9789380873404 - Crop Protection and Environment [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 2017] S.K. Kataria [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 2017] S.K. Kataria (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. iv + 264.

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Impact of high crop prices on environmental quality 3 Crop protection stewardship in India wanted or unwanted 4 Chemical crop protection research methods and challenges 5 Biodiversity and crop protection - how the balance is maintained 6 Remote sensing for crop management 7 Crop growth modeling and its applications in agricultural meteorology 8 Effects of past and current crop management on leaching losses and soil microbial community 9 Crop protection in organic agriculture - a simple matter 10 Environmental impact of biotech crops 11 Fertilizer use and the environment 12 Plant protection trade and the environment 13 Climate change and agriculture 14 The implications of climate change for crop yields global food supply and risk of hunger 15 Impacts of global change on diseases of agricultural crops and forest trees 16 Reconciling agricultural productivity and environmental integrity Bibliography IndexAgriculture is the worlds largest industry and with population growth leading to increasing basic protein requirements and economic growth fueling higher rates of per capita consumption there is a great need for an ever more productive agriculture that protects and promotes environmental integrity rather than degrades it The cropping pattern in India is fast changing particularly towards export-oriented value-added crops mainly major spices fruits vegetables and industrial crops Some of these crops like grapes require as high as 20 sprays in a year Similarly other crops such as small cardamom 12 insecticide and six fungicide sprays per year irrigated chillies and cotton need 12 rounds of pesticide sprays per season jacket 264 pp.