Agricultural science Books

Book SynopsisThe book argues that an increasing corporatisation of agriculture in India that is enabled by its neoliberal State, in the name of ‘development’, is contributing towards deepening of inequality in the rural India.It says that Contract Farming (CF) acts as a conduit that enables the coming together of myriad production relations (mercantile, finance, productive) to sell agri-commodities to the capitalist peasant. It is an accumulation strategy that brings together various factions of domestic and foreign capital together. It shows that CF as an accumulation strategy is enabled by an active interventionist state and this neoliberal Indian state mediates the relation between the agri-capital and Indian peasantry. The book further analyzes contract farming as a part of the totality of the capitalist mode of production in context of developing countries with a large agrarian base--- asking three fundamental questions – what is CF, how and why is it done and what are the implications of it.Table of Contents1: Introduction and Rethinking Contract Farming.- 2: Punjab: An Interesting place to study Agrarian Change .- 3: Understanding the Social Relations of Contract Farming .- 4: Stating the (not so) obvious: The ‘Interventionist Neoliberal State’ in India.- 5: Understanding CF: CF as a strategy to enable dispossession-free accumulation strategy.- 6:Implications of CF 01: Technology Rhetoric in Contract Farming.- 7: Implications 02: Social Effects of Contract Farming.- 8: Conclusion: Are the Global Agri-Corporates saving the Third World Peasantry?.

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Book SynopsisThe book is presenting a comprehensive information on fundamental, and applied knowledge of Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin. infecting cruciferous crops, and weeds. Clubroot of crucifers has spread over more than 88 countries of the world with average annual loss of cruciferous crops from 10-15 per cent at global level. It is considered as a disease of cultivation since once introduced in a field, its inoculum piles up year by year in the form of resilient resting spores of P. brassicae which spreads in the field through field operations. This disease is very unique since the pathogen can survive in the soil in the rhizosphere of non-host plants in addition to its main host cruciferous species, cultivated or wild. This book complies inclusive information about the disease, its geographical distribution, symptoms, host range, yield losses, and disease assessment scales. The book also explores host-parasite interactions in the form of seed infection, disease cycle, process of infection, pathogenesis, epidemiology and forecasting. Chapters discuss the genetic and molecular mechanisms of host-parasite relationships, management practices including cultural, chemical, biological control practices, and other integrated approaches. The book is immensely useful to researchers, teachers, extension specialists, farmers, and all others who are interested to grow healthy and profitable cruciferous crops all over the world. Also the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture and especially plant pathology. National and international agricultural scientists, policy makers will also find this to be a useful read.Table of ContentsChapter 1.Clubroot perspective.- Chapter 2. The disease- clubroot.- Chapter 3. The pathogen: Plasmodiophora brassicae.- Chapter 4. Electron microscopy and ultra-structures.- Chapter 5. Pathogenic variability.- Chapter 6. Perpetuation and survival of the pathogen.- Chapter 7. Infection and pathogenesis.- Chapter 8. Disease cycle.- Chapter 9. Epidemiology and disease forecasting. Chapter 10. Biochemistry of host-pathogen interaction.- Chapter 11. Host resistance.- Chapter 12. Genomics of clubroot pathogen and pathogenesis.- Chapter 13. Disease management.- Chapter 14. Techniques.- Chapter 15. Clubroot of crucifers-an introspection epilogue.- Chapter 16. Future priority areas of clubroot research for better management.

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Book SynopsisThis edited book brings out a comprehensive collection of information on the modern omics-based research. The main focus of this book is to educate researchers about utility of omics-based technologies in rapid crop improvement. In last two decades, omics technologies have been utilized significantly in the area of plant sciences and has shown promising results. Omics technology has potential to address the challenge of food security in the near future. The comprehensive use of omics technology occurred in last two decades and helped greatly in the understanding of complex biological problems, improve crop productivity and ensure sustainable use of ecosystem services. This book is of interest to researchers and students of life sciences, biotechnology, plant biotechnology, agriculture, forestry, and environmental sciences. It is also a useful knowledge resource for national and international agricultural scientists.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Integrating phenomics with breeding for climate-smart agriculture.- Chapter 2. Application of ‘omics’ technologies in crop breeding.- Chapter 3. Omics Technologies and Molecular Farming: Applications and Challenges.- Chapter 4. Omics to understand drought tolerance in plants: An update.- Chapter 5. Recent Advances in Transcriptomics: An Assessment of Recent Progress in Fruit Plants.- Chapter 6. Harnessing Perks of MiRNA Principles for Betterment of Agriculture and Food Security.- Chapter 7. Potential of Metabolomics in Plant Abiotic Stress Management.- Chapter 8. Integrating Pan-Omics Data in a Systems Approach for Crop Improvement: Opportunities and Challenges.- Chapter 9. Application of nanobiotechnology in agriculture: Novel strategy for food security.- Chapter 10. Understanding and manipulation of plant microbe interaction signals for yield enhancement.- Chapter 11. Next generation biofuel production in the omics era: Potential and prospects.- Chapter 12. Multi omics technologies and genetic modification in plants: Rationale, opportunities and reality.- Chapter 13. Social acceptance and regulatory prospects of genomics in addressing food security.

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Book SynopsisThis edited book provides a comprehensive account of the sustainable intensification process through various forms of case studies and scientific approaches studied across the globe. It also focuses on the agroecosystem services and their subsequent management for ecological integrity. The book helps to understand the interconnection of food, nutrition, economic growth, and environmental security on the planet. It provides comprehensive information with photographic illustration and various other forms of scientific databases on sustainable intensification of agroecosystems. The book also supports decision-making, strategies, and policy formulation for effective implementation of sustainable intensification towards higher productivity along with maintenance and management of agroecosystem services. Proper sustainable intensification of agroecosystem services and their management by maintaining ecological harmony is the future prospect for sustainable development. High input agriculture gives rise to a high-energy footprint, agricultural pollution, resource depletion, loss of agro-biodiversity, and decline of human health. Through this connection, the sustainable intensification approach addresses the advanced food security, sustainability, and overall prosperity of humankind. The book is helpful for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, policymakers, the farming community, as well as the scientific community across the globe to understand the concept of sustainable intensification and its application in relevant fields for proper management of agroecosystems services.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Sustainable Intensification for Agroecosystem Services and Management: An Overview.- Chapter 2. Food and Nutrition Security in India through Agroecology: New Opportunities in Agriculture System.- Chapter 3. Cost-Effective and Eco-Friendly Agricultural Technologies in Rice-Wheat Cropping Systems for Food and Environmental Security.- Chapter 4. Eco-Designing for Soil Health and Services.- 5. Climate Change and Integrated Coastal and Agroecosystems Services.- Chapter 6. Climate Change Vulnerability and Agroecosystem Services.- Chapter 7. Intensification for Agroecosystem Services.- Chapter 8. Crop Residue Management: A Novel Technique for Restoring Soil Health and Sustainable Intensification in India.- Chapter 9. Agroecology for Agricultural Soil Management.- Chapter 10. Agroecology towards Environmental Sustainability.- Chapter 11. Agroforestry and Its Services for Soil Management and Sustainability.- Chapter 12. Agroecosystem Services Management and Environmental Sustainability.- Chapter 13. Ecological Intensification for Soil Management- Biochar, a Natural Solution for Soil from Agricultural Residues.- Chapter 14. Resource Conservation for Sustainable Development.- Chapter 15. Anaerobic Digestate: A Sustainable Source of Bio-fertilizer.- Chapter 16. Soil Fertility Status and Sugarcane Growth Performance in the Mangrove Ecosystem of Nigeria.- Chapter 17. Managing Natural Resources through Ecological Intensification in Oil-rich Niger Delta.- Chapter 18. Climatic Risks on Fruits Quality, Health and Livelihoods: A Nigerian Case of Rural Women in Fruit Farming Business.- Chapter 19. Allelopathic Effect of Taraxacum officinale L. on Germination and Physiology of Wheat.- Chapter 20. Watershed Sustainability for Agricultural Intensification. Chapter 21. Impact of Climate Change on Insects and their Sustainable Management.- Chapter 22. Ecointensification in Agriculture under Changing Climate.- Chapter 23. Management of Agroecosystem for Food Security: An Overview.

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Book SynopsisThis book describes innovative agricultural methods using thermal and non-thermal microwave or plasma energies. Humans that were nomadic in the past can now stably obtain food by developing agriculture. Cities were formed as a result of remarkable development. Later, chemicals were introduced to agriculture to stabilize the food supply further. Natural products were initially used, but various artificial compounds have been developed for agriculture since the 1900s. To further improve crop productivity and diversification, gene recombination (genetic engineering) using biotechnology has progressed in recent years and continues to develop further. However, these technologies contain pesticide residues and pose safety risks. The innovative new agriculture explained in this book is based on the use of microwaves and plasma that do not rely on chemicals and genetic modification. This is one of the first books focusing on the agricultural usage of microwaves. In addition, it is a technical book that incorporates plasma into agriculture from this perspective. The book covers microwaves and plasmas, which are completely different fields. Thus, it will be attractive to many readers who want to acquaint themselves with these alternative technologies and implement them.　This book will be useful to a broad audience including researchers and technicians at Universities and practitioners in industries. It is made accessible to readers across different fields by including abundant figures and by limiting the use of equations to the possible extent.Table of ContentsPart I. Tutorial 1 Microwave thermal and non-thermal processes 2 Plasma thermal and non-thermal technologies 3 High-voltage and pulsed power technologies 4 Agricultural Engineering Part II. Microwave Application 5 Improvement and effective growth of plants' environmental stress tolerance on exposure to microwave electromagnetic wave effects 6 Food Processing 7 Stimulating the Aging of Beef with Microwaves 8 Controlling Weeds with Microwave Energy 9 Soil Modifications 10 Microwave application for animal feed processing to improve animal performance 11 Microwave heating for grain treatment Part III. Plasma Applications 12 Growth enhancement effect of gene expression of plants induced by active oxygen species in oxygen plasma 13 Improvement of plant growth and control of cultivation environment using electrical stimuli 14 Promotion of reproductive growth of mushroom using electrical stimuli 15 Keeping freshness of agricultural products 16 Enzyme activity control and protein conformational change 17 Plasma applications in microalgal biotechnology

