Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize. Volume 2, Cultivation techniques, pest and disease control / edited by Dr. Dave Watson, CGIAR Maize Research Program Manager, CIMMYT, Mexico.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Watson, Dave, Dr., editor.

Series:

Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science ; Number 02.

Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science ; Number 02

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (471 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 2017-

Summary:

"Maize is one of the most important and widely grown cereal crops in the world and is a staple food for almost a billion people, particularly in the developing world. It has been estimated that maize yields need to increase by 60% by 2050. There is an urgent need to increase yields in the face of such challenges as climate change, threats from pests and diseases and the need to make cultivation more resource-efficient and sustainable. Drawing on an international range of expertise, this collection focuses on ways of improving the cultivation of maize at each step in the value chain, from breeding to post-harvest storage. Volume 2 reviews research on improvements in cultivation techniques such as nutrient management, crop rotation, intercropping and other aspects of conservation agriculture. It also discusses developments in methods for combatting pests and diseases. Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize Volume 2: Cultivation techniques, pest and disease control will be a standard reference for cereal scientists in universities, government and other research centres and companies involved in maize cultivation. It is accompanied by Volume 1 which reviews developments in breeding and ways research can be translated into effective outcomes for smallholders in the developing world."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

part, Part 1 Maize cultivation techniques

chapter 1 Modelling crop growth and grain yield in maize cultivation and Youhong Song, Anhui Agricultural University, China and The University of Queensland, Australia / Alam Sher, Xiaoli Liu and Jincai Li, Anhui Agricultural University, China;

chapter 2 Optimizing maize-based cropping systems: sustainability, good agricultural practices (GAP) and yield goals Charles Wortmann, Patricio Grassini and Roger W. Elmore, University of / Nebraska-Lincoln USA

chapter 3 Maize seed variety selection and seed system development: the case of southern Africa Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Zimbabwe / Peter S. Setimela, Global Maize Program, International Maize and Wheat

chapter 4 Good agricultural practices for maize cultivation: the case of West Africa Alpha Kamara, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria

chapter 7 Future trends and conclusion

chapter 5 Zero-tillage cultivation of maize Virginia Tech University, USA / Wade E. Thomason Bee Khim Chim Mark S. Reiter

chapter 8 The future of zero-tillage maize production

chapter 6 Conservation agriculture (CA) for sustainable intensification of maize and other cereal systems: the case of Latin America Bram Govaerts, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center / (CIMMYT), Mexico; Isabelle François, Consultant, Belgium; and Nele Verhulst, CIMMYT, Mexico

chapter 10 Conclusions

chapter 12 Acknowledgements

chapter 7 Precision maize cultivation techniques / Louis Longchamps, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada; and Raj Khosla, Colorado State University, USA

chapter 10 Conclusion

chapter 8 Improving nutrient management for sustainable intensification of maize

chapter 4 Case studies in improving nutrient management: South Asia Optimizing nutrient management in maize using

a fertilizer decision support tool

chapter Defining variable nutrient management for different regions

with high intra-field variations

chapter 7 Case studies in improving nutrient management: use of the Nutrient Expert tool in China

chapter 9 Crop rotation: a sustainable system for maize production

chapter 10 Intercropping in sustainable maize cultivation

chapter 11 Climate risk management in maize cropping systems

chapter 4 Risk management in smallholder maize cropping

chapter 6 A case study: the sustainable intensification of rainfed maize cropping in Mozambique

chapter 12 Advances in maize post-harvest management

chapter 2 Post-harvest losses in maize: an overview

2.1 Incidence and significance

part, Part 2 Maize pests, diseases and weeds

chapter 13 Economically important insect pests of maize

chapter 2 Below-ground insect pests

2.1 Western corn rootworm Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and Northern corn rootworm Chrysomelidae) / Diabrotica barberi R. Smith and Lawrence (Coleoptera:

chapter 14 Nematodes associated with maize

chapter 8 Where to look for further information

chapter 15 Control of rodent pests in maize cultivation: the case of Africa

chapter 2 The impact of rodents on maize crops in Africa

2.1 Rodent damage in fields

chapter 16 Rapid response to disease outbreaks in maize cultivation: the case of maize lethal necrosis

chapter 4 Overview of strategies for mitigating risks from emerging maize diseases

chapter 17 Controlling aflatoxins in maize in Africa: strategies, challenges and opportunities for improvement

chapter 18 Integrated weed management in maize cultivation: an overview

chapter 3 The use of herbicides

chapter 4 Integrated weed management

chapter 19 Weed management of maize grown under temperate conditions: the case of Europe and the United States

chapter 2 Maize cropping systems and weed flora in the United States and Europe.

Notes:

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

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 11, 2017).

ISBN:

1-78676-014-2

1-351-11427-1

1-78676-015-0

9781351114271

OCLC:

1014006785