Improving water and nutrient-use efficiency in food production systems [[electronic resource] /] / editor, Zed Rengel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ames, Iowa, : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (323 p.) |
Disciplina | 631.5/82 |
Altri autori (Persone) | RengelZdenko |
Soggetto topico |
Crops - Water requirements
Crops - Nutrition Water conservation Fertilizers Plant nutrients |
ISBN |
1-118-51799-7
1-283-95008-1 1-118-51800-4 1-118-51798-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Improving Water and Nutrient-Use Efficiency in Food Production Systems; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Current State and Future Potential of Global Food Production and Consumption; Introduction; Global Food Production; Agricultural Land Expansion; Productivity Growth; Climate Change; Global Food Consumption; Water- and Nutrient-Use Efficiency in Agricultural Production; Conclusions; References; 2 Water Resources and Global Change; Introduction; Observed Global Trends in Precipitation and Temperature; Future Trends in Precipitation and Temperature
Future Trends in Water Availability Runoff; Soil Water Storage; Consequences for Agricultural Production; Uncertainties in Climate Change Projections; References; 3 Translating Water into Food: How Water Cycles in Natural and Agricultural Landscapes; Introduction; Physical Basis of Water Cycling; Water Needs for Food Production; Water Fluxes in Agricultural Landscape; Vertical Water Vapor Flux; Vertical Soil Water Flux; Horizontal Water Vapor Flux; Impact of Landscape Structure on Water Cycling; Improvement of Water Management in Agricultural Landscapes; Introduction of Shelterbelts Restoration of Small Midfield Ponds Improving Soil Water Retention and Hydraulic Properties; Conclusions; References; 4 Nutrients as Limited Resources: Global Trends in Fertilizer Production and Use; Fertilizer Consumption; Evolution of Global and Regional Fertilizer Consumption since the 1960's; Evolution of the Product Mix and Organic Resources Recycling; Current Situation; Medium-Term Outlook for World and Regional Fertilizer Demand; Long-Term Projections for World Fertilizer Demand; Fertilizer Supply; Evolution of Production and Trade at the Global and Regional Levels since the 1960's Current Situation Fertilizer Industry's Investment Climate and Capacity Developments; Medium-Term Outlook for World Fertilizer Supply and Supply-and-Demand Balances; Resource Management; Industrial Nitrogen; Phosphate Rock; Potash Ore; Challenges Facing the Fertilizer Industry; Nutrient-Use Efficiency; Developing and Delivering Fertilizer Best Management Practices; References; 5 The Flow of Phosphorus in Food Production and Consumption Systems; The Use of Phosphorus in Global Food Production; Key Challenges: Scarcity and Pollution; Phosphorus as a Scarce Global Resource Phosphorus as a Pollutant Sustainable Pathways for Future Phosphorus Flows; Regional Example 1: Australia; Regional Example 2: Sweden; The Road Ahead; References; 6 Matching Soil Nutrient Supply and Crop Demand during the Growing Season; Introduction; Soil Supply of Nutrients; Principles Governing Soil Nutrient Supply; Availability of Nutrients to Plants; Crop Nutrient Demand; Demand for Phloem-Mobile Nutrients; Demand for Phloem-Immobile Nutrients; Amount of Nutrient Required; Matching Supply to Demand; Supply and Demand in Fertilizer Recommendation Systems Positional Unavailability of Soil-Immobile Nutrients |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141537903321 |
Ames, Iowa, : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Improving water and nutrient-use efficiency in food production systems / / editor, Zed Rengel |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ames, Iowa, : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (323 p.) |
Disciplina | 631.5/82 |
Altri autori (Persone) | RengelZdenko |
Soggetto topico |
Crops - Water requirements
Crops - Nutrition Water conservation Fertilizers Plant nutrients |
ISBN |
1-118-51799-7
1-283-95008-1 1-118-51800-4 1-118-51798-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Improving Water and Nutrient-Use Efficiency in Food Production Systems; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Current State and Future Potential of Global Food Production and Consumption; Introduction; Global Food Production; Agricultural Land Expansion; Productivity Growth; Climate Change; Global Food Consumption; Water- and Nutrient-Use Efficiency in Agricultural Production; Conclusions; References; 2 Water Resources and Global Change; Introduction; Observed Global Trends in Precipitation and Temperature; Future Trends in Precipitation and Temperature
