Fungal strategies for dealing with environment- and agriculture-induced stresses

Dealing with Multiple Objectives in Agriculture

This chapter reviews the multicriteria analysis applied to the selection problems in agricultural systems. It also discusses life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) from the decision analytic framework. Special attention is paid to the attributes (evaluation criteria) used for evaluating agricultural systems by considering their impacts on the environment. Problem structuring in decision analysis, ...

Breeding for abiotic stresses for sustainable agriculture.

Using cereal crops as examples, we review the breeding for tolerance to the abiotic stresses of low nitrogen, drought, salinity and aluminium toxicity. All are already important abiotic stress factors that cause large and widespread yield reductions. Drought will increase in importance with climate change, the area of irrigated land that is salinized continues to increase, and the cost of inorg...

Viable strategies for dealing with the uninsured.

Strategies for Dealing with Eating Disorders Among Athletes and Players

Agriculture and the Environment