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  title info:
    title: Agricultural sustainability
    sub title: progress and prospects in crop research
  title info:
    title: Progress and prospects in crop research
  name:
    name part: Bhullar, Gurbir S.
  name:
    name part: Bhullar, Navreet K.
  name:
    name part: ScienceDirect (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    place:
      place term: London
    place:
      place term: Waltham, MA
    publisher: Academic Press
    date issued: ©2013
    date issued: 2013
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 292 pages) : illustrations
  abstract: Collaboratively written by top international experts and established scientists in various fields of agricultural research, this book focuses on the state of food production and sustainability; the problems with degradation of valuable sources of land, water, and air and their effects on food crops; the increasing demand of food resources; and the challenges of food security worldwide. The book provides cutting edge scientific tools and methods of research as well as solid background information that is accessible for those who have a strong interest in agricultural research and development and want to learn more on the challenges facing the global agricultural production systems. Provides cutting edge scientific tools and available technologies for research. Addresses the effects of climate change and the population explosion on food supply and offers solutions to combat themWritten by a range of experts covering a broad range of agriculture-related disciplines.
  table of contents: Functional agrobiodiversity : the key to sustainability? / Paolo Bàrberi -- Organic agriculture : driving innovations in crop research / Dionys Forster, Noah Adamtey, Monika M. Messmer, Lukas Pfiffner, Brian Baker, Beate Huber and Urs Niggli -- Guar : an industrial crop from marginal farms / N.A. Kuravadi, S. Verma, S. Pareek, P. Gahlot, S. Kumari, U.K. Tanwar, P. Bhatele, M. Choudhary, K.S. Gill, V. Pruthi, S.K. Tripathi, K.S. Dhugga and G.S. Randhawa -- Nitrogen use as a component of sustainable crop systems / Amritbir Riar and David Coventry -- Potential of management practices and amendments for preventing nutrient deficiencies in field crops under organic cropping systems / Sukhdev S. Malhi, Tarlok S. Sahota, and Kabal S. Gill -- Effective management of scarce water resources in north-west India / Sudhir-Yadav, Balwinder-Singh, Elizabeth Humphreys and Surinder Singh Kukal -- Modeling for agricultural sustainability : a review / Mukhtar Ahmed, Muhammad Asif, Arvind H. Hirani Mustazar N. Akram and Aakash Goyal -- Biotechnological approaches for increasing productivity and sustainability of rice production / D.S. Brar and G.S. Khush -- Biofortification of staple crops / Vishal Chugh and Harcharan S. Dhaliwal -- Nutrient-focused processing of rice / Nadina Müller-Fischer -- Virus resistance breeding in cool season food legumes : integrating traditional and molecular approaches / Shalu Jain, Kevin McPhee, Ajay Kumar, Reyazul Rouf Mir and Ravinder Singh -- Talking agricultural sustainability issues : an interview with Dr. Gurdev Khush / Gurbir S. Bhullar -- Economics and politics of farm subsidies in India / S.S. Johl -- Public-private partnership and policy reforms for effective agricultural research, development, and training : a viewpoint / Sant S. Virmani -- Contract-farming for production and procurement of mint : lessons from personal experience / Tarlok S. Sahota.
  note: edited by Gurbir S. Bhullar, Navreet K. Bhullar.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  note: English.
  subject:
    topic: Sustainable agriculture
  subject:
    topic: Crops
    topic: Ecology
  subject:
    topic: Crop yields
  subject:
    topic: Food supply
  subject:
    topic: Agricultural systems
  subject:
    topic: Agriculture durable
  subject:
    topic: Cultures
    topic: Rendement
  subject:
    topic: Systèmes agricoles
  subject:
    topic: Aliments
    topic: Approvisionnement
  subject:
    topic: sustainable agriculture (discipline)
  subject:
    topic: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
    topic: Agriculture
    topic: Agronomy
    topic: General
  subject:
    topic: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
    topic: Agriculture
    topic: Sustainable Agriculture
  subject:
    topic: Agricultural systems
  subject:
    topic: Crop yields
  subject:
    topic: Crops
    topic: Ecology
  subject:
    topic: Food supply
  subject:
    topic: Sustainable agriculture
  subject:
    topic: agronomie
  subject:
    topic: agronomy
  subject:
    topic: veldgewassen
  subject:
    topic: field crops
  subject:
    topic: duurzaamheid (sustainability)
  subject:
    topic: sustainability
  subject:
    topic: gewasproductie
  subject:
    topic: crop production
  subject:
    topic: voedselproductie
  subject:
    topic: food production
  subject:
    topic: agrobiodiversiteit
  subject:
    topic: agro-biodiversity
  subject:
    topic: biologische landbouw
  subject:
    topic: organic farming
  subject:
    topic: teeltsystemen
  subject:
    topic: cropping systems
  subject:
    topic: plantenbiotechnologie
  subject:
    topic: plant biotechnology
  subject:
    topic: Plant Production Systems
  subject:
    topic: Plantaardige productiesystemen
  classification: S494.5.S86 A37 2013
  classification: 631.5
  identifier: 9780124046085
  identifier: 0124046088
  identifier: 9781283854054
  identifier: 1283854058
  identifier: 9780124045606
  identifier: 012404560X
  identifier: 6B3CE547-D65E-4DDF-8947-C03AA36FDA87 OverDrive, Inc.
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: OPELS
    record creation date: 121213
    record change date: 20260326193724.8
    record identifier: in00005751336
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng