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  • Integrated weed management for sustainable agriculture
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    Integrated weed management for sustainable agriculture

    Professor emeritus robert l. zimdahl ,  Dr adam s. davis ,  Bruce maxwell ,  David r. clements ,  C. j. swanton ,  T. valente ,  Anita dille ,  S. a. clay ,  S. a. bruggeman ,  Professor chris preston ,  Ian heap ,  Prashant jha ,  Krishna n. reddy ,  Matt liebman ,  John r. teasdale ,  Eric r. gallandt ,  Daniel brainard ,  Bryan brown ,  Stevan z. knezevic ,  Baruch rubin ,  Abraham gamliel ,  Greta gramig ,  James m. mwendwa ,  Jeffrey d. weidenhamer ,  Leslie a. weston ,  Dr erin n. rosskopf ,  Raghavan charudattan ,  William bruckart ,  Susan m. boyetchko ,  Ann c. kennedy ,  Dr sandrine petit ,  David a. bohan

    Weeds remain a major obstacle to improved yields in agriculture. At the same time, established methods of control are being undermined by problems such as herbicide resistance. This major collection reviews key developments in integrated weed management (IWM) to manage weeds more sustainably.

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  • Instant Insights: Alternatives to antibiotics in pig production
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    Instant insights: alternatives to antibiotics in pig production

    Paul ebner ,  Dr yingying hong ,  Professor glen almond ,  Sara d. hough ,  Dr barbara u. metzler-zebeli ,  Ingunn stensland ,  John r. pluske

    This collection features four peer-reviewed reviews on alternatives to antibiotics in pig production.

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  • Achieving sustainable management of tropical forests
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    Achieving sustainable management of tropical forests

    Professor jürgen blaser ,  Professor jürgen blaser ,  Mr patrick d. hardcastle ,  Mr patrick d. hardcastle ,  Dr alice muchugi ,  Dr sammy muraguri ,  Dr hesti l. tata ,  Dr duncan brack ,  Dr wil de jong ,  Dr glenn galloway ,  Mr mafa e. chipeta ,  Prof rodney j. keenan ,  Prof jegatheswaran ratnasingam ,  Dr alida o'connor ,  Dr terry c. h. sunderland ,  Dr oliver gardi ,  Prof beth a. kaplin ,  Prof gamini herath ,  Prof francis e. putz ,  Dr ian d. thompson ,  Prof paxie w. chirwa ,  Dr oghenekevwe arabomen ,  Dr stephen syampungani ,  Dr vincent o. oeba ,  Dr james sandom ,  Dr chloe ginsburg ,  Dr stephanie keene ,  Dr alain frechette ,  Mr andy white ,  Dr liz ota ,  Dr sharif a. mukul ,  Dr nestor gregorio ,  Prof john herbohn ,  Prof michael köhl ,  Dr philip mundhenk ,  Dr prem raj neupane ,  Dr marieke sandker ,  Dr till neef ,  Prof reiner finkeldey ,  Dr markus müller ,  Dr carina carneiro de melo moura ,  Dr oliver gailing ,  Prof steve woodward ,  Dr h. tugba dogmuş ,  Dr lindsey norgrove ,  Dr tabea allen ,  Dr ata davatgar ,  Dr stephanie mansourian ,  Dr jonathan c. onyekwelu ,  Dr paolo omar cerutti ,  Dr robert nasi ,  Prof edson vidal ,  Dr thales a. p. west ,  Dr marco w. lentini ,  Dr saulo e. x. f. de souza ,  Dr carine klauberg ,  Dr philippe waldhoff ,  Prof. godwin kowero ,  Dr h.-n. bouda ,  Dr gillian petrokofsky

    This collection reviews the wealth of research on tropical forest management. Parts 1 and 2 explore key challenges facing tropical forests as well as the ecosystem services they deliver. Parts 3 and 4 review the management structures and techniques required for sustainable forest management (SFM)...

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  • Instant Insights: Using manure in soil management
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    Instant insights: using manure in soil management

    Dr peter sørensen ,  Dr luca bechini ,  Prof lars stoumann jensen ,  Francis j. larney ,  Dr ashraf m. tubeileh ,  Prof. michael j. goss ,  Professor dr barbara amon ,  Dr karin groenestein ,  Dr mark sutton ,  Dr victor riau ,  Dr l. morey ,  Dr r. cáceres ,  Dr m. cerrillo ,  Dr a. bonmati ,  Dr a. robles

    This book reviews recent advances in the utilisation of livestock manure to improve soil management and health. Chapters discuss best practices for the storage, treatment and processing of livestock manure, as well as the effects of manure application on the ability of soil to deliver a range of ...

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  • Advances in pig nutrition
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    Advances in pig nutrition

    Emeritus professor julian wiseman ,  Professor robert van barneveld ,  Professor john o’doherty ,  Dr olayiwola adeola ,  Dr charlotte gaillard ,  Professor gerald c. shurson ,  Dr chad paulk ,  Professor sung woo kim ,  Professor knud erik bach knudsen ,  Dr mike bedford ,  Professor thomas crenshaw ,  Dr william oliver ,  Professor ruurd zijlstra ,  Dr kristy digiacomo ,  Dr anne grete kongsted ,  Professor peter williams

    This collection reviews the wealth of research addressing the major challenges facing pig nutrition, including the need to meet the changing needs of animals as they grow whilst minimising environmentally-damaging nutrient losses, as well as improving feed conversion efficiency and finding more s...