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Book SynopsisThis book outlines comprehensive information on the global trends, policies, research priorities and frontier innovations made in the research domain of breeding, biotechnology, biofortification and quality enhancement of wheat and barley. With contributions by international group of leading wheat and barley researchers, this book offers data-based insights along with a holistic view of the subject and serve as a vital resource of information for scientists engaged in breeding future high-yielding biofortified varieties. It catalogs both conventional as well as modern tools for gene identification and genome editing interventions for enhancing the yield, grain quality, disease and pest resistance, nutrient-use efficiency and abiotic stress tolerance. The prospects of processing high quality wheat end-products with long term storage and high nutritional quality are also discussed. This book is of interest to teachers, researchers, molecular breeders, cereal biochemists and biotechnologist, policymakers and professionals working in the area of wheat and barley research, food and cereal industry. Also, the book serves as an additional reading material for the undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture and food sciences. National and international agricultural scientists, policy makers will also find this book to be a useful read. Volume 2 of New Horizons in Wheat and Barley Research covers topics in crop protection and resource management. Table of ContentsPart 1 Global Trends and policy perspectives.- 1 Wheat and Barley Production Trends and Research Priorities: A Global Perspective.- 2 Policy Analysis for Food System Approach to Food and Nutrition Security.- 3 Wheat in Asia – Trends, Challenges and Research Priorities.- 4 Accelerating varietal replacement in wheat through strengthening of seed systems.- 5 Status of Wheat Variety Protection in India: Implications and Future Directions.- 6 Barley Improvement: Current Status and Future Prospects in Changing Scenario.- 7 Modern Extension Tools and Approaches for Upscaling, Outscaling and Deepscaling Wheat and Barley Technologies.- Part 2 Frontiers in breeding and genetic gain.- 8 Integration of emerging genomic tools in wheat improvement.- 9 Breaking the Yield Barriers to Enhance Genetic Gains in Wheat.- 10 Tackling a Cereal Killer on the Run: Unending Fight between Wheat Breeding and Foliar Rusts.- 11 Wheat blast: A Bio-Security Threat Looming Large.- 12 Breeding wheat for powdery mildew resistance.- 13 Breeding for spot blotch resistance in wheat.- 14 Common bunt and smuts in wheat and barley-Genetics, breeding and management: Current.- 15 Breeding wheat for conservation agriculture (CA) in the era of climate change.- 16 Breeding for aphid resistance in wheat: Status and future prospects.- 17 Broadening genetic base of wheat for improving rust resistance.- 18 Genetic interventions to improve salt and micro element toxicity tolerance in wheat.- 19 Prospects of durum wheat in the realm of climate change.- 20 Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Wheat: Physiological Interventions.- 21 Dicoccum wheat: Current status and future perspectives.- 22 Channelizing Novel Diversity Through Synthetics for Wheat Improvement.- 23 Genetic improvement of wheat and barley using transgenic approaches.- 24 Status and prospects of hybrid wheat: a brief update.- 25 Barley Genomic Research and Breeding Strategies.- Part 3 Advances in biofortification and quality enhancement.- 26 Advances in Malt and Food Quality Research of Barley.- 27 Mainstreaming grain zinc and iron concentration in CIMMYT Wheat breeding to accelerate rates of genetic gain for grain yield and zinc concentration.- 28 Physiochemical components of wheat grain quality and advances in their testing methods.- 29 Molecular, biotechnological and omics-based interventions for improving wheat grain quality: Advances and way forward.- 30 Interventions in wheat processing quality of end products.- 31 Effect of long-term storage on wheat nutritional and processing quality.- 32 Uniqueness of Sharbati and Indian Durum Wheat –Prospects for International Trade.

