Overview
Presents novel, nature-inspired concepts for safe food production
Explains environmental benefits of transgenic corn
Describes advanced techniques to reclame polluted, eroded and arid soils
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Sustainable Agriculture Reviews (SARV, volume 6)
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“This series of books collates review articles to provide scientists, policy makers and producers with a sound knowledge-base of current agricultural issues and to introduce novel, environmentally friendly solutions that pave the way for developing sustainable agricultural systems. … We found of most interest the review of sustainable land use and agricultural soils that considers the temporal and spatial scale. It postulates the importance of indicators of soil quality … .” (Susanne Padel and Jo Smith, Experimental Agriculture, Vol. 47 (4), 2011)Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Alternative Farming Systems, Biotechnology, Drought Stress and Ecological Fertilisation
Editors: Eric Lichtfouse
Series Title: Sustainable Agriculture Reviews
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0186-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-0185-4Published: 15 December 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9906-6Published: 21 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-0186-1Published: 19 January 2011
Series ISSN: 2210-4410
Series E-ISSN: 2210-4429
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 354
Topics: Agriculture, Sustainable Development, Entomology, Climate Change, Ecosystems, Soil Science & Conservation