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Soil health, soil biology, soilborne diseases and sustainable agriculture : a guide /
"Our capacity to maintain world food production depends heavily on the thin layer of soil covering the Earth's surface. The health of this soil determines whether crops can grow successfully, whether a farm business is profitable and whether an enterprise is sustainable in the long term. F...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Clayton, Vic. :
CSIRO Publishing,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: soil health, soil biology, sustainable agriculture and evidence-based information
- Soil physical, chemical and biological properties, and the key role of organic matter in promoting soil and plant health
- Organisms in the soil food web and their functions
- Soilborne diseases: a major impediment to crop production
- Impact of natural enemies on soilborne pathogens
- A practical guide to improving soil health and reducing losses from soilborne diseases
- Grain farming systems to improve soil health and enhance biological suppression of soilborne diseases
- Annual and perennial pastures tot improve soil health in grain-cropping systems
- Yield decline of sugarcane: a soil health problem overcome by modifying the farming system
- Vegetable farming systems: the challenge of improving soil health and sustainability in an industry that demands high levels of productivity
- Options for improving soil health and minimising losses from soilborne diseases in perennial horticultural crops
- Key soil health messages, and practices that should be included in holistic soil improvement programs.