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Agronomic crops have provided food, beverages, fodder, fuel, medicine and industrial raw materials since the beginning of human civilization. More recently, agronomic crops have been cultivated using scientific rather than traditional methods. However, in the current era of climate change, agronomic crops are suffering from different environmental stresses that result in substantial yield loss. To meet the food demands of the ever-increasing global population, new technologies and management practices are being adopted to boost yields and maintain productivity under both normal and adverse conditions. Further, in the context of sustainable agronomic crop production, scientists are adopting new approaches, such as varietal development, soil management, nutrient and water management, and pest management. Researchers have also made remarkable advances in developing stress tolerance in crops. However, the search for appropriate solutions for optimal production to meet the increasing food demand is still ongoing. Although there are several publications on the recent advances in these areas, there are few comprehensive resources available covering all of the recent topics. This timely book examines all aspects of production technologies, management practices and stress tolerance of agronomic crops.
List of contents
Crop Rotation: Principles and Practices.- Improving Water Use Efficiency in Agronomic Crop Production.- Carbon Dioxide Enrichment and Crop Productivity.- Soil Management for Better Crop Production and Sustainable Agriculture.- Tillage Effects on Agronomic Crop Production.- Alternate Wetting and Drying System for Water Management in Rice.- Tools and Techniques for Nitrogen Management in Cereals.- Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Nutrient Management.- Use of Biofertilizers for Sustainable Crop Production.- Organic Manuring for Agronomic Crops.- Nitrogen Fixation in Nutrient Management.- Weed Seed Bank - Impacts and Management for Future Crop Production.- Weed Management for Healthy Crop Production.- Integrated Weed Management for Agronomic Crops.- Optimizing Herbicide Use in Herbicide-Tolerant Crops: Challenges, Opportunities, and Recommendations.- Non-chemical Weed Management for Field Crops.- Beneficial Effects of Weed Edophytic Bacteria: Diversity and Potentials of their Usage in Sustainable Agriculture.- Pest Management for Agronomic Crops.- Integrated Pest and Disease Management for Better Agronomic Crop Production.- Green Manuring for Soil Health and Sustainable Production of Agronomic Crops.- Plant-microbes Interactions in Agronomic Crops.- Mycorrhiza in Sustainable Crop Production.- The Role of Mucuna pruriens in Small Holder Farming Systems of Eastern and Southern Africa: A Review.- Scientific Interventions to Improve Land and Water Productivity for Climate Smart Agriculture in South-Asia.- Adaptation Strategies to Mitigate the Evapotranspiration for Sustainable Crop Production: A Perspective of Rice-Wheat Cropping System.- Tools and Techniques of Post-harvest Processing of Food Grains and Seeds.- Nanotechnology and its Role in Agronomic Crops.- Role of ICT in Crop Management.
About the author
Dr. Mirza Hasanuzzaman is a Professor of Agronomy at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in Dhaka. He received his Ph.D. on 'Plant Stress Physiology and Antioxidant Metabolism' from Ehime University, Japan. Later, he completed his postdoctoral research at the Center of Molecular Biosciences, University of the Ryukyus, Japan. He was also the recipient of the Australian Government's Endeavour Research Fellowship for postdoctoral research as an Adjunct Senior Researcher at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Dr. Hasanuzzaman's current work is focused on the physiological and molecular mechanisms of environmental stress tolerance. He has published over 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals, edited six books and written 30 book chapters. According to Scopus
®, Dr. Hasanuzzaman's publications have received roughly 3,500 citations with an
h-index of 30. He is an editor and reviewer for more than 50 peer-reviewed international journals and was a recipientof the 'Publons Peer Review Award 2017 and 2018'. He has been honored by different authorities for his outstanding performance in different fields like research and education, and has received the World Academy of Science Young Scientist Award (2014).
