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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821800803321

Titolo

Ecological consequences of increasing crop productivity : plant breeding and biotic diversity / / edited by Anatoly Iv. Opalko, PhD, Larissa I. Weisfeld, PhD, Sarra A. Bekuzarova, DSc, Nina A. Bome, DSc, and Gennady E. Zaikov, DSc

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waretown, NJ : , : Apple Academic Press, Inc.

Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-77463-333-7

0-429-17305-9

1-77188-012-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Classificazione

cci1icc

coll13

Disciplina

333.7616

Soggetti

Agricultural ecology

Agricultural productivity

Crop yields

Plant breeding

Biodiversity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Sommario/riassunto

<P>With contributions from leading scientists in agricultural biology and young researchers, this book examines the ecological consequences that sometimes arise with various methods of increasing crop productivity. It also presents agroecological approaches to crop improvement and productivity from several perspectives, examines alternative energy sources, and discusses other problems related to sustainable agriculture. </P>