the biodiversity of agricultural landscapes. This chapter summarizes the conditions that facilitate biodiversity in permanent and semi-natural (i.e. managed) grasslands in temperate climate, with a particular focus on phytodiversity. The chapter ex...

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  • Bioactive components in cow’s milk
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    Bioactive components in cow’s milk

    Young w. park

    Milk contains many bioactive compounds with health benefits beyond simple nutrition. This chapter provides a comprehensive review of bioactives in milk and research on their nutraceutical properties. These include bioactive proteins such as caseins, whey proteins such as α-lactalbumin and β-lacto...

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  • Effects of metabolic modifiers on beef carcass composition and meat quality
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    Effects of metabolic modifiers on beef carcass composition and meat quality

    John m. gonzalez ,  Sara m. ebarb ,  Kelsey j. phelps ,  Prof. michael e. dikeman

    Metabolic modifiers are compounds that are either fed to animals or implanted to improve rate of gain, feed efficiency, dressing percent, carcass meat yield, visual meat quality, shelf life or meat palatability. This chapter presents a general review of the effects of metabolic modifiers on carca...

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