Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Arabidopsis thaliana as a Model Organism to Understand Abiotic Stress Tolerance Mechanisms in Crop Plants
(F. Brini – Biotechnology and Plant Improvement Laboratory, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax. Sfax-Tunisia)
Chapter 2. Almonds – Cultivation, Production, Composition, Allergenicity, Benefits of Consumption, and Potential Applications
(Thaiza S. P. de Souza and Maria Gabriela B. Koblitz – Food and Nutrition Graduate Program, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)
Chapter 3. What Is Stevia rebaudiana: Only a Sweetener or More?
(Şeyda Karagöz – Department of Food Tecnology, Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University, Tokat, Turkey)
Chapter 4. Exogenous RNA Applications to Manage Crop Pests and Pathogens: A Boost to GMO-Free RNAi
(Tushar K. Dutta – Senior Scientist, Division of Nematology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India)
Chapter 5. Evaluating the Agricultural Status of Some Unions of Kalapara Upazila, Bangladesh: Preliminary Investigation
(Md. Galib Ishraq Emran, Khandaker Tanveer Ahmed, Sheikh Ashib Anzum, Md. Abu Raihan, Al-Shahriar Khan, and Sanchita Banerjee – MSc Student, Department of Environmental Sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh, et al.)
Chapter 6. Diseases and Insect Pests of Mushrooms and Their Eco-Friendly Management Strategies
(Adesh Kumar – Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India)
Chapter 7. Monitoring of Fusarium Species on Grain Crops in Russia
(M. М. Levitin – Department of Mycology and Phytopathology, All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Saint-Petersburg, Russia)
Index
