Table Of ContentSustainable Agriculture Volume 2
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SustainableAgriculture
LichtfouseE.,NavarreteM.,DebaekeP.,SouchèreV.,AlberolaC.(Eds.)
Springer/EDPSciences2009.919p.
Genetics,BiofuelsandLocalFarmingSystems
LichtfouseE.(Ed.)
SustainableAgricultureReviews.Volume7.Springer2011.Inpress
AlternativeFarmingSystems,Biotechnology,DroughtStressandEcologicalFertilisation
LichtfouseE.(Ed.)
SustainableAgricultureReviews.Volume6.Springer2011.354p.
Biodiversity,Biofuels,AgroforestryandConservationAgriculture
LichtfouseE.(Ed.)
SustainableAgricultureReviews.Volume5.Springer2011.391p.
GeneticEngineering,Biofertilisation,SoilQualityandOrganicFarming
LichtfouseE.(Ed.)
SustainableAgricultureReviews.Volume4.Springer2010.414p.
Sociology,OrganicFarming,ClimateChangeandSoilScience
LichtfouseE.(Ed.)
SustainableAgricultureReviews.Volume3.Springer2010.478p.
ClimateChange,Intercropping,PestControlandBeneficialMicroorganisms
LichtfouseE.(Ed.)
SustainableAgricultureReviews.Volume2.Springer2010.513p.
OrganicFarming,PestControlandRemediationofSoilPollutants
LichtfouseE.(Ed.)
SustainableAgricultureReviews.Volume1.Springer2009.418p.
EnvironmentalChemistry.GreenChemistryandPollutantsinEcosystems
LichtfouseE.,SchwarzbauerJ.,RobertD.(Eds.)
Springer2005.780p.
Rédigerpourêtrepublié!Conseilspratiquespourlesscientifiques
LichtfouseE.
Springer2009.105p.
Eric Lichtfouse (cid:2) Marjolaine Hamelin
Mireille Navarrete (cid:2) Philippe Debaeke
Editors
Sustainable Agriculture
Volume 2
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Editors
EricLichtfouse MireilleNavarrete
INRA-CMSE-PME INRA-SAD
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rueSully17 UnitedÉcodéveloppement
21000Dijon AvignonCX09
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MarjolaineHamelin PhilippeDebaeke
FrenchNationalInstituteforAgriculture INRA
LBE UMRAGIR
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France France
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Coverdesign:PictureswerekindlyprovidedbyINRAcolleagues.
Copyright: Almonds: INRA/Christophe Maitre 2002; apples: INRA/François Laurent 2010; cherries:
INRA/MichelAdrian2010;oilseedrapefield:INRA/HervéCochard2010.
All contents have previously been published in the journal “Agronomy for Sustainable Development”
publishedbyEDPSciences,France.
ISBN978-94-007-0393-3 e-ISBN978-94-007-0394-0
DOI10.1007/978-94-007-0394-0
SpringerDordrechtHeidelbergLondonNewYork
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Contents
PartI NOVELCONCEPTS
EmergingAgroscience ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 3
EricLichtfouse,MarjolaineHamelin,MireilleNavarrete,PhilippeDebaeke,
andAgnèsHenri
AntsandSustainableAgriculture:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 15
GeroBenckiser
AgroecologyasaScience,aMovementandaPractice :::::::::::::::::: 27
A.Wezel,S.Bellon,T.Doré,C.Francis,D.Vallod,andC.David
AdaptivenesstoEnhancetheSustainabilityofFarmingSystems ::::::::: 45
IkaDarnhofer,StéphaneBellon,BenoîtDedieu,andRebeckaMilestad
EconomicsofBiosecurityAcrossLevelsofDecision-Making::::::::::::: 59
JaakkoHeikkilä
DescribingandLocatingCroppingSystemsonaRegionalScale:::::::::: 85
DelphineLeenhardt,FrédériqueAngevin,AnneBiarnès,NathalieColbach,
andCatherineMignolet
PartII FOODSECURITY
NutritionalQualityandSafetyofOrganicFood ::::::::::::::::::::::: 99
DenisLairon
Minerals in Plant Food: Effect of AgriculturalPractices and Role
inHumanHealth ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 111
M.C.Martínez-Ballesta,R. Dominguez-Perles,D.A.Moreno,B. Muries,
C.Alcaraz-López,E.Bastías,C.García-Viguera,andM.Carvajal
Fertiliser Trees for Sustainable Food Security in the Maize-Based
ProductionSystemsofEastandSouthernAfrica::::::::::::::::::::::: 129
