Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Seed Crops Reduce Quality Losses Caused by Soils of Extreme Mineral Spans
Gerhard Gramss and Klaus-Dieter Voigt (Institute of Earth Sciences, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany, and others)
Chapter 2. Chemical and Physical Characteristics of Soil in Different Sustainable Production Systems
Wander Luis Barbosa Borges, PhD, Isabela Malaquias Dalto de Souza, Marlene Cristina Alves, PhD, and Marco Eustáquio de Sá, PhD (Agronomic Institute of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, and others )
Chapter 3. Long-Term Cropping Systems’ Effects on Maize Grain Yield and Yield Stability in Semiarid Conditions
Ivica Đalović, Srđan Šeremešić, Miroslav Zorić, and Goran Bekavac (Maize Department, Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Maksima Gorkog, Novi Sad, Serbia, and others)
Chapter 4. The Variability of Oil Composition of Local and Foreign Irrigated Olive (Olea europaea L.,) Varieties
Masmoudi Charfi Chiraz, Ayadi Mohamed, Ben Abdallah Sirine, Oueslati Amira, and Belhadj Ismail Emna (Olive Tree Institute, Tunisia)
Chapter 5. Glycine Betaine: Biosynthesis, Roles in Abiotic Stress Tolerance of Plants and Significance as a Nutraceutical
Shanthi Joseph, Zaynab Derakhshani, Daniel John Murphy, and Mrinal Bhave (Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, and others)
Chapter 6. Essential Oil Microencapsulation Technology to Provide Peanut Seeds Protection against Fungal Pathogens
Natalia Girardi, María Alejandra Passone, Daiana García, Andrea Nesci, and Miriam Etcheverry (Laboratorio de Ecología Microbiana, Departamento de Microbiología e Inmunología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físico Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina and others)
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