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  • Instant Insights: Sensor technologies in livestock monitoring
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    Instant insights: sensor technologies in livestock monitoring

    Dr mark trotter ,  Derek bailey ,  Jamie barwick ,  Jaime manning ,  Caitlin evans ,  Dr diogo costa ,  Elle fogarty ,  Anita chang ,  Dr dana l. m. campbell ,  Dr marisa a. erasmus ,  Dr michael iwersen ,  Dr marc drillich ,  Prof henk hogeveen ,  Dr mariska van der voort ,  Dr maciej oczak ,  Dr kristina maschat ,  Dr johannes baumgartner

    This collection features five peer-reviewed literature reviews on sensor technologies in livestock monitoring.

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  • Global trends in pesticide resistance
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    Global trends in pesticide resistance

    Professor richard oliver ,  Dr reem aboukhaddour ,  Dr clint allen ,  Professor eduardo alves ,  Professor herbert siqueira ,  Dr caio rossi ,  Professor monica hӧfte ,  Professor guy smagghe ,  Professor maria gullino ,  Dr maurizio sattin ,  Professor youssef dewer ,  Dr maor matzrafi ,  Dr david nsibo ,  Dr fathiya khamis ,  Professor juan vorster ,  Professor hitesh solanki ,  Dr mukesh dhillon ,  Dr chuah tse seng ,  Dr francisco j. lopez-ruiz ,  Dr lisa bird ,  Professor chris preston

    This book provides a detailed overview of regional trends in the development of resistance to key groups of fungicides, insecticides and herbicides and their implications for future pesticide use.

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  • Instant Insights: Economics of agriculture
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    Instant insights: economics of agriculture

    Various authors ,  Professor james lowenberg-deboer ,  Professor david pannell ,  Asjad tariq sheikh ,  Mr pieter de wolf ,  Dr saskia houben ,  Dr william bijker ,  Dr koen klompe ,  Professor t. shah

    This book provides a comprehensive overview of the economics of key elements of agriculture, including irrigation, agricultural robotics and integrated weed management.

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  • Advances in postharvest management of cereals and grains
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    Advances in postharvest management of cereals and grains

    Prof. dirk e. maier ,  Prof. dirk e. maier ,  Emeritus prof. steven t. sonka ,  Dr kizito nishimwe ,  Dr julie aiza l. mandap ,  Dr gary p. munkvold ,  Dr david schlipalius ,  Dr paul ebert ,  Dr peter r. brown ,  Dr grant r. singleton ,  Dr steven r. belmain ,  Dr nyo me htwe ,  Dr loth mulungu ,  Dr mashaka mdangi ,  Dr regino cavia ,  Dr michelle a. friedmann ,  Dr dieudonne baributsa ,  Dr ma cristine concepcion ignacio ,  Dr paul fields ,  Dr fuji jian ,  Dr dianxuan wang ,  Prof. shlomo navarro ,  Dr hagit navarro ,  Dr benjamin fűrstenau ,  Dr garnet marlen kroos ,  Dr peter follett ,  Dr georgios akepsimaidis ,  Dr nicolas meneses ,  Dr matthew murdoch ,  Dr heidi kotilainen ,  Prof. naresh magan ,  Dr esther garcia-cela ,  Dr carol verheecke-vaessen ,  Dr angel medina ,  Dr roger g. aby ,  Prof. brighton m. mvumi ,  Dr tanya stathers

    Part 1 of this collection assesses the causes of postharvest losses. Part 2 reviews advances in storage technologies, including management of insect pests using techniques such as fumigation, controlled atmospheres and biopesticides, as well as control of fungal contamination.

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  • Achieving sustainable production of milk Volume 2
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    Achieving sustainable production of milk volume 2

    Dr nico van belzen ,  Claire verraes ,  Sabine cardoen ,  Wendie claeys ,  Lieve herman ,  Dr delia grace ,  Silvia alonso ,  Dr johanna lindahl ,  Sara ahlberg ,  Ram pratim deka ,  P. moroni ,  F. welcome ,  M. f. addis ,  Dr bernadette o'brien ,  Kieran jordan ,  Erastus kang'ethe ,  Jagger harvey ,  Pamela l. ruegg ,  Réjean bouchard ,  Helen dornom ,  Anne-charlotte dockès ,  Nicole sillett ,  Jamie jonker ,  Norman r. scott ,  Curt gooch ,  Sophie bertrand ,  Margaret e. graves ,  Ralph martin ,  Dr j. upton ,  E. murphy ,  Dr laurence shalloo ,  M. murphy ,  I. j. m. de boer ,  Professor peter groot koerkamp ,  Ben tyson ,  Liza storey ,  Nick edgar ,  Jonathan draper ,  Christine unson ,  Florian leiber ,  Dr a. muller ,  Veronika maurer ,  Dr c. schader ,  Anna bieber ,  Alison bailey ,  J. p. hill ,  John moran ,  J. m. k. ojango ,  R. mrode ,  A. m. okeyo ,  J. e. o. rege ,  M. g. g. chagunda ,  D. r. kugonza ,  Gidi smolders ,  Dr mette vaarst

    Safety remains a key issue for the dairy industry. This book reviews current research on understanding and managing pathogens in dairy farms. It also discusses more recent concerns about the environmental impact of dairy farming and ways it can be made more sustainable, including in developing co...