FestusK.Akinnifesi,O.C.Ajayi,G.Sileshi,P.W.Chirwa,andJonasChianu
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CerealLandracesforSustainableAgriculture ::::::::::::::::::::::::: 147
A.C. Newton, T. Akar, J.P. Baresel, P.J. Bebeli, E. Bettencourt,
K.V.Bladenopoulos,J.H.Czembor,D.A.Fasoula,A.Katsiotis,K.Koutis,
M.Koutsika-Sotiriou,G.Kovacs,H.Larsson,M.A.A.PinheirodeCarvalho,
D.Rubiales,J.Russell,T.M.M.DosSantos,andM.C.VazPatto
MineralSourcesofPotassiumforPlantNutrition :::::::::::::::::::::: 187
DavidA.C.Manning
GlandlessSeedandGlandedPlantResearchinCotton:::::::::::::::::: 205
YingfanCai,YongfangXie,andJinggaoLiu
Micronutrient-Efficient Genotypes for Crop Yield and Nutritional
QualityinSustainableAgriculture::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 219
Amir Hossein Khoshgoftarmanesh,Rainer Schulin, Rufus L. Chaney,
BaharehDaneshbakhsh,andMajidAfyuni
Multi-CriteriaDecisionModelsforManagementofTropicalCoastal
Fisheries::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 251
MerlinaN.Andalecio
PartIII SOCIOLOGYANDECONOMICS
FarmerResponsestoClimateChangeandSustainableAgriculture::::::: 283
AyshaFlemingandFrankVanclay
The Use of the Marasha Ard Plough for ConservationAgriculture
inNorthernEthiopia :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 295
JanNyssen,BramGovaerts,TesfayAraya,WimM.Cornelis,HansBauer,
MitikuHaile,KenSayre,andJozefDeckers
BiologicalNitrogenFixationandSocioeconomicFactorsforLegume
ProductioninSub-SaharanAfrica::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 309
Jonas N. Chianu, E.M. Nkonya, F.S. Mairura, Justina N. Chianu,
andF.K.Akinnifesi
Conventionalisationof OrganicFarmingPractices:FromStructural
CriteriaTowardsanAssessmentBasedonOrganicPrinciples ::::::::::: 331
Ika Darnhofer, Thomas Lindenthal, Ruth Bartel-Kratochvil,
andWernerZollitsch
ConservationTillageinTurkishDrylandResearch::::::::::::::::::::: 351
MuzafferAvci
PartIV CLIMATECHANGE
Biofuels,GreenhouseGasesandClimateChange :::::::::::::::::::::: 365
CécileBessou,FabienFerchaud,BenoîtGabrielle,andBrunoMary
Agronomic and Physiological Performances of Different Species
ofMiscanthus,aMajorEnergyCrop::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 469
H.W.ZubandM.Brancourt-Hulmel
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ChangesinAtmosphericChemistryandCropHealth :::::::::::::::::: 487
JürgenBenderandHans-JoachimWeigel
ModellingSoilCarbonandNitrogenCyclesDuringLandUseChange :::: 499
J.Batlle-Aguilar,A.Brovelli,A.Porporato,andD.A.Barry
Greenhouse Gases and Ammonia Emissions from Organic Mixed
Crop-DairySystems:ACriticalReviewofMitigationOptions ::::::::::: 529
S.M.NovakandJ.L.Fiorelli
WaterDeficitandNitrogenNutritionofCrops :::::::::::::::::::::::: 557
VictoriaGonzalez-Dugo,Jean-LouisDurand,andFrançoisGastal
ValidationofBiophysicalModels:IssuesandMethodologies::::::::::::: 577
GianniBellocchi,MikeRivington,MarcelloDonatelli,andKeithMatthews
ColdStressToleranceMechanismsinPlants :::::::::::::::::::::::::: 605
SudeshKumarYadav
PartV ALTERNATIVEPESTCONTROL
Defence Mechanisms of Brassicaceae:Implications for Plant-Insect
InteractionsandPotentialforIntegratedPestManagement ::::::::::::: 623
IshitaAhuja,JensRohloff,andAtleMagnarBones
Ionising Radiation and Area-Wide Management of Insect Pests
toPromoteSustainableAgriculture:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 671
MarcJ.B.VreysenandAlanS.Robinson
BiodiversityandPestManagementinOrchardSystems::::::::::::::::: 693
Sylvaine Simon, Jean-Charles Bouvier, Jean-François Debras,
andBenoîtSauphanor
PathogenicandBeneficialMicroorganismsinSoillessCultures::::::::::: 711
J. Vallance, F. Déniel, G. Le Floch, L. Guérin-Dubrana,D. Blancard,
andP.Rey
AllelopathyinCompositaePlants:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 727
S.-U.ChonandC.J.Nelson
PartVI SOILHEALTH
