Crop Ecology: Productivity and Management of Agricultural Systems

Author: (USA) Loomis
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: The book consists of 18 chapters, with the central issues being the photosynthesis and utilization of water and inorganic nutrients under field conditions, as well as the production processes of crops and forage. The author provides a very extensive, in-depth, and uniquely insightful analysis of these production processes and various problems in field production systems. The book is based on environmental physics, soil science, as well as plant physiology and morphology to explain these issues, making attempts to analyze field production systems using a comprehensive approach. The book introduces the principles of systematic management and then proceeds to quantitative analysis of these principles, gradually expanding to the system management strategies and tactics adopted by farmers, as well as hot environmental issues. The book systematically and comprehensively analyzes various theories and trends of agricultural sustainability from both theoretical and practical perspectives, which is of positive significance for Chinese agricultural workers to gain a profound and comprehensive understanding of the theory, strategies, and techniques of sustainable development. This book is suitable for teachers, graduate students, senior undergraduate students, agricultural science and technology personnel, and agricultural management workers in majors such as agriculture, horticulture, forestry, pomology, plant protection, and resource and environmental protection in higher agricultural institutions.