Future Trends in Water Availability Runoff; Soil Water Storage; Consequences for Agricultural Production; Uncertainties in Climate Change Projections; References; 3 Translating Water into Food: How Water Cycles in Natural and Agricultural Landscapes; Introduction; Physical Basis of Water Cycling; Water Needs for Food Production; Water Fluxes in Agricultural Landscape; Vertical Water Vapor Flux; Vertical Soil Water Flux; Horizontal Water Vapor Flux; Impact of Landscape Structure on Water Cycling; Improvement of Water Management in Agricultural Landscapes; Introduction of Shelterbelts Restoration of Small Midfield Ponds Improving Soil Water Retention and Hydraulic Properties; Conclusions; References; 4 Nutrients as Limited Resources: Global Trends in Fertilizer Production and Use; Fertilizer Consumption; Evolution of Global and Regional Fertilizer Consumption since the 1960's; Evolution of the Product Mix and Organic Resources Recycling; Current Situation; Medium-Term Outlook for World and Regional Fertilizer Demand; Long-Term Projections for World Fertilizer Demand; Fertilizer Supply; Evolution of Production and Trade at the Global and Regional Levels since the 1960's Current Situation Fertilizer Industry's Investment Climate and Capacity Developments; Medium-Term Outlook for World Fertilizer Supply and Supply-and-Demand Balances; Resource Management; Industrial Nitrogen; Phosphate Rock; Potash Ore; Challenges Facing the Fertilizer Industry; Nutrient-Use Efficiency; Developing and Delivering Fertilizer Best Management Practices; References; 5 The Flow of Phosphorus in Food Production and Consumption Systems; The Use of Phosphorus in Global Food Production; Key Challenges: Scarcity and Pollution; Phosphorus as a Scarce Global Resource Phosphorus as a Pollutant Sustainable Pathways for Future Phosphorus Flows; Regional Example 1: Australia; Regional Example 2: Sweden; The Road Ahead; References; 6 Matching Soil Nutrient Supply and Crop Demand during the Growing Season; Introduction; Soil Supply of Nutrients; Principles Governing Soil Nutrient Supply; Availability of Nutrients to Plants; Crop Nutrient Demand; Demand for Phloem-Mobile Nutrients; Demand for Phloem-Immobile Nutrients; Amount of Nutrient Required; Matching Supply to Demand; Supply and Demand in Fertilizer Recommendation Systems Positional Unavailability of Soil-Immobile Nutrients |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811787303321 |
Ames, Iowa, : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The root systems in sustainable agricultural intensification / / edited by Zed Rengel, Ivica Djalovic |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 436 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 575.54 |
Soggetto topico | Roots (Botany) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-119-52543-8
1-119-52538-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910555104703321 |
Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , [2021] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The root systems in sustainable agricultural intensification / / edited by Zed Rengel, Ivica Djalovic |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 436 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 575.54 |
Soggetto topico | Roots (Botany) |
ISBN |
1-119-52543-8
1-119-52538-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Sustainable Intensification: Meaning, Need, Components, and Role of Root Systems -- Genetic and Molecular Regulation of Root Growth and Development -- Plant Roots for Sustainable Soil Structure Management in Cropping Systems -- Dynamics of Root Systems in Crop and Pasture Genotypes over the Last 100 Years: Lessons Learned -- Interplay between Root Structure and Function in Enhancing Efficiency of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Acquisition -- Root-Microbe Interactions Influencing Water and Nutrient Acquisition Efficiency -- The Interplay between Roots and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Influencing Water and Nutrient Acquisition and Use Efficiency -- Role of Seed Priming in Root Development and Crop Production -- Water Uptake in Drying Soil: Balancing Supply and Demand -- Winter Wheat and Summer Maize Roots in Agro-Ecosystems on the North China Plain -- Intercropping to Maximize Root-Root Interactions in Agricultural Plants: Soil-Root Interface Processes -- Intercropping to Maximize Root-Root Interactions in Agricultural Plants: Agronomic Aspects -- The 3-D Imaging of Roots Growing in Soil -- Simulating the Diversity and Plasticity of Root Systems Using 3D Models of the Root System Architecture -- Phenotyping-Modelling Interfaces to Advance Breeding for Optimized Crop Root. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910678185003321 |
Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , [2021] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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