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  • Use of the secondary gene pool of barley in breeding improved varieties
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    Use of the secondary gene pool of barley in breeding improved varieties

    Dr matthew haas ,  Dr martin mascher

    Barley (Hordeum vulgare ssp. vulgare L.) is an important crop species and breeding efforts over the past century have resulted in agronomically advanced cultivars. These efforts have also resulted in reduced genetic diversity of elite barley germplasm, hampering the ability of breeders to improve...

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  • Zoonoses affecting poultry: the case of Campylobacter
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    Zoonoses affecting poultry: the case of campylobacter

    Tom j. humphrey ,  Lisa k. williams

    Campylobacter has been associated with poultry for many years. It is the leading cause of bacterial foodborne illness in developed countries, with C. jejuni and C. coli being identified in most cases in humans. These two species are also found in poultry. Campylobacter is ideally suited to the po...

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  • Sustainable production of temperate and boreal nontimber forest products: examples from North America
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    Sustainable production of temperate and boreal nontimber forest products: examples from north america

    Dr james l. chamberlain ,  Dr christine j. small ,  Dr michelle baumflek

    Understory plants and fungi are critical to healthy and resilient forest ecosystems, and many of the products they provide are essential to people for sustenance and income. However, nontimber forest products, and the plants and fungi from which they originate, are seldom included in forest manag...

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  • Advances in understanding the nutritional value of antioxidants in wheat
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    Advances in understanding the nutritional value of antioxidants in wheat

    Dr franklin brian apea-bah ,  Prof trust beta

    Whole grain wheat has a diverse supply of hydrophilic and lipophilic antioxidants which include phenolic compounds (phenolic acids, flavonoids, anthocyanins which are present only in pigmented wheat, alkylresorcinols, and to a lesser extent proanthocyanidins), carotenoids (mainly lutein and zeaxa...

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  • Advances in mobility platforms for agricultural robots
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    Advances in mobility platforms for agricultural robots

    Prof renato vidoni ,  Dr giovanni carabin ,  Dr giuseppe quaglia ,  Dr andrea botta ,  Dr giulio reina ,  Dr rocco galati

    Agricultural robotics is one of the most challenging research areas in robotics given the complex challenges posed by terrain, crop and environmental conditions. This chapter reviews the use of (unmanned) ground robots in agriculture, focusing on the main different solutions in terms of mobility ...

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  • Achieving sustainable production of poultry meat Volume 1
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    Achieving sustainable production of poultry meat volume 1

    Professor steven c. ricke ,  Professor steven c. ricke ,  Lisa k. williams ,  Tom j. humphrey ,  Dr sabrina vandeplas ,  Aishwarya pradeep rao ,  Jungsoo joo ,  Debabrata biswas ,  Isaac p. kashoma ,  Yosra a. helmy ,  Issmat i. kassem ,  Dr gireesh rajashekara ,  Navam s. hettiarachchy ,  Dr a.v.s. perumalla ,  Estefania novoa rama ,  Manpreet singh ,  Dr janne lundén ,  Ana luisa renteria-monterrubio ,  Alma delia alarcon-rojo ,  Ivar vågsholm ,  Jun lin ,  Sandra diaz-sanchez ,  Xiang liu ,  Irene hanning ,  Michael a. grashorn ,  M. s. lilburn ,  Prof cheorun jo ,  Dinesh jayasena ,  Kichang nam ,  Eun joo lee ,  Dong ahn ,  Yuan h. brad kim ,  Iksoon kang ,  Dr arthur hinton jr ,  Ilkka leinonen ,  Hector e. leyva-jimenez ,  Christopher a. bailey ,  E. j. van loo ,  R. morawicki ,  D. luján-rhenals ,  Dr r. michael hulet ,  Dr robyn alders ,  Robert pym

    Poultry production faces many challenges. This collection starts by reviewing safety, including detection, prevention and control of zoonoses in poultry flocks. It also discusses key aspects of quality such as meat flavour as well wider issues such as the environmental impact of poultry production.

