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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
| 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 |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Disciplina | 631.8/4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MosierArvin
SyersJohn K (John Keith) FreneyJ. R (John Raymond) |
| Collana | SCOPE |
| Soggetto topico |
Nitrogen fertilizers
Nitrogen fertilizers - Environmental aspects Nitrogen cycle |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-59726-743-0
1-4356-4858-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451721903321 |
| Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
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
| 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 |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Disciplina | 631.8/4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MosierArvin
SyersJohn K (John Keith) FreneyJ. R (John Raymond) |
| Collana | SCOPE |
| Soggetto topico |
Nitrogen fertilizers
Nitrogen fertilizers - Environmental aspects Nitrogen cycle |
| ISBN |
1-59726-743-0
1-4356-4858-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781809103321 |
| Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
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
| 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 |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Disciplina | 631.8/4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MosierArvin
SyersJohn K (John Keith) FreneyJ. R (John Raymond) |
| Collana | SCOPE |
| Soggetto topico |
Nitrogen fertilizers
Nitrogen fertilizers - Environmental aspects Nitrogen cycle |
| ISBN |
1-59726-743-0
1-4356-4858-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810097103321 |
| Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
The sustainable management of vertisols [[electronic resource] /] / edited by J. Keith Syers, Frits Penning de Vries, and Phibion Nyamudeza ; with the assistance of Robin L. Leslie
| The sustainable management of vertisols [[electronic resource] /] / edited by J. Keith Syers, Frits Penning de Vries, and Phibion Nyamudeza ; with the assistance of Robin L. Leslie |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (318 p.) |
| Disciplina | 631.4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SyersJohn K (John Keith)
Penning de VriesF. W. T NyamudezaPhibion |
| Collana | IBSRAM proceedings |
| Soggetto topico |
Vertisols - Africa
Soil management - Africa Vertisols Soil management |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-81197-8
9786610811977 0-85199-894-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1 Vertisols: Genesis, Properties and Soilscape Management for Sustainable Development; 2 Soil and Water Conservation Strategies for Vertisols: Past Experiences and Challenges Ahead for Africa; 3 Sustainable Nutrient Management of Vertisols; 4 New Tools for Research and Development to Promote Sustainable Land Management; 5 Vertisols Management in Malawi; 6 Vertisols Management in South Africa; 7 Vertisols Management in the Sudan; 8 Vertisols Management in Tanzania; 9 Vertisols Management in Zambia; 10 Vertisols Management in Zimbabwe
11 Improving the Productivity of Vertisols for Smallholders on the Accra Plains of Ghana12 From Plot to Watershed Management: Experience in Farmer Participatory Vertisol Technology Generation and Adoption in Highland Ethiopia; 13 Low-cost Animal-drawn Implements for Vertisol Management and Strategies for Land-use Intensification; 14 Indian Vertisols: ICRISAT's Research Impact - Past, Present and Future; 15 Planning and Facilitating a 'Negotiated Learning and Action System': Participatory Research to Improve Soil Management Practices on Indian Vertisols and Alfisols 16 Research Approaches to Developing Sustainable Management Practices on Australian Vertisols17 The Vertisols of Texas; 18 Research Needs and Opportunities for Farming Vertisols Sustainably; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455778603321 |
| Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
The sustainable management of vertisols [[electronic resource] /] / edited by J. Keith Syers, Frits Penning de Vries, and Phibion Nyamudeza ; with the assistance of Robin L. Leslie
| The sustainable management of vertisols [[electronic resource] /] / edited by J. Keith Syers, Frits Penning de Vries, and Phibion Nyamudeza ; with the assistance of Robin L. Leslie |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (318 p.) |
| Disciplina | 631.4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SyersJohn K (John Keith)
Penning de VriesF. W. T NyamudezaPhibion |
| Collana | IBSRAM proceedings |
| Soggetto topico |
Vertisols - Africa
Soil management - Africa Vertisols Soil management |
| ISBN |
1-280-81197-8
9786610811977 0-85199-894-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1 Vertisols: Genesis, Properties and Soilscape Management for Sustainable Development; 2 Soil and Water Conservation Strategies for Vertisols: Past Experiences and Challenges Ahead for Africa; 3 Sustainable Nutrient Management of Vertisols; 4 New Tools for Research and Development to Promote Sustainable Land Management; 5 Vertisols Management in Malawi; 6 Vertisols Management in South Africa; 7 Vertisols Management in the Sudan; 8 Vertisols Management in Tanzania; 9 Vertisols Management in Zambia; 10 Vertisols Management in Zimbabwe
11 Improving the Productivity of Vertisols for Smallholders on the Accra Plains of Ghana12 From Plot to Watershed Management: Experience in Farmer Participatory Vertisol Technology Generation and Adoption in Highland Ethiopia; 13 Low-cost Animal-drawn Implements for Vertisol Management and Strategies for Land-use Intensification; 14 Indian Vertisols: ICRISAT's Research Impact - Past, Present and Future; 15 Planning and Facilitating a 'Negotiated Learning and Action System': Participatory Research to Improve Soil Management Practices on Indian Vertisols and Alfisols 16 Research Approaches to Developing Sustainable Management Practices on Australian Vertisols17 The Vertisols of Texas; 18 Research Needs and Opportunities for Farming Vertisols Sustainably; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780315403321 |
| Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
The sustainable management of vertisols / / edited by J. Keith Syers, Frits Penning de Vries, and Phibion Nyamudeza ; with the assistance of Robin L. Leslie
| The sustainable management of vertisols / / edited by J. Keith Syers, Frits Penning de Vries, and Phibion Nyamudeza ; with the assistance of Robin L. Leslie |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (318 p.) |
| Disciplina | 631.4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SyersJohn K (John Keith)
Penning de VriesF. W. T NyamudezaPhibion |
| Collana | IBSRAM proceedings |
| Soggetto topico |
Vertisols - Africa
Soil management - Africa Vertisols Soil management |
| ISBN |
1-280-81197-8
9786610811977 0-85199-894-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1 Vertisols: Genesis, Properties and Soilscape Management for Sustainable Development; 2 Soil and Water Conservation Strategies for Vertisols: Past Experiences and Challenges Ahead for Africa; 3 Sustainable Nutrient Management of Vertisols; 4 New Tools for Research and Development to Promote Sustainable Land Management; 5 Vertisols Management in Malawi; 6 Vertisols Management in South Africa; 7 Vertisols Management in the Sudan; 8 Vertisols Management in Tanzania; 9 Vertisols Management in Zambia; 10 Vertisols Management in Zimbabwe
11 Improving the Productivity of Vertisols for Smallholders on the Accra Plains of Ghana12 From Plot to Watershed Management: Experience in Farmer Participatory Vertisol Technology Generation and Adoption in Highland Ethiopia; 13 Low-cost Animal-drawn Implements for Vertisol Management and Strategies for Land-use Intensification; 14 Indian Vertisols: ICRISAT's Research Impact - Past, Present and Future; 15 Planning and Facilitating a 'Negotiated Learning and Action System': Participatory Research to Improve Soil Management Practices on Indian Vertisols and Alfisols 16 Research Approaches to Developing Sustainable Management Practices on Australian Vertisols17 The Vertisols of Texas; 18 Research Needs and Opportunities for Farming Vertisols Sustainably; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818917003321 |
| Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||