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Author : S. R. Waddington
Publisher : CIMMYT
ISBN 13 : 9789686127508
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (275 download)
Download or read book Research Methods for Cereal/legume Intercropping written by S. R. Waddington and published by CIMMYT. This book was released on 1990 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ram Swaroop Meena
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811302537
Total Pages : 541 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Legumes for Soil Health and Sustainable Management written by Ram Swaroop Meena and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable management of soils is an important global issue of the 21st century. Feeding roughly 8 billion people with an environmentally sustainable production system is a major challenge, especially considering the fact that 10% of the world’s population at risk of hunger and 25% at risk of malnutrition. Accordingly, the 68th United Nations (UN) general assembly declared 2016 the “International Year of Pulses” to raise awareness and to celebrate the role of pulses in human nutrition and welfare. Likewise, the assembly declared the year 2015 as the “International Year of Soils” to promote awareness of the role of “healthy soils for a healthy life” and the International Union of Soil Science (IUSS) has declared 2015-2024 as the International Decade of Soils. Including legumes in cropping systems is an important toward advancing soil sustainability, food and nutritional security without compromising soil quality or its production potential. Several textbooks and edited volumes are currently available on general soil fertility or on legumes but‚ to date‚ none have been dedicated to the study of “Legumes for Soil Health and Sustainable Management”. This is important aspect, as the soil, the epidermis of the Earth (geoderma)‚ is the major component of the terrestrial biosphere. This book explores the impacts of legumes on soil health and sustainability, structure and functioning of agro-ecosystems, agronomic productivity and food security, BNF, microbial transformation of soil N and P, plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria, biofertilizers, etc. With the advent of fertilizers, legumes have been sidelined since World War II, which has produced serious consequences for soils and the environment alike. Therefore, legume-based rational cropping/soil management practices must support environmentally and economically sustainable agroecosystems based on (sequential) rotation and intercropping considerations to restore soil health and sustainability. All chapters are amply illustrated with appropriately placed data, tables, figures, and photographs, and supported with extensive and cutting-edge references. The editors have provided a roadmap for the sustainable development of legumes for food and nutritional security and soil sustainability in agricultural systems, offering a unique resource for teachers, researchers, and policymakers, as well as undergraduate and graduate students of soil science, agronomy, ecology, and the environmental sciences.
Author : K. E. Giller
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 1845933044
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (459 download)
Download or read book Nitrogen Fixation in Tropical Cropping Systems written by K. E. Giller and published by CABI. This book was released on 2001 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nitrogen fixation by leguminous plants is especially important when farmers are trying to minimise fertilizer use for cost or environmental reasons. This second edition of the highly successful book, first published in 1991, contains thoroughly updated and revised material on the theory and practice of nitrogen fixation in tropical cropping systems.
Author : Andy Clark
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437903797
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (379 download)
Download or read book Managing Cover Crops Profitably (3rd Ed. ) written by Andy Clark and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover crops slow erosion, improve soil, smother weeds, enhance nutrient and moisture availability, help control many pests and bring a host of other benefits to your farm. At the same time, they can reduce costs, increase profits and even create new sources of income. You¿ll reap dividends on your cover crop investments for years, since their benefits accumulate over the long term. This book will help you find which ones are right for you. Captures farmer and other research results from the past ten years. The authors verified the info. from the 2nd ed., added new results and updated farmer profiles and research data, and added 2 chap. Includes maps and charts, detailed narratives about individual cover crop species, and chap. about aspects of cover cropping.
Author : John H. Vandermeer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521346894
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (468 download)
Download or read book The Ecology of Intercropping written by John H. Vandermeer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-08-20 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study shows how classical ecological principles, especially those relating to competition and population ecology, can be applied to growing two or more crops together and how the approach can improve agricultural yields.
Author : John H. Vandermeer
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420039881
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Tropical Agroecosystems written by John H. Vandermeer and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2002-12-03 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropical areas present ecological, cultural and political problems that demand analysis that is distinct from general ecological analysis. The tropical environment is special in many ways, from the lack of a biological down season (winter), to generally poor soil conditions, to a reliance on traditional methods of agriculture in an undeveloped soci
Author : Rajbhandari, N.P.