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  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of sorghum Volume 1
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    Achieving sustainable cultivation of sorghum volume 1

    Prof. william rooney ,  Jeff dahlberg ,  Dr d. t. rosenow ,  Dr elizabeth a. cooper ,  Stephen kresovich ,  Hari upadhyaya ,  Dr mani vetriventhan ,  Cleve franks ,  Joseph e. knoll ,  Tesfaye tesso ,  Dr dereje d. gobena ,  Dr dechassa o. duressa ,  Dr kraig roozeboom ,  Dr krishna jagadish ,  R. perumal ,  Dr desalegn d. serba ,  Dr dilooshi weerasooriya ,  Dr clint w. magill ,  Dr gary c. peterson ,  Dr louis k. prom ,  Dr elfadil m. bashir ,  Chris little ,  John burke ,  Willmar l. leiser ,  H. frederick weltzien-rattunde ,  Eva weltzien ,  Bettina i.g. haussmann ,  Roger l. monk ,  M. djanaguiraman ,  P. v. v. prasad ,  Professor ignacio ciampitti ,  David mengel ,  J. bell ,  Dr robert c. schwartz ,  Dr kevin mcinnes ,  Q. xue ,  Dr dana porter ,  Bonnie pendleton ,  Dr a. y. bandara ,  Dr t. c. todd ,  Muthu bagavathiannan ,  Dr w. everman ,  Dr p. govindasamy ,  Anita dille ,  Dr m. jugulam ,  Dr j. norsworthy ,  Bruno tran ,  Dr r. hodges

    Sorghum is the fifth most important cereal crop (after rice, maize, wheat and barley). The first volume in this two-volume collection reviews advances in understanding sorghum physiology and genetics as well as developments in breeding new varieties and their more efficient cultivation.

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  • The role and use of genetically engineered insect-resistant crops in integrated pest management systems
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    The role and use of genetically engineered insect-resistant crops in integrated pest management systems

    Dr steven e. naranjo ,  Dr richard l. hellmich ,  Dr jörg romeis ,  Dr anthony m. shelton ,  Dr ana m. vélez

    Host plant resistance is an important and foundational element of Integrated Pest Management (IPM). The application of genetic engineering (GE) has significantly accelerated the deployment of host plant resistance in several cropping systems. Current GE crops represent powerful forms of antibioti...

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  • Advances in understanding the biosynthetic pathways of milk lipids, their health benefits and bioactive properties
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    Advances in understanding the biosynthetic pathways of milk lipids, their health benefits and bioactive properties

    Dr nurit argov-argaman

    Milk lipids provide various nutrition and health benefits to the consumer. However, these components are not secreted by the mammary gland epithelial cells as isolated components. They are secreted as part of complex molecules such as triglycerides and polar lipids like glycerophospholipids and s...

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  • Advances in guava cultivation
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    Advances in guava cultivation

    Dr noosheen zahid ,  Dr mehdi maqbool ,  Dr ajit singh ,  Prof asgar warsi

    Guava (Psidium guajava) belongs to the Myrtaceae family and is also commonly known as guyava, kuawa or guayba. It is one of the most common and major fruits globally and is considered the fifth most important fruit (in terms of production area and volume) after mango, citrus, banana and apple. Du...

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  • Instant Insights: Developing immunity in poultry
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    Instant insights: developing immunity in poultry

    Dr marie-helene pinard-van der laan ,  Dr j. kaufman ,  Dr a. psifidi ,  Prof. huaijun zhou ,  Dr mark fife ,  Dr michael h. kogut ,  Professor michael kidd ,  Dr p. f. surai ,  Rami a. dalloul

    This collection features four peer-reviewed reviews on developing immunity in poultry.

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  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of mangoes
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    Achieving sustainable cultivation of mangoes

    Dr victor galán saúco ,  Dr victor galán saúco ,  Dr ping lu ,  V. pérez ,  J. i. hormaza ,  Noris ledesma ,  Dr frédéric normand ,  Pierre-éric lauri ,  Maria hilda pérez-barraza ,  Jorge alberto osuna-garcia ,  Sisir mitra ,  A. bhagwan ,  John y. yonemoto ,  Steven a. oosthuyse ,  Victor manuel medina-urrutia ,  Jaime eduardo reyes-hernández ,  Gil virgen-calleros ,  Enrique pimienta-barrios ,  Marciano manuel robles-gonzález ,  A. g. levin ,  Prof kerry walsh ,  Zhenglin wang ,  Apiradee uthairatanakij ,  Pongphen jitareerat ,  Robert paull ,  Noam alkan ,  Laurent urban ,  Mônica maria de almeida lopes ,  Maria raquel alcântara de miranda ,  Claudine basset-mens ,  Dr sandra payen ,  Henri vannière ,  Angela braun ,  Yannick biard ,  Randy c. ploetz ,  Stefano de faveri ,  Anirudh kumar

    Mangoes are grown widely across Asia, Africa, the Americas and Southern Europe. This volume summarises the wealth of recent research on enhancing mango cultivation. Topics include developments in understanding mango genetics and breeding as well as cultivation, pest and disease management.

