Cutting-edge Research in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 2

Authors

Dr. Rusu Teodor, (Editor)

Professor, Department of Technical and Soil Sciences, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Manastur Street, 400372, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Short Biosketch

Fabian Capitanio

Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences and Agricultural Economics, University of Naples Federico II, Italy.

Antonio De Pin

Department of Economics and Agricultural Economics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy.

Seung Kyu Lee

University of Science, VNU-HCM, 227 Nguyen Van Cu Str, 5 Dist., Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Truong An Dang

University of Science, VNU-HCM, 227 Nguyen Van Cu Str, 5 Dist., Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

S. S. Punia

College of Agriculture, Bharatpur, India.

Baldev Ram

Agricultural Research Station, Post Box # 07, G.P.O. Nayapura, Kota-324001(Raj), India.

Preeti Verma

Agricultural Research Station, Post Box # 07, G.P.O. Nayapura, Kota-324001(Raj), India.

Khajan Singh

Agricultural Research Station, Post Box # 07, G.P.O. Nayapura, Kota-324001(Raj), India.

A. K. Parihar

Indian Institute of Pulse Research, Kanpur, India.

A. K. Yadav

College of Agriculture, Bharatpur, India.

B. B. Bandyopadhyay

G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar-263 145, US Nagar, Uttarakhand, India.

Orji, Obianuju Adaobi

Department of Crop and Soil Science, Rivers State University, P. M. B. 5080, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Nisha Sharma

Microbiology Research Laboratory, Department of Basic Science, Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, HP–173230, India.

Nivedita Sharma

Microbiology Research Laboratory, Department of Basic Science, Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, HP–173230, India.

Ana F. Vinha

REQUIMTE/LAQV, Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal and FP-ENAS (UFP Energy, Environment and Health Research Unit), CEBIMED (Biomedical Research Center), University Fernando Pessoa, Praça 9 de Abril, 349, 4249-004 Porto, Portugal.

Carla Sousa

FP-ENAS (UFP Energy, Environment and Health Research Unit), CEBIMED (Biomedical Research Center), University Fernando Pessoa, Praça 9 de Abril, 349, 4249-004 Porto, Portugal.

Ana Castro

FP-ENAS (UFP Energy, Environment and Health Research Unit), CEBIMED (Biomedical Research Center), University Fernando Pessoa, Praça 9 de Abril, 349, 4249-004 Porto, Portugal.

Marta O. Soares

Drug Discovery, Delivery and Toxicology, IINFACTS/CESPU Paredes, Portugal.

Anabela S. G. Costa

REQUIMTE/LAQV, Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.

M. Beatriz P. P. Oliveira

REQUIMTE/LAQV, Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.

M. N. Okeke

Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Anambra State, Nigeria.

E. N. Mbah

Department of Agricultural Extension and Communication, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria.

Rodrigo Fernando dos Santos Salazar

Center of Health and Agricultural Sciences (CCSA), Universidade de Cruz Alta (Unicruz), Rod. Jacob Della Méa, km 5.6 - Parada Benito Cruz Alta (RS), ZIP 98005-972, Brazil.

Marco Aurélio Kondracki de Alcântara

Department of Basic and Environmental Sciences, Escola de Engenharia de Lorena (EEL), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Estrada Municipal do Campinho s/nº, Campus I, ZIP 12602-810, Lorena (SP), Brazil.

Ludmila Noskoski Salazar

Veterinary Medicine Department, Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine (FAMEV), University of Passo Fundo (UPF), Passo Fundo (RS), Brazil.

João Fernando Zamberlan

Stricto Sensu Graduate Program, Department of Rural Development, Universidade de Cruz Alta (Unicruz), Rod. Jacob Della Méa, km 5.6 - Parada Benito Cruz Alta (RS), ZIP 98005-972, Brazil.

Rafael Pivotto Bortolotto

Stricto Sensu Graduate Program, Department of Rural Development, Universidade de Cruz Alta (Unicruz), Rod. Jacob Della Méa, km 5.6 - Parada Benito Cruz Alta (RS), ZIP 98005-972, Brazil.