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  • Instant Insights: Optimising agri-food supply chains
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    Instant insights: optimising agri-food supply chains

    Various authors ,  Professor sander de leeuw ,  Dr rodrigo romero-silva ,  Dr samantha islam ,  Professor louise manning ,  Dr jonathan m. cullen ,  Dr aleksandra kowalska ,  Dr hamid el bilali ,  Professor gerhard schiefer

    This book provides a detailed overview of current agri-food supply chains, as well as the ways in which they can be optimised to mitigate some of agriculture’s biggest challenges, including food loss and waste.

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  • Developing animal feed products
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    Developing animal feed products

    Dr navaratnam partheeban ,  Dr jordi ortuño ,  Dr alexandros ch. stratakos ,  Dr katerina theodoridou ,  Mr dennis forte ,  Charles stark ,  Dr frédéric debode ,  Dr j. a. fernández pierna ,  Dr m. c. lecrenier ,  Dr p. veys ,  Dr o. fumiere ,  Dr o. minet ,  Dr a. pissard ,  Dr j. hulin ,  Dr n. chamberland ,  Dr v. baeten ,  Dr gerhard flachowsky ,  Dr ulrich meyer ,  Dr luciano pinotti ,  Dr luca ferrari ,  Dr nicoletta rovere ,  Dr francesca fumagalli ,  Dr sharon mazzoleni ,  Dr federica cheli ,  Dr regiane r. santos ,  Dr manfred lützow

    This volume reviews key research and the challenges faced in developing new livestock feed products that promote growth whilst also enhancing both product quality and safety. This collection also summarises recent key developments in the sector, including a better understanding of gut function an...

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  • Instant Insights: Novel biocontrol agents
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    Instant insights: novel biocontrol agents

    Various authors ,  Dr azucena gonzalez-coloma ,  Dr maria fe andres ,  Mr daniel tapia garcia ,  Dr shannon borges ,  Dr mike mendelsohn ,  Dr martin erlandson ,  Prof toby bruce ,  Emeritus prof. marcos kogan

    This book provides a detailed overview of recent advances in the use of novel biocontrol agents in agriculture as well as the regulatory issues which may arise as a result of their development.

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  • Instant Insights: Optimising pig nutrition
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    Instant insights: optimising pig nutrition

    Professor robert van barneveld ,  Robert j. e. hewitt ,  Darryl n. d'souza ,  Dr sam millet ,  Nadia everaert ,  Dr barbara u. metzler-zebeli ,  Charlotte lauridsen ,  J. jacques matte ,  Dr marta lópez-alonso ,  Dr marco garcía-vaquero ,  Prof marta miranda

    This collection considers the different approaches and methods which can be implemented to optimise pig nutrition. Chapters discuss the nutritional requirements of pigs and review the use of dietary supplements to support gut function and animal health.

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  • Instant Insights: Improving biosecurity in livestock production
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    Instant insights: improving biosecurity in livestock production

    Prof jeroen dewulf ,  Prof dominiek maes ,  Filip boyen ,  Freddy haesebrouck ,  Prof jean-pierre vaillancourt ,  Dr manon racicot ,  Dr mattias delpont ,  Peter paulsen ,  Frans j. m. smulders ,  Friederike hilbert ,  Dr k. ellis

    This collection highlights the need for improved biosecurity in livestock production as a result of increased disease risk, focussing primarily on pig, poultry and beef cattle production. Chapters review the emergence and re-emergence of key pathogens and the role of effective biosecurity measure...

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  • Biopesticides for sustainable agriculture
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    Biopesticides for sustainable agriculture

    Prof nick birch ,  Professor travis r. glare ,  Dr susan m. boyetchko ,  Dr józsef kiss ,  Dr marc delos ,  Prof wyn grant ,  Dr roma gwynn ,  Prof enrique quesada-moraga ,  Dr meelad yousef-naef ,  Dr inmaculada garrido-jurado ,  Dr tejas rao ,  Dr juan luis jurat-fuentes ,  Dr salvatore arpaia ,  Dr luca ruiu ,  Dr martin erlandson ,  Dr albrecht m. koppenhöfer ,  Dr david shapiro-ilan ,  Dr ivan hiltpold ,  Dr aurélien tartar ,  Prof gadi v. p. reddy ,  Dr anamika sharma ,  Dr angel guerrero ,  Prof toby bruce ,  Dr lin bao ,  Dr robert m. kennedy ,  Dr kyle schneider ,  Dr alvar carlson ,  Dr andy renz ,  Dr barbara thuerig ,  Dr lucius tamm

    Part 1 of this collection reviews research on developing and assessing new biopesticides. Part 2 summarises advances in different types of entomopathogenic biopesticide. Part 3 assesses semiochemical, peptide-based and other natural substance-based biopesticides.

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  • Instant Insights: Agroforestry practices
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    Instant insights: agroforestry practices

    Various authors ,  Dr alfredo j. escribano ,  Dr j. ryschawy ,  Dr lindsay whistance ,  Dr lydie dufour ,  Prof. diomy s. zamora ,  Dr samuel c. allen ,  Dr kent g. apostol ,  Dr shibu jose ,  Gary wyatt ,  Prof. m. weih ,  Dr p.-a. hansson ,  Dr j. a. ohlsson ,  Dr m. sandgren ,  Dr a. schnürer ,  Dr a.-c. rönnberg-wästljung ,  Professor maría rosa mosquera-losada ,  Dr j. j. santiago-freijanes ,  Dr a. rigueiro-rodríguez ,  Dr f. j. rodríguez-rigueiro ,  Dr d. arias martínez ,  Professor anastasia pantera ,  Dr n. ferreiro-domínguez

    This book provides a detailed overview of the implementation of agroforestry practices to improve the sustainability of agriculture.