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Book SynopsisThe book discusses up-to-date and detailed information about the nutritional quality of forage in the biodiversity-rich Himalayan region and their potential in livestock feeding.• Provides a comprehensive discussion on the prospects of Himalayan forages.• Collates findings and data based on more than two decades of research on nutritional quality of different temperate grasses, fodder trees, legumes and non-conventional forage resources.• Includes information on different forage resources, nutritional quality of forages, niche based nutritive forage species, varietal improvement of different species for nutritionally rich forages, non-conventional forages and modern biotechnological intervention for quality improvement of forages.• Offers a valuable resource of information on forages for researchers and policymakers• Include information oriented toward livestock feeding, influencing their health, production and productivity affecting economic status of farmers.• Presents exhaustive information on forage species along with pictorial presentations. The target audience will be researchers and scientists in public and private institutions (e.g. government, academia, dairy industry), policy planners, animal nutritionists and students. The monograph is relevant for the readers interested in understanding forage quality for livestock feeding and suggest models for quality improvement of forages worldwide, in similar topographies. It is also relevant to the researchers studying forage improvement and biofortification for nutritional enhancement for improving livestock health and productivityTable of Contents1. Overview of forage quality and livestock production 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Forage quality 1.3. Influence of forage quality on livestock health and productivity 1.4. Forage production and Livestock productivity Inter linkage 1.5. Biodiversity in forages of Himalayan region 1.6. Nutritional diversity in forages 1.7. Regional imbalances in forage availability and nutrition 1.7.1. Scenario of demand and supply status of forages 1.8. Insight of livestock production and productivity 1.8.1. National perspective 1.8.2. Himalayan perspective 2. Impact of forage availability on livestock rearing and socio- economic aspects 2.1. Livestock rearing- An indispensable component of hill Agriculture 2.2. Importance of livestock production on rural economy of Himalayan region 2.2.1. Contribution of livestock to National and Regional economy 2.2.2. Socio-economic status of farmers depending on livestock based agriculture 2.3. Constraints in achieving optimal livestock productivity 2.4. Conventional practices of livestock feeding 2.5. Effect of nutritionally compromised forages on livestock productivity 2.6. Scope of improving animal productivity with nutritional species 3. Forage resources and productivity in Himalayan region 3.1. Forage grasses 3.2. Forage legumes 3.3. Cereal forages 3.4. Range forages 3.5. Fodder trees and shrubs of Himalayan region 3.6. Crop residues 3.7. Grasslands, pastures and Rangelands of Himalayan region 3.7.1.Grasslands and pasture of North-western Himalayan region 3.7.2.Grasslands and pasture of Eastern Himalayas 3.7.3.Rangelands 3.7.4. Other important feed resources in Himalayan region 3.8. Production and productivity of forages in Himalayan region 3.8.1. Forage resources and their productivity in N-W Himalayas 3.8.1.1.Major forage resources and their productivity in Himachal Pradesh 3.8.1.2. Major forage resources and their productivity in Uttarakhand 3.8.1.3. Major forage resources and their productivity in Jammu & Kashmir 3.8.2. Forage resources and their productivity in Eastern Himalayas 3.9. Grazing patterns and maintenance of grasslands and pasture in Himalayan region 3.10. Multiple cropping systems influencing forage nutritional value 4. Constraints in fodder production in Himalayan region 4.1. Land scarcity 4.2. Topographic constraints 4.3. Harsh environmental conditions 4.4. Climate change 4.5. Increasing population of unproductiveanimals 4.6. Uncontrolled grazing 4.7. Lack of management and conservation practices 4.8. Lack of improved varieties 4.9. Lack of knowledge of non-conventional fodder 4.10. Poor credit and marketing facilities 5. Factors influencing forage nutritional quality 5.1. Plant factors affecting forage quality 5.1.1. Stage of maturity 5.1.2. Anti-quality factors 5.1.3. Species difference 5.1.4. Soil fertility/fertilizer application 5.1.5. Plant composition 5.1.6. Variety (cultivar) 5.1.7. Plant morphology 5.2. Animal factors 5.2.1. Palatability 5.2.2. Intake 5.2.3. Digestibility 5.3. Environmental factors 5.3.1. Water stress 5.3.2. Temperature 5.3.3. Solar radiation 5.3.4. Photoperiod 5.3.5. Shading 5.3.6. Altitude 5.4. Effect of seasonal dynamics on nutritional quality of forages 5.4.1. Seasonal dynamics in nutritional quality of forage grasses and legumes 5.4.2. Seasonal dynamics in nutritional quality of forage trees 5.5. Effect of foliar diseases and insect-pests on quality of forages 5.6. Changes in forage quality during harvest and storage 5.6.1. Respirational losses during harvest 5.6.1.1. Dry matter and nutrient losses 5.6.2. Mechanical losses 5.6.2.1. Losses during Mowing and Conditioning 5.6.2.2. Losses during Raking 5.6.2.3. Losses due to Baling and chopping 5.6.3. Changes in forage quality during storage 5.6.3.1. Quality loss during inside storage 5.6.3.2. Quality loss during outside storage 6. Forage genetic resources (FGR) of region 6.1. An introduction - Forage genetic resources 6.2. Role of Forage Plant Genetic Resource conservation 6.3. Forage germplasm conservation and evaluation 6.3.1. Breeding for nutritional quality enhancement of forage crops 6.3.2. Varietal development with nutritional attributes 6.3.3. Research studies to evaluate forage germplasm 6.4. Breeding for nutritional quality enhancement of forage crops 6.5. Varietal development with nutritional attributes 7. Forage production and quality improvement 7.1. Forage research: National and Regional scenario 7.2. Nutritional quality enhancement of forage crops 7.3. Conventional breeding approaches 7.4. Breeding strategies for forage crop improvement 7.4.1. Plant introduction 7.4.2. Plant Selection 7.4.3. Polycrossing 7.4.4.Development of synthetic varieties in forage crops 7.4.5. Mutation breeding 7.4.6. Apomixis 7.4.6. Wide hybridization 7.4.7.1. Festuca-Lolium complex 7.4.7.2. Bajra-Napier hybrids 7.4.7.3. Lolium-Dactylis hubridization 7.4.7.4. Trifolium interspecific hybridization 7.5. Implication of modern strategies in development of improved forage crop varieties 7.5.1. Embryo rescue 7.5.2. Callus culture 7.5.3. Meristem culture 8. Nutritional and anti-nutritional constituents in forages 8.1. Nutritional and anti-nutritional constituents of forages and their importance in animal nutrition 8.1.1. Nutritional constituents 8.1.1.1. Dry matter 8.1.1.2. Crude protein 8.1.1.3. Amino acids composition and protein quality 8.1.1.4. Crude fiber 8.1.1.5. Crude fat 8.1.1.6. Fatty acids 8.1.1.7. Ash 8.1.1.8. Nitrogen free extract (NFE) 8.1.1.9. Acid detergent insoluble nitrogen (ADIN) 8.1.1.10. Water soluble carbohydrates (WSC) 8.1.1.11. Total digestible nutrients (TDN) 8.1.1.12. Fat soluble micronutrients 8.1.2. Anti-nutritional constituents 8.1.2.1. Neutral digestible fiber (NDF) and Acid detergent fiber (ADF) 8.1.2.2. Lignin 8.1.2.3. Polyphenols 8.1.2.4. Alkaloids 8.1.2.5. Saponins 8.1.2.6. Cyanogens 8.1.2.7. Oxalates 8.1.2.8. Protease and α-amylase inhibitors 8.1.2.9. Nitrates 8.1.2.10. Non protein amino acids 8.1.2.11. Crop specific anti-nutrients 9. Nutritional quality estimation of forages 9.1. Destructive methods for forage quality estimation 9.1.1. The Weende scheme 9.1.2. The Van Soest system 9.2. Non-destructive methods for forage quality estimation 9.2.1.Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) technique 9.3. In vivo and laboratory methods for estimation of forage quality 9.3.1. Laboratory methods for forage quality parameters 9.3.1.1. Moisture 9.3.1.2. Total dry matter determination 9.3.1.3. Crude protein 9.3.1.4. NDF 9.3.1.5. ADF 9.3.1.6. Crude fiber 9.3.1.7. Ether extract 9.3.1.8. Carbohydrates 9.3.1.9. Ash content 9.3.1.10. True protein and non-protein nitrogen (NPN 9.3.1.11. Starch 9.3.1.12. ADL 9.3.1.13. Cellulose 9.3.1.14. Silica 9.3.1.15. IVDMD 9.3.1.16. In sacco dry matter digestibility 9.3.2. In vivo method for determination of digestibility of forages 10. Nutritional quality of major forage grasses of Himalayan region 10.1. Range forages 10.1.1. Guinea grass (Panicum maximum) 10.1.2. Bermuda grass (Cynadon dactylon) 10.1.3. Nut grass (Cyperus rotundus) 10.1.4. Chizz grass (Imperata cylindrica) 10.1.5. Dallis grass (Paspalum dilatatum) 10.2. Cultivated forage grasses of Himalayan region 10.2.1.Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) 10.2.2. Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) 10.2.3. Golden timothy (Setaria spp.) 10.2.4. Orchard grass/ Cock’s foot (Dactylis glomerata) 10.2.5. Elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) 10.2.6. Bajra × Napier hybrids (BN hybrids) 10.3. Cereal fodders 10.4.1. Fodder maize (Zea mays) 10.4.2. Oats (Avena sativa) 10.4.3. Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) 10.4.4. Barley (Hordeum vulgare) 11. Nutritional quality of major forage legumes of Himalayan region 11.1. Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) 11.2. Berseem (Trifolium alexandrium L.) 11.3. Trifolium species 11.4. Birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.) 11.5. Caribbean stylo (Stylosanthes hamata) 11.6. Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) 11.7. Sainfoin (Onobrychis vicifolia L.) 11.8. Rice bean (Vigna umbellata) 11.8.1. Fodder production potential of ricebean 11.8.2.Biochemical composition of rice bean forage 11.8.2.1Dry matter 11.8.2.2. Crude protein 11.8.2.3.Crude fiber 11.8.2.4. Total soluble carbohydrates 11.8.2.5.Ash content 11.8.2.6. Cell wall constituents 11.8.3. Anti-nutritional constituents in rice bean forage 11.8.4. Nutritional superiority of rice bean forage over other forage legumes 11.8.5. Rice bean seeds in animal feeding 12. Nutritional quality of tree fodder of Himalayan region 12.1. Importance of tree fodder 12.1.1. Nutritional fodder resource 12.1.2. Dry season supplement 12.1.3. Multipurpose uses 12.2. Tree fodder-Alternative source of quality fodder 12.3. Nutritional composition of fodder trees of Himalayan region 12.4. Anti-nutritional components of fodder trees 12.5. Lean season forages and their nutritive quality 13. Prospects of non-conventional feed resources of Himalayan region 13.1. Significance of non-conventional feed resources in livestock feeding 13.2. Source and availability of NCFR 13.2.1. Fruit and vegetable wastes 13.2.2. Trees and shrubs 13.2.3. Agroforestry 13.2.4. Agro-industrial by-products (AIBP) 13.2.5. Weeds 13.3. Nutritive Value of NCFR 13.3.1. Fruits and vegetables 13.3.2. Trees and shrubs 13.3.3. Crop byproducts 13.3.4. Weeds 13.3.5. Azolla 13.4. Constraints in using non-conventional feed resources as a potential livestock feed 13.5. Future possibility of using NCFR in livestock feeding 14. Improving quality and digestibility of crop residues 14.1. Crop residues and livestock feeding 14.2. Nutritive value of important crop residues available in Himalayan region 14.3. Barriers in the effective utilization of crop residues as sole livestock feed 14.4. Strategies for improving quality and digestibility of crop residues 14.4.1. Physical treatment 14.4.1.1. Chopping and grinding 14.4.1.2. Pelleting and cubing 14.4.1.3. Irradiation 14.4.1.4. High pressure/high temperature steam treatment 14.4.1.5. Ensiling 14.4.2. Chemical treatment 14.4.2.1. Ammoniation of crop residues 14.4.2.2. Alkali treatment 14.4.2.3. Acid hydrolysis 14.4.3. Biological treatment 14.4.3.1. Lignocellulolytic organism treatment 14.4.3.2. Fungal treatment 14.4.3.3. Bacterial treatment 14.4.3.4. Yeast treatment 14.4.4. Combined physical and biological treatment 14.4.5. Exogenous enzymatic treatment 14.4.6. Supplementation 15. Improvement in nutritional quality of forages through new biotechnological techniques 15.1. Overview of biotechnological interventions for quality enhancement in forage crops 15.2. Candidate gene approach for nutritional enhancement 15.3. Biotechnological approaches for nutritional quality enhancement of forage crops 15.3.1. Transfer of nutritionally potential genes 15.3.1.1. Prevention of bloat in forages 15.3.1.2. Gene introgression for higher amino acid content 15.3.2. Engineering of metabolic pathways 15.3.2.1. Manipulation of lignin biosynthesis 15.3.2.2. Manipulation of fructan metabolism 15.4. Genomic in situ hybridization and DNA-based genetic marker technology for nutritional enhancement of forage crops 15.4.1. Genomic insitu hybridization (GISH) 15.4.2. DNA based marker technology / Linkage mapping 15.5. Prospects of gene editing techniques for nutritional quality enhancement of forage crops 16. Lignin: possible manipulationsin forages 16.1. Lignin biochemistry 16.1.1. Shikimate pathway 16.1.2. Phenyl propanoid pathway 16.1.3. Monolignol synthesis pathway 16.1.4. Polymerization 16.2. Intricacies of lignin biosynthesis in plant cell wall 16.3. Role of lignin in plant growth development 16.4. Relationship between lignin and digestibility of forages 16.5. Genetic manipulation of lignin biosynthesis for enhanced forage quality 16.5.1. RNAi mediated manipulation of lignin biosynthesis 16.5.1.1. Alteration of S‐adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) levels for alteration lignin biosynthesis 16.5.2. Antisense RNA mediated manipulation of lignin biosynthesis 16.5.2.1. Alteration in Lignin monomer ratio 16.5.2.2. Down regulation of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) 16.5.2.3. Down regulation of Caffeic acid O-methyltransferase (COMT) 16.5.2.4. Antisense expression encoding cytochrome P450 enzymes 17. Post-harvest processing of forages 17.1. Harvesting stages 17.2. Post-harvest preservation of forages 17.2.1. Hay making 17.2.2. Silage making 17.2.3. Bale silage 17.2.4. Haylage 17.2.5. Chaffing of fodder 17.3. Packaging and storing 17.3.1. Baling of hay/straw 17.3.2. Pelleting 17.3.3. Densified complete feed block 17.4. Transporting and Stacking practices 18. Challenges and opportunities in forage and livestock production in Himalayan region 18.1. Management of grazing resources 18.2. Alternate land use systems 18.3. Arable land utilization 18.4. Forage crop breeding 18.5. Livestock breeding programme 18.6. Livestock improvement 18.7. Need for biotechnological interventions 18.8. Climate change 18.9. Other challenges 19. Perspective 20. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe book discusses one of the major challenges in agriculture which is delivery of cultivate produce to the end consumers with best possible price and quality. Currently all over the world, it is found that around 50% of the farm produce never reaches the end consumer due to wastage and suboptimal prices. The authors present solutions to reduce the transport cost, predictability of prices on the past data analytics and the current market conditions, and number of middle hops and agents between the farmer and the end consumer using IoT-based solutions. Again, the demand by consumption of agricultural products could be predicted quantitatively; however, the variation of harvest and production by the change of farm's cultivated area, weather change, disease and insect damage, etc., could be difficult to be predicted, so that the supply and demand of agricultural products has not been controlled properly. To overcome, this edited book designed the IoT-based monitoring system to analyze crop environment and the method to improve the efficiency of decision making by analyzing harvest statistics. The book is also useful for academicians working in the areas of climate changes.Table of ContentsIoT: Foundations and Applications.- Functional Framework for IoT-based agricultural system.- Field monitoring and automation system.- Agriculture Sensor Network: Infrastructure, protocols and standards.- Implementation of sensors and RFID for disease and pest control.- Sensor-based Precision agriculture, Sensor data acquisition.

