1st Edition
Biodiversity In Agricultural Production Systems
429 Pages
by
CRC Press
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While modern science has always recognized the central role that biodiversity plays in the ecological processes that maintain the Earth's equilibrium, our increasing knowledge of nature has deepened our appreciation of this principle. Consequently, those involved with implementing and maintaining sustainable agriculture systems have begun to take a
Biodiversity in Crop Production Systems. Agro-Diversity: Genetic Diversity in Crops and Cropping Systems. Soil Space Diversity and its Dynamics: Qualitative and Quantitative Considerations. Microbial Diversity in Organic Soil Amendments: Liquid and Solid Manure, Compost, Sewage Sludge. Discerning the Diversity of Soil Prokaryotes (Bacteria and Archaea) and their Impact on Agriculture. Microbial Diversity in the Rhizosphere: Highly Resolving Molecular Methodology to Study Plant-Beneficial Rhizosphere Bacteria. Diversity of Biofilms and their Formation Processes. Diversity of Soil Fungi. Biodiversity of Chytrids. Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi. Protozoa. Diversity of Nematodes. Diversity of Tardigrada. Biodiversity of Lumbricid Earthworms in Temperate Agroecosystems. Soil Enzymes: Spatial Distribution and Function in Agroecosystems. Metabolic Diversity of Microorganisms in Agricultural Soils. Gasous Emissions from Diverse Agricultural Production Systems. Principles Behind Order and Sustainability in Natural Successions and Agriculture. Food Web Interactions and Modeling. Soil Quality Assessment and Long-term Field Observation with Emphasis on Biological Soil Characteristics.
Biography
Gero Benckiser, Sylvia Schnell