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  • Improving water management in agriculture
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    Improving water management in agriculture

    Professor jerry w. knox ,  Professor jerry w. knox ,  Dr tim foster ,  Dr c. d. pérez-blanco ,  Dr g. schmidt ,  Dr upali a. amarasinghe ,  Dr giriraj amaranath ,  Dr alok sikka ,  Dr samuel i. haruna ,  Professor stephen h. anderson ,  Dr henk ritzema ,  Dr ian c. dodd ,  Dr katharina huntenburg ,  Dr juan gabriel pérez-pérez ,  Professor j. a. rodríguez díaz ,  Dr a. mérida garcía ,  Dr r. gonzález perea ,  Dr i. fernández garcía ,  Dr muhammed arif watto ,  Dr maria shabir ,  Dr ali sher ,  Dr muhammad awais ali khan ,  Emeritus professor philip woodhouse ,  Professor bruce lankford ,  Dr matthew mccartney ,  Dr juliane haensch ,  Professor sarah ann wheeler ,  Dr martin burton ,  Dr m. g. shivakumar ,  Dr rahul sen ,  Dr kuppannan palanisami ,  Dr lance gore ,  Dr maría f. ortuño ,  Dr andrés parra ,  Dr juan j. alarcón ,  Dr maría j. gómez-bellot ,  Dr antonio skarmeta ,  Dr manuel mora ,  Dr rafael marín ,  Dr nikolaos katsoulas ,  Dr sofia faliagka ,  Dr dimitris k. papanastasiou ,  Dr mohammed semiani ,  Dr farouk eddine belkhiri ,  Dr smadhi dalila ,  Dr khouloud boukadi ,  Dr rima grati ,  Dr bassem bouaziz ,  Dr andre daccache ,  Dr tim m. hess ,  Dr ray-shyan wu ,  Dr fiaz hussain ,  Dr oscar melo ,  Dr sadurní vendrell ,  Dr william foster

    This collection considers current challenges facing irrigated agriculture and reviews the wealth of research on the range of interventions which can be applied to address these challenges, from understanding and managing water flows at the watershed scale, through to improved use of water resources.

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  • Instant Insights: Climate change, insect pests and invasive species
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    Instant insights: climate change, insect pests and invasive species

    Kayode david ileke ,  Luke chinaru nwosu ,  Maduamaka cyriacus abajue ,  Prof. sanford d. eigenbrode ,  Sarina macfadyen ,  Dr robert venette ,  Dr amy morey

    This specially curated collection features three reviews of current and key research on climate change, insect pests and invasive species.

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  • Improving nitrogen use efficiency in crop production
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    Improving nitrogen use efficiency in crop production

    Adjunct professor jagdish kumar ladha ,  Professor claudia wagner-riddle ,  Professor claudia wagner-riddle ,  Professor brent kaiser ,  Professor brent kaiser ,  Professor nandula raghuram ,  Professor nandula raghuram ,  Professor brenda tubana ,  Professor brenda tubana ,  Dr mizanur rahman ,  Dr bijay singh ,  Dr bijay singh ,  Professor deli chen ,  Professor deli chen ,  Dr chelsea k. janke ,  Dr chelsea k. janke ,  Professor harold van es ,  Professor harold van es ,  Professor masoud hashemi ,  Professor masoud hashemi ,  Dr alan franzluebbers ,  Dr alan franzluebbers ,  Dr iris vogeler ,  Dr iris vogeler ,  Dr lucie chmelikova ,  Dr lucie chmelikova ,  Professor david pannell ,  Professor david pannell ,  Dr t. k. adhya ,  Professor ignacio ciampitti ,  Professor ignacio ciampitti ,  Samantha earl-goulet ,  Laura van eerd ,  Kate congreves ,  Muhammad uddin ,  Francine perrine-walker ,  Dinesh kumar jaiswal ,  Gilles lemaire ,  Daniel forestieri ,  R. j. buresh ,  S. peng ,  Shu kee lam ,  Baobao pan ,  Xia liang ,  Arvin mosier ,  Dr cristina martinez ,  Dr yash dang ,  Dr michael j. bell ,  Jeff melkonian ,  Rebecca marjerison ,  Asjad tariq sheikh ,  Samantha glaze-corcoran ,  Dr peter sørensen ,  Ingrid thomsen ,  Professor friedhelm taube ,  Kurt-jürgen hülsbergen ,  Sebastian wolfrum

    This collection reviews the wealth of research on ways of improving nitrogen use efficiency in crop production as a means of reducing the agricultural sector’s environmental impact and rebalancing the global nitrogen cycle.

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  • Instant Insights: Understanding and tackling Fusarium wilt of banana
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    Instant insights: understanding and tackling fusarium wilt of banana

    Various authors ,  Dan koeppel ,  Dr einar martínez de la parte ,  Dr luis pérez-vicente ,  Dr fernando garcía-bastidas ,  Prof andré drenth ,  Prof gert h. j. kema ,  Prof eli khayat ,  Dr edson amorim ,  Dr vanusia batista de oliveira amorim ,  Dr manassés dos santos silva ,  Dr fernando haddad ,  Dr claudia fortes ferreira ,  Janay almeida dos santos serejo

    This book provides a comprehensive overview of the epidemiology of Fusarium wilt of banana, the role of monoculture in its spread, as well as best practices to control future outbreaks, including specialised breeding programmes and genetic engineering.