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Book SynopsisThe book inculcates a holistic approach to improve crop productivity and quality for ensuring food security and nutrition to all. This warrants to identify various stress conditions prevalent globally and tailor crop adaptability and productivity to the maximum accordingly, employing physio-molecular modern tools and techniques with judicious amalgamation with conventional crop husbandry. As a result, the book chapters encompass diverse environmental factors, internal physio-molecular processes and their modulations with a final goal of expanding area under cultivation by utilization of constraint terrains of poor site quality and augmenting sustainable crop productivity and quality on the face of rapidly changing climate. The book includes role of plant hormones, nano-sensors, nanomaterials etc. in stress tolerance responses, capturing recent advancement in the field of stress tolerance, enlarging scope of coverage by gleaning modern literature and providing glimpses of futuristic scenario of agriculture practices that can render ‘balance staple food rich in nutrition, vitamins and minerals’ to teeming billions of global human populations. Thus, the book provides a comprehensive overview of the role of stress environment and understanding stress physiology for developing stress tolerant crops. The book covers current knowledge and future prospects to achieve enhanced food security under stress environment of crops. The renowned contributors elegantly crafted each chapter, suited alike to both classroom texts for graduate students and reference material for researchers. The language and style are simple and lucid with liberal use of illustrations. This book should be on the shelf of university/ personal libraries for inquisitive students and enlightened researchers.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Role of Nanosensors and Bionanosesors in Crop Abiotic Stress.- Chapter 2. Role of Environment Stress Leaf Senescence and Crop productivity.- Chapter 3. Genomics in Enhancing Crop Productivity against Stresses.- Chapter 4. Transgenic plants: A Tool to Increase Crop Productivity Under Stress Environment.- Chapter 5. Breeding efforts for crop productivity in abiotic stress environment.- Chapter 6. Changing Environment and Crop Plant Breeding.- Chapter 7. Crop plants, abiotic stress, reactive oxygen species production, signaling and their consequences.- Chapter 8. Environment Stress Tolerance in Plants -Physiological Aspects.- Chapter 9. Role of hormones in crop plants root system architecture under changing environmental conditions.- Chapter 10. Water Logging Tolerance and Crop Productivity.- Chapter 11. Crop Adaptability to Excess Salts.- Chapter 12. Crop Scavenging Potential to Heavy Metals.- Chapter 13. Role of plant microbiome under stress environment to enhance crop productivity.- Chapter 14. Role of Effective Management of Harvested Crop to Increase Productivity under Stress Environment.- Chapter 15. Bioactive Compost for Managing Plant Growth under Stress Environment.- Chapter 16. Salicylic acid: Metabolism, Regulation and Functions in Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance.- Chapter 17. JA and Abiotic Stress Tolerance.- Chapter 18. ABA: Metabolism, Regulation and Functions in Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance.- Chapter 19. Polyamines: Metabolism, Regulation and Functions in Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance.- Chapter 20. Agriculture for Combating Global Starvation.- Chapter 21. Land use and Biodiversity Conservation through Agroforestry.- Chapter 22. Challenges of Stressed Soil: A Case Study of Acid Soil.

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Book SynopsisThis book collates the basic and advanced concepts of plant biotechnology and genomics along with the future trends. It discusses the combination of conventional breeding techniques with genomic tools and approaches leading to a new genomics-based plant breeding technology supporting crop plants that respond better to biotic and abiotic stress, and pathogen attacks. Plant genomics play an important role in developing more efficient plant cultivars which are essential for the neo green revolution needed to feed the world’s rapidly growing population. Plant genomic data is being utilized in genetic engineering to ensure that better and resilient varieties of crops are available ensuring food security. This book is of immense interest to teachers, researchers, crop scientists, capacity builders, and policy makers. Also, the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, biotechnology, genomics, soil science, and environmental sciences. National and International agricultural scientists and policy makers will also find this to be a useful read.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction, Scope and Applications of Biotechnology and Genomics for Sustainable Agricultural Production.- Chapter 2. Structure and Organization of Plant Nuclear Genome.- Chapter 3. Transgenesis in Plants: Principle and Methods.- Chapter 4. Genetically Modified Crops and their Applications.- Chapter 5. Transcriptomics in Plant.- Chapter 6. Molecular Breeding and Marker Assisted Selection for Crop Improvement.- Chapter 7.Bioinformatics in Plant Genomics for Next Generation Plant Breeding.- Chapter 8. Whole Genome Sequencing of Plants: Past, Present and Future.- Chapter 9. Model Plants in Genomics.- Chapter 10. RNA Interference Technology in Plants: Mechanisms and Applications in Crop Improvement.- Chapter 11. Use of Genomics to Improve Stress Tolerance.- Chapter 12. Genetics of Plant Organelles: Plastid and Mitochondrial Genomes.- Chapter 13. DNA Barcoding in Plants: Past, Present and Future.- Chapter 14. Advances in Epigenetics for Crop Improvement and Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 15. Ethical Aspects and Public Perception on Plant Genomics.

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Book SynopsisThis book is developed in a lucid manner for readers to grasp information about the role and potential of microbes in sustainable agriculture & computational strategies associated with it. Present volume focuses on advancements of microbial research in increasing agricultural productivity and sustainability viz. plant growth promotion by rhizobacterial biostimulants, endophytes, actinobacteria, arbuscularmycorrhizal fungi and biocontrol.Present day research is focused on role of soil microbe’s in agriculture, diazotropic & azotobacterial N2 fixation, PGPR etc. However, there is dearth of information on bioremediation of agrochemicals, biocontrol etc. This book is a compilation of research advances in both the aspect from eminent experts around the globe. In addition, in-silico mediated understandings of plant pathology, use of artificial neural networks in phytopathogen prediction, computational approaches in enhancing secondary metabolites production will be beneficial to professionals and academicians for sustainable agriculture.This volume will be very helpful for the students, teachers, professionals, and scientists concerned in agricultural production, food security, soil microbiology, agricultural biotechnology, and computational techniques. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria for Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 2. Plant Microbes Interactions and Its Effect on Crop Productivity.- Chapter 3. Rhizobacterial biostimulants: efficacy in enhanced productivity and sustainable agriculture.- Chapter 4. The Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza in Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 5. Biocontrol Efficacy of Biomass and Secondary Metabolites of P. fluorescens Against Predominant Pest Affecting Agricultural Fields.- Chapter 6. Exopolysaccharide-producing Azotobacter for bioremediation of heavy metal-contaminated soil.- Chapter 7. Utilization of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi to boom the Efficiency and Product nature of Horticultural Crops.- Chapter 8. Microbial Remediation of Persistent Agrochemicals.- Chapter 9. Microbes Based Pesticides for Insect Pest Control and Their Management.- Chapter 10. In-silico Tools and Approach of CRISPR Application in Agriculture.- Chapter 11. Application of Bioinformatics in the Plant Pathology Research.- Chapter 12. New Age Genomic Measures for Uncovering Plant-Microbiome Interactions: Tools, Pipelines and Guidance Map for Genomic Data Mining.- Chapter 13. Bioinformatics: A Tool for Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 14. Recent Advances in Deep Learning CNN Models for Plant Disease Detection.

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Book SynopsisThis book highlights the recent progress on the applications of mutation breeding technology in crop plants. Plant breeders and agriculturists are faced with the new challenges of climate change, human population growth, and dwindling arable land and water resources which threaten to sustain food production worldwide. Genetic variation is the basis which plant breeders require to produce new and improved cultivars. The understanding of mutation induction and exploring its applications has paved the way for enhancing genetic variability for various plant and agronomic characters, and led to advances in gene discovery for various traits. Induced mutagenesis has played a significant role in crop improvement and currently, the technology has resulted in the development and release of more than 3600 mutant varieties in most of the crop plants with great economic impact. The field of ‘mutation breeding’ has come long way to become an important approach for crop improvement. This book covers various methodologies of mutation induction, screening of mutants, genome editing and genomics advances and mutant gene discovery. The book further discusses success stories in different countries and applications of mutation breeding in food crops, horticultural plants and plantation crops.This informative book is very useful to plant breeders, students and researchers in the field of agriculture, plant sciences, food science and genetics.Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisThis open access book brings together varying perspectives for transformational change needed in India’s agriculture and allied sectors. Stressing the need of thinking for a post-Green Revolution future, the book promotes approaching this change through eight broad areas, indicating the policy shifts needed to meet the challenges for the coming decade (2021-2030).The book comprises of ten contributions. Apart from the overview chapter on transformational change and the concluding chapter on pathways for 2030, there are eight thematic chapters on topics such as transforming Indian agriculture, dietary diversity for nutritive and safe food; climate crisis and risk management; water in agriculture; pests, pandemics, preparedness and biosecurity natural farming; agroecology and biodiverse futures; science, technology and innovation in agriculture; and structural reforms and governance. The writing style of these papers written by technical experts is forward-looking—not merely an analysis of what has been and why it was so, but what ought to be.This is an essential reading for those interested in agriculture, food and nutrition sectors of India, and more so their interconnectedness.Trade Review“The book packages a lot of information covering ecological, social and economic aspects of agriculture and would make an interesting read for students and researchers alike. … the book is well referenced and provides a much needed timely overview of the interventions in place and those needed for accelerating sustainable growth of agriculture in India.” (Priya Priyadarshini, Amit Kumar Bundela and Krishna Kumar Pandey, Anthropocene Science, Vol. 1 (2), 2022)Table of ContentsChapter 1. Transformational Change.- Chapter 2. Transforming Indian Agriculture.- Chapter 3. Dietary Diversity for Nutritive and Safe food.- Chapter 4. Climate Crisis and Risk Management.- Chapter 5. Water in Agriculture.- Chapter 6. Pests, Pandemics, Preparedness and Biosecurity.- Chapter 7. Natural Farming, Agroecology and Biodiverse Futures.- Chapter 8. Science, Technology and Innovation.- Chapter 9. Structural Reforms and Governance.- Chapter 10. Pathways for 2030.