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  • Growth and nutritional contents of medicinal plants and herbs as affected by light and root zone environments in plant factories with artificial lighting
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    Growth and nutritional contents of medicinal plants and herbs as affected by light and root zone environments in plant factories with artificial lighting

    Dr na lu ,  Dr wenshou xu ,  Dr duyen nguyen

    This chapter examines how light and root zone environments in plant factories with artificial lighting (PFALs) can affect the growth and nutritional components of medicinal plants and herbs. It first draws attention to perilla, a popular medicinal plant, and describes the effects of photosyntheti...

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  • Current crop models
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    Current crop models

    Professor gerrit hoogenboom ,  Emeritus professor ken boote ,  Dr david fleisher ,  Professor armen kemanian ,  Professor tom sinclair ,  Professor bruno basso ,  Dr bill salas ,  Dr jim kiniry ,  Professor benjamin dumont ,  Dr myriam adam ,  Dr xinyou yin ,  Dr allard de wit ,  Dr tom schut ,  Dr iwan supit ,  Professor frank ewert ,  Professor claas nendel ,  Emeritus professor dirk raes ,  Dr kiril manevski ,  Professor soora naresh kumar ,  Professor yan zhu ,  Dr liwang ma

    This book reviews the current range of crop models, the ways they explore the complex interplay between genetic, environmental and management (G x E x M) variables and how these can be optimised to create a more sustainable and resilient agriculture.

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  • Developing circular agricultural production systems
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    Developing circular agricultural production systems

    Professor dr barbara amon ,  Prof rolf meyer ,  Dr theun vellinga ,  Professor friedhelm taube ,  Dr john kormla nyameasem ,  Dr friederike fenger ,  Dr c. maraveas ,  Dr thomas bartzanas ,  Dr andre f. brito ,  Dr kleves v. almeida ,  Dr luiz h. p. silva ,  Dr david fangueiro ,  Dr jihane elmahdi ,  Dr jared nyang'au ,  Dr stamatis chrysanthopoulos ,  Dr jerke de vries ,  Dr peter sørensen ,  Dr victor riau ,  Dr l. morey ,  Dr r. cáceres ,  Dr m. cerrillo ,  Dr a. bonmati ,  Dr a. robles ,  Dr april leytem ,  Dr robert dungan ,  Dr mindy spiehs ,  Dr dan miller ,  Dr rita fragoso ,  Dr d. hidalgo ,  Dr m. paterson ,  Dr butch bataller ,  Dr sergio capareda ,  Dr angela marchetti ,  Dr gaia salvatori ,  Dr lionel tayou nguemna ,  Dr mattia grumi ,  Dr ahmet ozan basar ,  Dr maría pardo-figuerez ,  Dr jose maria lagaron ,  Dr cristina prieto ,  Dr chiara marcoaldi ,  Dr marianna villano ,  Dr mauro majone ,  Dr david bolzonella ,  Dr j. echave ,  Dr m. fraga-corral ,  Dr s. seyyedi-mansour ,  Dr l. cassani ,  Dr p. garcia-oliveira ,  Dr hui cao ,  Dr j. simal-gandara ,  Dr miguel prieto ,  Dr jianbo xiao ,  Dr jack b. hetherington ,  Dr pablo juliano ,  Dr rodolfo garcia-flores ,  Dr lorenzo rossi ,  Dr martina puccinelli ,  Dr ilaria marchioni ,  Dr luca incrocci ,  Dr baldassare fronte ,  Dr carlo bibbiani ,  Prof alberto pardossi

    This collection summarises the wealth of research on the ways of achieving circular agricultural production systems through using minimal inputs, closing nutrient loops, reducing emissions and reusing and valorising agricultural wastes.

