| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (XVIII, 647 p. 119 illus., 83 illus. in color.)
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| Disciplina |
631.5814
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| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture
Plant science
Botany
Ecosystems
Sustainable development
Plant Sciences
Sustainable Development
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| ISBN |
3-030-46409-1
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Part I: Agronomy -- Chapter 1. No-till Farming Systems for Sustainable Agriculture: An Overview -- Chapter 2. Managing Crop Rotations in No-till Farming Systems -- Chapter 3. Challenges and Opportunities in Managing Crop Residue for Multiple Benefits -- Chapter 4. Managing Cover Crops in No-till Farming Systems -- Chapter 5. Challenges and Opportunities in Fertilizer Placement in No-till Farming Systems -- Chapter 6. Selecting and Managing No-till Planters and Controlled Traffic Farming in Extensive Grain Production Systems -- Chapter 7. Challenges and Opportunities for Weed Management in No-till Farming Systems -- Chapter 8. Challenges and Opportunities in Managing Pests in No-till Farming Systems -- Chapter 9. Challenges and Opportunities in Managing Diseases in No-till Farming Systems -- Chapter 10. Strategic Tillage for the Improvement of No-till Farming Systems -- Chapter 11. Developing Organic Minimum Tillage Farming Systems for Central and Northern European Conditions -- Part II: Soil Management -- Chapter 12. Controlling Soil Erosion using No-till Farming Systems -- Chapter 13. No-Till Farming Systems for Enhancing Soil Water Storage -- Chapter 14. Enhancing Soil Aggregation in No-till Farming Systems -- Chapter 15. Resilient and Dynamic Soil Biology -- Chapter 16. Earthworms in No-till: the key to Soil Biological Farming -- Chapter 17. Pesticide Retention, Degradation, and Transport Off-Farm -- Part III: Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation -- Chapter 18. No-till Farming Systems to Sequester Soil Carbon: Potential and Reality -- Chapter 19. No-till Farming Systems to Reduce Nitrous oxide Emissions and Increase Methane Uptake -- Chapter 20. Soil carbon Sequestration as an Elusive Climate Mitigation Tool -- Part IV: Economic and Social Impacts -- Chapter 21. Economic Assessment of No-till Farming Systems -- Chapter 22. Socioeconomic Impacts of Conservation Agriculture based Sustainable Intensification (CASI) with Particular Reference to South Asia -- Chapter 23. No-Till Farming Systems in Resource-Limited Contexts: Understanding Complex Adoption Behaviour and Implications for Policy -- Part V: Regional Strategies in No-till Farming Systems -- Chapter 24. Lessons Learnt from Long-Term Experiments on No-till Systems in Semi-Arid Regions -- Chapter 25. Lessons Learnt from Long-Term No-till Systems Regarding Soil Management in Humid Tropical and Subtropical Regions -- Chapter 26. No-Till Farming Systems in South Asia -- Chapter 27. No-till Farming Systems in Rain-fed Areas of China -- Chapter 28. No-till Farming Systems in Southern Africa -- Chapter 29. No-Till Farming Systems in Australia -- Chapter 30. No-till Farming Systems for Sustainable Agriculture in South America -- Chapter 31. No-till Farming Systems in Europe -- Chapter 32. No-Till Farming Systems in North America -- Chapter 33. No-Till Farming Systems in the Canadian Prairies -- Part VI: Perspectives -- Chapter 34. No-Till Farming Systems for Sustaining Soil Health -- Chapter 35. The Future of No-Till Farming Systems for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security.
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910422649903321 |
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No-till Farming Systems for Sustainable Agriculture : Challenges and Opportunities / / edited by Yash P. Dang, Ram C. Dalal, Neal W. Menzies
