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Anticancer properties of Apiaceae
(Sharjah : Bentham Science Publishers, 2018)
The aim of this book chapter was to highlight the great importance of plants from Apiaceae family as functional food products, focusing on its anticancer properties. The plants that will be discussed for their anticancer ...
Sunflower Genetic Resources: Interspecific Hybridization and Cytogenetics in Prebreeding
(Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2014)
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) belongs to the Helianthus genus which is composed of 51 species (14 annual and 37 perennial). Lowered genetic variability and sensitivity towards large number of pathogens on cultivated ...
Use and agroecology efficiency of medicinal plants in plant production
(Nova Science Publishers, 2021)
The first part of the paper presents some of the most used medicinal plant species used for this purpose: stinging nettle (Urtica dioica L.), comfrey (Symphytum officinale Wallwort), dandelion (Taraxacum officinalis Weber), ...
Ideotypes of forage pea (pisum sativum) cultivars
(Springer Netherlands, 2014)
Pea (Pisum sativum L.) is one of the most important grain legume crops in temperate regions worldwide. In many countries of Europe, West Asia and North Africa, it is also used in feeding ruminants in the form of fresh ...
CAPS markers in breeding of oil crops
(Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2014)
Oil crops include highly diverse and world-wide distributed group of species that are grown for oil production. Apart from the use in human nutrition and animal feed, oil crops have a broad commercial application in the ...
Certain aspects of breeding forage brassicas
(Springer Netherlands, 2014)
Numerous species belonging to the family Brassicaceae Burnett, popularly known as brassicas, are multi-purpose crops used not only for various industrial purposes and human consumption, but also in animal feeding. Among ...
Sunflower and Abiotic Stress: Genetics and Breeding for Resistance in the—Omics Era Sunflower Abiotic Stress Breeding
(Springer, Cham, 2022)
Sunflower is considered more tolerant and adaptable to abiotic stresses than many other crops. It can be successfully grown in marginal soils and in semiarid conditions. Hence, sunflower crop stands a very good chance of ...
Intercropping Sugar Beet with Different Agricultural Crops
(Springer Singapore, 2022)
During the recent years, sugar beet production has been declining due to multiple reasons. Low price of the sugar on the world market, high-cost production of sugar beet, changes in the agricultural policy of EU, lower ...
Agroclimatology of oats, barley, and minor millets
(Wiley, 2018)
Among the minor coarse grains cultivated in the world, barley leads the area under cultivation, followed by oats and others. This chapter discusses growth stages, climatic requirements, and management practices of oat, ...
Potential of some neglected european annual legume crops for forage production
(Springer Netherlands, 2014)
There is a general trend of re-introducing currently neglected and underutilised crops into diverse farming systems and providing them with novel roles in contemporary agriculture, which is faced with numerous challenges. ...