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  • Managing banana bunch pests: towards more ecological approaches
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    Managing banana bunch pests: towards more ecological approaches

    Dr charles staver ,  Dr luud clercx ,  Dr myriam arias ,  Dr césar guillén sanchez ,  Dr lieselot van der veken ,  Dr marco antonio oviedo cajas

    Blemish-free bananas are a modern life staple. This chapter reviews management trends of bunch pests of bananas for export which cause cosmetic damage or trigger quarantine prohibitions in the context of changing regulatory and market requirements. The authors review six major insect pests of the...

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  • Innovative agriculture management to foster soil organic carbon sequestration
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    Innovative agriculture management to foster soil organic carbon sequestration

    Dr maría de la luz mora ,  Dr jorge medina ,  Dr patricia poblete-grant ,  Dr rolando demanet ,  Dr paola durán ,  Dr patricio barra ,  Dr cecilia paredes ,  Dr marcela calabi-floody

    There is a need to develop new strategies to maintain and increase food production on degraded agricultural soils while decreasing the environmental impact of agricultural production. These strategies can be based on the concept of soil as a ‘natural bioreactor”, including modulation of Al/Fe com...

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  • Using phenotyping techniques to predict and model grain yield: translating phenotyping into genetic gain
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    Using phenotyping techniques to predict and model grain yield: translating phenotyping into genetic gain

    Dr thomas vatter ,  Dr josé l. araus

    Recent models predict population to peak in 2064 at around 9.7 billion, and then will likely decline to about 8.8 billion by 2100. This requires to increase crop production significantly. Precise phenotyping of the large breeding populations under diverse environments is required to harness the f...

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  • Advances in understanding the role of plant phytochemicals in preventing cancer
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    Advances in understanding the role of plant phytochemicals in preventing cancer

    Prof gulsun akdemir evrendilek

    Increased incidences of cancer caused by dysregulated gene expression or dysfunctional genes, in addition to the side effects of chemo- and radio-therapies, have led to studies featuring more natural treatments. Various natural compounds, also called cancer-preventive, and/or phytochemicals posse...

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  • Developments in individual-animal feed efficiency monitoring systems for livestock
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    Developments in individual-animal feed efficiency monitoring systems for livestock

    Prof ilan halachmi ,  Dr ran bezen ,  Dr assaf godo ,  Dr harel levit ,  Dr victor bloch ,  Professor yael edan

    Feed remains a major cost in livestock farming. Accurate measurement of feed intake by individual animals offers the possibility of significant savings and more efficient production. The use of advanced low-cost cameras and innovative computer vision algorithms is changing feed-intake monitoring ...

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  • Advances in plant growth regulation in turfgrass
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    Advances in plant growth regulation in turfgrass

    Dr david gardner ,  Dr ed nangle

    This chapter examines advances in plant growth regulation in turfgrass. It begins by providing an overview of the current use of growth regulators in both cool-season and warm-season turfgrass species. It then goes on to discuss enhancing rooting and establishment as well as turfgrass wear tolera...

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  • Fungicide resistance: Evolutionary questions and practical implications
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    Fungicide resistance: evolutionary questions and practical implications

    Dr nichola hawkins

    The evolution of resistance is a major threat to the efficacy of fungicides. Therefore, to achieve more durable crop protection, we must understand the evolutionary processes driving resistance, in order to apply more effective strategies to manage the risk. The inherent resistance risk of a fung...

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  • Advances in screenhouse design and practice for protected cultivation
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    Advances in screenhouse design and practice for protected cultivation

    Dr josef tanny

    The increasing world population, along with water and land shortages and climate change, lead growers worldwide to protected cultivation systems. The screenhouse, built with a skeleton of basic construction elements enveloped by a porous screen, is one example of such systems. Another protected c...

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  • Banana Red Rust thrips
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    Banana red rust thrips

    Mr frans wielemaker sanderse

    This chapter gives an in depth overview of what the pest management practices are in conventional banana production systems before outlining the alternative practices in organic banana production systems. An overview is provided of the challenges and limitations of Red Rust thrips control, while ...

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  • Post-harvest losses of cereals and other grains: opportunity among issues and challenges
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    Post-harvest losses of cereals and other grains: opportunity among issues and challenges

    Emeritus prof. steven t. sonka

    Employing a managerial perspective, this chapter explores economically-relevant approaches to evaluate and implement sustained, scalable technologies and practices which can effectively reduce post-harvest loss (PHL). Key issues addressed include: defining appropriate targets and goals; inclusion...

