Suchergebnisse

Front Cover -- Sustainable Agricultural Practices -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- 1 Multifactorial stress combination, plant microbiome recruitment, and reactive oxygen species/antioxidant feedbacks for pl... -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Plant responses to multifactorial stress combination -- 1.3 Plant stress and abscisic acid crosstalk -- 1.4 Abscisic acid signaling and reactive oxygen species connection to cope with plant stress -- 1.5 Plant microbiome: the invisible life that helps plants against stress -- 1.6 Endophyte recruitment (cry for help strategy) under stress: from transitory altered state to plant resilience -- 1.7 Reactive oxygen species/antioxidants feedback for microbiome modulation, symbiosis, plant stress mitigation, and more: ... -- 1.8 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 2 Impact of COVID-19 on global agriculture and food sector -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Background -- 2.3 Control measures -- 2.3.1 Travel restriction -- 2.3.2 Border closure -- 2.3.3 Social distancing -- 2.4 Immediate impacts -- 2.4.1 Food production -- 2.4.2 Food processing -- 2.4.3 Connectivity: transport and distribution -- 2.4.4 Labor availability -- 2.4.5 Impairment of farm systems -- 2.4.6 Market and retailer -- 2.4.7 Consumer -- 2.5 Conclusions and future perspectives -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 3 State of the soil health before maize intercropped with Eucalyptus grandis under agroforestry environment in Limpopo Prov... -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Materials and methods -- 3.2.1 Nitrogen determination -- 3.2.2 Determination of functional diversity -- 3.2.3 Determination of soil microbial enzymatic activity -- 3.2.4 Statistical analyses -- 3.3 Results and discussion -- 3.3.1 Carbon source utilization profiles -- 3.3.2 Soil microbial enzymatic activity, viz. microbial activity -- 3.4 Conclusions -- References.