Alternative Farming Systems, Biotechnology, Drought Stress and Ecological Fertilisation (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Netherland
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789400701861
• Artikelnr.: 37413941

Inhaltsangabe

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1. Thinking by Connections and the Dynamics of Nature for Food Production; Dr. Clara Ceppa. -2. Transgenic Bt Corn Hybrids and Pest Management in the USA; Dr. Siddharth Tiwari.- 3. Marker-Assisted Breeding in Higher Plants; Dr. Mehboob Rahman.- 4. Phytoremediation Techniques for Pesticide Contaminations; Dr. Sophie Pascal-Lorber.- 5. Sustainable Land Use and Agricultural Soil; Dr. Victor Hugo Duran.- 6. Drought Stress Effect on Crop Pollination, Seed Set, Yield and Quality; Dr. Ahmad Alqudah.- 7. Ecological Fertilization; Dr. György Füleky.- 8. Tropical Homegardens in Bangladesh, Characteristics and Sustainability; Dr. Mahbubul Alam.- 9. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Rhizobium to Control Plant Fungal Diseases; Dr. Mohdsayeed Akhtar.- 10. Sustainable Crop production using Saline and Sodic Irrigation Waters; Dr. Om Parkash Choudhary.- 11. Climate Change Impact on Forestry in India; Dr. Geetanjali Kaushik.

Rezensionen

From the reviews:
"This series of books collates review articles to provide scientists, policy makers and producers with a sound knowledge-base of current agricultural issues and to introduce novel, environmentally friendly solutions that pave the way for developing sustainable agricultural systems. ... We found of most interest the review of sustainable land use and agricultural soils that considers the temporal and spatial scale. It postulates the importance of indicators of soil quality ... ." (Susanne Padel and Jo Smith, Experimental Agriculture, Vol. 47 (4), 2011)