Crop rotations : farming practices, monitoring and environmental benefits / Bao-Luo Ma, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ma, Bao-Luo, editor.

Series:

Agriculture issues and policies.

Agriculture Issues and Policies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crop rotation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Publishers, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Crop Rotations: Farming Practices, Monitoring and Environmental Benefits, edited by Dr. Bao-Luo Ma, a senior research scientist from Agriculture and Agri-Food in Canada, includes contributions from more than twenty-eight scientists in this dynamic field from around the world. This book synthesizes the latest innovations and integrated knowledge from science disciplines as diverse as agronomy, soil science, ecology, economy, and social sciences. The global population is projected to reach nine billion by mid-century. Questions continue to arise concerning the ability of the agriculture sector to keep pace with the demands for food, feed, fibre and fuel of an increasing population in the near future, as well as finding a way of sustaining both the production system and the environment. Crop rotations, an ancient practice that has gained renewed interest in recent years, involve growing different crop species/varieties on the same piece of land in consecutive growing seasons (years). The direct and indirect benefits of this practice to the production system and the environment have been recognized for millennia. In recent years, it has been documented that crop rotations coupled with conservation tillage has enhanced the physical, chemical and biological properties of soil, improved seasonal nitrogen availability, and provided nitrogen inputs through symbiotic nitrogen fixation by legumes. This strategy can also lead to a better balance of plant nutritional requirements and a shift in soil mycorrhizal populations, interrupt insect populations, increase root activity, reduce disease severity, enhance environmentally-friendly biodiversity, and lower per-area greenhouse gas emissions or per-yield based carbon footprints. This book serves as one of the most recent and valuable reference on these multi-disciplines, and targets audiences at the undergraduate and graduate level, including crop, soil and agronomy scientists as well as environment scientists and policy-makers.

Contents:

CROP ROTATIONS: FARMING PRACTICES, MONITORING AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; CROP ROTATIONS: FARMING PRACTICES, MONITORING AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter 1: CROP PRODUCTIVITY AND ENVIRONMENT IMPACT IN A MAIZE-LEGUME ROTATION SYSTEM: A REVIEW; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. RATIONALE AND METHODOLOGY OF LEGUME-CEREAL ROTATION; 3. KEY FINDINGS AND INTERPRETATION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: CROP ROTATION TRENDS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE BENEFITS AND DRIVERS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION

TRENDS IN ROTATION DIVERSITYBENEFITS INFLUENCING CROP ROTATION COMPLEXITY: PAST; DRIVERS OF CROP ROTATION COMPLEXITY: PAST TO PRESENT; BENEFITS INFLUENCING CROP ROTATION COMPLEXITY: PRESENT; DRIVERS OF CROP ROTATION COMPLEXITY: PRESENT TO FUTURE; BENEFITS INFLUENCING CROP ROTATION COMPLEXITY: FUTURE; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: LEGUME-CEREAL CROP ROTATION SYSTEMS IN CHINA; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. LEGUME-CEREAL CROP ROTATION IN CHINA; CONCLUSION AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; REFERENCES

Chapter 4: ROTATION OF PEANUT AND COTTON WITH BAHIAGRASS TO IMPROVE SOIL QUALITY AND CROP PRODUCTIVITYABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; THE SOD-BASED ROTATION; BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT A SOD-BASED ROTATION STUDY; SOIL QUALITY; PEANUT IN THE SOD BASED ROTATION; COTTON IN THE SOD BASED ROTATION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: LAND USE PRACTICES, CROPPING SYSTEMS AND CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY TO MOUNTAIN AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS OF NEPAL; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. BIOPHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MIDDLE MOUNTAINS; 3. SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MIDDLE MOUNTAINS; 4. LAND USE SYSTEMS

5. CROPPING SYSTEMS6. CROP ROTATIONS; 7. CLIMATE CHANGE: TREND AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON MOUNTAIN AGRICULTURE; 8. ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: CROP ROTATION SYSTEMS AND THEIR ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS IN THE LOESS PLATEAU OF CHINA; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CRITICAL CHALLENGES IN THE RAINFED FARMING; 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF ALFALFA-BASED CROP ROTATION SYSTEMS; 4. INNOVATION AND APPLICATION OF ALFALFA-CROP SYSTEM; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: CROP ROTATION AND COVER CROP IN PEST AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTIONSECTION I: CROP ROTATION; SECTION II: COVER CROP; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 8: CARBON FOOTPRINTS IN CROP ROTATION SYSTEMS; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. AGRICULTURE AND ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GASES; 3. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND CARBON FOOTPRINTS; 4. ESTIMATING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, BOUNDARIES AND CALCULATING CARBON FOOTPRINTS OF FIELD CROP PRODUCTION; 5. MANAGEMENT OPTIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING CARBON FOOTPRINTS IN FIELD CROP PRODUCTION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; EDITOR CONTACT INFORMATION; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63484-528-5