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  • Integrated weed management for sustainable agriculture
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    Integrated weed management for sustainable agriculture

    Professor emeritus robert l. zimdahl ,  Dr adam s. davis ,  Bruce maxwell ,  David r. clements ,  C. j. swanton ,  T. valente ,  Anita dille ,  S. a. clay ,  S. a. bruggeman ,  Professor chris preston ,  Ian heap ,  Prashant jha ,  Krishna n. reddy ,  Matt liebman ,  John r. teasdale ,  Eric r. gallandt ,  Daniel brainard ,  Bryan brown ,  Stevan z. knezevic ,  Baruch rubin ,  Abraham gamliel ,  Greta gramig ,  James m. mwendwa ,  Jeffrey d. weidenhamer ,  Leslie a. weston ,  Dr erin n. rosskopf ,  Raghavan charudattan ,  William bruckart ,  Susan m. boyetchko ,  Ann c. kennedy ,  Dr sandrine petit ,  David a. bohan

    Weeds remain a major obstacle to improved yields in agriculture. At the same time, established methods of control are being undermined by problems such as herbicide resistance. This major collection reviews key developments in integrated weed management (IWM) to manage weeds more sustainably.

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  • Developments in vaccines to protect poultry against diseases
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    Developments in vaccines to protect poultry against diseases

    Dr yongxiu yao ,  Prof venugopal nair

    As one of the fastest growing sectors of livestock farming, poultry industry plays a crucial role in global food security and poverty alleviation. One of the major challenges in sustainable growth of the sector comes from a plethora of diseases, including those caused by diverse set of viruses. W...

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  • Advances in techniques to assess soil erodibility
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    Advances in techniques to assess soil erodibility

    Prof r. j. rickson ,  Dr e. dowdeswell downey ,  Dr g. alegbeleye ,  Dr s. e. cooper

    Soil erodibility is the susceptibility of soil to the erosive forces of rainsplash, runoff and wind. It is a significant factor in determining present and future soil erosion rates. Focusing on soil erosion by water, this chapter shows that erodibility is determined by static and dynamic soil pro...

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  • Sustainable production of willow for biofuel use
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    Sustainable production of willow for biofuel use

    Prof. m. weih ,  Dr p.-a. hansson ,  Dr j. a. ohlsson ,  Dr m. sandgren ,  Dr a. schnürer ,  Dr a.-c. rönnberg-wästljung

    Intensively managed plantations of willow (Salix spp.) are gaining interest worldwide, mainly due to their efficient and sustainable land use along with an increasing demand for biofuel resources. Willows have traditionally been used as biofuel in the form of wood chips for direct combustion in h...

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  • Conservation Agriculture in Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico
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    Conservation agriculture in central america, the caribbean and mexico

    Jose r. benites ,  Dr theodor friedrich ,  Dr roberto azofeifa rodríguez ,  Dr ariel espinoza salinas ,  Dr j. c. juárez lópez ,  Dr carlos andrés zelaya elvir ,  Dr jose escobar

    This chapter provides an overview of the actual level of Conservation Agriculture (CA) adoption in Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico. Estimated values in hectares under CA came from collaborators of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua. The estimated total area under dif...

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  • Alternatives to castration of pigs
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    Alternatives to castration of pigs

    Dr emma fàbrega

    Piglets have been traditionally been surgically castrated to avoid boar taint risk and aggression and mounting behaviour. However, castration without anaesthesia and analgesia induces pain and has become a controversial practice on welfare grounds. Therefore, alternatives to surgical pig castrati...

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  • Advances in monitoring and reporting forest emissions and removals in the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
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    Advances in monitoring and reporting forest emissions and removals in the context of the united nations framework convention on climate change (unfccc)

    Dr marieke sandker ,  Dr till neef

    This chapter provides an update on advances in monitoring and reporting emissions from mostly tropical forests in the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The world’s forests store vast amounts of carbon and sustainable forest management is therefore inti...

