Agriculture and the nitrogen cycle [[electronic resource] ] : assessing the impacts of fertilizer use on food production and the environment / / edited by Arvin Mosier, J. Keith Syers, and John R. Freney

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781809103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c2004
• ISBN: 1-59726-743-0; 1-4356-4858-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Collana: SCOPE ; ; 65
• Altri autori (Persone): MosierArvin; SyersJohn K (John Keith); FreneyJ. R (John Raymond)
• Disciplina: 631.8/4
• Soggetti: Nitrogen fertilizers; Nitrogen fertilizers - Environmental aspects; Nitrogen cycle
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A project of SCOPE, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment of the International council for Science."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Figures and Tables""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Part I: Overview""; ""Ch. 1: Nitrogen Fertilizer: An Essential Component of Increased Food, Feed, and Fiber Production""; ""Part II: Crosscutting Issues""; ""Ch. 2: Crop, Environmental, and Management Factors Affecting Nitrogen Use Efficiency""; ""Ch. 3: Emerging Technologies to Increase the Efficiency of Use of Fertilizer Nitrogen""; ""Ch. 4: Pathways of Nitrogen Loss and Their Impacts on Human Health and the Environment""; ""Ch. 5: Societal Responses for Addressing Nitrogen Fertilizer Needs: Balancing Food Production and Environmental Concerns""""Part III: Low-input Systems""; ""Ch. 6: Improving Fertilizer Nitrogen Use Efficiency Through an Ecosystem-based Approach""; ""Ch. 7: Nitrogen Dynamics in Legume-based Pasture Systems""; ""Ch. 8: Management of Nitrogen Fertilizer in Maize-based Systems in Subhumid Areas of Sub-Saharan Africa""; ""Ch. 9: Integrated Nitrogen Input Systems in Denmark""; ""Part ; IV: High-input Systems""; ""Ch. 10: Rice Systems in China with High Nitrogen Inputs""; ""Ch. 11: Using Advanced Technologies to Refine Nitrogen Management at the Farm Scale: A Case Study from the U.S. Midwest""""Ch. 12: Impact of Management Systems on Fertilizer Nitrogen Use Efficiency""; ""Part V: Interactions and Scales""; ""Ch. 13: Fertilizer Nitrogen Use Efficiency as Influenced by Interactions with Other Nutrients""; ""Ch. 14: An Assessment of Fertilizer Nitrogen Recovery Efficiency by Grain Crops""; ""Ch. 15: Pathways and Losses of Fertilizer Nitrogen at Different Scales""; ""Ch. 16: Current Nitrogen Inputs to World Regions""; ""Part VI: Challenges""; ""Ch. 17: Challenges and Opportunities for the Fertilizer Industry""""Ch. 18: The Role of Nitrogen in Sustaining Food Production and Estimating Future Nitrogen Fertilizer Needs to Meet Food Demand""; ""Ch. 19: Environmental Dimensions of Fertilizer Nitrogen: What Can Be Done to Increase Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Ensure Global Food Security?""; ""Appendix""; ""List of Contributors""; ""SCOPE Series List""; ""SCOPE Executive Committee 2001-2004""; ""Index""