Principles of Agronomy for Sustainable Agriculture /

Principles of Agronomy for Sustainable Agriculture /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Villalobos, Francisco J. (Editor), Fereres, Elias. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Subjects:
Agriculture.
Soil science.
Soil conservation.
Sustainable development.
Soil Science & Conservation.
Sustainable Development.
Table of Contents:
  • PART A: CROPS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
  • Chapter 1. Introduction to agricultural systems
  • Chapter 2. The soil. Physical and chemical properties
  • Chapter 3. Radiation balance
  • Chapter 4. Wind and turbulence
  • Chapter 5. Air temperature and humidity
  • Chapter 6. Soil temperature
  • Chapter 7. The energy balance
  • Chapter 8. Water balance: Infiltration, runoff and percolation
  • Chapter 9. Evapotranspiration and crop water requirements
  • PART B: DETERMINANTS OF CROP PRODUCTIVITY Chapter 10 Crop development and growth
  • Chapter 11 Photosynthesis and respiration
  • Chapter 12 Density and competition
  • Chapter 13. Potential productivity
  • Chapter 14 Water-limited productivity
  • Chapter 15. Other limitations to crop productivity
  • PART C: SOWING, SOIL MANAGEMENT AND SOIL CONSERVATION
  • Chapter 16. Planting and sowing
  • Chapter 17. Tillage
  • Chapter 18. Soil erosion and soil conservation
  • PART D: WATER MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF SALINITY
  • Chapter 19. Irrigation systems
  • Chapter 20. Irrigation scheduling
  • Chapter 21. Deficit irrigation
  • Chapter 22. Control of salinity
  • PART E: FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT
  • Chapter 23. Fertilizers
  • Chapter 24. N fertilization
  • Chapter 25. P, K and other nutrients
  • Chapter 26. Fertigation
  • PART F: ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AND OTHER TECHNIQUES
  • Chapter 27. Windbreaks, agroforestry
  • Chapter 28. Temperature modification
  • Chapter 29. Frost control
  • Chapter 30. Control of weeds and other biotic factors
  • Chapter 31. Application of herbicides and other biotic control agents
  • Chapter 32. Harvest and conservation
  • Chapter 33. New tools and methods in agronomy: remote sensing, site specific agriculture and simulation modeling applications
  • PART G: Cropping systems
  • Chapter 34. Cropping and farming systems
  • Chapter 35. Farming and the sustainability of food systems.

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