Improving organic crop cultivation / edited by Ulrich Kopke (University of Bonn, Germany).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kopke, Ulrich, 1951- editor.

Series:

Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science ; Number 47.

Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science ; Number 47

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organic farming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 548 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

Global sales of organic products have grown significantly, yet organic farming remains a small percentage of overall agricultural production with lower yields than conventional methods. Organic crop cultivation thus faces a range of challenges if it is to grow significantly. This volume reviews the wealth of research addressing these challenges.Part 1 reviews developments in improving cultivation across the value chain, from breeding more robust, low input varieties to ways of maintaining soil health and improving crop nutrition. Part 2 discusses the key topic of pests and diseases with reviews of integrated pest and weed management as well as organic plant protection products. Part 3 covers ways of monitoring the environmental impact of organic farming whilst the final part of the book discusses ways of supporting organic cultivation in the developing world.With its distinguished editor and an international team of expert authors, this will be a standard reference for all those interested in understanding, improving and promoting organic farming.

Contents:

Intro

Improving organic cropcultivation

Contents

Series list

Introduction

Part 1 Crop breeding and cultivation

Chapter 1 Key issues in breeding and trialling robust cereal cultivars for organic farming

1 Introduction

2 The origins and aims of organic crop breeding

3 Key issues for new cultivars in organic farming systems

4 Breeding targets

5 Plant health

6 Quality requirements

7 Conclusions

8 Future trends

9 Where to look for further information

10 References

Chapter 2 Organic seed production, certification and availability

2 Organic seed quality control issues: seed maturity

3 Seed disease and pathogen control

4 Application of biologicals to seed

5 Seed priming, pelleting and storage

6 Seed certification and testing

7 Organic seed regulations

8 Organic seed production: contamination issues and availability

9 Summary

10 Future trends

11 Where to look for further information

12 References

Chapter 3 Maintaining soil fertility and health in organic crop cultivation

2 Some key themes in soil fertility and soil health

3 Case study: interactions between soil management and the delivery of soil functions/ecosystem services

4 Conclusion and future trends

5 Acknowledgements

6 Where to look for further information

7 References

Chapter 4 Cover crops in organic crop cultivation

2 Soil structure and erosion control

3 Nutrient cycling

4 Weed, pest and disease control

5 Promoting biodiversity

6 Carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions

7 Integration of cover crops in no-till cultivation

8 Conclusions and future trends

Chapter 5 The role of crop rotations in organic farming

1 Introduction.

2 Principles of crop rotation

3 Precrop effects in crop rotations

4 Nutrient effects of legumes and other rotation crops

5 The role of rotation crops in suppressing weeds, diseases and pests

6 Rotations and crop yields

7 Designing a crop rotation

8 Measuring and modelling crop rotations, nutrient and humus balances

9 Crop rotations on stockless farms

10 Conclusion and future trends

12 References and further reading

Chapter 6 Conservation tillage in organic farming

2 Main benefits of conservation tillage

3 Main challenges of conservation tillage

4 Future trends

5 Conclusion

Chapter 7 Manure management in organic farming

2 Manure composition and properties in different livestock systems

3 Manure storage and treatment

4 Manure field application methods

5 Turnover and availability of manure N in soil

6 Utilization of P, K and S in manures

7 Plant-based manures (green manures)

8 Future trends and conclusion

Chapter 8 Organic fertilizers and biofertilizers

2 Biofertilizers

3 Consortia of microorganisms to improve the effectiveness of organic fertilization

4 Animal excrement: manures, slurry and guano

5 Products and by-products of animal origin

6 Products and by-products of plant origin for fertilizers

7 Composts

8 Untreated minerals and by-products of selected industrial processes

9 Biochar

10 Conclusion

Chapter 9 Improving water management in organic crop cultivation

2 Key aspects of organic farming affecting availability and use of water.

3 Developments in water management in organic agriculture

4 Conclusion

5 Where to look for further information

6 References

Part 2 Crop pests and diseases

Chapter 10 Disease and pest management in organic farming: a case for applied agroecology

2 General principles of plant protection in organic agriculture

3 Case study: soil regeneration and effects on potato health

4 Integrating diversity through evolutionary breeding

5 Requirements for agroecology-based ecological plant protection

6 Conclusion and future trends

7 Acknowledgements

8 Where to look for further information

9 References

Chapter 11 Direct plant protection in organic farming

2 Current practices in organic plant protection

3 Currently authorised materials

4 Dynamics of authorisation of materials in the EU

5 Efforts to replace copper fungicides

6 Future trends and conclusion

7 Where to look for further information

8 References

Chapter 12 Integrated weed management in organic cropping systems

2 Key weed management challenges: intra-row weed control

3 Key weed management challenges: problematic weeds and weed management in reduced- and no-till organic systems

4 Integrated weed management and sustainable organic crop production

5 Future trends

Part 3 Standards and monitoring

Chapter 13 Setting and reviewing standards for organic farming

2 Historic development of organic standards and control systems

3 Principles of organic production

4 Regulation of organic production

5 The future of organic standards development

8 References.

Chapter 14 Measuring and improving the environmental performance of organic farming

2 Notions of environmental performance

3 Efficiency, consistency and sufficiency

4 Methods for assessing environmental performance

5 Improving performance

6 Conclusions and future trends

Chapter 15 Eco-functional intensification of organic farming

2 Material and energy flows

3 Ecological regulation

4 Technical developments

5 Challenges

6 Conclusion

Chapter 16 Biodiversity as a prerequisite of sustainable organic farming

2 Biodiversity and land-use intensity

3 Impact of organic farming on biodiversity

4 Biodiversity at different spatial scales

5 Impact of organic farming on selected functional groups

Chapter 17 The impact of organic agriculture on diet and health

2 Associations between organic consumption and diet choices

3 Organic foods and health

4 Combined impact on health of organic foods in diet

Part 4 Organic crop cultivation in the developing world

Chapter 18 Supporting smallholders in organic crop cultivation: the case of East Africa

2 The field study approach

3 Challenges and innovations in pest, weed and soil fertility management

Chapter 19 Improving organic agriculture in the developing world: Africa

2 Status of organic agriculture in Africa

3 EOA-I in Africa

4 Steps to improving organic agriculture in Africa

5 Conclusion.

6 Where to look for further information

Chapter 20 Improving organic agriculture in the developing world: Asia

2 Key crops grown in Asia

3 Organic production in Asia

4 Rice production systems

5 Types of organic rice farming

6 Organic vegetable production

7 Improving organic agriculture in Asia

Chapter 21 Organic agriculture and agroecology in Latin America

2 Principles

3 Organisations and movements

4 Production and business

5 Institutions and policies

6 Performance of organic systems

7 Summary and future trends

8 Acknowledgements

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78676-186-6

OCLC:

1085186267