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  • Instant Insights: Viruses affecting horticultural crops
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    Instant insights: viruses affecting horticultural crops

    Various authors ,  Kenneth c. eastwell ,  Dr karel petrzik ,  Dr manuel rubio ,  Dr federico dicenta ,  Dr pedro martínez-gómez ,  H czosnek ,  A. koren ,  F. vidavski ,  Dr john e. thomas ,  Dr andrew d. w. geering

    This book offers a detailed overview of some of the key viruses affecting major horticultural crops, including apples, bananas, tomatoes and plums, as well as best practices for their management and control.

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  • Online decision support systems, remote sensing and artificial intelligence applications for wheat pest management
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    Online decision support systems, remote sensing and artificial intelligence applications for wheat pest management

    Dr daniel j. leybourne ,  Dr mark w. ramsden ,  Dr sacha white ,  Dr rujing wang ,  Dr he huang ,  Dr chengjun xe ,  Dr po yang

    Infestation with herbivorous insects and other invertebrates (“pests”) can be extremely damaging to wheat production, potentially resulting in up to 80% yield loss. Reducing the damage caused by these pests is a central component of crop protection practices. Decision Support Systems (DSS) are in...

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  • Improving the quality of apples
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    Improving the quality of apples

    Professor fabrizio costa ,  Dr masoumeh bejaei ,  Dr jennifer arthur ,  Dr margaret a. cliff ,  Dr hilde nybom ,  Dr gabriela ploscutanu ,  Dr matteo scampicchio ,  Dr soon li teh ,  Dr sarah kostick ,  Prof kate evans ,  Dr luigi manfrini ,  Dr alessandro bonora ,  Prof john cline ,  Prof zora singh ,  Dr vijay yadav tokala ,  Dr mahmood ul hasan ,  Dr andrew woodward

    This collection reviews the wealth of recent research undertaken on the factors which can determine the quality of apples, focussing on attributes such as texture and nutritional content. The book also considers how these attributes can be optimised at both the pre- and postharvest stages in the ...

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  • Understanding processing of phytochemical compounds in fruits and vegetables in the gut
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    Understanding processing of phytochemical compounds in fruits and vegetables in the gut

    Dr stan kubow ,  Dr lucas roldos ,  Dr kailee wark ,  Dr michèle m. iskandar

    Phytochemicals are compounds synthesized in plants that result from secondary metabolism. As a part of plant-rich diets, phytochemicals are associated with wide ranging health benefits including antioxidant, anticancer, antimicrobial, anticlotting, anti-inflammatory effects. There are a wide vari...

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  • Possible use of allelochemicals in integrated pest management (IPM)
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    Possible use of allelochemicals in integrated pest management (ipm)

    Prof toby bruce

    Allelochemicals are produced and released into the environment by one species and have an effect on another species. They include attractants, repellents and toxic defence compounds which could provide valuable tools for use in IPM. There have been successes with botanical pesticides such as neem...

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  • Advances in conventional breeding techniques for oil palm
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    Advances in conventional breeding techniques for oil palm

    Benoît cochard ,  Tristan durand-gasselin

    At the beginning of the 20th century, oil palm was a semi-wild crop which had not been subjected to breeding efforts. This chapter will review the history of oil palm breeding, starting from the beginning of the 20th century up to the present day. We will discuss breeding objectives, breeding met...

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  • Rooftop systems for urban agriculture
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    Rooftop systems for urban agriculture

    Dr elisa appolloni ,  Dr francesco orsini ,  Dr cecilia stanghellini

    Urban population growth, consequent competition in land use, climate change and lack of productive resources are some of the problems that are currently making necessary a new form of agriculture free from soil exploitation and able to ensure food security to urban dwellers in the most sustainabl...

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  • Optimizing yields in tomato cultivation: maximizing tomato plant use of resources
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    Optimizing yields in tomato cultivation: maximizing tomato plant use of resources

    V. s. almeida ,  F. t. delazari ,  C. nick ,  W. l. araújo ,  D. j. h. silva

    The operation of leaf stomata affects a plant’s photosynthesis, transpiration and respiration, and allows vegetable dry matter to be produced, which is required for production of the tomato fruit. The opening and closing of the stomata can be affected by various factors, and this in turn can have...

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  • Genome editing in sorghum
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    Genome editing in sorghum

    Dr aixia li ,  Dr david holding

    Genetic engineering plays a key role in plant functional research and genetic improvement. A novel and powerful gene editing technique, CRISPR/Cas9, which was developed from a type II bacterial immune system, opened up a new era in precision genetic engineering in plants. This technique is based ...

