Maize is among the most widely spread and widely used crops of the world used for cereals for humans as food for farm animals and as a source material for biofuel production. This book deals with agronomy soil fertility and productivity of maize. It focuses on the... Lees meer.

Agro-Ecosystem Diversity. Impact on Food Security and Environmental Quality presents cutting-edge exploration of developing novel farming systems and introduces landscape ecology to agronomy. It encompasses the broad range of links between agricultural development and... Lees meer.

Plant Growth Regulators to Manage Biotic and Abiotic Stress in Agroecosystems is a comprehensive book that explores the use of plant growth regulators PGRs as effective stress-reduction techniques in agricultural environments. This book investigates the role of PGRs i... Lees meer.

Plenary Lecture of the XIV International Plant Nutrition Colloquium. Food Security and Sustainability of Agro-Ecosystems through Basic and Applied Research These papers include two lectures which address the role of Plant Nutrition in the sustainability of agro-ecos... Lees meer.

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This book helps to establish a simple framework to identify and use bird species as a bioindicator for high nature value HNV farmlands. This book helps to establish a simple framework to identify and use bird species as a bioindicator for high nature value HNV far... Lees meer.

This book is based on the outcomes of a Turkish-Japanese bilateral project dealing with the impacts of climate change on basin agro-ecosystems. The book is unique in showing an up-to-date knowledge for the developing world. The chapters are related to. a the developme... Lees meer.

This book covers four major areas. 1 Environmental microbial genomics 2 Microbial genomics in human health 3 Microbial genomics in crop improvement and plant health protection and 4 Genome analysis of microbial pathogens. In recent decades significant advanc... Lees meer.

Soil Health and Intensification of Agroecosystems examines the climate environmental and human effects on agroecosystems and how the existing paradigms must be revised in order to establish sustainable production. The increased demand for food and fuel exerts tremendo... Lees meer.

The presence - or absence - of soil organic matter SOM has important implications for agricultural productivity. It could also have significant implications for global climate due to its role as a source sink of carbon. Therefore it is important to understand the iss... Lees meer.

Nanotechnology in Agriculture and Agroecosystems presents the latest research on the role of nanotechnology in agriculture and agroecosystems offering innovations and many potential benefits in terms of plant growth food production crop protection and ecosystem mana... Lees meer.

Landscape Ecology in Agroecosystems Management provides a systematic evaluation of the basic ecological functions of the agricultural landscape. It presents a new approach to managing heat balance parameters and evaluates the effectiveness of models for assessing land u... Lees meer.

The book explores the challenges and opportunities associated with high-altitude agro-ecosystems and the factors that influence them. It discusses the various indigenous agricultural practices and approaches as well as the microbiology of mountain hill agro-ecosystem... Lees meer.

Comprised of three sections this covers the nutrient dynamics and productivity of global agroecosystems. It focuses on the major aspects that make up agroecosystems such as soils climate crops nutrient dynamics and productivity. It introduces agroeocsystems and de... Lees meer.

Poor smallholders contribute the most to land degradation due to their low investment in better farming and ironically bear the greatest brunt of the resultant environmental impacts because they are economically vulnerable. Strategic policy intervention to address wide... Lees meer.