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Evolution in the Genoty** Platforms for Plant Breeding
Improving the crop productivity, resilience to climate extremes, resistance to biotic stress and improving the quality are the main breeding objectives. Different tools, resources and strategies are used to pr...
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A PCR-Based Assay for Early Diagnosis of the Coffee Leaf Rust Pathogen Hemileia vastatrix
Early detection and identification of plant pathogens is one of the most important strategies for sustainable plant disease management. Fast, sensitive, and accurate methods that are cost-effective are crucial...
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Mutation Induction in Coffea arabica L. Using in Vivo Grafting and Cuttings
Coffee leaf rust (CLR) caused by the obligate parasite, the biotrophic Hemileia vastatrix Berk. & Broome (Basidiomycetes: Pucciniales), is the most devastating disease of Coffea arabica L. Breeding resistant vari...
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Buckwheat Genome and Genomics
Buckwheat was domesticated in the southwest of China and has been cultivated for more than 4000 years. Buckwheat is adapted to harsh environment and has be used as a staple food in mountainous areas for centur...
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DUS Test and DNA Fingerprinting Construction of Jute Varieties
In order to promote the application of distinctness, uniformity and stability (DUS) test guidelines for jute and to promote the testing and identification of new jute varieties in this chapter, the details of ...
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A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis on the Effectiveness and Safety of Lingzhi
Although many studies have been conducted on the chemistry and pharmacological activities of Lingzhi, there is a lack of comprehensive meta-analysis on its effectiveness and safety. In this chapter, we briefly...
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Globally Important Wheat Diseases: Status, Challenges, Breeding and Genomic Tools to Enhance Resistance Durability
Wheat is an important source of dietary protein and daily calories for majority of the world’s population. Although several pests and diseases affect yield potential and quality, the three rusts and powdery mi...
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Soil Quality and Agricultural Sustainability in Semi-arid Areas
Soil quality and agricultural sustainability are required to feed about nine billion people by the year 2050. To feed such a population, the planet ought to increase food production by 60%. To attain agricultu...
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Long-Term Chemical Fertilization in Tanzania
Long-term application of chemical fertilizers has both positive and negative impacts on soil and the environment. Chemical fertilizers fertilize the soil and increase crop yield s but they modify microbial fun...
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Conservation Agriculture in Tanzania
Conservation agriculture is promoted to increase crop production and environmental sustainability. It is proposed to be a solution for the problem of poor agricultural yields and soil degradation in most Sub-S...
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The Construction of Molecular Genetic Map of Barley Using SRAP Markers
Sequence-related amplified polymorphism (SRAP) markers, a novel PCR-based molecular marker technique, were successfully applied in map construction, cultivar identification, diversity evaluation, comparative g...
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Effects of Elevated Root-Zone CO2 and Root-Zone Temperature on Productivity and Photosynthesis of Aeroponically Grown Lettuce Plants
Elevated root-zone (RZ) [CO2] resulted in significantly higher maximal photosynthetic CO2 assimilation rate (A) but lower stomatal conductance (gs) in aeroponically grown temperate lettuce in the tropics. Higher ...
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Yellow Vine Syndrome of American Cranberry: a Mechanistic Assessment
American cranberry (Vaccinium macrocapron Ait) is an important agricultural food crop due to its abundant of antioxidants. Yellow vine syndrome of cranberry, interveinal chlorosis moving from older to younger lea...
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Catalytic Mechanism of a Bioinspired Mn-oxo Olgomer/Tungston Oxide System in Water Splitting and Its Relevance to PS II Water Oxidation
Solar energy is the most promising energy source as example to utilize solar energy on the large scale via natural and artificial photosynthesis. The decomposition of a synthetic Mn-oxo mix-valence dimeric com...
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Effects of Ultraviolet-B Radiation on Primary Photophysical Process in Photosystem II: a Fluorescence Spectrum Analysis
To clarify the effects of Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) treatment on the primary energy transfer process in photosynthesis, PSII was exposed to UV-B radiation by two different methods. beside control samples, one are P...
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Marker-Assisted Selection in Cereals: Platforms, Strategies and Examples
Cereals are the world’s most important sources of food, both for direct human consumption and indirectly, as inputs to livestock production. Millions of farmers and consumers in both the developed and the deve...
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Yields of Potato and Alternative Crops Impacted by Humic Product Application
Humic substances (HS – humic acid, fulvic acid, and humin) are a family of organic molecules made up of long carbon chains and numerous active functional groups, such as phenols and other aromatics. Humic subs...
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Potato Evapotranspiration and Productivity as Affected by Drip Irrigation Frequency and Soil Matric Potential
Drip irrigation has been shown to be an effective method for achieving high potato yields. Soil matric potential (SMP) and irrigation frequencies are two important factors in optimizing potato production and t...
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Effects of Plastic Mulch on Potato Growth
Northern China is a major potato production region, and water-saving measures that can enhance both potato yield and quality play an important role in this region due to general water shortages. Plastic mulch ...
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Impacts of Crop Rotation and Irrigation on Soilborne Diseases and Soil Microbial Communities
Crop rotation provides numerous benefits to crop production, and is essential to reduce the build-up of soilborne plant pathogens and diseases that can devastate potato crops grown in multiple consecutive year...
