Sustainable Agriculture Reviews (Sustainable Agriculture Reviews)

Lichtfouse, Eric (EDT)

Springer International Publishing AG（2017/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 304 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783319586786
• DDC分類 630

Full Description

This book deals with a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for humans and their children. It is a discipline that addresses current issues: climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, poor-nation starvation, rich-nation obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control and biodiversity depletion. This series gathers review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge, then proposes alternative solutions.

Contents

Chapter 01: Applications for rapid testing of plant and soil nutrients.- Chapter 02: World cultivation of genetically modified crops: opportunities and risks.- Chapter03: Food security in the arab gulf cooperation council states.- Chapter 04: Methods to Study Agricultural Systems.- Chapter 05:Comparison of methods to assess agricultural sustainability.- Chapter 06: Sustainable cultivation of saffron in Iran.- Chapter 07: Soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa.- Chapter 08: Silicon in Agriculture.- Chapter 09: Long-term chemical fertilization in Tanzania.- Chapter 10: Interaction of mycorrhizal fungi and Azotobacter with root-knot nematodes and root-chewing insects.