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Crop Ecology Productivity and Management in Agricultural Systems

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ISBN-10: 0521744032

ISBN-13: 9780521744034

Edition: 2nd 2011

Authors: David J. Connor, Robert S. Loomis, Kenneth G. Cassman

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This title provides in-depth coverage of the impact of environmental conditions and management on crops, resource requirements for productivity and effects on soil resources. The approach is explanatory and integrative, with a firm basis in environmental physics, soils, physiology and morphology.
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Book details

List price: $96.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/28/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 6.81" wide x 9.61" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 2.486

K. G. Cassman is Professor of Agronomy at the University of Nebraska. His research focuses on nutrient cycling and crop nutrient requirements, crop yield potential and water productivity of irrigated crops. In 2006 he received the Agronomic Research Award from the American Society of Agronomy.

Preface
Farming Systems and Their Biological Components
Agricultural systems
Trophic chains
Community concepts
Genetic resources
Development
Physical and Chemical Environments
Aerial environment
Soil resources
Production Processes
Nitrogen processes
Water relations
Photosynthesis
Respiration and partitioning
Resource Management
Soil management
Strategies and tactics for rainfed agriculture
Water management in irrigated agriculture
Energy and labor
Farming, Then, Now and in the Future
Evolution of wheat farming systems in southern Australia
Technological change in high-yield agriculture
The future of agriculture
Species list
Conversions and constants useful in crop ecology
Index