Crop Science and Technology for Food Security, Bioenergy and Sustainability

Crop improvement programmes are no longer in the domain of traditional art of selecting elite lines from populations. Plant breeding and biotechnological tools are useful for creating novel genetic variation in field crops to enhance economic yield, produce quality, input use efficiency and tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses etc. Precise assessment of genetic variability for potential traits using morphological, physiological, biochemical and molecular indices should often precede actual crop improvement pursuits to enhance the efficiency of selection and to develop crop genotypes for the target ecological environments.

VISION

1. Indicators of Sustainable Agricultural Land Use
2. Sustainable Crop Protection is Concrete Climate Protection-Challenges of Climate Change for Food Security 

1. Efforts in Crop Breeding and Genetics Striving for Sustainability 
2. An Efficient Biolistic Transformation Method for Transfer of Alfaalfa Aldose- Reductase Gene to Increase Abiotic Stress Tolerance in wheat
3. Microspore Culture Improvement Studies in Hexaploid Tritical
4. An Efficient Protocol For Large Scale Production and Effect of Various Chemicals and Growth Substances on Micro propagation of Elite Sugarcane Cultivar CoH-119
5. Microsatellite Fingerprinting and Pedigree Analyses of Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus L.) Varieties and Hybrids 
6. Molecular Breeding for Water-Efficient Aerobic Rice
7. Bt Cotton: Impacts, Sustainability and Future Prospective
8. Advancement of Effectiveness in Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and Maize Breeding 
9. Genetic Improvement of Quality Protein Maize 
10. Breeding For Heat Tolerance in Bread Wheat in View of Global Warming 
11. Wheat Improvement for Salt Tolerance 
12. Manipulating Grain Number, a Key Determinant of Wheat Yield Through Genetic and Molecular Analysis 
13. Improvement of Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Leaf Rust (Puccinia Tritici) Resistance
14. Wheat Improvement for Karnal Bunt Resistance
15. Assessment of Avena spp. For Mycotoxin Accumulation after Artificial Infection by Fungi Fusarium Culmoirum Sacc
16. Distribution of Viruses in Wheat and Resistance of Wheat Varieties against Them
17. Biodiversity of the Genus Trichoderma in Rice Fields of Mazandaran Province, Northern Iran
18. Ear Rot Severity and Mycotoxin Accumulation of Non-Inoculated and Inoculated Mid-Late Maize Hybrids after Artificial Infection with One Isolate of Fusarium Verticillioides 
19. Evaluation of Early and Mid-Early Dent Corn Inbred Lines For The Severity of Fusarium Ear Rot at Two Plant Densities and Under Irrigation in 2007 and 2008
20. Relationships between Glu-1 Score and Quality Parameters of Common Wheat Cultivars
21. Correlation between the Quality Parameters of Different Winter Wheat Varieties (Triticum aestivum L.)
22. Rheological Parameters of Mixture of Grain Amaranth (Amaranthus Hypochondriacus) and Winter Wheat 
23. An Eco-Friendly Answer to Micronutrient Deficiencies: Genetic and Agronomic Biofortification 
24. Variability, Heritability and Correlation Studies for Yield Components and Grain Quality Traits in Recombinant Inbred Lines of Cross CSR10 x HBC19
25. Genetic Divergence in Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) 
26. High Adaptability of Sweet Sorghum as a Bio-Fuel and Bio-Remediation Crop in Local Area in Japan
27. Evaluation of Different Sweet Sorghum and Sudan Grass Hybrids from the Point of View of Renewable Energy Production 
28. Corn as a Renewable Energy Source 

1. Yield and Symbiotic Dinitrogen Fixation of Blue Lupins (Lupinus angustifolius L.) as Affected by Combined Nitrogen and Potassium Supply in Pot Experiments 
2. Trinity in the Rhizosphere: Interaction among Root, Microorganism, and Soil 
3. Influence of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza on Physiological Parameters of Tagetes patula L. Grown in Hydroponic Culture 
4. Vermicomposting for Safe Waste Management and Sustainable Agriculture-A Review
5. Grain Yield and Nutrition Uptake of Spring and Winter Barley in Relation of Year and Fertilization 
6. Importance of Root Antioxidants in Determining Early Plant Responses to P Deficiency in Pigeonpea Genotypes 
7. Uptake of Zinc Organic Complexes by Roots of Vascular Plants
8. Effects of Zn Deficiency on Some Physiological Parameter of Maize and Cucumber Seedlings 
9. Analytical Studies of French Bean Varieties Produced by Organic and Conventional Farming 
10. Influence of Planting Methods and Nitrogen on Gaseous Exchange and Yield of Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Under Verying Sowing Environments 
11. Experiences of Environmental Friendly Fertilization System in Corn Production 
12. Cultivation of Potato in Bamyan Afghanistan 
13. Crop Diversification in Agriculture-Issues and Actions
14. Improvement in Evaluation Methodology of Small Plot Trial Nutrient  Supply 
15. Elimination of Nitrate Pollution of Soil Ground Water by Energy Forest 
16. Effect of Lead (Pb) and Mercury (Hg) on Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacterias as Azotobacter Chroococcum and Pseudomonas spp. Using Indian Mustard (Brassical Juncea L.) Test Crop
17. Physiological Responses of Corn Seedlings on Treatments with Some Industrial Side-Products 
18. Irrigation Water Use Impact on the Farms Dynamism and the Management of Cultivation of Cereals in Semi-Arid Area in East Algeria
19. Increasing Uncertainty of Winter Wheat and Winter Barley Production and an Indicator Based Analyses of the Possible Reasons 
20. Technology for Sustainable Development 
21. Life Cycle Analysis of Various Wood Bioelectricity Systems in the Western Cape, South Africa
22. Biomass Drying By use of the Experimental Dryer with Solar Collector 
23. Biogas from Corn Silage 
24. Ensiling Whole Crop wheat with Biological Inoculant Containing Lactic Acid Bacterias and Enzymes 
25. Harvesting Silage Maize for Needs of Dairy Cows and/or Needs of Biogas Facilities 
26. The Influence of Additives and Storage Time on the Aerobic Stability of Sorghum Silages 
27. Potential of Organic Ginger (Zingiber officinale): its Area, Production, Productivity, Value Addition and Processing in North Eastern Hill Region of India.
28. Technological Experiments to Reduce Fusarium Toxin Contamination in Wheat.
29. Static Method to Determine the Wheat Kernel Hardness.
30. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing- Tools in Monitoring Renewable Green Resources 

1. Policy Issues on Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in Georgia 
2. International Land Acquisition: Land Grab or Development Opportunity?
3. Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Rural Settings a Case Study