Biology and Biotechnology of Quinoa Super Grain for Food Security
This book is designed to popularize Quinoa cereal among both scientific and food industry. Quinoa is an attractive candidate for protein replacement, has potential for futuristic biotechnological modifications, and is able to grow under many different abiotic stresses. To save the world from animal...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore
Springer Nature Singapore
2021, 2021
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2021 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Quinoa’s Spreading at Global Level: State of the Art, Trends and Challenges
- 2 Taxonomy, Morphology and Life Cycle of Quinoa
- 3 The Nutritional Applications of Quinoa Seeds
- 4 Quinoa Genetics
- 5 Advances of Biotechnology in Quinoa Production – A Global Perspective
- 6 Agronomic Manipulations for Cultivation of Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.)
- 7 Symbiosis Native Microorganisms of the Quinoa in the Bolivian Altiplano
- 8 Root Analysis of Quinoa Plant
- 9 Influence of Biotic and Abiotic Stresses on Quinoa Cultivation: Insights into Microbe Assisted Stress Tolerance
- 10 Physiology of Quinoa in Saline Conditions
- 11 Mechanisms of Salinity Tolerance in Quinoa
- 12 Bioactive Compounds in Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) and Kañiwa (Chenopodium pallidicaule)
- 13 Protocol for Seed Surface Sterilization and In-vitro Cultivation
- 14 Quinoa Starch Granules as Emulsion Stabilizers.-15 Quinoa Fermentation and Dry Roasting to Improve Nutritional Quality and Sensory Properties
- 16 Climate Change: Challenge of Introducing Quinoa in Southeast European Agriculture
- 17 Recent Advances in the Application of Biotechnology for Improving the Production of Secondary Metabolites from Quinoa
- 18 Quinoa, a Model-crop for Tomorrow’s Agriculture
- 19 Quinoa - The Next Biotech Plant: Food Security, Environmental and Health Hot Spots
- 20 Quinoa: From Farm to Traditional Healing, Food Application, and Phytopharmacology.