AssessingtheProductivityFunctionofSoils::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 743
LotharMueller,UweSchindler,WilfriedMirschel,T.GrahamShepherd,
Bruce C. Ball, Katharina Helming, Jutta Rogasik, Frank Eulenstein,
andHubertWiggering
Long-TermEffectsofOrganicAmendmentsonSoilFertility :::::::::::: 761
MariangelaDiaconoandFrancescoMontemurro
TillageManagementEffectsonPesticideFateinSoils :::::::::::::::::: 787
Lionel Alletto, Yves Coquet, Pierre Benoit, Djilali Heddadj,
andEnriqueBarriuso
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SustainableCow-CalfOperationsandWaterQuality::::::::::::::::::: 833
GilbertC.Sigua
BiogeographyofSoilMicrobialCommunities:AReviewandaDescription
oftheOngoingFrenchNationalInitiative::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 857
Lionel Ranjard, Samuel Dequiedt, Claudy Jolivet, Nicolas P.A. Saby,
JeanThioulouse,JéromeHarmand,PatriceLoisel,AlainRapaport,Saliou
Fall, PascalSimonet,Richard Joffre,NicolasChemidlin-PrévostBouré,
Pierre-AlainMaron,ChristopheMougel,ManuelP.Martin,BenoîtToutain,
DominiqueArrouays,andPhilippeLemanceau
PartVII ALTERNATIVEFERTILISATION
NitrogenRhizodepositionofLegumes :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 869
JoëlleFustec,FabienLesuffleur,StéphanieMahieu,andJean-BernardCliquet
ModelsofBiologicalNitrogenFixationofLegumes::::::::::::::::::::: 883
YanyanLiu,LianhaiWu,JohnA.Baddeley,andChristineA.Watson
ArbuscularMycorrhizalNetworks:ProcessandFunctions :::::::::::::: 907
NeeraGargandShikhaChandel
EfficientNManagementUsingWinterOilseedRape ::::::::::::::::::: 931
KlausSielingandHenningKage
ImprovingNitrogenFertilizationinRicebySite-SpecificNManagement :: 943
ShaobingPeng,RolandJ.Buresh,JianliangHuang,XuhuaZhong,Yingbin
Zou,JianchangYang,GuanghuoWang,YuanyingLiu,RuifaHu,Qiyuan
Tang,KehuiCui,FusuoZhang,andAchimDobermann
Solid–LiquidSeparationofAnimalSlurryinTheoryandPractice:::::::: 953
MaibrittHjorth,K.V.Christensen,M.L.Christensen,andSvenG.Sommer
Index .............................................................. 987
Contributors
Majid Afyuni Departmentof Soil Science, IsfahanUniversity of Technology,
84154,Isfahan,Iran
Ishita Ahuja Department of Biology, Norwegian University of
Science and Technology, Realfagbygget, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway,
[email protected]
O.C. Ajayi World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Southern Africa Regional
Programme,POBox30798,Lilongwe,Malawi
T. Akar Central Research Institute for Field Crops, PO Box 226, 06042
Ulus-Ankara,Turkey
Festus K. Akinnifesi World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Southern Africa
RegionalProgramme,POBox30798,Lilongwe,Malawi,
[email protected]
C. Alcaraz-López Plant Nutrition Department, CEBAS-CSIC, PO Box 164,
Espinardo,30100,Murcia,Spain
LionelAlletto UniversitédeToulouse-Écoled’ingénieursdePurpan,Agronomy
Department,75voieduTOEC,BP57611,31076ToulouseCedex3,France,
[email protected]
Merlina N. Andalecio Institute of Fisheries Policy and DevelopmentStudies,
CollegeofFisheries andOceanSciences,Universityofthe PhilippinesVisayas,
Miag-ao,Iloilo5023,Philippines,[email protected]
Frèdèrique Angevin INRA, UAR1240 Eco-Innov,BP 01, 78850 Thiverval
Grignon,France
Tesfay Araya GhentUniversity,Departmentof Soil Management,9000 Gent,
Belgium
and
Mekelle University, Department of Crop and Horticultural Science, Mekelle,
Ethiopia
DominiqueArrouays INRAOrléans-US1106,UnitéINFOSOL,avenuedela
PommedePin,BP20619,Ardon,45166OlivetCedex,France
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Description:Sustainability rests on the principle that we must meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Starving people in poor nations, obesity in rich nations, increasing food prices, on-going climate changes, increasing fuel and transportat