Advances in Organic Farming: Agronomic Soil Management Practices

Advances in Organic Farming: Agronomic Soil Management Practices focuses on the integrated interactions between soil-plant-microbe-environment elements in a functioning ecosystem. It explains sustainable nutrient management under organic farming and agriculture, with chapters focusing on the role of nutrient management in sustaining global ecosystems, the remediation of polluted soils, conservation practices, degradation of pollutants, biofertilizers and biopesticides, critical biogeochemical cycles, potential responses for current and impending environmental change, and other critical factors. Organic farming is both challenging and exciting, as its practice of feeding the soil, not the plant? provides opportunity to better understand why some growing methods are preferred over others. In the simplest terms, organic growing is based on maintaining a living soil with a diverse population of micro and macro soil organisms. Organic matter (OM) is maintained in the soil through the addition of compost, animal manure, green manures and the avoidance of excess mechanization. Presents a comprehensive overview of recent advances and new developments in the field OF research within a relevant theoretical frameworkHighlights the scope of the inexpensive and improved management practicesFocuses on the role of nutrient management in sustaining the ecosystems INDICE: 1. Concept and global scenario of organic farming2. Soil fertility in organic farming3. Microbial community structure in organic farming and management4. Microbial biostimulants under organic farming management5. Conservative agricultural practices (CAPs) under organic farming6. Role of unculturable microbes in organic farming production7. Remediation of salt affected soils through microbes to promote organic farming8. Organic plant nutrient, protection and production management9. Towards the soil micronutrient availability under organic farming10. Biofertilizers and biopesticides in organic farming11. Towards the mitigation of biotic and abiotic stress through plant growth promoting rhizobacteria12. Organic farming with management software13. Outlooks of nanotechnology in organic farming management14. Towards the quality and healthy organic production system15. Organic oilseed production16. Organic vegetable production and its impact on soil, environment and society17. Towards the organic product certification

• ISBN: 978-0-12-822358-1
• Editorial: Woodhead Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 300
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2021
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés