Biology and Biotechnology of Quinoa: Super Grain for Food Security (Hardcover, 2021)

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 Kaniwa (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.