Crop plants are affected by a series of inhibitory environmental and biotic factors that
decrease their growth and production. To counteract these adverse effects, plants work …

The development of plant-based meat is drawing considerable attention from scientific and
industrial communities. In this frame, textured vegetable proteins (TVP) are gaining a …

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have been available for commercial purchase since
the 1990s, allowing producers to increase crop yields through bioengineering that creates …

The preceding chapter sensitized the reader to how the patient's personologic diathesis
functions as a portentous epiphenomenological factor in the etiology, maintenance, and …

Powerful scientific techniques have caused dramatic expansion of genetically modified
crops leading to altered agricultural practices posing direct and indirect environmental …

Background Bread wheat is one of the most important crops in the world. Its domestication
coincides with the beginning of agriculture and since then, it has been constantly under …

The Ecophobia Hypothesis grows out of the sense that while the theory of biophilia has
productively addressed ideal human affinities with nature, the capacity of “the biophilia …

The environment and food safety are major areas of concern influencing the development of
biodegradable packaging for partial replacement of petrochemical‐based polymers. This …

Misinformation is a serious problem in scientific debates ranging from climate change to
vaccines to nuclear power. In this study we quantitatively assess the phenomenon of …

Modern agriculture provides the potential for sustainable feeding of the world's increasing
population. Up to the present moment, genetically modified (GM) products have enabled …