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  • Protecting natural capital and biodiversity in the agri-food sector
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    Protecting natural capital and biodiversity in the agri-food sector

    Prof jill atkins ,  Prof jill atkins ,  Dr john peirce ,  Dr yvette lange ,  Prof warren maroun ,  Dr wayne van zijl ,  Dr dusan ecim ,  Ms mira lieberman ,  Dr jӧel houdet ,  Dr kristina jonäll ,  Prof hannu schadewitz ,  Prof gunnar rimmel ,  Dr maizatulakma abdullah ,  Dr federica doni ,  Dr antonio corvino ,  Dr silvio bianchi martini ,  Ms martina macpherson ,  Dr elisabetta a. v. barone ,  Dr noa simón delso ,  Mr walter haefeker ,  Dr scott longing ,  Dr brendan kelly

    This collection considers the importance of accounting for and protecting natural capital and biodiversity in the agri-food sector. The book reviews recent advances in natural capital, biodiversity and extinction accounting and how these methods are being applied in different sectors and regions ...

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  • Instant Insights: Land use change and management
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    Instant insights: land use change and management

    Various authors ,  Dr catherine scott ,  Dr lucas william mendes ,  Dr liz lewis-reddy ,  Prof. richard schultz ,  Dr thomas isenhart ,  Dr william beck ,  Dr tyler groh ,  Dr morgan davis

    This book provides a detailed overview of the contribution of land use change to climate change, as well as the strategies and methods implemented to mitigate this impact and reverse global biodiversity decline, such as the development of agri-environment schemes.

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  • The European spruce bark beetle
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    The european spruce bark beetle

    Dr sigrid netherer ,  Dr sigrid netherer ,  Dr maartje klapwijk ,  Dr maartje klapwijk ,  Dr simon kärvemo ,  Dr martin schebeck ,  Dr dineshkumar kandasamy ,  Dr marcela vanloo ,  Dr georg gratzer ,  Dr louise eriksson ,  Dr martin thalhammer ,  Dr christian temperli ,  Dr langning huo ,  Dr gernot hoch ,  Dr anne-maarit hekkala ,  Dr tobias frühbrodt

    This book reviews current research on understanding and controlling the European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus), one of the most important threats facing forests in Europe and North America.

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  • The sustainable intensification of smallholder farming systems
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    The sustainable intensification of smallholder farming systems

    Dr dominik klauser ,  Dr dominik klauser ,  Dr mike robinson ,  Dr steve wiggins ,  Mr david eagle ,  Dr nadira saleh ,  Prof christoph studer ,  Dr ian barker ,  Dr richard jones ,  Dr washington otieno ,  Dr willis ochilo ,  Dr lorna migiro ,  Dr wade jenner ,  Dr ulrich kuhlmann ,  Dr bernard vanlauwe ,  Mr oluwole fatunbi ,  Dr r. kombat ,  Dr nikesh ghimere ,  Dr charles nkonge ,  Dr david kamau ,  Dr felister makini ,  Mr matthew freeman ,  Dr wanjiku mungai ,  Dr margaret adesugba ,  Dr yanyan liu ,  Dr nicholas minot ,  Dr mengying wang ,  Dr christine negra ,  Dr tanja havemann ,  Professor john derera ,  Dr joyce gikera ,  Mr john logan

    This volume reviews recent research on effective support to improve smallholder livelihoods. After discussing the economics of smallholder farming, the book looks at access to key inputs before assessing ways of improving extension and other services to support sustainable production practices.

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  • Instant Insights: Improving the shelf life of horticultural produce
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    Instant insights: improving the shelf life of horticultural produce

    Prof jeffrey k. brecht ,  Dr i. uysal ,  Dr m. c. n. nunes ,  Dr j. p. emond ,  Dr s. mercier ,  Dr u. mccarthy ,  Dr peter toivonen ,  Noam alkan ,  Anirudh kumar ,  K. wang ,  Prof. a. k. handa ,  Dr a. k. mattoo

    This collection provides a detailed insight into the methods used to improve the shelf life of horticultural products, focussing on how the implementation of these methods can contribute to reducing the amount of global food loss and waste in the horticultural sector. Chapters explore the role of...

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  • Instant Insights: Mite pests in agriculture
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    Instant insights: mite pests in agriculture

    Prof oscar e. liburd ,  Dr lorena lopez ,  Dr daniel carrillo ,  Dr alexandra m. revynthi ,  Dr omotola olaniyi ,  Dr rana akyazi ,  Dr rebecca a. schmidt-jeffris ,  Dr elizabeth h. beers ,  Dr carlo duso ,  R. srinivasan ,  Marion o. harris ,  Kirk anderson ,  M el-bouhssini ,  Frank peairs ,  Professor gary l. hein ,  Steven xu

    This collection features four peer-reviewed literature reviews on mite pests in agriculture.

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  • Instant Insights: Developing immunity in poultry
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    Instant insights: developing immunity in poultry

    Dr marie-helene pinard-van der laan ,  Dr j. kaufman ,  Dr a. psifidi ,  Prof. huaijun zhou ,  Dr mark fife ,  Dr michael h. kogut ,  Professor michael kidd ,  Dr p. f. surai ,  Rami a. dalloul

    This collection features four peer-reviewed reviews on developing immunity in poultry.

