Agricultural Research Updates

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH UPDATES. VOLUME 1......Page 3
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH UPDATES. VOLUME 1......Page 5
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 9
ABSTRACT......Page 15
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 16
2. BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND......Page 18
3. CURRENT STATUS......Page 20
4. CHEMICAL STRUCTURE AND PHARMACOLOGY......Page 23
5. METABOLISM AND BIOAVAILABILITY......Page 26
6. MUTAGENICITY AND TOXICITY......Page 29
7. SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION......Page 32
8. LEGISLATION AND ANALYTICAL CONTROL......Page 35
9. SAMPLE PREPARATION METHODS......Page 38
10. ANALYTICAL APPROACH......Page 43
11. CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 49
REFERENCES......Page 50
ABSTRACT......Page 65
INTRODUCTION......Page 66
TOPSOIL AND ORGANIC MATTER......Page 68
TOP SOIL AND SOIL MICROBES......Page 72
TOPSOIL AND EROSION......Page 75
TOPSOIL AND PLANT GROWTH......Page 76
TOPSOIL AND CHEMICALS......Page 77
REFERENCES......Page 80
ABSTRACT......Page 89
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 90
2. MOLECULAR RESEARCH ON MANGROVE SALT TOLERANCE......Page 91
3. GENE REPRESSION PLAYS A ROLE IN PLANT SALT TOLERANCE......Page 105
CONCLUSION AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS......Page 107
REFERENCES......Page 108
ABSTRACT......Page 117
LEGUMES – ECONOMICALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY IMPORTANT CROP SPECIES......Page 118
SOYBEAN – THE WORLD’S MOST ECONOMICALLY SIGNIFICANT LEGUME SPECIES......Page 119
SOYBEAN NODULATION – A COMPLEX LATERAL ORGAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS......Page 120
NOD FACTOR RECEPTORS – FACILITATORS OF HOST-MICROBE SPECIFICITY......Page 122
NITROGEN FIXATION – A BIOLOGICAL ALTERNATIVE TO NITROGEN-BASED FERTILIZERS......Page 124
SOYBEAN AS A MODEL SPECIES TO IMPROVE LEGUME CROP PRODUCTIVITY......Page 125
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 127
REFERENCES......Page 128
ABSTRACT......Page 135
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 136
2. COLLECTION AND PREPARATION OF SOIL SAMPLES......Page 137
3. HEAVY METALS (PB, CD, CR AND AS) AND ORGANCHLORINE PESTICIDES (DDT AND BHC) IN ORIGINAL TOPSOILS AND PLANTS......Page 138
4. THERMODYNAMICS OF HEAVY METALSAND ORGANCHLORINE PESTICIDES ADSORPTION ON THE TWO SOILS......Page 141
5. TRANSPORT OF HEAVY METALS AND ORGANCHLORINE PESTICIDES IN TOPSOIL......Page 144
CONCLUSION......Page 147
REFERENCES......Page 148
ABSTRACT......Page 151
INTRODUCTION......Page 152
1. DETOXIFICATION OF HARMFUL COMPOUNDS IN SOILLESS CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES......Page 153
2. PHOTOCATALYTIC STERILIZATION......Page 155
5. RESEARCH PROSPECTS......Page 156
REFERENCES......Page 157
ABSTRACT......Page 161
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 162
2. PREVENTION OF ATYPICAL MYOPATHY......Page 166
3. MANAGEMENT OF COGRAZERS AT PASTURE WITH A CASE OF ATYPICAL MYOPATHY......Page 174
REFERENCES......Page 175
INDEX......Page 179