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Book SynopsisThis Open Access book explores the multifaceted nature of agricultural and rural development in Asia and examines the extent to which the Asian experience is being replicated in contemporary Africa. This volume compiles the works of top scholars who provided analyses and evidences from household-level surveys collected for many years in several parts of Asia and Africa. The most important finding presented in this book is that African agricultural development has evolved following the pathways of Asian agricultural development. The common pathways are borrowed technology from abroad and adaptive research in rice farming; secured property rights on natural resources; adoption of ICTs; investments in human capital, including training; and launching of the high-value agriculture. In both continents, agricultural development started in the crop sector, which had a strong tendency to induce the dynamic development of other sectors in rural areas.Table of ContentsYou’ve Come a Long Way SinceMasao KikuchiIntroduction: Agricultural Development in Asia and AfricaJonna P. Estudillo, Yoko Kijima, and Tetsushi SonobePART I - GREEN REVOLUTION IN ASIA AND AFRICAAre the Lessons from the Green Revolution Relevant for Agricultural Growth and Food Security in the Twenty-first Century?Prabhu PingaliThe Central Luzon Loop Survey: Rice Farming in the Philippines from 1966 to 2021Kei Kajisa, Piedad Moya, and Fe GasconDiffusion of Submergence-tolerant Rice in South AsiaTakashi YamanoToward a Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa: Farm Mechanization in the Mwea Irrigation SchemeTimothy Njagi and Yukichi ManoHow Can We Achieve Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa? The Case of TanzaniaYuko Nakano and Eustadius Francis MageziA UFO? Assessment of System of Rice Intensificationfrom the Agricultural Economics PerspectiveKazushi TakahashiRePEAT: Looking Back on 20 Years of AchievementsYoko Kijima and Rayner TabetandoPart II - LAND TENURE AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTFifty Years of Research on Land Tenure Policies and Land Markets: What are the Major Lessons?Stein T. HoldenProperty Rights and Natural Resource Management in Developing CountriesRyo TakahashiSustaining Natural Resources in African Agriculture:What Have We Learned in the Past Two Decades?Frank PlaceIntegrated Farming Management Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa: Toward a Sustainable African Green RevolutionRie MuraokaImpacts of Transboundary Crop Diseases on Sustainable Crop Production: The Case of Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN) in Africa Khondoker Abdul Mottaleb14 Sustainable Green Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Regional CooperationKazi Arif Uz Zaman and Kaliappa Kalirajan PART III - TRANSFORMATION OF THE RURAL ECONOMYFacilitating Inclusive Use of ICTs in Rural ChinaJikun Huang, Lanlan Su, and Xinyu LiuEdTech for Equity in China: Can Technology Improve Teaching for Millions of Rural Students?Cody Abbey, Ma Yue, Guirong Li, Prashant Loyalka, and Scott RozelleMobile Revolution and Rural DevelopmentTomoya Matsumoto and Ggombe Kasim MunyegeraTransformation of Rice-Growing Villagesin the PhilippinesJonna P. EstudilloStructural Transformation and Development Experience from Asian CountriesYasuyuki SawadaMechanization and the Intersectoral Migration of Agricultural LaborDonald F. Larson and Kevin L. Bloodworth IIPart IV – EMERGING ISSUES IN AGRICULTUREBlue Revolution in Asia: The Rise of the Shrimp Sector in Vietnam and the Challenges of Disease ControlAya Suzuki and Vu Hoang NamIntegrating Agricultural and Industrial DevelopmentTakeshi AidaCluster-based Agricultural Development: A Comparison Between China and AfricaXiaobo ZhangSolar Power to Transform Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods: Evidence from a Solar-Powered Cold Storage Intervention in NigeriaFutoshi Yamauchi and Hiroyuki TakeshimaMeasuring Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality through the Lens of Induced InnovationAgnes Quisumbing, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, and Hazel MalapitCompetition, Antitrust, and Agricultural Development in AsiaArsenio M. BalisacanSummary and ConclusionsJonna P. Estudillo, Yoko Kijima, and Tetsushi Sonobe

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Book SynopsisThis edited book provides the readers with the concepts and in-depth knowledge of plant disease assessment and conventional and modern technologies that aid in precise and accurate phytomathometery. This book discusses the evolution of plant disease assessment procedures from the primary visual estimation-based assessment to modern approaches, their practical application for reliable disease quantification, yield loss estimation, and the efficacy of disease control strategies for sustainable crop protection. Significant information is provided on the major aspects of the topic, including remote sensing, imaging techniques, molecular phytopathometery, microarray, and immunotechnology. The book helps plant scientists, plant pathologists, practitioners, researchers, and students in disease quantification, developing predictive models for plant disease epidemics, assessing crop losses, and the magnitude of plant disease control methods. This book describes the classical plant disease assessment methods based on visual observations. It Provides information regarding the modern and emerging technologies in Phytopathometery, precision, and accuracy. This book also discusses the application of disease assessments in predictive models, disease warning systems, expert systems, and decision support systems in applied plant pathology.Table of Contents1. Phytopathometry: A trans-disciplinary concept.- 2. Visual Estimation: a classical approach for plant disease estimation.- 3. Remote Sensing: A new tool for disease assessment in crops.- 4. Image analysis and processing approach: an automated plant disease recognition technology.- 5. Hyper-spectral imaging through Spatial and Spectral Sensors for Phytopathometry.- 6. Fluorescent imaging system-based plant phenotyping for disease recognition.- 7. Concept and Application of Infrared Thermography for Plant Disease Measurement.- 8. Application of Biosensors in Plant Disease Detection.- 9. Immunotechnology for Plant Disease Detection.- 10. Molecular Phytopathometry.- 11. Microarray technology for detection of plant diseases.- 12. Predictive Models for Plant Disease Assessment.- 13. Extension Plant Pathology.

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Book SynopsisThe book revisit in depth scope of agroindustrial waste for enhancement in biofuels production on practical ground. It explores and discusses various cellulose rich agro-wastes along with low cost, advance technology based options for sustainable biofuels production. Lignocellulosic biomasses are potential producer of biofuels due to renewable nature and huge occurrence. Cellulose is the main polymeric component of these biomasses apart from lignin and hemicellulose. It can be converted into fermentable sugars using cellulase enzyme which can be further converted into the renewable energy sources such as biohydrogen, bioethanol, biogas and butanol. Chapters in this title provide exclusive and critical analysis of specific biofuels production process only from lignocellulosic biomass, based on their type, property, availability, cost and most important sugar or cellulose content along with the simplest process search for converting these biomasses into biofuels to make overall process more simple and economical.It is a useful guide for academician and environmentalist who are working to explore feasible advantages associated with these kinds of waste management and their effective valorization. It is also a great resource for senior undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, professionals, and other interested individuals/groups working in the field of biofuel/bioenergy.Table of Contentsattached

