Biological Control of Plant-parasitic Nematodes (eBook)

Soil Ecosystem Management in Sustainable Agriculture

Graham R. Stirling (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014 | 2. Auflage
CABI (Verlag)
978-1-78924-380-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This book integrates soil health, sustainable agriculture, nematode ecology and suppressive services provided by the soil food web to provide holistic solutions. With particular focus on integrated soil biology management, it describes how to enhance the activity of natural enemies and use soil biological processes to reduce losses from nematodes.

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Plant-parasitic nematodes are one of multiple causes of soil-related sub-optimal crop performance. This book integrates soil health and sustainable agriculture with nematode ecology and suppressive services provided by the soil food web to provide holistic solutions. Biological control is an important component of all nematode management programmes, and with a particular focus on integrated soil biology management, this book describes tools available to farmers to enhance the activity of natural enemies, and utilize soil biological processes to reduce losses from nematodes.

Rezensionen

'Stirling (nematode specialist; Biological Crop Protection, Australia) convincingly shows the importance of soil and nematodes in the ecological processes that allow agricultural productivity and the increased risk various practices pose to sustainability....Despite this increased knowledge, there is still no consensus on how best to proceed. This book will do much to objectively inform the debate on how best to feed and clothe people in the future'

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.5.2014
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• ISBN-10: 1-78924-380-7 / 1789243807
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78924-380-2 / 9781789243802