Crop Improvement for Sustainable Agriculture

Conventional agriculture has attempted to exploit arable land by applying chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and irrigation water. These practices become increasingly tenuous as they exhaust our supplies of fossil fuels, deplete aquifers and raise concerns about the safety of food and the overall effect of agriculture on the quality of rural life.

About the author

M. Brett Callaway is tropical germplasm manager at Pioneer Hi-Bred International. He has written a number of publications on plant breeding and horticulture and has done research in Central America. Charles A. Francis is director of the Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems, a professor of agronomy, and an extension crops specialist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His other books include Enough Food, Multiple Cropping Systems, and Sustainable Agriculture for Temperate Zones.

Summary

Conventional agriculture has attempted to exploit arable land by applying chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and irrigation water. This volume argues that instead of changing the environment, we can change the adaptation of the plants that we grow in it.

Product details

• Assisted by: M Brett Callaway (Editor), M. Brett Callaway (Editor), Charles A Francis (Editor), Charles A. Francis (Editor)
• Publisher: Nebraska
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.1993
• EAN: 9780803214620
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-1462-0
• No. of pages: 262
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 236 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 615 g
• Series: Our Sustainable Future; Our Sustainable Future
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food