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Book SynopsisThis edited volume celebrates the positive stories and small changes happening with respect to gender equality in the field of agriculture. This book identify crisis which a woman faces in the field of agriculture as a farmer. The book shares unsung stories of women farmers who are bringing change at the grassroots. It puts together the positive developments experienced by the experts, researchers, professional while working for and with women farmers, to highlight the challenges to bring equity in agriculture. Women in agriculture often lack identity where either they are recognized as farmer’s wife or a farm labourer. Women farmers who contribute 60 percent in to farm practices like sowing, transplanting, fertilizer application, weeding, harvesting, winnowing are merely recognised and provided an equal level playing field. Women are also found participating in the various forms of processing and marketing of agriculture produce, along with the cultivation but system has failed to protect their rights and offer them a platform to voice their concerns. This book shares the process, challenges, experience, strategy from the narrative of progressive women farmers so as to highlight and understand what it takes to bring changes for achieving the goals of an equitable farming ecosystems. The book is a relevant reading material for students, researchers, professionals and policy advocates in agriculture and gender research.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Unheard Being Heard: Women Farmers- An Introduction.- Chapter 2. Mainstreaming women farmers: Innovations and Approach.- Chapter 3. Women Farmers or the Farmers’ Wives: Unveiling the Negotiated Gender Roles.- Chapter 4. Women farmers, constraints, and policy around them to harness maximum benefit.- Chapter 5. Challenges and Lessons Learned in Mainstreaming Gender into Rice Research and Technology Development: a case in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India.- Chapter 6. Women farmers in South Asia: Training needs and Aspiration.- Chapter 7. Is scale-appropriate farm mechanization gendered? Learning from Nepal hills.- Chapter 8. Land rights of Women in India: How much has changed after 2005.- Chapter 9. Transformative approaches to empower tribal farmwomen of Ladakh cold arid Himalayan deserts: Challenges & Solutions.- Chapter 10. Extent of participation of farm women in decision making regarding agricultural activities.- Chapter 11. Empowering Women Farmers through Drudgery reduction and Nutritional Diversity: A KVK, Nalanda-ICAR (Government of India) Initiative.- Chapter 12. Women Farmers and Technologies in Agriculture: A review of current practices.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a newly designed dynamic fluidic sprinkler (DFS) to improve hydraulic performance of the existing complete fluidic sprinkler (CFS) under low-pressure conditions. Sprinkler irrigation has high prospects for improving water management in crop production. In recent years, low-pressure water-saving has become an important research content in the field of sprinkler irrigation. It introduces the effect of riser height on rotation uniformity and application rate of the dynamic fluidic sprinkler. It also discusses the intelligent sprinkler irrigation technologies for autonomous and remote sensing system. This book will be a useful reference for researchers and professionals in the field of agriculture and irrigation.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Optimization of the Fluidic Component of Complete Fluidic Sprinkler and Testing of the New Design Sprinkler.- Chapter 3 Numerical Simulation and Experimental Study on Internal Flow Characteristic in the Dynamic Fluidic Sprinkler.- Chapter 4 Effect of riser height on rotation uniformity and application rate of the dynamic fluidic sprinkler.- Chapter 5 Comparative Evaluation of Hydraulic Performance of a Newly Design Dynamic Fluidic, Complete Fluidic, and D3000 Rotating Spray Sprinklers.- Chapter 6 Modelling of Water Drop Movement and Distribution in No Wind and Windy Conditions for Different Nozzle Sizes.- Chapter 7 Review of intelligent sprinkler irrigation technologies for autonomous and remote sensing system.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book presents the findings from on-site research into radioactive cesium contamination in various agricultural systems affected by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in March 2011. This fourth volume in the series reports on studies undertaken at contaminated sites such as farmland and forests, focusing on soil, water, mountain, agricultural products, and animals. It also provides additional data collected in the subsequent years to show how the radioactivity levels in agricultural products and their growing environments have changed with time and the route by which radioactive materials entered agricultural products as well as their movement between different components (e.g., soil, water, and trees) within an environmental system (e.g., forests). The book covers various topics, including radioactivity testing of food products; decontamination trials for rice and livestock production; the state of contamination in, trees, mushrooms, and timber; the dynamics of radioactivity distribution in paddy fields and upland forests; damage incurred by the forestry and fishery industries; and the change in consumers’ attitudes. In the series of this book, a real-time radioisotope imaging system has been introduced, a pioneering technique to visualize the movement of cesium in soil and in plants. This is the only book to provide systematic data on the actual change of radioactivity, which is of great value to all researchers who wish to understand the effect of radioactive fallout on agriculture. In addition, it helps the general public better understand radio-contamination issues in the environment. The project is ongoing; the research groups from the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences of The University of Tokyo continue their work in the field further to evaluate the long-term effects of the Fukushima accident.Table of Contents1. An Overview of our research.- 2. Recovery of Food Production from Radioactive Contamination Caused by the Fukushima Nuclear Accident.- 3. Annual Reduction of Transfer Factors of Radiocesium from Soil to Rice Cultivated in a KCl Fertilized and Straw Plowed-in Paddy Field from 2015 to 2021.- 4. Effects of radiocesium from suspended matter and fallout on agricultural products.- 5. Verification of Uptake and Transport Properties of Cesium in Hydroponically Cultivated Quercus Serrata.- 6. Candidates for breeding target genes related to cesium transport in plants after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident.- 7. Evaluation of the Absorption of Different Forms of Cesium from Soil.- 8. Structure, Composition, and Physicochemical Properties of Radiocesium-Bearing Microparticles Emitted by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident.- 9. Verification of Effects on Crops and Surrounding Environment in Agriculture Using Radioactively Contaminated Grass Silage Compost Made by Aerobic Ultra-High Temperature Fermentation.- 10. Transport of 137Cs into Fruits after External Deposition onto Japanese Persimmon Trees.- 11. Progress Towards Managing Radiocesium Contamination in Orchards.- 12. Overview of Radiocesium Dynamics in Forests: First Decade and Future Perspectives.- 13. Toward the Estimation of Radiocesium Activity Concentration in Trunks of Coppiced Quercus Serrata: Leaf Availability Instead of Felling.- 14. Decomposition of Organic Matters in a Forest Floor Enhanced Downward Migration of Radioactive Cs after the Accident of the FDNPP.- 15. Effect of exchangeable and non-exchangeable potassium in soil on cesium uptake by Quercus serrata seedlings.- 16. Ten-year Transition of Radiocesium Contamination in Wild Mushrooms in the University of Tokyo Forests after the Fukushima Accident.- 17. Challenge to resume production of mushroom bed logs by potassium fertilizer application.- 18. Studies on the revitalization of radioactive-contaminated mushroom log forests: focus on shoots.- 19. Contribution of cesium-bearing microparticles to cesium in soil and river water of the Takase River watershed and their effect on the distribution coefficient.- 20. Global Fallout: Radioactive Materials from Atmospheric Nuclear Tests That Fell Half a Century Ago and Where to Find Them.- 21. Resilience Education Program in Iitate Village for the Young Generation

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the production technology of temperate nuts. It explores cultivar and plant improvement, development and selection of rootstocks, plant–water relations and irrigation, canopy architecture, and postharvest packaging of nut fruits. It also deals with organic approaches, biotechnological interventions, diseases, and pest management. Contributing authors address nut fruits such as walnut, pecan nut, chestnut, and hazel nut on different recent aspects. The development achieved in the fruit sector is indicative of the fact that there is growing demand of fruit produce. Temperate nuts with health benefits and market acceptability have best sources of fat, fiber, protein, and mineral. They provide dietary fiber, potassium, and a variety of health-protective bioactive compounds. Apart from the health benefits, production of temperate nuts improves the economy of the country as these are very good source of income and employment. In addition, there is wide diversification in the production pattern of nuts globally. Increased production technology such as hybrids, high-yielding selections/ varieties, improved propagation techniques, and increased use of fertilizers and manures have brought spectacular increase in the production of nut fruits. This book is of interest to teachers, scientists, researchers, and scholars. Also, the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and postgraduate students of agriculture and horticulture. Horticulture nurseries and orchard industries also find this to be a useful read. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Global scenario of temperate nuts.- Chapter 2. Nutritional composition of temperate nuts.- Chapter 3. Development and selection of rootstocks.- Chapter 4. Cultivars and genetic improvement.- Chapter 5. Improved propagation techniques in temperate nuts.- Chapter 6. Pollination management.- Chapter 7. Mineral nutrition.- Chapter 8. Plant water relations and Irrigation.- Chapter 9. Canopy architecture.- Chapter 10. Biotechnological interventions for improvement of temperate nuts.- Chapter 11. Organic approaches in temperate nuts.- Chapter 12. Shelf life enhancement.- Chapter 13. Package and storage of temperate nuts.- Chapter 14. Physiological disorders.- Chapter 15. Diseases of temperate nuts.- Chapter 16. Integrated pest management of temperate nuts.

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Book SynopsisPart I. Biochar Generation: A wealth from waste.- Chapter 1. Management of biological waste: physical, chemical and biological methods.- Chapter 2. Biochar: A sustainable solution for agriculture and environment.- Chapter 3. The role of biochar in sustainable agriculture.- Chapter 4. An overview of methods and techniques for the preparation and characterization of biochar.- Chapter 5. Household kitchen waste: A resource that needs to be tapped.- Chapter 6. Agricultural waste biomass management and biochar production.- Chapter 7. Biochar from animal waste and its applications.- Part II. Biochar Application for the management of soil health and crop productivity.- Chapter 8. Drought stress mitigation with the use of biochar.- Chapter 9. Application of biochar for salinity stress management.- Chapter 10. Biochar as a treasure trove of essential nutrients: Combating elemental deficiency in crops.- Chapter 11. Biochar-mediated restoration: Transforming invasive plants and crop residues into ecological assets.- Chapter 12. Regaining the soil eminence through the interaction of biochar and soil microbiome.

