Crop protection and Environment
Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Impact of high crop prices on environmental quality. 3. Crop protection stewardship in India: wanted or unwanted. 4. Chemical crop protection research: methods and challenges. 5. Biodiversity and crop protection - how the balance is maintained. 6. Remote sensing for crop management. 7. Crop growth modeling and its applications in agricultural meteorology. 8. Effects of past and current crop management on leaching losses and soil microbial community. 9. Crop protection in organic agriculture - a simple matter. 10. Environmental impact of biotech crops. 11. Fertilizer use and the environment. 12. Plant protection: trade and the environment. 13. Climate change and agriculture. 14. The implications of climate change for crop yields, global food supply and risk of hunger. 15. Impacts of global change on diseases of agricultural crops and forest trees. 16. Reconciling agricultural productivity and environmental integrity. Bibliography. Index.
Agriculture is the world\'s largest industry, and with population growth leading to increasing basic protein requirements and economic growth fueling higher rates of per capita consumption, there is a great need for an ever more productive agriculture that protects and promotes environmental integrity rather than degrades it. The cropping pattern in India is fast changing, particularly towards export-oriented, value-added, crops mainly major spices, fruits, vegetables and industrial crops. Some of these crops like grapes require as high as 20 sprays in a year. Similarly, other crops such as small cardamom 12 insecticide and six fungicide sprays per year, irrigated chillies and cotton need 12 rounds of pesticide sprays per season. (jacket)
Agriculture is the world\'s largest industry, and with population growth leading to increasing basic protein requirements and economic growth fueling higher rates of per capita consumption, there is a great need for an ever more productive agriculture that protects and promotes environmental integrity rather than degrades it. The cropping pattern in India is fast changing, particularly towards export-oriented, value-added, crops mainly major spices, fruits, vegetables and industrial crops. Some of these crops like grapes require as high as 20 sprays in a year. Similarly, other crops such as small cardamom 12 insecticide and six fungicide sprays per year, irrigated chillies and cotton need 12 rounds of pesticide sprays per season. (jacket)
