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Samuel LW, Meinke LJ (2017) Evaluation of SmartStax and SmartStaxPRO maize against
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De Andrade EC, Hunter WB (2016) RNA interference – natural gene-based technology for highly
specific pest control (HiSPeC). RNA Interference. https://doi.org/10.5772/61612
Doran JW, Safley M (1997) Defining and assessing soil health and sustainable productivity. In:
Pankhurst C, Doube BM, Gupta VVSR (eds) Biological indicators of soil health. CAB International, Wallingford, pp 1–28
Douglas AE (2018) Strategies for enhanced crop resistance to insect pests. Annu Rev Plant Biol
69:637–660
Du H, Yu Y, Ma Y, Gao Q, Cao Y, Chen Z, Ma B, Qi M, Li Y, Zhao X et al (2017) Sequencing and
denovo assembly of a near complete indicarice genome. Nat Commun 8:15324
Ebana K, Yonemaru J, Fukuoka S, Iwata H, Kanamori K, Namiki N, Nagasaki H, Yano M (2012)
Genetic structure revealed by a whole-genome single nucleotide polymorphism survey of
5 diverse accessions of cultivated Asian rice (Oryza sativa L.). Breed Sci 60:390–397
Edwards CA (1975) Factors that affect the persistence of pesticides in plants and soils. Pure Appl
Chem 42:39–56
EPA U.S. (2000) Persistent bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) chemical program. http://www.epa.
gov/pbt/pubs/pestaction.htm#Introduction
EPA U.S. (2012) Types of pesticides. http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/about/types.htm
Fang P, Wu P (2001) QTL x N-level interaction for plant height in rice (Oriza sativa L.). Plant Soil
236:237–242
FAO (2017) World fertilize trends and outlook to 2020
Feng B, Chen K, Cui Y, Wu Z, Zheng T, Zhu Y, Ali J, Wang B, Xu J, Zhang W et al (2018) Genetic
dissection and simultaneous improvement of drought and low nitrogen tolerances by designed
QTL pyramiding in rice. Front Plant Sci 9:306
Fischer JR, Zapata F, Dubelman S, Mueller GM, Uffman JP, Jiang C, Jensen PD, Levine SL (2017)
Aquatic fate of a double-stranded RNA in a sediment–water system following an over-water
application. Environ Toxicol Chem 36(3):727–734
Geldermann H (1975) Investigations on inheritance of quantitative characters in animals by gene
markers. I. Methods. Theor Appl Genet 46:319–330
Glover-Amengor M, Tetteh FM (2008) Effect of pesticide application rate on yield of vegetables
and soil microbial communities. West Afr J App Ecol 12:1
Gu L, Knipple DC (2013) Recent advances in RNA interference research in insects: implications for
future insect pest management strategies. Crop Prot 45:36–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.
2012.10.004
Guan J, Garcia DY, Zhou et al (2019) The battle to sequence the bread wheat genome: a tale of the
three kingdoms. Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gpb.2019.09.
005
Han M, Wong J, Su T, Beatty PH, Good AG (2016) Identification of nitrogen use efficiency genes
in barley: searching for QTLs controlling complex physiological traits. Front Plant Sci 7:1–7
Harris RF, Bezdicek DF (1994) Descriptive aspects of soil quality health. In: Doran JW, Coleman
DC, Bezdicek DF, Stewart BA (eds) Defining soil quality for a sustainable environment, SSSA
special publication, vol 35. SSSA, Wisconsin, pp 23–36
Hayat R, Rabia K, Muhammad E, Iftikhar A, Akira Y, Safdar A (2013) Molecular characterization
of soil bacteria for improving crop yield in Pakistan. Pak J Bot 45(3):1045–1055
Head GP, Carroll MW, Evans SP, Rule DM, Willse AR, Clark TL, Storer NP, Flannagan RD,
Samuel LW, Meinke LJ (2017) Evaluation of SmartStax and SmartStaxPRO maize against
western corn rootworm and northern corn rootworm: efficacy and resistance management. Pest
Manag Sci 73:1883–1899
IRGSP (International Rice Genome Sequencing Project) (2005) The map-based sequence of the rice
genome. Nature 436:793–800
426
S. Abera