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Book Synopsis1. Voyage of Plant Breeding to 2050.- 2. From Deficiency to Sufficiency: Tackling Hidden Hunger with Biofortified Staples.- 3. Breeding climate-resilient varieties: Focus crops on Cereals and Pulses for future food security.- 4. Crop wild relatives for breeding climate-smart and highly productive crops.- 5. The power of de novo domestication of wild Solanaceae for a changing climate.- 6. Biotic stress buildup under climate change and breeding innovations.- 7. Potential Breeding Strategies for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops.- 8. Genotype × Environment Interaction: Molecular Basis and Environmental Adaptation of Demand-led Crop Varieties.- 9. Post-Genomic Era in Crop Breeding.- 10. Phenomics and next-generation phenotyping to increase genetic gains in crop breeding.- 11. Phenomics to improve gene bank value and utility.- 12. Doubled Haploids: Accelerating the Breeding of Resilient Crops for the Future.- 13. Speed breeding : a case study with cereals.- 14. Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Tools and Databases for Next-Generation Plant Breeding.- 15. Metabolic engineering of essential micronutrients.- 16. Machine Learning and Pangenomics: Revolutionizing Plant Breeding for a Sustainable Future.- 17. Phenomic selection and digital imaging for characterizing plant genetic resources: A case study from the Colombian maize collection.- 18. New plant breeding technologies for climate-smart agriculture: enhancing abi-otic stress tolerance.- 19. Gene editing to ensure food supply under global warming.- 20. Beyond Gene Editing in the Plant Breeding Toolbox.- 21. Nanotechnology in crop breeding.- 22. Systems Biology Approach for Plant Breeding.- 23. Computational Biology in Plants: Technological Innovations in the Post-Genomic Era.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Microplastics in Soil: Inventories, Effect and Environmental Risks.- Chapter 2. Microplastics in crop systems.- Chapter 3. Sample Collection, Preparation and Identification of Microplastics in Soil– Issues and Recommendations.- Chapter 4. A Simplified and Optimised Protocol for Microplastics Determination in Soil and Sludge Applied Soils.- Chapter 5. A Critical Perspective on Nanoplastics in Soil and Crop Systems.- Chapter 6. Sources of Microplastics in the Soil and Use of Laser Direct Infrared Imaging for Microplastic Detection.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. INTRODUCTION.- Chapter 2. SCOPE OF THE REVIEW.- Chapter 3. PROCESSES OF FERTILITY DEGRADATION.- Chapter 4. NATURE OF FERTILITY DEGRADATION.- Chapter 5. Fertility Degraded Soil: Soil Health Restoration and   Management-Strategies and Approaches.- Chapter 6. CONCLUSIONS.- Chapter 7. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.- Chapter 8. REFERENCES.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction: Breeding Climate Resilient and Future Ready Pulse Crops.- Chapter 2. Adaptive Morpho-Physiological Mechanisms Conferring Resilience to Abiotic Stresses in Pulses: An update.- Chapter 3. Harnessing the Genetic Diversity of Genebanks for Breeding the Climate-Resilient Pulse Crops.- Chapter 4. Global Status of Genetic, Genomic and Bioinformatics Resources for Pulse Crop Improvement.- Chapter 5. Breeding Pulses for Fungal Disease Resistance: Currents Status and Prospects.- Chapter 6. Next-generation Pulse Breeding for Viral Diseases and Insect Vectors Resistance.- Chapter 7. Rapid Generation Advancement in Pulses Breeding: Opportunities, Constraints, and Prospects .- Chapter 8. Application of Genome Editing Tools for Genetic Enhancement of Pulses for Stress-Resilient .- Chapter 9. Breeding Climate Resilient Pigeonpea in Climate Change Era: Current Breeding Strategies and Prospects.- Chapter 10. Improving Tolerance to Drought in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.): Progress of breeding and genomic.- Chapter 11. Application of Next-generation Breeding Tools in Minor Pulses for Major Impact; A Way Ahead.- Chapter 12. Breeding Minor Pulses for Climate Resilience in the Era of Genomics: Opportunities and Prospects.

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Book Synopsis1. Hybrid Seed Production: Application, Challenges and Opportunities.- 2. Floral Biology and Pollination Systems for Hybrid Seed Production in Plants.- 3. Hybrid Seed Production of Rice: Status and Outlook.- 4. Advances in Hybrid Breeding and Seed Production in Pearl millet.- 5. Optimizing Hybrid Seed Production in Sorghum: Key Challenges and Future Opportunities.- 6. Exploitation of Heterosis and Seed Production Techniques in Maize: Principles and Practices.- 7. Systems for Heterosis Breeding and Hybrid Seed Production in Pigeonpea.- 8. Crop Cultivation and Hybrid Seed Production Strategies in Rapeseed-Mustard.- 9. Heterosis Breeding and Hybrid Seed Production in Cotton.- 10. Hybrid Seed Production Technology in Castor.- 11. Efficient Seed Production Systems in Soybean.- 12. Hybrid Seed Production Technology in Sunflower.- 13. Application, Challenges and Opportunities of Safflower Hybrid Seed Production.- 14. Hybrid Seed Production in Tomato.- 15. Hybrid Seed Production of Chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) for Sustaining Yield and Profitability.- 16. Hybrid Seed Production of Brinjal: Application, Challenges and Opportunities.- 17. Hybrid Seed Production Technology in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.).- 18. An Overview of Hybrid Seed Production in Onion.- 19. Mechanism of Hybrid Development and Quality Seed Production in Okra.- 20. Modern Molecular Techniques to Support Hybrid Seed Industry in Crop Plants.

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Book Synopsis.- Chapter 1: Haploids: Then and now       .- Chapter 2: In vitro culturing haploids                                                .- Chapter 3: Induction of Maternal haploids                                          .- Chapter 4: Advancement in haploid techniques                                        .- Chapter 5: Maize and rice haploids.- Chapter 6: Success stories.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. "OMICS" Applications for Tomato Production.- Chapter 2. Molecular Strategies for Confronting Abiotic Stresses Tolerance in Tomato.- Chapter 3. Confronting Abiotic Stresses: Molecular Strategies for Improving Tomato Stress Tolerance.- Chapter 4. Climate-Proofing Tomatoes: Molecular Strategies for Adapting to Changing Climates.- Chapter 5. Nutrigenomics in Tomato: Enhancing Health Benefits through Molecular Breeding.- Chapter 6. Unraveling the Transcriptome: Transcriptomics for Understanding Tomato Development and Traits.- Chapter 7. Post-Harvest Metabolomics: Prolonging Shelf Life and Quality of Tomatoes.- Chapter 8. Insights from Genome Editing into Tomato Germplasm: Current Status and Future Perspective.- Chapter 9. CRISPR/Cas9 and Beyond: Genome Editing for Precision Trait Enhancement in Tomatoes.- Chapter 10. CRISPR/Cas9 Mediated Genome Editing in Tomato: Trait Improvement and Beyond.- Chapter 11. Enhancing Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Tomato: CRISPR-based Interventions.- Chapter 12. Sustainability by Design: "OMICS" Applications for Environmentally Friendly Tomato Production.- Chapter 13. Marker-Assisted Selection (MAS) Revolutionized: Integrating "OMICS" Data in Tomato Breeding.- Chapter 14. Metabolomics for Flavor and Nutrition: Enhancing Tomato Quality through "OMICS".- Chapter 15. Disease Resistance at the Molecular Level: "OMICS"-Based Approaches for Tomato Defense.- Chapter 16. Future Horizons: Emerging "OMICS" Technologies and Challenges in Tomato Breeding.- Chapter 17. Genomic Selection (GS) Redefined: Exploiting "OMICS" Technologies for Tomato Improvement.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Classification and occurrence of fungal endophytes.- Chapter 2. Diversity and Functional Role of Fungal Endophytes.- Chapter 3. Endophytic Potassium-Solubilizing Microbes: A Sustainable Approach to Enhancing Crop Nutrition and Productivity.- Chapter 4. Fungal endophytes: Secondary metabolites and their utilization for sustainable agriculture.- Chapter 5. Role of fungal endophytes in plant health and abiotic stress management.- Chapter 6. Fungal endophytes: A resource for producing extracellular enzymes.- Chapter 7. Harnessing Endophytic Fungi for Effective Phytoremediation: Mechanisms and Applications.- Chapter 8. Endophytic Fungi: Enhancing Sustainable Agriculture through Bio-stimulation.- Chapter 9. Medicinal plants and their silent endophytic fungal allies.- Chapter 10. Potential role of endophytes in sustainable agriculture.- Chapter 11. Endophytic Fungi of Rice and Their Role in Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 12. Plant Endophytic Fungi: Communication Mechanism to Deal with Biotic Stress.- Chapter 13. Adaptation potential of endophytic fungi to produce secondary metabolites.- Chapter 14. Fungal endophytes: As biostimulants to facilitate viable bio-prospecting of high value secondary metabolites.

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Book SynopsisTheme 1: Understanding the Impacts of Drought and Heat Stress on Agriculture .- Chapter 1: Climate change and the incidence of drought and heat stress in agriculture.- Chapter 2: Impact of Abiotic Stress on Cereal Crop Production.- Chapter 3: Potential impacts of heat and drought on vegetable production and quality.- Chapter 4: Drought and Heat Stress in Fruit Crops: Implications, Mitigation and Policy Perspectives.- Chapter 5: Livestock Production under Drought and Heat stress.- Chapter 6: Climate change and its impact on fisheries and Aquaculture.- Chapter 7: Agroforestry and Climate Adaptation: Overcoming Drought and Heat ChallengesTheme 2: Mitigation and adaptation options for building resilience towards drought and heat stress.- Chapter 8: Mitigating the impact of drought and heat stress on crop productivity and environmental sustainabilityovery.- Chapter 9: Potential Mitigation of Drought and Heat Stress in Common Food Crops Using Indigenous Rhizobacterial Populations.- Chapter 10:Influencing and Managing Abiotic Stresses in Cereals.- Chapter 11:Varietal interventions and their significance in Rice-based cropping systems of drought-prone ecologies in Odisha.- Chapter 12:Adapting Soil and Nutrient Management to a Changing Climate: Emerging Innovations and Policy Priorities.- Chapter 13:Utilization of Nanotechnology For Mitigation of Drought and Heat Stress In Crop Plants.- Chapter 14:New-generation Mitigation Practices for Drought Management in Rice.- Chapter 15:Navigating Agricultural Drought: Building Resilience through Monitoring and Forecasting.- Chapter 16:Machine Learning-led Solutions in Indian Agriculture: Case of Drought and Heat StressesTheme 3: Policies and Future Prospects .- Chapter 17:Cultivating Resilience: A Policy Framework for Climate Smart Agriculture.- Chapter 18:Food security and climate change: Policy implications .- Chapter 19:Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Policy: Integrating Modern Technologies for Crop Stress Mitigation  .- Chapter 20:Socio-Economic Aspects and Future outlook for managing heat and drought stress in Agriculture and allied Sciences.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Recent Trends in Nano-Fertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 2. Nanotechnology in the Restoration of Degraded and Polluted Soil.- Chapter 3. Nanotechnology as a New Perspective in Precision Agriculture.- Chapter 4. Nanotechnology for insect pest management.- Chapter 5. Application of Nanotechnology for Insect Pest Management.- Chapter 6. Nanotechnology and Agribusiness: Part-I.- Chapter 7. Nanotechnology in Crop Protection: Innovations for Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 8. Engineered Nano-Biochar from Lignocellulosic Residues: Innovative Approaches for Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Remediation.- Chapter 9. Nanotechnology and Agribusiness-Part-II.

