Functional Diversity of Mycorrhiza and Sustainable Agriculture : Management to Overcome Biotic and Abiotic Stresses

Goss, Michael J./ Carvalho, Mário/ Brito, Isabel

Academic Press Inc（2017/05発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 254 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780128042441
• DDC分類 631.46

Full Description

Functional Diversity of Mycorrhiza and Sustainable Agriculture is the first book to present the core concepts of working with Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to improve agricultural crop productivity.

Highlighting the use of indigenous AM fungi for agriculture, the book includes details on how to maintain and promote AM fungal diversity to improve sustainability and cost-effectiveness. As the need to improve production while restricting scarce inputs and preventing environmental impacts increases, the use of AMF offers an important option for exploiting the soil microbial population. It can enhance nutrient cycling and minimize the impacts of biotic and abiotic stresses, such as soil-borne disease, drought, and metal toxicity.

The book offers land managers, policymakers, soil scientists, and agronomists a novel approach to utilizing soil microbiology in improving agricultural practices.

Contents

1. Introduction2. Agronomic opportunities to modify soil conditions considered supportive of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi3. The roles of mycorrhizas and current constraints to their intentional use in agriculture4. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AFM) biodiversity5. Interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and other soil microbes in the rhizosphere and impacts on host plants6. The significance of the intact extraradical mycelium (ERM) in managing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi7. New tools to investigate biological diversity8. Management of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi biological diversity within crooping systems