1Research Institute of Horticulture, Skierniewice, Poland; 2Graduate School of Science, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka, Japan; 3Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka, Japan; 4Laboratory of Horticultural Science, Department of Plant Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; 5Polish Academy of Sciences, Botanical Gar...

Centre for Plant Health/BioMarka, School of Agriculture and Food Systems, Faculty of Land and Food Resources, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3010 School of Forestry and Ecosystem Science, Faculty of Land and Food Resources, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3010 Current Address: Department of Primary Industries-Bundoora, Victoria, Australia...

in recent years, agriculture has become the prime polluter of natural resources. it is therefore essential to make assessments based on reliable indicators to ensure that an agricultural system remains not only productive, but also ecologically sound. a large area of arable land in guilan province is devoted to rice cultivation so the transition to environmentally sound agricultural practice in...

1 Faculty of Science, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P. O. Box 3038, Mazimbu campus, Morogoro, Tanzania. 2 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P. O. Box 3015, Chuo Kikuu, Morogoro, Tanzania. 3 Institute of Traditional Medicine, Department of Natural Product Development and Formulation, Muhimbili University of Health and Applied Sciences, P.O. Box 65001 Dar Es ...

Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Tsushima, Okayama 700–8530, Japan Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O. Box 62000, Nairobi 00200, Kenya Department of Food Systems, Faculty of Food Culture, Kurashiki Sakuyo University, Nagao Tamashima, Kurashiki 710–0292, Japan College...