Publisher : CIMMYT
ISBN 13 : 999332051X
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (933 download)
Download or read book Sustainable maize production systems for Nepal. Proceedings of a Maize Symposium; Kathmandu (Nepal); 3-5 Dec 2001 written by Rajbhandari, N.P. and published by CIMMYT. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 : 9781921531262
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (312 download)
Download or read book Measuring Plant-associated Nitrogen Fixation in Agricultural Systems written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biological nitrogen fixation. Why, when an how to measure nitrogen fixation. Analysis of nitrogen. Nitrogen Balance Method. Nitrogen Difference method. Ureide (N solute) metode. N-isotopic methods. N-abundance method. N isotopic ditution method. prcaution whenquantifying N2 fixation associated with no-nodulatin plants (associative N2 fixation). Assays of nitrogenase activity.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309045401
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Toward Sustainability written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1991-02-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toward Sustainability recommends a design for a new Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP) for the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID). Currently, eight CRSPs operate under legislation that supports long-term agricultural research of benefit to developing countries and the United States. This book defines a process by which knowledge from all relevant AID-supported programs could be integrated and applied to advance profitable farming systems that improve local conditions and contribute to environmental goals. It makes recommendations on the types of competitive grants that should be made available under a new program, institutional participation, content of research proposals, and administrative procedures.
Author : Derek Byerlee
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781555877767
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (777 download)
Download or read book Africa's Emerging Maize Revolution written by Derek Byerlee and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 1997 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for policymakers and scholars, the 15 contributions in this volume are divided into two sections: the first provides six country case studies of the evolving maize economies of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, Ghana, and Nigeria. The second part synthesizes major technological, institutional, and policy issues with chapters on research and extension, soil fertility, seed and fertilizer delivery systems, and marketing and price policy. Paper edition (754-0), $29.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Jean Michel Mérillon
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400719337
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Plant Defence: Biological Control written by Jean Michel Mérillon and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-10-03 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To meet the challenge of feeding ever increasing human population, efficient, economical and environment friendly disease control methods are required. Pests are responsible for heavy crop losses and reduced food supplies, poorer quality of agricultural products, economic hardship for growers and processor. Generally, chemical control methods are neither always economical nor are they effective and may have associated unwanted health, safety and environmental risks. Biological control involves use of beneficial microorganism to control plant pathogens and diseases they cause and offers an environmental friendly approach to the effective management of plant diseases. This book provides a comprehensive account of interaction of host and its pathogens, induced host resistance, development of biological control agents for practical applications, the underlying mechanism and signal transduction. The book is useful to all those working in academia or industry related to crop protection.
Author : International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book CIMMYT ... Annual Report written by International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN 13 : 9291461288
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (914 download)
Download or read book Maize as Food, Feed, and Fertiliser in Intensifying Crop-livestock Systems in East and Southern Africa written by and published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : A. Stroud
Publisher : CIAT
ISBN 13 : 9789589183502
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (835 download)
Download or read book Conducting On-farm Experiments written by A. Stroud and published by CIAT. This book was released on 1993 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical guidelines to set-up on-farm experiments, which special emphasis on magement of test conditions, representativeness, data collection problems
Author : P. Schjønning
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 9780851998503
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (985 download)
Download or read book Managing Soil Quality written by P. Schjønning and published by CABI. This book was released on 2004 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In-depth treatments of the soil quality concept, its history, and its applicability in research and in developed and developing societiesAll 18 chapters are written by well-established experts from Europe, North America and AustraliaSoil quality is a concept that allows soil functions to be related to specific purposes. Managing soil quality takes a management oriented approach by identifying key issues in soil quality and management options to enhance the sustainability of modern agriculture. Topics covered include major plant nutrients (N, P, K), soil acidity, soil organic matter, soil biodiversity, soil compaction, erosion, pesticides and urban waste.
Author : International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Annual Report - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center written by International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen R. Waddington
Publisher : CIMMYT
ISBN 13 : 9789706481139
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (811 download)
Download or read book Grain Legumes and Green Manures for Soil Fertility in Southern Africa written by Stephen R. Waddington and published by CIMMYT. This book was released on 2003 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
