Includes bibliographical references and index.

Advances in utilization of renewable substrates for biosurfactant production -- Soil degradarion and prevention in greenhouse production -- Close-contamination aquaculture in Atlantic Canada -- Controlled root targeted delivery of fertilizer using an lonically crosslinked carboxymethyl cellulose hydrogel matrix -- Evaluation of evidence that the organophosphorus insecticide chlorpyrifos is a potential persistent organic pollutant (POP) or persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic -- Benchmarking biofuels. A comparison of technical, economic and environmental indicators -- Different pioneer plant species select specific rhizosphere bacterial communities in a high mountain environment -- Networking and innovation within the ornamental plant sector.