TY - BOOK AU - AU - Lichtfouse,Eric TI - Sustainable agriculture SN - 9789048126651 AV - S494.5.S86 S81 U1 - 630 23 PY - 2009/// CY - Dordrecht, New York PB - Springer Verlag KW - KW - Sustainable agriculture KW - Agricultural systems KW - Agricultural ecology KW - Landwirtschaft KW - swd KW - Nachhaltigkeit KW - Landbau KW - Produktionssystem KW - Nachhaltige Entwicklung N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 892-894) and index; I. Climate change. Soils and sustainable agriculture: a review; Soils and food sufficiency: a review / Rattan Lal -- Denitrification at sub-zero temperatures in arable soils: a review / Rebecca L. Phillips -- Re-thinking the conservation of carbon, water and soil: a different perspective / Thomas Francis Shaxson -- Cropping systems, carbon sequestration and erosion in Brazil: a review / Martial Bernoux,...[et al.] -- Influence of land use on carbon sequestration and erosion in Mexico: a review / J.D. Etchevers,...[et al.] -- Rhizodeposition of organic C by plant: mechanisms and controls / Christophe Nguyen -- Environmental costs and benefits of transportation biofuel production from food- and lignocellulose-based energy crops: a review / Enrico Ceotto -- Plant drought stress: effects, mechanisms and management / M. Farooq,...[et al.] -- II. Genetically modified organisms. Pharmaceutical crops in California, benefits and risks: a review / Michelle Marvier -- Coexistence of genetically modified and non-GM crops in the European Union: a review / Yann Devos,...[et al.] -- Agro-environmental effects due to altered cultivation practices with genetically modified herbicide-tolerant oilseed rape and implications for monitoring: a review / F. Graef -- Bacillus thuringiensis: applications in agriculture and insect resistance management: a review / Vincent Sanchis and Denis Bourguet -- Genetically modified glyphosate-tolerant soybean in the USA: adoption factors, impacts and prospects: a review / Sylvie Bonny; III. Biodiversity. Small eats big: ecology and diversity of Bdellovibrio and like organisms, and their dynamics in predator-prey interactions / Shemesh Yair,...[et al.] -- Identification of traits implicated in the Rhizosphere competence of fluorescent pseudomonads: description of a strategy based on population and model strain studies / Xavier Latour,...[et al.] -- Progress in mechanisms of mutual effects between plants and the environment / Hong-Bo Shao, Li-Ye Chu, and Biao Li -- Biodiversity: function and assessment in agricultural areas: a review / Boris Clergue,...[et al.] -- Mixing plant species in cropping systems: concepts, tools and models: a review / E. Malézieux,...[et al.] -- Saffron, an alternative crop for sustainable agricultural systems, a review / F. Gresta,...[et al.] -- Digital imaging information technology applied to seed germination testing: a review / Antonio Dell' Aquila -- IV. Alternative control. Managing weeds with a dualistic approach of prevention and control: a review / Randy L. Anderson -- Mechanical destruction of weeds: a review / D. Chicouene -- Sustainable pest management for cotton production: a review / Jean-Philippe Deguine, Pierre Ferron, and Derek Russell -- Role of nutrients in controlling plant diseases in sustainable agriculture: a review / Christos Dordas -- Crop protection, biological control, habitat management and integrated farming / Pierre Ferron and Jean-Philippe Deguine -- Using grassed strips to limit pesticide transfer to surface water: a review / Jean-Guillaume Lacas,...[et al.] -- V. Alternative fertilisation. Recycling biosolids and lake-dredged materials to pasture-based animal agriculture: alternative nutrient sources for forage productivity and sustainability: a review / Gilbert C. Sigua -- Symbiotic nitrogen fixation in legume nodules: process and signaling: a review / Neera Garg and Geetanjali -- Factors responsible for nitrate accumulation: a review / Anjana,Shahid Umar, and Muhammad Iqbal -- Role of phosphate solubilizing microorganisms in sustainable agriculture, a review / Mohammad Saghir Khan, Almas Zaidi, and Parvaze A. Wani -- Iron and zinc biofortification strategies in dicot plants by intercropping with gramineous species; a review / Y. Zuo and F. Zhang -- Soil exploration and resource acquisition by plant roots: an architectural and modeling point of view / Claude Doussan Loïc Pagès, and Alain Pierret -- Methods for studying root colonization by introduced beneficial bacteria / Elisa Gamalero,...[et al.]; VI. New farming systems. Sustainable urban agriculture in developing countries; a review / Hubert de Bon, Laurent Parrot, and Paule Moustier -- Nitrogen, sustainable agriculture and food security: a review / J.H.J. Spiertz -- Conversion to organic farming: a multidimensional research object at the crossroads of agricultural and social sciences: a review / Stéphane Bellon and Claire Lamine -- Triggering transitions towards sustainable development of the Dutch agricultural sector: transforum's approach / A. Veldkamp,...[et al.] -- Spatialising crop models / Robert Faivre,...[et al.] -- Iterative design and evaluation of rule-based cropping systems: methodology and case studies, a review / Philippe Debaeke,...[et al.] -- Agri-environmental indicators t assess cropping and farming systems: a review / Christian Bockstaller,...[et al.] -- Methodological progress in on-farm regional agronomic diagnosis: a review / Thierry Doré,...[et al.] -- Ex ante assessment of the sustainability of alternative cropping systems: implications for using multi-criteria decisions-aid methods, a review / Walid Sadok,...[et al.] -- Comparison of methods to assess the sustainability of agricultural systems: a review / Christian Bockstaller,...[et al.] -- Soil-erosion and runoff prevention by plant covers: a review / Víctor Hugo Durán Zuazo and Carmen Rocío Rodríguez Pleguezuelo -- Integration of soil structure variations with time and space into models for crop management: a review / J. Roger-Estrade,...[et al.] -- Management of grazing systems: from decision and biophysical models to principles for action / Michel Duru and Bernard Hubert -- VII. Pollutants in agrosystems. Cadmium in soils and cereal grains after sewage-sludge application on French soils: a review / Denis Baize -- Mobility, turnover and storage of pollutants in soils, sediments and waters: achievements and results of the EU project AquaTerra, a review / J.A.C. Barth,...[et al.] / Effect of metal toxicity on plant growth and metabolism: I. Zinc / Gyana Ranjan Rout and Premananda Das -- Phytoremediation of organic pollutants using mycorrhizal plants: a new aspect of rhizosphere interactions / Erik Jautris Joner and Corinne Leyval N2 - Sustainable agriculture is an alternative for solving fundamental and applied issues related to food production. It integrates biological, chemical, physical, ecological, economic and social sciences in a comprehensive way to develop new farming practices that are safe and do not degrade our environment.--[book cover] UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1208/2009926164-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1208/2009926164-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1208/2009926164-t.html ER -