Biological approaches to sustainable soil systems. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Norman Uphoff [and others].
• Other Names: Uphoff, Norman Thomas
• Contents: Computer generated contents: Chapt. 1. Understanding the functioning and management of soil systems -- chapt. 2. Soil system management in the humid and subhumid tropics -- chapt. 3. Soil system management in temperate regions -- chapt. 4. Soil system management under arid and semi-arid conditions -- chapt. 5. The soil habitat and soil ecology -- chapt. 6. Energy inputs in soil systems -- chapt. 7. The rhizosphere: contributions of the soil-root interface to sustainable soil systems -- chapt. 8. The natural rhizobium-cereal crop association as an example of plant-bacteria -- chapt. 9. The roles of arbuscular mycorrihizas in plantand soil health -- chapt. 10. Moving up within the food web: protozoa and nematodes -- chapt. 11. Soil fauna impacts on soil physical properties -- chapt. 12. Biological nitrogen fixation in agroecosystems and in plant roots -- chapt. 13. Enhancing phosphorus availability in low-fertility soils -- chapt. 14. Phytohormones: microbial production and applications -- chapt. 15. Crop genetic responses to management:evidence of root-shoot communication -- chapt. 16. Allelopathy and its influence in soil systems -- chapt. 17. Animals as part of soil systems -- chapt. 18. Integrated soil fertility management in africa: from knowledge to implementation -- chapt. 19. Managing soil fertility and nutrient cycles through fertilizer trees in southern africa -- chapt. 20. Biological soil fertility management for tree-crop agroforestry -- chapt. 21. Restoring productivity to degraded pasture lands in the amazon through agroforestry practices -- chapt. 22. Direct-seeded tropical soil systems with permanent soil cover: learning from brazilian experience -- chapt. 23. Restoration of acid soil systems through agroecological management -- chapt. 24. Conservation agriculture and its applications in south asia -- chapt. 25. Managing soil fertility on small family farms in african drylands -- chapt. 26. Restoring soil fertility in semi-arid west africa: assessment of an indigenous technology -- chapt. 27. Leguminous biological nitrogen fixation in -- chapt. 28. Soil biological contributions to the system of rice intensification -- chapt. 28. Soil biological contributions to the system of rice intensification -- chapt. 30. Green manure/cover crops for recuperating soilsand maintaining soil fertility in the tropics -- chapt. 31. Compost and vermicompost as amendments -- chapt. 32. Practical applications of bacterial biofertilizersand biostimulators -- chapt. 33. Inoculation and management of mycorrhizal fungi -- chapt. 34. Trichoderma: an ally in the quest for soil system -- chapt. 35. Evaluation of crop production systems based on locally available biological inputs -- chapt. 36. Bio-char soil management on highly weathered soils in the humid tropics -- chapt. 37. Improving phosphorus fertility in tropical soils through biological interventions -- chapt. 38. Profile modification as a means of soil improvement: promoting root health through deep tillage -- chapt. 39. Rhizosphere management as part of intercropping and rice-wheat rotation systems -- chapt. 40. Managing polycropping to enhance soil system -- chapt. 41. Effects of soil and plant managementon crop pests and diseases -- chapt. 41. Effects of soil and plant managementon crop pests and diseases -- chapt. 41. Effects of soil and plant managementon crop pests and diseases -- chapt. 44. Economic and policy contexts for the biological -- chapt. 45. Village-level production and use of biocontrol agents and biofertilizers -- chapt. 45. Village-level production and use of biocontrol agents and biofertilizers -- chapt. 45. Village-level production and use of biocontrol agents and biofertilizers -- chapt. 48. Modeling possibilities for the assessment of soil systems -- chapt. 49. Opportunities for overcoming productivity constraints with biologically-based approaches -- chapt. 50. Issues for more sustainable soil system management.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC/Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 764 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 631.4; Soil management; Soil biology; Soil fertility; Soil ecology; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Soil Science; Soil biology; Soil ecology; Soil fertility; Soil management; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420017113; 9781574445831; 1574445839
• Related ISBNs: 142001711X; 1574445839
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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