Chapter 1. Crop protection for agricultural intensification systems in sub-Saharan Africa
Alain Ratnadass
Chapter 2. Coffee diversity and conservation in Ethiopia
Kifle Zerga and Birhanu Tsegaye
Chapter 3. Phytochemistry, toxicity and pharmacology of Pistacia lentiscus, Artemisia herba-alba and Citrullus colocynthis
Mohamed Amine Gacem, Aminata Ould El Hadj-Khelil, Badreddine Boudjemaa and Hiba Gacem
Chapter 4. Role of osmolytes in the mechanisms of antioxidant defense of plants
Shah Fahad, Muhammad Akbar Anjum, Aamir Nawaz, Safina Naz, Sajjad Hussain and Shakeel Ahmad
Chapter 5. Basmati rice production and research in Pakistan
Muhammad Akhter and Zulqarnain Haider
Chapter 6. Site-specific fertilizer nitrogen management in cereals in South Asia
Bijay-Singh, Varinderpal-Signh and Ali M. Ali
Chapter 7. Materials and methods for biodiesel production
Soham Chattopadhyay and Ramkrishna Sen
Dr. Eric Lichtfouse is a biogeochemist at Aix Marseille University who has invented carbon-13 dating, a molecular-level method allowing to study the dynamics of organic compounds in temporal pools of complex environmental media. He is Chief Editor of the journal Environmental Chemistry Letters, and the book series Sustainable Agriculture Reviews and Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World. He is the author of the book Scientific Writing for Impact Factor Journals, which includes an innovative writing tool: the Micro-Article.
This book reviews recent research advances in sustainable agriculture, with focus on crop production, biodiversity and biofuels in Africa and Asia.