Screen LibrarySoil microbiology and sustainable crop production
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Dordrecht New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9479-7 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiv, 436 p.): ill. |
| ISBN: |
9789048194797 (electronic bk.) 9048194792 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | S154 |
| CLC: | S154.3 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Soil Microbiology andSustainable Crop Production; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: The Nature of Sustainable Agriculture; Chapter 2: The Microbiology of Natural Soils; Chapter 3: Soil Microbiology and Nutrient Cycling; Chapter 4: The Role of Microbial Communities in the Formation and Decomposition of Soil Organic Matter; Chapter 5: Intimate Associations of Beneficial Soil Microbes with Host Plants; Chapter 6: Soil-Borne Pathogens and Their Interactions with the Soil Environment; Chapter 7: The Impact of Land-Use Practices on Soil Microbes. Soils into which crop plants root and from which they obtain essential minerals and water contain huge arrays of microbes. Many have highly beneficial effects on crop growth and productivity, others are pathogens causing diseases and losses to yield and quality, a few microbes offer protection from these pathogenic forms and others have little or no effect. These intimate and often complex inter-relationships are being explored with increasing success providing exciting opportunities for increasing crop yields and quality in sustainable harmony with the populations of beneficial soil microbes. |