Sustainable Agriculture for Food, Bio-Energy and Livelihood Security

Contents: I. Crop Improvement: 1. The important of grain quality in food and nutritional security/Les Copeland. 2. Genomic strategies to modify grain carbohydrates to diversity utilization of cereal grains/Ravindra N. Chibbar, Monica Baga, Seedhabadee Ganeshan, Pierre Hucl, Jingzhao Li, Rajender Singh, Eric K. Asare, Brij Verma and Brian G. Rossnagel. 3. Kernel hardness and flour quality relations in bread wheat/A. Veha, E. Gyimes, B.P. Szabo, L. Tanacs and L. Bona. 4. Characterization of wheat genotypes for grain quality traits/Somvir, R.K. Behl, A.K. Chhabra, S. Madan and S.K. Sethi. 5. Agro-physiological basis of crop improvement for drought tolerance/D.P. Singh, A. Kumar, R.K. Behl and R.K. Pannu. 6. Breeding chickpea for improved adaptation to the semi-arid tropical environments/P.M. Gaur, R.K. Srivastava, C.L.L. Gowda, S. Pande, H.C. Sharma, K.K. Sharma, V. Vadez, J. Kashiwagi, L. Krishnamurthy, R. Varshney and D. Hoisington. 7. Breeding hybrids for enhancing productivity in Pigeonpea/K.K. Saxena. 8. Hybrid development in chickpea: challenges and possibilities/Preeti Verma. 9. Opportunities and challenges for maize production in India/Sain Dass and K.P. Singh. 10. New sources of male sterility developed using biotechnology and traditional breeding and their use for genetic improvement of F1 Hybrids of sorghum/L.A. Elkonin and V.V. Kozhemyakin. 11. Analysis of genetic variation and trait interrelationship in wheat/K.J. Singh, R.K. Rana and S.K. Sethi. 12. Assessment of crossability barriers in interspecific crosses of Vigna spp./N. Prem Kumar, P. Veerabadhiran and M. Pandiyan. 13. Investigation of genetic diversity and combining ability in irradiated maize/Pal Pepo, Zoltan Bodi, Andras Kovacs and Szilard Toth. 14. Assessment of genetic diversity in Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis (L.) Schneider) using arbitrary DNA (RAPD and ISSR) markers/Richa Sharma, Sunita Jain, S. Uppal, R.K. Jain and V.K. Chowdhury. 15. Genetic structure of a recombinant inbred line population derived from a cross between Taraori basmati (Aromatic indica) and new plant type II (Japonica)/Sushma Jha, Sunita Jain, V.K. Chowdhury and R.K. Jain. 16. ISSR fingerprints identify hybrids and their parents in cotton (Gossypium spp.)/Shama Bajaj, Virender K. Sikka, B.S. Chhabra and R.K. Jain. 17. Micropropagation in Ashwagandh (Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal) Genotype WS - 1/Priyanka Mehta, Parveen Batra, Sunita Khatak, Pushpa Kharb, Santosh Dhillon and V.K. Chowdhury. 18. Ideotype in cotton (G. hirsutum L.) under rainfd conditions/B.S. Janagoudar. 19. Genetic variability and correlation studies among Rm-Ts Gene complex recombinant lines for yield and its attributes in wheat/Surinder Bisht, A.S. Redhu and R.K. Behl. 20. A prologue about Karnal Bunt disease of wheat/Minakshi Jattan, Veena Chawla, Uma Ahuja, M.S. Beniwal, Meenakshi Bhardwaj and R.K. Behl. 21. Role of different genotypes, age and growth regulators on Callus induction and plant regeneration from immature embryos of wheat/S. Ahmed, R.K. Behl and S.K. Sethi. 22. Characterization of isolates of macrophomina phaseolina, causal agent of charcoal rot of cluster bean, on the basis of PCR amplified rDNA spacer polymorphisms/Purkayastha Sharmishtha, Arora Pooja, Kaur Bhavneet, Dilbaghi Neeraj and Chaudhury Ashok. 23. Study and use of wheat genetic resources in Czech collection/Ladislav Dotlacil, Zdenek Stehno and Iva Faberova. II. Energy and environment: 24. Integrated environmental assessments for decision making in agriculture and forestry/Arthur Riedacker. 25. Global scenarios for biofuels: impacts and implications/Siwa Msangi, Timothy Sulser, Mark Rosegrant and Rowena Valmonte-Santos. 26. Multihemp -- a new strategy for combined production of biomass for food, energy and industry in northern climates/Rolf Olsson, Michael Finell and Shaojun Xiong. 27. Jatropha -- a bio-diesel and multipurpose plant for salt affected and marginal lands/S.K. Sharma and Gurbachan Singh. 28. In vivo detection of stress induced state changes in photosynthetic systems/Reto J. Strasser and Merope Tsimilli - Michael. 29. The effect of acid mine drainage on soil microbiology/Christian Dimkpa, Felicia Gherghel, Gotz Haferburg, Martin Reinicke, Frank Schindler, Ines Schlunk, Andre Schmidt, Astrid Schmidt, Eileen Schutze, Lars Zeggel, Dirk Merten, Georg Buchel and Erika Kothe. 30. Simulation of plant development in dependence on climate change/Konrad Miegel and Birgit Zachow. 31. Soil contamination of agricultural and horticultural sites in Peri-urban areas/H. Meuser and R. Anlauf. 32. How can we reduce nitrate input? - Groundwater protection strategies in Germany/R. Anlauf and H. Meuser. 33. Phyto-toxicity assay and phyto-remediation of oil-sludge-contaminated soil with Sorghum biocolor (L.) Moench/Anna Muratova and Olga Turkovskaya. 34. Farm power and energy in agriculture/Gyanendra Singh. III. Natural resource management: 35. Possibility of rhizosphere regulation by root exudates/Atsuya Sato, Teruki Nishida, Takuro Shinano, Toshihiro Watanabe and Mitsuru Osaki. 36. Ecto-Mycorrhizal and Hydrogel influence on lead water potential, chlorophyll content and growth in populus canescens seedlings subjected to drought/R.S. Beniwal, Andrea Polle and M.S. Hooda. 37. Molecular diversity of mesorhizobia: particularly rhizobia infecting chickpea/S.S. Dudeja, Rachna Nandwani and Neeru Narula. 38. Alleviation of adverse salt effects on nodule functioning in chickpea/Basavraj Girennavar, Sunita Sheokand and K. Swaraj. 39. Growth and nutrients accumulation of maize plants as affected by the inoculation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi/M. Sharif, B. Jan and A. Wais. 40. Response of ryegrass to phosphate in the reclamation of coal mine soil/M.S. Sarir, I.D. Pulford, T.H. Flowers and A. Wais. 41. Reclamation of sodic soils through vermitechnology/Abdullah Adil Ansari. 42. Disposal of waste water sludge/Hartmut Eckstadt. 43. Brackish water for crop production/S.S. Dahiya, A.K. Kapoor and S.K. Sharma. 44. Management options for improving water productivity in agriculture/V.S. Tomar and G.S. Rajput. 45. Land use planning for management of agricultural resources -- a case study (Jaitpura micro-watershed, Indore, M.P., India)/R.A. Sharma and V.S. Tomar. 46. Production and environmental sustainability-through integrated approach of nutrient supply/V.N. Tiwari. 47. Soil management options for sustainable crop production in vertisols under rice-wheat cropping system/S.S. Tomar and S.K. Sharma. 48. Organic farming systems for long term environmental quality sustenance/A. Subba Rao and P. Ramesh. 49. Technology for commercial production of Trichogramma/Pradyumn Kumar. 50. y-Lactone derivatives from a beneficial rhizobacterium, pseudomonas Jessenii EC-S101, Regulate Rhizo-biocomplex/Eduardo Hatano, Abhinandan Deora, Satoshi Tahara and Yasuyuki Hashidoko. 51. Effect of nitrogen and bio-fertilizer (azotobacter strains) on the flower yield and quality of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) cv. Red Corso/Arun Kumar, G.S. Rana and D.S. Dahiya. 52. Cover crop role in soil quality management/Bharat P. Singh, Surinder K. Gulia and Hari P. Singh. 53. Effect of straw application on energy balances in the long-term field experiment/J. Kubat, J. Lipavsky, D. Kokoskova, M. Vocetkova and S. Jarosova. 54. Productivity and physical properties of soil in an irrigated Peral Millet (Pennisetum Glaucum) -- wheat system through integrated nutrient supply in semi arid environment/Pawan Kumar, R.K. Nanwal, S.K. Yadav and V.S. Rana. 55. Multiple uses of crops/A. Jagadeesh. 56. Sequestration of carbon in semi-arid tropics by restoring degraded lands: an appraisal/V.S. Tomar, S.D. Upadhayaya, M.K. Bhargava and A.K. Khare. 57. Optimization of process parameter of two stage enzymatic process for apple juice extraction/Akash Pare, A. Singh, B.K. Kumbhar, M. Kulshetra and M. Sehgal. IV. Socio-economic aspects: 58. Poverty reduction through sustainable development of agriculture in Bangladesh/Arifur Rahman Siddiqui. 59. Correlates of socio-cultural and personal variables of farm graduates\' and their attitude, preference pattern and job priorities/S.K. Mehta, Sube Singh, Ashok K. Godara and D.K. Shivrain. 60. Gender livelihood pattern and biomass management practices among farming systems of Haryana/Indu Grover, Nishi Sethi and Rukmani. 61. Farmers\' expectations of farmers\' organizations in Minas Gerais, Brazil: extension rhetoric or practice?/Patricia Goldey and Ana Alice Vilas Boas. 62. Roots of child labour in Udaipur District and its consequences/B.S. Bhimawat, Urvashi Nandal and Manoj Kumar. 

