Book Description

Effect of agricultural practices on the health of plants and animals produced: a review. The use of growth promoters in animal production. Effect of organic amendments on soilborne plant diseases and pathogen antagonists. An environmetal risk assessement of biological and cultural controls for organic agriculture. Effect of agricultural diversity on insect populations. Effect of traditional insect-repellent plants on insect nubers in a mixed planting system. Fertilizers and organic wastes. Strategies for improving soil productivity in developing countries with organic wastes. Nitrates in relation to composting and use of farmyard maures. Nutrient recycling implications of farm scale amaerobic digestion. Variability of fertilizer recommendations by soil testing laboratories in the United States. Conservation farming sytems. Legume cover crops in production of no-tillage corn. Association of interseceded legume cover crops and annual row crops year-round cropping systems. Soil biology and biochemical nitrogen transformations in no-tilled soils. Crop quality. Significance of fertlization for the post-harvest candition of vegetables, especially spinach. Effect of soil management practices on yield and foliar nutrient concentration of dry beans, carrots, and tomatoes. Organic farming. Amaranth. Trees and shrubs. Biotecnhology.