Rengel Improving Water and Nutrient-Use Efficiency in Food Production Systems

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-51798-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten, E-Book

Improving Water and Nutrient Use Efficiency in FoodProduction Systems provides professionals, students, and policymakers with an in-depth view of various aspects of water andnutrient us in crop production. The book covers topics related toglobal economic, political, and social issues related to foodproduction and distribution, describes various strategies andmechanisms that increase water and nutrient use efficiency, andreview te curren situation and potential improvements in majorfood-producing systems on each continent. The book also deals withproblems experienced by developed countries separtaely fromproblems facing developing countries.
Improving Water and Nutrient Use Efficiency emphasizesjudicious water and nutrient management which is aimed atmaximising water and nutrient utilisation in the agriculturallandscape, and minimising undesirable nutrient losses to theenvironment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rengel, Zed

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors vii
Preface xi
1 Current State and Future Potential of Global Food Productionand Consumption 3
Christine Heumesser, Simon Thaler, Martin Schönhart, andErwin Schmid
2 Water Resources and Global Change 21
Martin Wegehenkel
3 Translating Water into Food: How Water Cycles in Natural andAgricultural Landscapes 33
Andrzej Kêdziora and Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz
4 Nutrients as Limited Resources: Global Trends in FertilizerProduction and Use 57
Patrick Heffer and Michel Prud'homme
5 The Flow of Phosphorus in Food Production and ConsumptionSystems 79
Tina-Simone S. Neset, Dana Cordell, and Lotta Andersson
6 Matching Soil Nutrient Supply and Crop Demand during theGrowing Season 93
Terry Rose and Bill Bowden
7 Physiology of Nitrogen-Use Efficiency 105
Al Imran Malik and Zed Rengel
8 Improving Crop Nitrogen Use in Dryland Farming: Interactionsand Potential Trade-offs between Water- and Nutrient-Use Efficiency123
Trevor P. Garnett and Greg J. Rebetzke
9 Breeding Approaches to Increasing Water-Use Efficiency145
Lianne Merchuk and Yehoshua Saranga
10 Breeding Approaches to Increasing Nutrient-Use Efficiency:Examples from Common Beans 161
Matthew W. Blair
11 Using Simulation Modeling of Root Growth and Function as anAid in Breeding for Increased Water- and Nutrient-Use Efficiency177
Art J. Diggle and Vanessa M. Dunbabin
12 Improving Crop Production in the Arid Mediterranean Climate187
Sven-Erik Jacobsen, Christian Richardt Jensen, and FulaiLiu
13 Agronomic Principles of Water- and Nutrient-Use Efficiency:Case Studies in Dryland Grain Production in Australia 211
John A. Kirkegaard and Michael J. Robertson
14 Use of Organic Fertilizers Alone or in Combination withInorganic Ones: Effects on Water- and Nutrient-Use Efficiency inIndian Farming Systems 235
Cherkumalli Srinivasarao, Bandi Venkateswarlu, DattatreyaMahabaleswara Hegde, K. Venkateswara Rao, and Sumanta Kundu
15 Current Status and Future Perspectives to IncreaseNutrientand Water-Use Efficiency in Food Production Systems inChina 263
Mingsheng Fan, Xiying Zhang, Lixing Yuan, Weifeng Zhang, andFusuo Zhang
16 Water-and Nutrient-Use Efficiency in Food Production in SouthAmerica 275
Nand K. Fageria and Luís F. Stone
Index 297
Color plate section is located between pages 180 and 181.

Über Autor(innen)

Zed Rengel is Winthrop Professor in the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Western Australia.