Book Description:
This book presents the latest research from around the world in the field of agriculture. Agricultural fungicides, for example, are considered with particular reference to mode of action and selectivity. The aspects of biological control are also illustrated, especially the bioherbicide strategy along with the commercial prospects, potentials, considerations, formulations, advances, disadvantages and research priorities with regard to bioherbicide development and/or usage for eco-friendly weed management. The present stage of knowledge of the nutritional and safety assessment of feed/food from genetically modified plants (GMP) are summarized as well. Additionally, the use of transgenic plants as hosts for producing recombinant therapeutic proteins and technical enzymes has been established over the past decade. Thus the transitivity observed in transgenic plants is also examined. Other chapters in this book present an analysis of the specific functions that are involved in land application systems for organic fertilizers and a review of available and emerging technologies in light of this analysis. The uses of green flourescent protein (GFP) throughout the development of transgenic crops are also outlined, including its possible application in the selection of elite individuals, as well as its ecological studies aimed at GM crop safety.

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Table of Contents:
Preface

Chapter 1. Computers and Electronics in Innovative Olive Oil Mill Production Chain: Development of Integrated Hardware and Software Systems for Control, Simulation, Estimation and Enhancement of Olive Oil Quality;pp. 1-82
(Monica Carfagni,Rocco Furferi, Enrico Cini, Marzia Migliorin, Marco Daou, Chiara Cherubini Paolo Boncinelli, Dipartimento di Meccanica e Tecnologie Industriali, Università di Firenze)

Chapter 2. A Methodology for Resource Assignment and Scheduling in Uncertain Environment and its Applications to Farm Work Management;pp. 83-137
(Senlin Guan, Morikazu Nakamura, Takeshi Shikanai, Faculty of Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan)

Chapter 3. Recent Advances on Agricultural Software: A Review;pp. 139-169
(Daniela de C. Lopes, Federal University of São João del-Rei, Campus Alto Paraopeba, Mg 443,
km 07, Ouro Branco, Minas Gerais, Brazil, CEP 36420-000; Antonio J. Steidle Neto, Federal University of São João del-Rei, Campus Sete Lagoas, Mg 424, km
65, Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil, CEP 35701-970)

Chapter 4. Mechanized Land Application of Organic Fertilizers: A Review;pp. 171-209
(Hubert Landry, Claude Laguë, Joy M. Agnew, Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute, Saskatchewan, Canada and others)

Chapter 5. Pesticide Models for Simulating Environmental Transport of Soil Fumigants;pp. 211-225
(Dong Wang, USDA-ARS Water Management Research, Parlier, CA)

Chapter 6. The Fungicides: Chemistry, Use and Mode of Action;pp. 227-247
(Md. Wasim Aktar, Dwaipayan Sengupta, Pesticide Residue Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Chemicals, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India, and others)

Chapter 7. Green Fluorescent Protein - A Proven Tool for the Laboratory Assessment of Transformation Events and a Promising Instrument for the Monitoring of GM Crops;pp. 249-279
(Slavomír Rakouský , Marek Hraška, Faculty of Health and Social Studies, University of South Bohemia, Jírovcova, Èeské Budìjovice, Czech Republic, and others)

Chapter 8. Building True Forecasts into Crop Disease Management Systems;pp. 281-301
(Kathleen Baker, Phillip Wharton, Jeffrey Stein, Joel Paz, William Kirk, Western Michigan University, Department of Geography, and others)

Chapter 9. Optical Metrology in Agriculture;pp. 303-329
(Roberto Braga UFLA - Brazil, Graham Horgan and Chris Glasbey BIOSS – Scotland)

Chapter 10. Nutritional and Safety Assessment of Feeds from Genetically Modified Plants;pp. 331-360
(Gerhard Flachowsky and Sven Dänicke, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute (FLI) Federal Research Institute for Animal Health Bundesallee, Braunschweig, Germany)

Chapter 11. Optimizing the Content of Nutritionally Essential Trace Metals in Chinese Cabbage (Brassica Chinesis L.) with Soil Applications of Compost or Nitrogen;pp. 361-378
(Gerhard Gramss, Hans Bergmann, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Institute of Geological Sciences, Burgweg, Jena, Germany)

Chapter 12. Amplification of Small Interfering RNAs in Transgenic Plants;pp. 379-395
(Hiroaki Kodama, Hazuki Iwasa, Sayaka Hirai & Shin-ichiro Oka, Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan)

Chapter 13. Downstream Processing Strategies for the Purification of Recombinant Proteins from Transgenic Maize: Chromatographic Evaluation of the Affinity Ligand 4-Amino-Phenyl-Oxanilic Acid;pp. 397-416
(Dimitris Platis, Nikolaos E. Labrou, Laboratory of Enzyme Technology, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece)

Chapter 14. Banana Trade Worldwide: A Longer-Term Outlook;pp. 417-428
(Hong Xu, WenJun Zhang, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, China)

Chapter 15. How Mathematics are Helping the Olive Oil Industry;pp. 429-439
(José S. Torrecilla, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)

Chapter 16. Lignan Biosynthesis Enhancement in Transgenic Wheat;pp.441-450
(Allan K. Ayella, Weiqun Wang, Department of Biology, McPherson College, McPherson, Kansas and others)

Index