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  • Robot-enhanced insect pest control: reality or fantasy?
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    Robot-enhanced insect pest control: reality or fantasy?

    Prof. linton winder ,  Dr rory flemmer

    This chapter focusses on the incorporation of robotics and automation to detect insect pests within integrated pest management (IPM) programmes. The chapter reviews current technology that could be utilized for this purpose, and identifies significant barriers to implementing such an approach, in...

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  • Marker-assisted trait introgression for wheat breeding and research
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    Marker-assisted trait introgression for wheat breeding and research

    Dr miguel sanchez-garcia ,  Dr alison r. bentley

    Trait introgression, the incorporation of a specific character, is a cornerstone of both wheat breeding and research allowing a specific line or variety to be improved for the character. Varieties can be improved by introgressing the trait of interest into their genetic background through backcro...

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  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of ornamental plants
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    Achieving sustainable cultivation of ornamental plants

    Emeritus professor michael reid ,  Prof john erwin ,  Dr yoo gyeong park ,  Dr young hoon park ,  Dr abinaya manivannan ,  Dr prabhakaran soundararajan ,  Prof byoung ryong jeong ,  Prof traud winkelmann ,  Dr philipp braun ,  Dr emmy dhooghe ,  Dr johan van huylenbroeck ,  Dr g. r. rout ,  Dr s. mohan jain ,  Prof neil o. anderson ,  Dr bruno trevenzoli favero ,  Dr josefine nymark hegelund ,  Dr henrik lütken ,  Dr qiansheng li ,  Dr mengmeng gu ,  Dr john majsztrik ,  James s. owen jr. ,  Prof john d. lea-cox ,  Dr james e. faust ,  Prof gary a. chastagner ,  Dr andrea r. garfinkel

    This collection reviews recent research in ornamentals. Part 1 discusses advances in understanding plant physiology, genetic diversity and breeding techniques. Part 2 surveys advances in cultivation techniques in areas such as nutrition, irrigation, protected cultivation and pest management.

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  • Nematode pathogens of soybean
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    Nematode pathogens of soybean

    T. l. niblack ,  H. d. lopez-nicora

    In general, plant-parasitic nematodes that may detrimentally affect soybean production are microscopic roundworms that feed on or are in plant roots. This chapter examines the origins and management of a variety of parasitic nematodes affecting soybean, including soybean cyst nematodes, root-knot...

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  • Developments in automated monitoring of livestock fertility/pregnancy
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    Developments in automated monitoring of livestock fertility/pregnancy

    Dr michael iwersen ,  Dr marc drillich

    Livestock production has been characterized by the intensification and specialization of production leading to larger farms and, hence, to more animals per farm worker. Detecting cows in estrus and getting cows pregnant are two of the major challenges in dairy herd management. In addition to the ...

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  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize Volume 1
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    Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize volume 1

    Dr dave watson ,  Denise e. costich ,  J. stephen smith ,  Candice gardner ,  R. o. akinwale ,  M. a. b. fakorede ,  Baffour bada-apraku ,  Marcelo j. carena ,  Yongrui wu ,  Joachim messing ,  W. paul williams ,  Marilyn warburton ,  Zsuzsanna tóthné zsubori ,  Csaba l. marton ,  Dharam paul chaudhary ,  Eliab simpungwe ,  Paula robles bolivar ,  Elena lima-cabello ,  Jose c. jimenez-lopez ,  Tim j. o'hare ,  Prof glen p. fox ,  V. manyong ,  A. menkir ,  A. alene ,  A. a. akinola ,  A. s. bamire ,  T. abdoulaye ,  Carolina camacho ,  Remco mur ,  Mariana wongtschowski ,  Cheryl doss

    This volume focuses on breeding new varieties with desirable traits such as drought tolerance and improved nutritional value as well as how such innovations can be successfully deployed in the developing world.

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  • Mapping and isolation of major resistance genes in cereals
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    Mapping and isolation of major resistance genes in cereals

    Dr jan bettgenhaeuser ,  Dr simon g. krattinger

    Diseases caused by pathogenic viruses, bacteria, oomycetes, and fungi are a major threat to cereal production worldwide. However, cereal plants have evolved a plethora of disease resistance genes to combat such threats. This genetic resistance forms an essential component of plant protection and ...

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