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Striga as a Constraint to Cereal Production in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Role of Host Plant Resistance
This chapter provides an overview on the biology of the parasitic weeds of the genus Striga, specifically S. asiatica and S. hermonthica, and their...
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Decision-Making Levels
The chapter “Decision-Making Levels” in the book “Decision System in Agricultural Pest Management” delves into the fundamental concept of economic...
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Integrating Marker-Assisted (MAS) and Genomic Selection (GS) for Plant Functional Trait Improvement
In plant breeding, the combination of genomic selection (GS) and marker-assisted selection (MAS) is a novel method for improving functional traits....
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Plant Functional Traits in Crop Breeding: Advancement and Challenges
Plant functional traits have emerged as crucial factors in crop breeding, offering a pathway to address the multifaceted challenges facing...
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Biodiversity and Pest Outbreaks
The concept of biodiversity as a key factor influencing the stability of insect populations within ecosystems is explored. Biodiversity, encompassing...
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Plants Functional Traits and Photosynthetic Efficiency for Enhancing Crop Yield
The need for food is growing daily. This demand may be fulfilled using agronomic practices and conventional breeding methods that maximize plant...
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Monitoring and Population Density Estimation
Effective Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs rely heavily on accurate knowledge of pest and beneficial organism populations. Within the...
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Temperature-Dependent Models for Predicting Poikilotherm Pest Occurrence
The chapter “Temperature-Dependent Models for Predicting Poikilotherm Pest Occurrence” delves into the critical role of precise prediction in the...
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Genetic Engineering and Gene Editing for Targeted Trait Modifications
In the twenty-first century, the scientific community faces the challenge of ensuring food security for an increasing population while tackling...
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Implication of Plant Functional Traits in Crop Improvement
Plant functional traits are pivotal in revolutionizing crop improvement strategies, offering a robust framework to address agricultural sector...
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Integration of Plant Functional Traits in Sustainable Agriculture
Trait is defined as a characteristic measured at an individual organism’s morphological, phenological, physiological, behavioral, or cultural level...
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Abiotic Stress-Induced Epigenetic Modifications in Plants
Plants are constantly exposed to various unfavourable environmental conditions, which drive them to adopt several survival strategies including...
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Nanobionics in Bioenergy and Crop Production
The use of nanoparticles (NPs) to augment or regulate specific processes that may significantly boost crop output is known as “nanobionics” in...
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Photosynthetic Resilience Under Stress: Unraveling the Role of Phytohormones and Phytometabolites
Photosynthetic organisms grow in diverse habitats and also continuously deal with the fluctuating environmental conditions. The changes in the...
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Stress Biology in Plant Tissue Culture: Recent Advances
Conditions or factors in the environment that disrupt normal physiological processes and growth of plants that can be arise through any abiotic or...
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Photosynthetic Organisms: Their Existence in Evolutionary Prospective
Photosynthesis is a very old process on this Earth. Based on fossil discoveries and chemical evidence, cyanobacteria first appeared 2.5–2.6 billion...
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Imperative Role of R-Genes and Associated Molecular Mechanisms in Plant Disease Resistance
Plant’s survival is under constant threat due to attacks by several pests and pathogens. Being sessile, plants cannot evade such attacks but only...
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Genomic Selection for Quantitative Disease Resistance in Plants
In view of current focus for improvement of crop varieties for disease resistance the adoption of genomic aided plant breeding is growing as an...
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Diseases of Chickpea
Chickpeas are one of the most economically important legumes and a rich source of carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and fiber. Chickpea is...
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Antiprotozoal Activity of Secondary Metabolites
Protozoan parasites can cause serious infections that affect millions of people around the globe especially in resource-limited areas, conflict...