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  • Instant Insights: Optimising reproductive efficiency in pigs
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    Instant insights: optimising reproductive efficiency in pigs

    Professor glen almond ,  Emily mahan-riggs ,  M. l. w. j. broekhuijse ,  Diego f. leal ,  María estefanía gonzález-alvarez ,  Zöe e. kiefer ,  Jamie m. studer ,  Professor jason w. ross ,  Dr aileen keating

    This book provides a comprehensive overview of the range of factors currently affecting reproductive efficiency in modern pig production, such as gilt development and litter size for sows and genetic line and progressive motility for boars.

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  • Instant Insights: Integrated pest management in cereal cultivation
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    Instant insights: integrated pest management in cereal cultivation

    F. g. horgan ,  Abie horrocks ,  Melanie davidson ,  Paul horne ,  Jessica page ,  Bonnie pendleton ,  Emeritus prof. e. a. heinrichs ,  Dr john e. foster

    This collection reviews the adoption of integrated pest management programmes across cereal cultivation, with chapters dedicated to rice, wheat and sorghum. Chapters consider the key biological, cultural and chemical methods of control, as well as breeding crops for resistance to insect pests.

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  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of wheat Volume 1
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    Achieving sustainable cultivation of wheat volume 1

    Prof. peter langridge ,  Dr paula bramel ,  Dr kellye eversole ,  Jane rogers ,  Prof beat keller ,  Rudi appels ,  Catherine feuillet ,  Dr alison r. bentley ,  Ian mackay ,  Jacques le gouis ,  Prof malcolm j. hawkesford ,  Martin a. j. parry ,  João paulo pennacchi ,  Luis robledo-arratia ,  Elizabete carmo-silva ,  Xinguo mao ,  Delong yang ,  Prof ruilian jing ,  D. z. skinner ,  A. s. ross ,  Ian batey ,  Victoria ndolo ,  Prof trust beta ,  Albrecht serfling ,  Doris kopahnke ,  Antje habekuss ,  Fluturë novakazi ,  Prof frank ordon ,  Z. a. pretorius ,  M. ayliffe ,  R. l. bowden ,  L. a. boyd ,  R. m. depauw ,  Y. jin ,  R. e. knox ,  R. a. mcintosh ,  R. f. park ,  R. prins ,  E. s. lagudah ,  Hermann buerstmayr ,  Volker mohler ,  Mohan kohli ,  James anderson ,  Indu sharma ,  Pramod prasad ,  Subhash c. bhardwaj ,  Prof stephen n. wegulo ,  Marion o. harris ,  J. jacob ,  P. r. brown ,  Guiping yan ,  Kirk anderson ,  M el-bouhssini ,  Frank peairs ,  Professor gary l. hein ,  Steven xu ,  Prof. sanford d. eigenbrode ,  Sarina macfadyen ,  Abie horrocks ,  Melanie davidson ,  Paul horne ,  Jessica page ,  Neil harker ,  John o'donovan ,  Breanne tidemann

    This book reviews advances in breeding techniques as well as their application to produce drought-resistant and other improved varieties. It also discusses wheat nutritional quality. Finally it reviews developments such as disease-resistant varieties and other techniques to combat pests and disea...

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  • Instant Insights: Developing forestry products
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    Instant insights: developing forestry products

    Dr david nicholls ,  Prof. j. w. 'jerry' van sambeek ,  Prof jegatheswaran ratnasingam ,  Dr tatjana stevanovic ,  Dr michael a. gold

    This collection features five peer-reviewed literature reviews on developing forestry products.

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  • Pesticides and agriculture
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    Pesticides and agriculture

    Dr dave watson

    Pesticides have played a critical but sometimes controversial role in the development of agriculture. This book provides an authoritative account of the development of the modern pesticides industry in the context of broader developments in global agriculture.

    £170.00
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  • Agriculture, land use and the path to net zero
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    Agriculture, land use and the path to net zero

    Professor bob rees ,  Professor jørgen olesen ,  Professor jørgen olesen ,  Professor david reay ,  Emeritus professor don wuebbles ,  Mr apisit boupai ,  Professor klaus butterbach-bahl ,  Professor frank mitloehner ,  Dr sylvia kratz ,  Dr cecile de kein ,  Dr carol-anne duthie ,  Professor bas van wesemael ,  Dr andrew barnes ,  Dr ngoni chirinda ,  Dr harry clark ,  Dr erin daly ,  Dr patricia rici ,  Professor xiaotang ju ,  Dr abdul wakeel ,  Dr gerard ros

    This book provides a comprehensive review of the contribution of land use for farming to global greenhouse gas emissions and how agricultural land use can be optimised to achieve net zero.

    £160.00
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  • Contaminants in agricultural soils
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    Contaminants in agricultural soils

    Distinguished laureate professor ravi naidu ,  Dr mentore vaccari ,  Professor ganga hettiarachichi ,  Professor linda lee ,  Dr vera felix da graca silva ,  Dr nikola rakonjac ,  Dr g. j. levy ,  Dr liang wang ,  Dr ayanka wijayawardena ,  Dr gerhard soja ,  Dr bhaba biswas ,  Dr paula alvarenga ,  Dr david leung ,  Professor fang wang

    This book reviews current research on the key types of contaminants in agricultural soils, including heavy metals, antibiotic and pesticide residues, as well as recent advances in bioremediation and phytoremediation techniques to manage these contaminants.

