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Natural Disasters and Extreme Events in Agriculture Impacts and Mitigation / by Sivakumar, Mannava V.K

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Methods for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Balances and Evaluating Mitigation Options in Smallholder Agriculture

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Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World

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The Sustainability of Agro-Food and Natural Resource Systems in the Mediterranean Basin

Table of Contents: “…Part I : Agro-Food Systems -- Food Security in the Southern Mediterranean/North Africa -- Sustainability in cereal crop production in Mediterranean environments -- Innovative crop productions for healthy foods: the case of Chia -- The hidden costs of livestock environmental sustainability: the case of Podolian cattle -- Feeding, nutrition and sustainability in dairy enterprises: the case of Mediterranean buffaloes (bubalus bubalis) -- Sustainability of sheep and goat production systems -- The role of local sheep and goat breeds and their products as a tool for sustainability and safeguard of the Mediterranean environment -- Innovative use of jenny milk from sustainable rearing -- Sustainable agricultural practices in disease defence of traditional crops in Southern Italy: the case study of tomato cherry protected by Trichoderma harzianum T-22 against Cucumber mosaic virus -- Development of integrated disease control measures for the valorisation of traditional crops in Southern Italy: the case study of "Fagiolo di Sarconi" -- Fostering sustainable climate change adaptations: a case study of the Turkish Cypriot Community’s adoption of pomegranate farming -- The role of women in the sustainability of the wine industry through the analysis of case studies -- Part II : Natural Resource Systems and Environment -- The effects of climate change on the multifunctional role of Basilicata’s forests: the effects induced on yield and CO2 absorption -- Wildlife agriculture interactions, spatial analysis and trade-off between environmental sustainability and risk of economic damage -- The sustainability of non-renewable resources use at regional level: a case study on allocation of oil royalties -- Land use sector involvement in mitigation policies across carbon markets -- Evaluating the role of soil variability on potential groundwater pollution and recharge in a Mediterranean agricultural watershed -- Grazing and biodiversity conservation: highlights on a Nature 2000 network site -- Evaluation of native grasses for sustainable turfgrass in the bioclimatic Mediterranean Region.…”
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Advances in Wheat Genetics: From Genome to Field Proceedings of the 12th International Wheat Genetics Symposium /

Table of Contents: “…Kihara’s genome concept and advancements in wheat cytogenetics in his school -- 2 How a gene from Japan revolutionized the world of wheat: CIMMYT’s quest for combining genes to mitigate threats to global food security -- Part II Germplasm and Genetic Diversity -- 3 Genetic resources of Triticum -- 4 Development of core set of wheat (Triticum spp.) germplasm conserved in the National Genebank in India -- 5 Transfer to wheat of potentially new stem rust resistance genes from Aegilops speltoides -- 6 Genetic variation and its geographical distribution in Aegilops caudata L.: morphology, hybrid sterility and gametocidal genes -- Part III Cytogenetics and Allopolyploid Evolution -- 7 Wheat chromosome analysis -- 8 New aneuploids of common wheat -- 9 Chromosomal changes over the course of polyploid wheat evolution and domestication -- Part IV Toward Whole Genome Sequencing -- 10 Comprehensive functional analyses of expressed sequence tags in common wheat -- 11 Development of the BAC physical maps of wheat chromosome 6B for its genomic sequencing -- Part V Structural and Functional Genomics -- 12 Sequencing of wheat chromosome 6B: toward functional genomics -- 13 Genetic mechanisms of vernalization requirement duration in winter wheat cultivars -- 14 Building ultra-dense genetic maps in the presence of genotyping errors and missing data -- Part VI Functional Gene Analysis and Molecular Tools -- 15 Exploiting comparative biology and genomics to understand a trait in wheat, Ph1 -- 16 The specific features of anthocyanin biosynthesis regulation in wheat -- 17 Association of wheat miRNAs with hybrid incompatibility in interspecific crosses of Triticum and Aegilops -- 18 High efficiency wheat transformation mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens -- 19 extra early-flowering (exe) mutants in einkorn wheat generated by heavy-ion beam irradiation -- Part VII Biotic Stress Response -- 20 Stem rust resistance - two approaches -- 21 Germplasm enhancement for resistance to Pyrenophora tritici-repentis in wheat -- 22 Next Generation Sequencing enabled genetics in hexaploid wheat -- Part VIII Abiotic Stress Response -- 23 Genomics approaches to dissect the genetic basis of drought resistance in durum wheat -- 24 Hybrid breeding in wheat -- 25 Broadening the genetic diversity of common and durum wheat for abiotic stress tolerance breeding -- 26 Early maturity in wheat for adaptation to high temperature stress -- 27 Gene expression profiles involved in development of freezing tolerance in common wheat -- Part IX Improvement of Grain Quality -- 28 Coping with wheat quality in a changing environment - Proteomics evidence for stress caused by environmental changes -- 29 Starch modification: a model for wheat MAS breeding -- 30 Quality characteristics of soft kernel durum - a new cereal crop -- 31 Proposal of international gluten research group -- 32 Enlargement of the genetic diversity for grain quality in bread wheat through alien introgression -- 33 Complex G x E interactions and QTL clusters govern end-use quality traits in hexaploid wheat -- 34 A consistent QTL for flour yield on chromosome 3B in the soft winter wheat variety, Kitahonami -- Part X Marker-Assisted Breeding -- 35 Recent improvements in Japanese wheat varieties -- 36 Determining the order of resistance genes Qsng-3BS, Fhb1 and Sr2 and combining them in coupling on wheat chromosome 3BS -- 37 Meta-analysis of resistance to Fusarium head blight in tetraploid wheat – implications for durum wheat breeding -- 38 Interest of a multiparental and outcrossing wheat population for fine mapping -- 39 The effect of Earliness per se (Eps) genes on flowering time in bread wheat -- Part XI Toward Sustainable Wheat Production -- 40 Recapitulating the OECD-CRP session (sponsored by the OECD’s Co-operative Research Program on Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems -- 41 Exploring genetic resources to increase adaptation of wheat to climate change -- 42 Genomic approaches towards durable fungal disease resistance in wheat -- 43 Review and new progress in wheat wide hybridization for improving the resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses -- 44 Global crop improvement networks to bridge technology gaps -- 45 Genomic selection in plants: empirical results and implications for wheat breeding -- 46 Dietary fibre: wheat genes for enhanced human health -- BM Appendix I: Program -- Appendix II: Poster Presentation List -- Appendix III: Committees.…”
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