This compilation examines agricultural research from across the globe and covers a broad spectrum of related topics. In this book, the authors discuss research including cotton growth, seed yield, seed viability, and seedling vigour as affected by plant nutrition and plant growth retardants; salmonella sp. in the pork production chain; health effects of kiwi fruit; developing biomarkers to improve, detect and monitor high pork quality; methods to study the seed production of semi-natural grasslands; and the use of live food for larval peneids.