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Agro-ecological Approaches to Pest Management for Sustainable Agriculture

This book outlines a new paradigm, “Agro-ecological Intensification of Crop Protection”, which reduces negative impacts on the environment and enhances the provision of ecosystem services. It discusses the use of ecologically based management strategies to increase the sustainability of agricultural...

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Main Author: Reddy, P. Parvatha. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Subjects:
Agriculture.
Plant pathology.
Sustainable development.
Plant physiology.
Plant ecology.
Plant Pathology.
Sustainable Development.
Plant Physiology.
Plant Ecology.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4325-3
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Agro-Ecological Pest Management – An Overview
  • 2. Conservation Tillage
  • 3. Crop Residue Management and Organic Amendments
  • 4. Biofumigation
  • 5. Fertilizer Management
  • 6. Agro-forestry
  • 7. Cover/Green Manure Cropping
  • 8. Intercropping
  • 9. Trap Cropping
  • 10. Companion Planting
  • 11. Habitat Management
  • 12. Stimulo-Deterrent Diversion Strategy
  • 13. Cultural Approaches
  • 14. Weed Manipulation
  • 15. Crop Rotation
  • 16. Plant Breeding
  • 17. Cultivar Mixtures/Multiline Cultivars
  • 18. Allelopathy
  • 19. Precision Agriculture
  • 20. The Way Forward.

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