    £155.00
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  • Understanding the behaviour and improving the welfare of chickens
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    Understanding the behaviour and improving the welfare of chickens

    Professor christine nicol ,  Dr dominic wright ,  Dr rie henriksen ,  Dr birte l. nielsen ,  Emeritus prof ian j. h. duncan ,  Dr rafael freire ,  Prof inma estevez ,  Dr dana l. m. campbell ,  Dr marisa a. erasmus ,  Prof marian dawkins ,  Dr elizabeth rowe ,  Prof linda keeling ,  Dr anja brinch riber ,  Dr elske n. de haas ,  Dr ingrid de jong ,  Dr victoria sandilands ,  Prof lars schrader ,  Dr julia malchow ,  Dr leonie jacobs ,  Dr frank a. m. tuyttens ,  Dr dorothy mckeegan ,  Dr jessica martin ,  Dr nienke van staaveren ,  Dr alexandra harlander ,  Dr christina rufener ,  Dr michael j. toscano ,  Dr gina caplen

    Part 1 of this volume reviews advances in research on key aspects of poultry behaviour and welfare monitoring. Part 2 discusses particular welfare issues affecting broilers and layers such as housing and environmental enrichment as well as problems such as injurious pecking and bone health.

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  • Instant Insights: Crop rotations
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    Instant insights: crop rotations

    Gilbert g. sigua ,  Prof. bernhard freyer ,  Professor bruno basso ,  Dr r. a. martinez-feria ,  Professor benjamin dumont ,  Dr zia mehrabi ,  Dr t. k. turkington ,  Dr k. xi ,  Dr h. r. kutcher

    This collection features five peer-reviewed literature reviews on crop rotations in agriculture.

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  • Instant Insights: Bone health in poultry
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    Instant insights: bone health in poultry

    Dr martin johnsson ,  Robert f wideman ,  Dr christina rufener ,  Dr michael j. toscano ,  Dr gina caplen

    This collection features four peer-reviewed literature reviews on bone health in poultry.

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  • Plant genetic resources
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    Plant genetic resources

    Dr m. ehsan dulloo ,  Dr m. ehsan dulloo ,  Dr chikelu mba ,  Dr kent nnadozie ,  Dr melinda smale ,  Dr nelissa jamora ,  Dr luigi guarino ,  Dr prishnee bissessur ,  Dr jai rana ,  Dr selim louafi ,  Dr eric welch ,  Dr nigel maxted ,  Dr joana magos brehm ,  Dr paula bramel ,  Mr michael way ,  Dr fiona r. hay ,  Dr sershen ,  Dr åsmund asdal ,  Dr stef de haan ,  Prof margaret smith ,  Dr julie dawson ,  Dr niels louwaars ,  Dr yueqi zhang ,  Dr ting xiang neik ,  Dr junrey c. amas ,  Dr aldrin y. cantila ,  Dr nur shuhadah mohd saad ,  Dr tingting wu ,  Dr jacqui batley

    This collection addresses the challenges of maintaining and benefitting from plant genetic diversity. Part 1 assesses ways of valuing and monitoring plant genetic diversity. Part 2 discusses advances in in-situ and ex-situ strategies for conserving plant genetic diversity. The final section revie...

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  • Improving integrated pest management in horticulture
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    Improving integrated pest management in horticulture

    Prof rosemary collier ,  Professor travis r. glare ,  Dr aimee c. mckinnon ,  Dr philippe c. nicot ,  Dr thomas pressecq ,  Dr marc bardin ,  Dr surendra k. dara ,  Dr clare butler ellis ,  Dr irene vänninen ,  Dr catello pane ,  Dr mark w. ramsden ,  Dr aoife o’driscoll ,  Dr aude alaphilippe ,  Dr claude bussi ,  Dr marion casagrande ,  Dr tarek dardouri ,  Dr sylvaine simon ,  Dr pierre-éric lauri ,  Dr amélie lefèvre ,  Dr mireille navarrete ,  Dr robbie d. girling ,  Dr tom d. breeze ,  Dr michael p. garratt ,  Dr philip r. crain ,  Dr david w. onstad ,  Dr norma r. samuel ,  Prof oscar e. liburd ,  Dr bruno gobin ,  Dr els pauwels ,  Dr joachim audenaert ,  Dr richard h. binks ,  Dr louis lippens ,  Dr sander fleerakkers ,  Dr femke temmerman ,  Dr annelies de roissart

    This collection reviews current advances in integrated pest management (IPM) for horticultural crops, including the use of biological control mechanisms, technological developments such as proximal sensors, agronomic practices and physical control.

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  • Instant Insights: Advances in detecting and forecasting crop pests and diseases
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    Instant insights: advances in detecting and forecasting crop pests and diseases

    Dr megan long ,  Dr nathaniel newlands ,  Dr michael schirmann ,  Dr e. c. oerke ,  Dr b. sailaja ,  Dr ch. padmavathi ,  Dr d. krishnaveni ,  Dr g. katti ,  Dr d. subrahmanyam ,  Dr m. s. prasad ,  Dr s. gayatri ,  Dr s. r. voleti ,  Dr irene vänninen

    This collection provides a comprehensive overview of the recent advances in crop pest monitoring and forecasting models. Chapters address emerging technologies in the area, as well as some of the issues and challenges that can arise as a result of implementing particular models.

