Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Climate Change Leading to Post-Harvest Losses of Fresh Produce
Wasim Akram¹, MS, Azhar Hussain², PhD, Abid Hussain², PhD, Ishrat Roomi³, PhD, Muhammad Muhammad¹, MS and Syed Munir Hussain², PhD (Scholar)
¹Department of Plant Sciences, Karakoram International University, Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
²Department of Agriculture and Food Technology, Karakoram International University, Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
³Department of Forestry, Range and Wildlife Management, Karakoram International University, Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Chapter 2. The Institutional Environment and Institutions of Governance of Agricultural Utilization of Sludge from Wastewater Treatment Plants in Bulgaria
Hrabrin Bachev
Institute of Agricultural Economics, Sofia, Bulgaria
Chapter 3. Transcriptome Dynamics under Different Abiotic Stresses in Pigeon Peas (Cajanus cajan L.): The Current Status and the Way Forward
Swati Saxena, Palak Gupta, Sandhya Sharma and Kishor Gaikwad
ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, India
Chapter 4. Molecular Mechanisms of the Interaction between Fungi and Nematodes
Rami Kassam¹, PhD, Nadia Walid², Tarun Sharma³, PhD and Himanshu Thakur⁴
¹Department of Nematology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Delhi, India
²Department of Botany, Hamdard University, Delhi, India
³Department of Agronomy, CSKHPKV, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India
⁴Department of Entomology, CSK HPKV, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India
Chapter 5. Plant Growth Regulators: Structures, Roles and Uses
Karim Ennouri¹, Monia Ennouri², Manel Cheffi², Fathi Ben Amar², Mohamed Gouiaa³, Fathi Hertelli⁴ and Mohamed Ali Triki²
¹Digital Research Center of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
²Olive Tree Institute, IRESA, Sfax, Tunisia
³Higher Agronomic Institute, IRESA, University of Sousse, Chott-Mariem, Tunisia
⁴Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
Chapter 6. The Advantages and Disadvantages of Calcareous Soils
Erdal Sakin¹ and İbrahim Halil Yanardağ²
¹Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Agriculture Faculty of Harran University, Sanliurfa, Türkey
²Agriculture Faculty, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Department, Malatya Turgut Özal University, Battalgazi, Malatya, Türkey
Chapter 7. The Role of Fungicides in the Management of the Major Diseases of Vegetable Crops
Atanu Seni, PhD
Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, AlCRIP, RRTTS, Chiplima, Sambalpur, Odisha, India
Chapter 8. Diffuse Pollution Loads on Water Resources from Turkey’s Livestock Production
Busra Yayli and Ilker Kilic
Department of Biosystems Engineering, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey
Chapter 9. Long-Range Molecular Order in Cereal Cytoskeletons from Northern Germany
Kristina Zubow¹, Anatoly Zubow² and Viktor Zubow¹
¹Zubow Consulting, Germany NPO, Berlin, Germany
²Group of the Telecommunication Networks Division, TU, Berlin, Germany
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