The root systems in sustainable agricultural intensification / edited by Zed Rengel, Ivica Djalovic.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rengel, Zdenko, editor.

Djalovic, Ivica, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roots (Botany).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 436 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley Blackwell, [2021]

Summary:

"With the global population predicted to increase to at least 9 billion by 2050, agriculture needs to sustainably intensify food production by increasing efficiency of water and nutrient resource use to nourish the increasing world population. This challenge needs to be met while agriculture is faced with increasingly severe shortages of good-quality water to be used for irrigation as well as increased frequency and severity of droughts in the rain-fed food-producing areas due to climate change and variability. On the other side, raw materials used in producing some fertilizers (eg. P and K) are becoming scarce and expensive, and the price of energy is also high (production of N fertilizers is particularly energy demanding), pushing fertilizer prices up. As a result, agriculture must produce more food, feed and fibre with lower water and nutrient inputs, with roots being a crucial component of this increased water- and nutrient-use efficiency to underpin sustainable intensification"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Sustainable Intensification: Meaning, Need, Components, and Role of Root Systems

Genetic and Molecular Regulation of Root Growth and Development

Plant Roots for Sustainable Soil Structure Management in Cropping Systems

Dynamics of Root Systems in Crop and Pasture Genotypes over the Last 100 Years: Lessons Learned

Interplay between Root Structure and Function in Enhancing Efficiency of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Acquisition

Root-Microbe Interactions Influencing Water and Nutrient Acquisition Efficiency

The Interplay between Roots and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Influencing Water and Nutrient Acquisition and Use Efficiency

Role of Seed Priming in Root Development and Crop Production

Water Uptake in Drying Soil: Balancing Supply and Demand

Winter Wheat and Summer Maize Roots in Agro-Ecosystems on the North China Plain

Intercropping to Maximize Root-Root Interactions in Agricultural Plants: Soil-Root Interface Processes

Intercropping to Maximize Root-Root Interactions in Agricultural Plants: Agronomic Aspects

The 3-D Imaging of Roots Growing in Soil

Simulating the Diversity and Plasticity of Root Systems Using 3D Models of the Root System Architecture

Phenotyping-Modelling Interfaces to Advance Breeding for Optimized Crop Root.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-119-52541-1

1-119-52543-8

1-119-52538-1

OCLC:

1246580135