Sustainable agriculture
By: Eric Lichtfouse ... [et al.] (eds.).
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Dordrecht; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 919
ISBN-13: 9789048126651; 9789048126668
Subjects: Nachhaltigkeit; Sustainable agriculture; Produktionssystem; Landwirtschaft; Agricultural systems; Landbau; Agricultural ecology; Nachhaltige Entwicklung
Description: Sustainable agriculture is an alternative for solving fundamental and applied issues related to food production. It integrates biological, chemical, physical, ecological, economic and social sciences in a comprehensive way to develop new farming practices that are safe and do not degrade our environment.--[book cover]
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 892-894) and index.
Table of contents: title: I. Climate change. Soils and sustainable agriculture: a review; Soils and food sufficiency: a review / Rattan Lal; title: Denitrification at sub-zero temperatures in arable soils: a review / Rebecca L. Phillips; title: Re-thinking the conservation of carbon, water and soil: a different perspective / Thomas Francis Shaxson; title: Cropping systems, carbon sequestration and erosion in Brazil: a review / Martial Bernoux,...[et al.]; title: Influence of land use on carbon sequestration and erosion in Mexico: a review / J.D. Etchevers,...[et al.]; title: Rhizodeposition of organic C by plant: mechanisms and controls / Christophe Nguyen; title: Environmental costs and benefits of transportation biofuel production from food- and lignocellulose-based energy crops: a review / Enrico Ceotto; title: Plant drought stress: effects, mechanisms and management / M. Farooq,...[et al.]; title: II. Genetically modified organisms. Pharmaceutical crops in California, benefits and risks: a review / Michelle Marvier; title: Coexistence of genetically modified and non-GM crops in the European Union: a review / Yann Devos,...[et al.]; title: Agro-environmental effects due to altered cultivation practices with genetically modified herbicide-tolerant oilseed rape and implications for monitoring: a review / F. Graef; title: Bacillus thuringiensis: applications in agriculture and insect resistance management: a review / Vincent Sanchis and Denis Bourguet; title: Genetically modified glyphosate-tolerant soybean in the USA: adoption factors, impacts and prospects: a review / Sylvie Bonny; title: III. Biodiversity. Small eats big: ecology and diversity of Bdellovibrio and like organisms, and their dynamics in predator-prey interactions / Shemesh Yair,...[et al.]; title: Identification of traits implicated in the Rhizosphere competence of fluorescent pseudomonads: description of a strategy based on population and model strain studies / Xavier Latour,...[et al.]; title: Progress in mechanisms of mutual effects between plants and the environment / Hong-Bo Shao, Li-Ye Chu, and Biao Li; title: Biodiversity: function and assessment in agricultural areas: a review / Boris Clergue,...[et al.]; title: Mixing plant species in cropping systems: concepts, tools and models: a review / E. Malézieux,...[et al.]; title: Saffron, an alternative crop for sustainable agricultural systems, a review / F. Gresta,...[et al.]; title: Digital imaging information technology applied to seed germination testing: a review / Antonio Dell' Aquila; title: IV. Alternative control. Managing weeds with a dualistic approach of prevention and control: a review / Randy L. Anderson; title: Mechanical destruction of weeds: a review / D. Chicouene; title: Sustainable pest management for cotton production: a review / Jean-Philippe Deguine, Pierre Ferron, and Derek Russell; title: Role of nutrients in controlling plant diseases in sustainable agriculture: a review / Christos Dordas; title: Crop protection, biological control, habitat management and integrated farming / Pierre Ferron and Jean-Philippe Deguine; title: Using grassed strips to limit pesticide transfer to surface water: a review / Jean-Guillaume Lacas,...[et al.]; title: V. Alternative fertilisation. Recycling biosolids and lake-dredged materials to pasture-based animal agriculture: alternative nutrient sources for forage productivity and sustainability: a review / Gilbert C. Sigua; title: Symbiotic nitrogen fixation in legume nodules: process and signaling: a review / Neera Garg and Geetanjali; title: Factors responsible for nitrate accumulation: a review / Anjana,Shahid Umar, and Muhammad Iqbal; title: Role of phosphate solubilizing microorganisms in sustainable agriculture, a review / Mohammad Saghir Khan, Almas Zaidi, and Parvaze A. Wani; title: Iron and zinc biofortification strategies in dicot plants by intercropping with gramineous species; a review / Y. Zuo and F. Zhang; title: Soil exploration and resource acquisition by plant roots: an architectural and modeling point of view / Claude Doussan Loïc Pagès, and Alain Pierret; title: Methods for studying root colonization by introduced beneficial bacteria / Elisa Gamalero,...[et al.]; title: VI. New farming systems. Sustainable urban agriculture in developing countries; a review / Hubert de Bon, Laurent Parrot, and Paule Moustier; title: Nitrogen, sustainable agriculture and food security: a review / J.H.J. Spiertz; title: Conversion to organic farming: a multidimensional research object at the crossroads of agricultural and social sciences: a review / Stéphane Bellon and Claire Lamine; title: Triggering transitions towards sustainable development of the Dutch agricultural sector: transforum's approach / A. Veldkamp,...[et al.]; title: Spatialising crop models / Robert Faivre,...[et al.]; title: Iterative design and evaluation of rule-based cropping systems: methodology and case studies, a review / Philippe Debaeke,...[et al.]; title: Agri-environmental indicators t assess cropping and farming systems: a review / Christian Bockstaller,...[et al.]; title: Methodological progress in on-farm regional agronomic diagnosis: a review / Thierry Doré,...[et al.]; title: Ex ante assessment of the sustainability of alternative cropping systems: implications for using multi-criteria decisions-aid methods, a review / Walid Sadok,...[et al.]; title: Comparison of methods to assess the sustainability of agricultural systems: a review / Christian Bockstaller,...[et al.]; title: Soil-erosion and runoff prevention by plant covers: a review / Víctor Hugo Durán Zuazo and Carmen Rocío Rodríguez Pleguezuelo; title: Integration of soil structure variations with time and space into models for crop management: a review / J. Roger-Estrade,...[et al.]; title: Management of grazing systems: from decision and biophysical models to principles for action / Michel Duru and Bernard Hubert; title: VII. Pollutants in agrosystems. Cadmium in soils and cereal grains after sewage-sludge application on French soils: a review / Denis Baize; title: Mobility, turnover and storage of pollutants in soils, sediments and waters: achievements and results of the EU project AquaTerra, a review / J.A.C. Barth,...[et al.] / Effect of metal toxicity on plant growth and metabolism: I. Zinc / Gyana Ranjan Rout and Premananda Das; title: Phytoremediation of organic pollutants using mycorrhizal plants: a new aspect of rhizosphere interactions / Erik Jautris Joner and Corinne Leyval.