Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Mineral Resources of Serbia: Environmental, Societal and Economic Challenges
(Vladimir Simić, Rade Jelenković and Dragana Životić, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Belgrade, Serbia)
Chapter 2. Biofuels in Serbia: Current Status and Prospects
(Nataša Đurišić-Mladenović and Ferenc Kiss, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, Serbia)
Chapter 3. Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development of the Republic of Serbia
(Zoran Simonović, Branko Mihailović and Vesna Popović, Institute of Agricultural Economics, Belgrade, Serbia)
Chapter 4. The Possible Use of Allelopathic Relationships in Plant Growing
(Ljubica Šarčević-Todosijević, Vera M. Popović, Ljubiša Živanović and Slobodan Popović, High Medical – Sanitary School of Professional Studies “Visan”, Belgrade, Serbia, and others)
Chapter 5. Linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) Production Trends in the World and in Serbia
(Vera M. Popović, Ana Marjanović Jeromela, Zoran Jovović, Vladimir Filipović, Vladan Ugrenović, Ljubiša Kolarić and Ljubica Šarčević-Todosijević, Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Novi Sad, Serbia, and others)
Chapter 6. Grain Production and Quality Components of Winter Triticale in Semi-Arid Conditions
(Vera Rajičić Đekić and Vera M. Popović, Small Grains Research Centre, Kragujevac, Serbia, and others)
Chapter 7. Prospects of Glycine Max Production in the World and in the Republic of Serbia
(Vera M. Popović, Vojislav Mihailović, Savo Vučković, Jela Ikanović, Vera Rajičić, Dragan Terzić and Divna Simić, Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Novi Sad, Serbia, and others)
Chapter 8. Climate Change and Its Impact on the Growth of the Primary Spring Field Crops in Serbia
(Milena Jančić Tovjanin and Borivoj Pejić, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Serbia)
Chapter 9. Environmental Concerns in Serbia: Focusing on Air-Pollution and Its Effects on Human Health
(Svetlana Stanišić, Andreja Stojić and Marijana Prodanović, Singidunum University, Belgrade, Serbia, and others)
Chapter 10. Emerging Pollutants in Serbia: Environmental, Social and Economic Facts, Issues and Challenges
(Jelena Milić and Tatjana Šolević Knudsen, Center of Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Serbia)
Chapter 11. Environmental Pollution with Persistent Organic Pollutants in Serbia: Sources, Trends, Current Issues and Future Prospects
(Tatjana Šolević Knudsen, Jelena Milić and Gordana Dević, Center of Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Serbia, and others)
Chapter 12. Contamination of Urban Soils in Serbia with Heavy Metals and Their Pollution Status
(Gordana Dević, Center of Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Serbia)
Chapter 13. Heavy Metal Pollution in the Region of Bor (Serbia) Resulting from the Long-Term Copper Mining and Metallurgical Activities: The Evidence Recorded in Plant Organs and Implications for Biomonitoring and Phytoremediation as Two Prospective Environmentally-Friendly Methods of Pollution Control
(Slađana Č. Alagić, Maja M. Nujkić, Snežana B. Tošić, Snežana M. Milić and Mile D. Dimitrijević, 1Technical Faculty in Bor, University of Belgrade, Bor, Serbia, and others)
Chapter 14. Determination of 226Ra, 232Th, 40K, 238U, 235U and 137Cs in Agricultural Land in the Villages in the Surroundings of the City of Vranje, Serbia
(Jelena Marković and Svetlana Stevović, Environmental Protection, College of Applied Professional, Vranje, Serbia, and others)
Index
Keywords: mineral resources, biofuels, sustainable agriculture and rural development, innovative agriculture production technologies, environment, pollution control.
Audience: Government and companies