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  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of oil palm Volume 1
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    Achieving sustainable cultivation of oil palm volume 1

    Prof. alain rival ,  Stefano savi ,  Choo yuen may ,  Yewai tan ,  Ahmad dermawan ,  Otto hospes ,  Pablo pacheco ,  Patrice levang ,  George schoneveld ,  Estelle jaligot ,  N rajanaidu ,  A. mohd din ,  M. marhalil ,  A. norziha ,  O. a. meilina ,  A. m. fadila ,  A. b. nor azwani ,  L. adelina ,  H. zulkifli ,  S. wan salmiah ,  A. kushairi ,  Benoît cochard ,  Tristan durand-gasselin ,  Rajinder singh ,  Chan pek lan ,  Maizura ithnin ,  Umi salamah ramli ,  Denis j. murphy ,  Christopher teh boon sung ,  Cheah see siang ,  Jean-pierre caliman ,  Suhardi ,  Pujianto ,  Bernard dubos ,  Didier snoeck ,  Jean-marc roda

    Palm oil is widely used for food processing, personal care products and as a biofuel. The cultivation of oil palm has raised concerns about sustainability. The first volume in this collection reviews research addressing these challenges in areas such as breeding and cultivation techniques.

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  • Instant Insights: Crop biofortification
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    Instant insights: crop biofortification

    Dr helena pachón ,  Eliab simpungwe ,  Bodo raatz ,  Elizabeth parkes ,  Olufemi aina

    This collection features four peer-reviewed literature reviews on crop biofortification in agriculture.

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  • Assessing the environmental impact of agriculture
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    Assessing the environmental impact of agriculture

    Prof. bo p. weidema ,  Prof. bo p. weidema ,  Dr seyyed hassan pishar-komleh ,  Dr paria sefeedpari ,  Dr nathan pelletier ,  Dr. miguel brandão ,  Dr evelyne a. groen ,  Dr alasdair sykes ,  Dr cairistiona topp ,  Professor bob rees ,  Dr taro takahashi ,  Dr graham a. mcauliffe ,  Prof. michael r. f. lee ,  Dr. matthias meier ,  Dr. stephan pfister ,  Dr sandra payen ,  Dr. peter fantke ,  Prof. benoît gabrielle ,  Dr pietro goglio ,  Dr cornelius adewale ,  Prof. david granatstein ,  Dr ben putman ,  Dr martin christie ,  Prof. g. j. thoma ,  Dr jerke de vries ,  Dr rik eweg

    This book reviews key methods for measuring the environmental impact of agriculture. Part 1 reviews life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. Part 2 reviews ways of modelling particular types of impact whilst the final part covers particular agricultural sectors.

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  • Weed management in Conservation Agriculture-based production of annual crops
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    Weed management in conservation agriculture-based production of annual crops

    Dr ademir calegari ,  Prof telmo jorge carneiro amado ,  Dr rolf derpsch ,  Ray archuleta ,  Martin cubilla ,  Dr frédéric thomas ,  Dr sergio argenteri ,  Dr fabricio kryzaniak ,  Dr kelso silva franco junior ,  Dr donizeti aparecido fornarolli ,  Dr benedito noedi rodrigues ,  Dr ronaldo hissayuki hojo ,  Dr ken moriya ,  Dr cassio egidio cavenaghi pretes ,  Dr danilo rheinheimer dos santos

    This chapter reviews the benefits and use of cover crops in no-till (NT) cultivation systems such as Conservation Agriculture (CA) in order to control undesirable plants (‘weeds’) in different annual crop production systems, whilst minimizing the use of herbicides. It begins by situating use of c...

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  • Weed management in no-tillage vegetable cultivation: using the Sistema de Plantio Direto de Hortaliças to achieve an agroecological transition
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    Weed management in no-tillage vegetable cultivation: using the sistema de plantio direto de hortaliças to achieve an agroecological transition

    Mr marcelo zanella ,  Dr darlan rodrigo marchesi ,  Dr arcângelo loss ,  Dr guilherme wilbert ferreira ,  Dr jamil abdalla fayad

    This chapter describes cultivation of vegetables using the no-tillage cultivation system developed in Brazil (SPDH+: Sistema de Plantio Direto de Hortaliças). Based on agroecological principles, this allows more sustainable cultivation of vegetables without reliance on synthetic fertilizers and p...

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  • Weed management in perennial Conservation Agriculture systems: optimising use of groundcover
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    Weed management in perennial conservation agriculture systems: optimising use of groundcover

    Dr emilio j. gonzález-sanchez ,  Dr julio roman-vazquez ,  Dr oscar veroz-gonzalez ,  Dr rosa carbonell-bojollo ,  Dr francisco marquez-garcia ,  Dr antonio m. conde-lopez ,  Dr miguel a. repullo-ruiberriz de torres ,  Dr manuel morena-garcia ,  Dr rafaela ordoñez-fernandez ,  Dr jesus a. gil-ribes

    This chapter reviews ways of optimising use of ground cover in perennial cultivation for weed control. It reviews the multiple roles of ground cover in perennial systems and ways of selecting between different types of ground cover (non-selected or select spontaneous plants; sown grass, legume or...

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  • Weed management in Conservation Agriculture systems: farmers’ testimonies
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    Weed management in conservation agriculture systems: farmers’ testimonies

    Professor gottlieb basch ,  Dr søren ilsøe ,  Dr miguel barnuevo-rocko ,  Dr anderson schmitz ,  Mr marcelo zanella ,  Dr benjamin dias osorio filho ,  Dr luiz antônio pradella ,  Dr valmor dos santos ,  Dr corey loessin ,  Dr marie l. c. bartz

    In this concluding chapter, several testimonies of farmers about their experiences regarding weed management after the shift to CA are presented to emphasize the importance of practitioners' views when profound changes in farming methods are needed. The testimonies comprise different agroecologie...

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