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Nutrigenomics in Cereals
The sequencing of human genome has opened floodgates of immense knowledge and opportunities in the realm of personalized nutrition and health....
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Visualization Tools for Genomic Conservation
SynVisio and Accusyn ( genomevis.usask.ca ) are freely available web-based tools for visualizing genomic...
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Harnessing Root Associated Traits and Rhizosphere Efficiency for Crop Improvement
Crop production under stressful and fragile agro-ecologies is really formidable challenge. Under changing climate, the development of crop stress...
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Diversity and Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources in Saudi Arabia
Plant genetic resources (PGRs) are the backbone of our food system and major source of food for current and future generations. Diverse PGRs are the...
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Diagnosis and Detection of Soil-Borne Fungal Phytopathogens in Major Crops
Phytopathogenic soil-borne fungal species can inflict huge economic disturbances in the global agricultural sector. Soil-borne diseases, incited by...
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Food Allergies and Toxicity
Food allergy is a global health concern with about 70 foods reported to cause allergic reactions in vulnerable individuals. This chapter gives an...
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Freezing tolerance of chickpea: biochemical and molecular changes at vegetative stage
The aim of this study was to find a correlation between the freezing tolerance of three chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.) cultivars (İnci, Işık-05, and...
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Preference and progeny development of stored product insects in response to grain characteristics of millets
Considering millets as climate-resilient crops and recognizing the greater need for nutritional security, cultivation and consumption of millets are...
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Pigeonpea Breeding
In recent years, pigeonpea has witnessed a number of advances in genetic research and breeding. The availability of the modern genomic resources such...
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A Scientometric Analysis of Research on Pulses in India During 2000–2017
Food legumes, especially pulses, have a significant role in ensuring food and nutritional security of human and animal population. India is the...
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Ectopic expression of NAC transcription factor HaNAC3 from Haloxylon ammodendron increased abiotic stress resistance in tobacco
Main conclusionHaNAC3 is a transcriptional activator located in the nucleus that may be involved in the response to high temperature, high salt and...
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Current research on the ecosystem service potential of legume inclusive crop** systems in Europe. A review
Legume crops hold promise to diversify the currently simplified rotations that dominate Europe and to increase the sustainability of European farming...
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Rice-Based Products
Rice is a cereal grain, staple food, feeding half of the world population. Rice is low fibre and rich caloric food providing one fifth of the...
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Unravelling the treasure trove of drought-responsive genes in wild-type peanut through transcriptomics and physiological analyses of root
Peanut is one of the most valuable legumes, grown mainly in arid and semi-arid regions, where its production may be hindered by the lack of water....
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Application of Nanobiotechnology in Agriculture: Novel Strategy for Food Security
The growing population had quadrupled over a century now. The agricultural food supply of an unprecedently growing population aggravates the...
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Agrobiodiversity in Mountain Territories: Family Farming and the Challenges of Social-Environmental Changes
Family farming plays a fundamental role in food production. However, it faces rapid processes of social-environmental change, such as the application...
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Intercrop** legumes and cereals increases phosphorus use efficiency; a meta-analysis
AimsIntercrop** cereals with legumes may achieve high crop yields at reduced input levels. Several studies have indicated that intercrop**...
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Indifferent to difference? Understanding the unequal impacts of farming technologies among smallholders. A review
With many of the world’s poor engaged in agriculture, agricultural development programmes often aim to improve livelihoods through improved farming...
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Genebanks and market participation: evidence from groundnut farmers in Malawi
BackgroundGenebanks contribute to poverty reduction as well as food and nutritional security by being one of the main sources of diversity for the...
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The effect of environmental factors on the genetic differentiation of Cucurbita ficifolia populations based on whole-genome resequencing
BackgroundCucurbita ficifolia is one of the squash species most resistant to fungal pathogens, and has especially high resistance to melon Fusarium...
