IMPROVING ORGANIC CROP CULTIVATION
Written by Ulrich Kopke
Published by Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
in 2019
ISBN: 9781786761842
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- FARMING
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- COOKERY AND FOOD
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IMPROVING ORGANIC CROP CULTIVATION
Written by Ulrich Kopke.
Stock no. 1826660
1st.
2019.
Hardback.
Nearly fine condition.
Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science No. 47. Pictorial glazed boards. A physical copy printed on Demand by Lightning Source. A few colour photos and charts. ISBN: 9781786761842. Text block very slightly grubby. Contents clean.
Front cover
Contents
- Series List
- Introduction
- Part 1 Crop breeding and Cultivation
- 1 Key issues with breeding and trialling robust cereal cultivars for organic farming
- 2 Organic seed production, certification and availability
- 3 Maintaining soil fertility and health in organic crop cultivation
- 4 Cover crops in organic crop cultivation
- 5 The role of crop rotations in organic farming
- 6 Conservation tillage in organic farming
- 7 Manure management in organic farming
- 8 Organic fertilizers and biofertilisers
- 9 Improving water management in organic crop cultivation
- Part 2 Crop pests and diseases
- 10 Disease and pest management in organic farming: a case for applied agroecology
- 11 Direct plant protection in organic farming
- 12 Integrated weed management in organic cropping systems
- Part 3 Standards and monitoring
- 13 Setting and reviewing standards for organic farming
- 14 Measuring and improving the environmental performance of organic farming
- 15 Eco-functional intensification of organic farming
- 16 Biodiversity as a prerequisite of sustainable organic farming
- 17 The impact of organic agriculture on diet and health
- Part 4 Organic crop cultivation in the developing world
- 18 Supporting smallholders in organic crop cultivation: the case of East Africa
- 19 Improving organic agriculture in the developing world: Africa
- 20 Improving organic agriculture in the developing world: Asia
- 21 Organic agriculture and agroecology in Latin America
- Index