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Titolo: |
Agriculture and the nitrogen cycle : assessing the impacts of fertilizer use on food production and the environment / / edited by Arvin Mosier, J. Keith Syers, and John R. Freney
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Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c2004 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
Disciplina: | 631.8/4 |
Soggetto topico: | Nitrogen fertilizers |
Nitrogen fertilizers - Environmental aspects | |
Nitrogen cycle | |
Altri autori: |
MosierArvin
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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"" | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Agriculture and the nitrogen cycle ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-59726-743-0 |
1-4356-4858-7 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910810097103321 |
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