"The UN Millennium Goals towards sustainable development includes food, bioenergy and livelihood as integral components and the most vital concern of our planet earth. Issues like production and supply of food for caloric and nutritional security for ever increasing population, biomass production for biofuels to meet energy needs of industry and households and generation of employment opportunities, both on farm and off farm for livelihood security have been focusing attention of policy planners and researchers globally. Also land use for agriculture without jeopardizing natural resource base poses a formidable challenge to the agricultural scientists to devise appropriate agriculture production technology to ensure sustainability of production systems and to harness favourable linkages among productivity-profitability and sustainability. Undoubtedly the production advantages of improved agri-technology generated during last five decades have been realized mainly in assured input favourable environments. However this has led to second generation problems like dwindling natural resource base, declining factor productivity, salinization and other soil health factors due to excessive use of agrochemicals and irrigation. Moreover much remains to be done to enhance crop production in stress prone fragile environments, both abiotic and biotic. These problems are further aggravated by global climate change due to global warming whereby cooler regions may become hotter and wetter regions may become drier and vice versa. This intermittent change in agri-ecology would necessitate infusing resilience in crops using genetic options and better agronomic management for damage control.

Considering the above stated important facts, the Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (JNKVV) and Society for Sustainable Agriculture and Resource Management (SSARM) jointly organized an International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture for food, bio-energy and livelihood security. Research findings presented during the conference are presented in the form of a book. The prime objective of this publication, is to highlight the problems related to sustainability issues in agriculture and perspective approaches including genetic, management and technological options to mitigate these problems."