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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]

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Springer Verlag
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English
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919

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Table of Contents

I. Climate change. Soils and sustainable agriculture: a review; Soils and food sufficiency: a review / Rattan Lal
Denitrification at sub-zero temperatures in arable soils: a review / Rebecca L. Phillips
Re-thinking the conservation of carbon, water and soil: a different perspective / Thomas Francis Shaxson
Cropping systems, carbon sequestration and erosion in Brazil: a review / Martial Bernoux,...[et al.]
Influence of land use on carbon sequestration and erosion in Mexico: a review / J.D. Etchevers,...[et al.]
Rhizodeposition of organic C by plant: mechanisms and controls / Christophe Nguyen
Environmental costs and benefits of transportation biofuel production from food- and lignocellulose-based energy crops: a review / Enrico Ceotto
Plant drought stress: effects, mechanisms and management / M. Farooq,...[et al.]
II. Genetically modified organisms. Pharmaceutical crops in California, benefits and risks: a review / Michelle Marvier
Coexistence of genetically modified and non-GM crops in the European Union: a review / Yann Devos,...[et al.]
Agro-environmental effects due to altered cultivation practices with genetically modified herbicide-tolerant oilseed rape and implications for monitoring: a review / F. Graef
Bacillus thuringiensis: applications in agriculture and insect resistance management: a review / Vincent Sanchis and Denis Bourguet
Genetically modified glyphosate-tolerant soybean in the USA: adoption factors, impacts and prospects: a review / Sylvie Bonny
III. Biodiversity. Small eats big: ecology and diversity of Bdellovibrio and like organisms, and their dynamics in predator-prey interactions / Shemesh Yair,...[et al.]
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.]
Progress in mechanisms of mutual effects between plants and the environment / Hong-Bo Shao, Li-Ye Chu, and Biao Li
Biodiversity: function and assessment in agricultural areas: a review / Boris Clergue,...[et al.]
Mixing plant species in cropping systems: concepts, tools and models: a review / E. Malézieux,...[et al.]
Saffron, an alternative crop for sustainable agricultural systems, a review / F. Gresta,...[et al.]
Digital imaging information technology applied to seed germination testing: a review / Antonio Dell' Aquila
IV. Alternative control. Managing weeds with a dualistic approach of prevention and control: a review / Randy L. Anderson
Mechanical destruction of weeds: a review / D. Chicouene
Sustainable pest management for cotton production: a review / Jean-Philippe Deguine, Pierre Ferron, and Derek Russell
Role of nutrients in controlling plant diseases in sustainable agriculture: a review / Christos Dordas
Crop protection, biological control, habitat management and integrated farming / Pierre Ferron and Jean-Philippe Deguine
Using grassed strips to limit pesticide transfer to surface water: a review / Jean-Guillaume Lacas,...[et al.]
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
Symbiotic nitrogen fixation in legume nodules: process and signaling: a review / Neera Garg and Geetanjali
Factors responsible for nitrate accumulation: a review / Anjana,Shahid Umar, and Muhammad Iqbal
Role of phosphate solubilizing microorganisms in sustainable agriculture, a review / Mohammad Saghir Khan, Almas Zaidi, and Parvaze A. Wani
Iron and zinc biofortification strategies in dicot plants by intercropping with gramineous species; a review / Y. Zuo and F. Zhang
Soil exploration and resource acquisition by plant roots: an architectural and modeling point of view / Claude Doussan Loïc Pagès, and Alain Pierret
Methods for studying root colonization by introduced beneficial bacteria / Elisa Gamalero,...[et al.]
VI. New farming systems. Sustainable urban agriculture in developing countries; a review / Hubert de Bon, Laurent Parrot, and Paule Moustier
Nitrogen, sustainable agriculture and food security: a review / J.H.J. Spiertz
Conversion to organic farming: a multidimensional research object at the crossroads of agricultural and social sciences: a review / Stéphane Bellon and Claire Lamine
Triggering transitions towards sustainable development of the Dutch agricultural sector: transforum's approach / A. Veldkamp,...[et al.]
Spatialising crop models / Robert Faivre,...[et al.]
Iterative design and evaluation of rule-based cropping systems: methodology and case studies, a review / Philippe Debaeke,...[et al.]
Agri-environmental indicators t assess cropping and farming systems: a review / Christian Bockstaller,...[et al.]
Methodological progress in on-farm regional agronomic diagnosis: a review / Thierry Doré,...[et al.]
Ex ante assessment of the sustainability of alternative cropping systems: implications for using multi-criteria decisions-aid methods, a review / Walid Sadok,...[et al.]
Comparison of methods to assess the sustainability of agricultural systems: a review / Christian Bockstaller,...[et al.]
Soil-erosion and runoff prevention by plant covers: a review / Víctor Hugo Durán Zuazo and Carmen Rocío Rodríguez Pleguezuelo
Integration of soil structure variations with time and space into models for crop management: a review / J. Roger-Estrade,...[et al.]
Management of grazing systems: from decision and biophysical models to principles for action / Michel Duru and Bernard Hubert
VII. Pollutants in agrosystems. Cadmium in soils and cereal grains after sewage-sludge application on French soils: a review / Denis Baize
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
Phytoremediation of organic pollutants using mycorrhizal plants: a new aspect of rhizosphere interactions / Erik Jautris Joner and Corinne Leyval.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 892-894) and index.

Classifications

Library of Congress
S494.5.S86 S855 2009, QH301-705, S1-972

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 919 p. :
Number of pages
919

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25155940M
Internet Archive
sustainableagric00lich
ISBN 10
9048126657, 9048126665
ISBN 13
9789048126651, 9789048126668
LCCN
2009926164
OCLC/WorldCat
401154078

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