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"Agricultural production has been considered as the key sector for revitalization of the economy and well being of the people in any country. For decades, due to increasing food demand together with policies encouraging production, agricultural science has focused on boosting production through...
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Agricultural production has been considered as the key sector for revitalization of the economy and well being of the people in any country. For decades, due to increasing food demand together with policies encouraging production, agricultural science has focused on boosting production through the development of new technologies. Agriculture has become increasingly intensive. Farmers are becoming capable of producing higher yields using less labor and less land due to many factors, including use of fertilizer, and pesticides, introduction of farm machinery, development of hybrid and genetic |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 598 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9783319231617 3319231618 |
| Index Number: | SB589 |
| CLC: | S162.5 |
| Call Number: | S162.5/C948-3 |
| Contents: | Heavy Metal Stress and Crop Productivity -- Effects of Gamma Radiation on Crop Production -- Pesticide Tolerance and Crop Production -- Implication of Rhizosphere Acidification in Nutrient Uptake by Plants: Cases of Potassium (K), Phosphorus (P) and Iron (Fe) -- Effect of Industrial Pollution on Crop Productivity -- Role of Seed Quality in Improving Crop Yields -- Sustaining Cocoa Production on Oxisols in Malaysia -- Plant Mutagenesis and Crop Improvement -- Effect of Climate Change on Horticultural Crops -- Effect of Elevated Levels of Carbon dioxide on the Activity of RuBisCO and Crop Prod |