Advances in organic farming : agronomic soil management practices
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Advances in organic farming : agronomic soil management practices
（Woodhead Publishing in food science, technology and nutrition）
Woodhead Publishing, an imprint of Elsevier, 2021
Available at 1 libraries
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other editers: Johnson Stanley, Srinivasa Rao
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Advances in Organic Farming: Agronomic Soil Management Practices focuses on the integrated interactions between soil-plant-microbe-environment elements in a functioning ecosystem. It explains sustainable nutrient management under organic farming and agriculture, with chapters focusing on the role of nutrient management in sustaining global ecosystems, the remediation of polluted soils, conservation practices, degradation of pollutants, biofertilizers and biopesticides, critical biogeochemical cycles, potential responses for current and impending environmental change, and other critical factors. Organic farming is both challenging and exciting, as its practice of "feeding the soil, not the plant" provides opportunity to better understand why some growing methods are preferred over others.
In the simplest terms, organic growing is based on maintaining a living soil with a diverse population of micro and macro soil organisms. Organic matter (OM) is maintained in the soil through the addition of compost, animal manure, green manures and the avoidance of excess mechanization.
Table of Contents
1. Concept and global scenario of organic farming
2. Soil fertility in organic farming
3. Microbial community structure in organic farming and management
4. Microbial biostimulants under organic farming management
5. Conservative agricultural practices (CAPs) under organic farming
6. Role of unculturable microbes in organic farming production
7. Remediation of salt affected soils through microbes to promote organic farming
8. Organic plant nutrient, protection and production management
9. Towards the soil micronutrient availability under organic farming
10. Biofertilizers and biopesticides in organic farming
11. Towards the mitigation of biotic and abiotic stress through plant growth promoting rhizobacteria
12. Organic farming with management software
13. Outlooks of nanotechnology in organic farming management
14. Towards the quality and healthy organic production system
15. Organic oilseed production
16. Organic vegetable production and its impact on soil, environment and society
17. Towards the organic product certification
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