Hélcio José Izário Filho

Department of Chemistry Engineering, Escola de Engenharia de Lorena (EEL), Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Estrada Municipal do Campinho s/nº, Campus I, ZIP 12602-810, Lorena (SP), Brazil.

M. Jayasree

Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala- 673635, India.

V. V. Radhakrishnan

Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala- 673635, India.

K. V. Mohanan

Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala- 673635, India.

Dauletbakov Bakytkan

Almaty Technological University, Kazakhstan.

Dauletbakov Galym

Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Japan.

Marboua Bekoye Beninga

Centre National de Recherche Agronomique, Km 17, Rte de Dabou 01 BP 1740 Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire.

Synopsis

This book covers all areas of agricultural sciences. The contributions by the authors include risk management; agricultural insurance policy; subsidies; grape insurance; insurance indicators; crop; water scarcity; effective rainfall; irrigation; climate change; quantitative traits; genotypic correlation; phenotypic correlation; wheat cultivars; cold stress; floret sterility; grain yield; castor bean; mulching; nitrogen sources; soil properties; biomass; cellulose; cellulose; tomato cultivars; chemical composition; microbiological profile; antioxidant activity; storage conditions; agricultural production; women; prospects; challenges; sustainability; trace elements; atomic absorption spectrometry; calcinations; wet digestion; environmental pollution; mango ginger; Curcuma amada; zingiberaceae; Kerala; variability; wheat flour; new wheat varieties; pasta properties; pasta products; quality; grain; chemical analysis; mineral content; pearl millet; food etc. This book contains various materials suitable for students, researchers and academicians in the field of agricultural sciences.

Chapters

Chapter 1
Global Perspective: Measures of Efficiency of Agricultural Insurance in Italy, Economic Evaluations

Fabian Capitanio, Antonio De Pin
Chapter 2
Predicting the Water Use Demand as a Climate Change Adaptation Solution for Rice Planting Crops in the Context of Climate Change

Seung Kyu Lee, Truong An Dang
Chapter 3
Recent Overview of Genetic Variability and Correlation Studies in Urdbean (Vigna mungo L.)

S. S. Punia, Baldev Ram, Preeti Verma, Khajan Singh, A. K. Parihar, A. K. Yadav
Chapter 4
Describing the Genotypic Variation in Yield in Wheat to Cold Sensitive Response at High Altitude

B. B. Bandyopadhyay
Chapter 5
Castorbean Plant (Ricinus communis) Performance and Soil Physico-chemical Properties as Affected by Mulching and Nitrogenous Soil Ammendments in Southern Nigeria

Orji, Obianuju Adaobi
Chapter 6
Industrially Important Microbial Cellulases and Their Commercial Applications

Nisha Sharma, Nivedita Sharma
Chapter 7
Variation in Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Fresh Tomato Fruit: Combined Effect of Cultivar and Storage

Ana F. Vinha, Carla Sousa, Ana Castro, Marta O. Soares, Anabela S. G. Costa, M. Beatriz P. P. Oliveira
Chapter 8
Women in Agricultural Production in Nigeria: Prospects and Key Challenges

M. N. Okeke, E. N. Mbah
Chapter 9
Calcination and Wet Digestion as Sample Preparation Methods for Nickel Determination in Agronomic Stuffs: Technical Note

Rodrigo Fernando dos Santos Salazar, Marco Aurélio Kondracki de Alcântara, Ludmila Noskoski Salazar, João Fernando Zamberlan, Rafael Pivotto Bortolotto, Hélcio José Izário Filho
Chapter 10
A Scientific Study on Genetic Variability of Mango Ginger (Curcuma amada Roxb.) in Kerala State of India

M. Jayasree, V. V. Radhakrishnan, K. V. Mohanan
Chapter 11
Assessment of Modeling the Quality of New Wheat Varieties in Kazakhstan

Dauletbakov Bakytkan, Dauletbakov Galym
Chapter 12
Mineral and Chemical Pearl Millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.). R. Br.] of Cote d’Ivoire Grains’ Characterization

Marboua Bekoye Beninga