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Book SynopsisArbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis: from infection signaling to bidirectional nutrient exchanges.- Advances in AMF research: Isolation, histochemical staining, enumeration, morphological and molecular techniques.- Improved DNA extraction methods and PCR primes for assessing AMF diversity and distribution in agro-ecosystem.- Identifying and selecting indigenous Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi for field Application.- Substrate based and substrate free In-vivo production technologies of AMF.- In vitro Production of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: An overview.- Low cost technologies for AMF inoculum production using various agro-wastes and other byproducts.- Development and management of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inocula for smallholder farmers: challenges and opportunities.- New formulations, product development and commercialization of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi.- Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the field: Triumphs and failures.- Challenges in application of arbuscular mycorrhizal inocula in conventional agriculture.- Abiotic Environmental factors influencing Distribution and Behavior arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF).- Importance of AMF in the determination of species composition and diversity distribution of various ecosystem under different habitats.- Functional practical importance of AMF mixed inoculants for plant growth and adaption.- Application of AMF under continuous and diverse fertilization regime: case studies.- Arbuscular Mycorrhizal: Physiology of symbiosis and application towards sustainability.- Production methods of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal inoculum: challenges and future perspectives.

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Book SynopsisMultifaceted role of AMF for sustainable agricultural production: an overview.- Molecular determinants and regulatory mechanism of nutrient exchange between plant and AMF.- AMF role in nutrient loss reduction and improvement in nutrient  use efficiency.- Role of AMF in organic matter decomposition, carbon cycling and climate change.- Role of AMF in nitrogen and phosphorus cycling.- Application of AMF for the improvement in zinc and iron nutrition in agricultural crops.- Co-inoculation of AMF with other bio-fertilizers for better soil nutrients acquisition.- Application of AMF in production of cereal and oilseeds crops.- Application of AMF in production of pulse and legume crops.- The role of AMF in production of medicinal crops-The role of AMF in production of horticulture, and other high value crops.- Improvement in nutritional quality of food crops through AMF inoculation.- The abiotic stress management in agricultural crops through AMF technology.- Consortium of PGPR and mycorrhiza for improving agricultural productivity in degraded land.- Potential of AMF in bioremediation of  heavy metals polluted soils.- Success story of AMF as a bio protectant against major plant pathogens.- Agronomic practices for optimizing the AMF abundance and diversity for sustainable food production.- Earthworm and Arbuscular mycorrhiza interactions: Strategies to augment productivity in agro-ecosystems.

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Book Synopsis1. Biomass: Resources, Market, Production Possibilities.- 2. Bioeconomy for sustainable Environment management practices.- 3. Transition from linear to circular bioeconomy for the sustainable production of green chemicals from agro-industrial waste.- 4. Bioeconomy for sustainable bioenergy and biofuels generation.- 5. Bioeconomy for sustainable biomaterials and Bioproduct development.- 6. Microalgae-based bioproducts and biomaterials towards a sustainable bioeconomy.- 7. Bioeconomy for sustainable building and construction practices.- 8. Bioeconomy for sustainable Organic farming (compost and biopesticides biofertilizers etc.- 9. New perspectives in sustainable bioconversion of lignocellulose to biofuel by diatoms.- 10. Forest bioeconomy (Bioeconomy of the forest-based sector) for sustainability and circular economy.- 11.  Bioeconomy for sustainable conversion of green solvents and biochemical.- 12. Bioeconomy for sustain

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Book Synopsis.- Chapter 1_Sustainable Land Management: Opportunities and Challenges..- Chapter 2_Land Degradation and Desertification: Causes, Mechanism, and Biological Management..- Chapter 3_Land Degradation and Floristic Diversity: An Interplay of Environmental Dynamics..- Chapter 4_Forest Fire-Induced Land Degradation..- Chapter 5_India's policy efforts to combat desertification, land degradation, and drought..- Chapter 6_Promotion of Multipurpose Tree Species Cultivation for Improving Livelihood Security in the Drought Vulnerable Ecosystems..- Chapter 7_Biomass and Carbon Stock in Protected Areas Across Northwest Himalaya: An Optimal Sustainable Forest Land Management Strategy to Amplify Carbon Sequestration Potential..- Chapter 8_Fallow jhum land management through integrated approaches with particular reference to Northeast India..- Chapter 9_Seed Ball Technology- Facets and prospects for restoration of degraded lands..- Chapter 10_Role of Traditional F

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Performance and Impact of PCs in Uttar Pradesh.- Performance and Impact of PCs in Rajasthan.- Performance and Impact of PCs in Madhya Pradesh.- Performance and Impact of PCs in Tamilnadu.- Overview, Conclusions and Recommendations.

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Book SynopsisThis edited book provides a comprehensive review of the current agricultural waste disposal techniques focusing on the ongoing research in the production of various agro waste-derived value-added products. Further topic includes the techno-economic aspects in up-scaling the technology from lab scale to commercial/pilot scale. Sustainable waste management and alternative renewable energy sources are the most important requirements in this era of rapid industrialization and urbanization. Agricultural waste, which is one of the major contributors to overall waste production, has the ability to be an essential source of renewable energy and other valuable products. The ongoing research and technical advancements in agro-waste treatment lead to the efficient conversion of waste into different value-added products. This book is of primary interest to academicians, researchers, scientists and engineers working in the field of agro-residue management, and biomass to bio-energy conversion technologies. Also, the book serves as reading material for students of Environmental Engineering/Civil and Environmental Engineering and Agricultural Engineering. Rural Management authorities, Industrial and Government policy-making agencies may also find it useful read.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Growth of agricultural waste, its disposal, and related environmental issues.- Chapter 2. Global status of agricultural waste-based industries, challenges and future prospects.- Chapter 3. Technoeconomic and Sustainability Analysis of Agricultural Waste Conversion Technologies.- Chapter 4. Biochemical approach for transformation of agricultural waste to bioenergy production and other value-added products through the bioelectrochemical system.- Chapter 5. Energy-efficient Bio-electrochemical system for treatment of agricultural wastes and wastewater: mechanism, scope and challenges.- Chapter 6. Microbial Conversion of Agricultural Residues into Organic Fertilizers.- Chapter 7. Thermochemical approach for sustainable transformation of agricultural waste into value-added end-products.- Chapter 8. Advances in Thermochemical Valorization of Agricultural Waste.- Chapter 9. Conversion of Agricultural Waste with Variable Lignocellulosic Characteristics into Biochar and its Application.- Chapter 10. Agricultural waste-based biochar for soil carbon sequestration and emission reduction: Preparation, evaluation, application, and mechanism.- Chapter 11. Contemporary Approaches for Biochar Production from Agro-Waste and Its Current and Prognostic Applications in Environment Health.- Chapter 12. Valorisation of Sugarcane Bagasse Fly Ash into a Low Cost -Adsorbent Material for Removal of Heavy Metals: A Review.- Chapter 13. Extraction of lignin from various agricultural biomass: Its characterization and applications.- Chapter 14. Rice husk: from agro-industrial to modern applications.- Chapter 15. Production and application of nano-materials from agricultural waste.- Chapter 16. Agricultural waste as a source of fine chemicals.- Chapter 17. Centralized approach for the agricultural waste-based industry.- Chapter 18. Decentralized Composting and Vermicomposting for Agricultural Waste Management: Recycle at Source.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book, written by world experts in aquaponics and related technologies, provides the authoritative and comprehensive overview of the key aquaculture and hydroponic and other integrated systems, socio-economic and environmental aspects. Aquaponic systems, which combine aquaculture and vegetable food production offer alternative technology solutions for a world that is increasingly under stress through population growth, urbanisation, water shortages, land and soil degradation, environmental pollution, world hunger and climate change. Trade Review“This book is a really good and important source of information for professionals, decision-makers, and even those who are just interested in this novel, or, being more precise, re-invented method of sustainable food production.” (Laszlo Stündl, Ecocycles, Vol. 5 (1), 2019)Table of ContentsPART 1: FRAMEWORK CONDITIONS IN A RESOURCE LIMITED WORLD 1: Aquaponics and Global Food Challenges 2: Aquaponics: closing the cycle on limited water, land and nutrient resources 3: Recirculating Aquaculture Technology 4: Hydroponic Technology PART 2: SPECIFIC AQUAPONIC TECHNOLOGY 5: Aquaponics: The Basics 6: Bacterial Relationships in Aquaponics: New Research Directions 7: Coupled Aquaponic Systems 8: Decoupled Aquaponic Systems 9: Nutrient Cycling 10: Aerobic & Anaerobic Treatments for Aquaponic Sludge Reduction and Mineralisation 11: Systems Modelling 12: Aquaponics: Alternative Types and Approaches PART 3: PERSPECTIVE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 13: Fish Diets in Aquaponics 14: Plant Pathogens and Control Strategies in Aquaponics 15: Smarthoods: Aquaponics Integrated Microgrids 16: Aquaponics for the Anthropocene: Towards a 'sustainable first' Agenda PART 4: MANAGEMENT & MARKETING 17: Insight into Risk in Aquatic Animal Health in Aquaponics 18: Commercial Aquaponics - A Long Road Ahead 19: Aquaponics: The Ugly Duckling in Organic Regulation 20: Regulatory Frameworks for Aquaponics within the EU 21: Aquaponics in the Built Environment PART 5: AQUAPONICS AND EDUCATION 22: Aquaponics as an Educational Tool 23: Opportunities and challenges in using aquaponics among young people at school - a Danish perspective 24: Aquaponics and Social Enterprise

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