Soil health is increasingly seen as a vital component of sustainable agriculture and food security. This collection of articles covers a broad range of topics, including the contribution of agroecology and conservation agriculture to sustainable agriculture. There is a particular focus on the importance of soil bacteria in climate-smart agriculture. The articles examine the importance of agricultural practices to carbon storage in soil, and the use of techniques such as nanobiochar application. These articles have been published in the journal CABI Reviews.
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This book is a useful collection for students and researchers in soil science, agroecology and organic agriculture.
Introduction: Introduction 1: Soil health under forage and grazing lands
in the humid United States 2: Soil biodiversity and microbial antagonism for
suppression of plant-parasitic nematodes 3: Adaptive rotations for improving
soil productivity and profits 4: Microplastic contamination and earthworms:
Current trends and research needs 5: Planting green and ecosystem services in
row crop production systems 6: Conservation agriculture practices: Adaptation
and yield 7: Deep soil organic carbon: A review 8: Plant growth promoting
rhizobacteria mitigate drought and salinity stresses, and improve the
physiological and agronomic performances in crops: A systematic review 9:
More than food: Why restoring the cycle of organic matter in sustainable
plant production is essential for the One Health nexus 10: Sustainable
agricultural practices in South Asia: A comprehensive review 11: Potential of
plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria to improve crop productivity and
adaptation to a changing climate 12: Economic impacts of variable rate
nitrogen fertilization: Input saving and yield increase in cereals 13: On the
application of the Mitscherlich-Baule equation to fertiliser response data
14: Grazing intensity in grassland ecosystems: implications for carbon
storage and functional properties 15: Harnessing soil bacteria and their
benefits for sustainable agriculture with changing climate 16: Microbes in
biogeochemical cycles: a perspective on climate resilient agriculture 17:
Agroecological practices for whole-system sustainability 18: Agricultural
practices for crop residue transformation into soil organic matter in cold
humid temperate agroecosystems 19: Nanobiochar application and its impact on
sustainable agriculture: A concise review 20: Deficit irrigation: A review of
theory, practice, and modelling Conclusion: Conclusion
David Hemming is an experienced commissioning editor who has been inviting specialist authors to publish in CABI Reviews for over 20 years. He also commissions books on invasive species, international development and biotechnology. He is also interested in the application of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion principles with science and publishing. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh in Genetics in 1983 and gained a Ph. D. in Genetics in 1988, a Diploma in Science Communication in 1997 and was awarded an Open Degree in Creative Writing, Music and Literature in 2016.
