Download or read book Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems written by Romeo Rojas and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2024-11-22 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to the growth of the world population, food production has increased exponentially as have the agricultural production systems used to produce food. This book presents both traditional and modern forms of agricultural production, with an emphasis on sustainable practices. The volume discusses seed improvement, crop protection, phytosanitary aspects, protected agriculture, plant factories, hydroponic systems, agricultural mechanization, bioremediation, reduction of herbicide use, and characterization of bioactive compounds. Some methods discussed include in vitro propagation, greenhouse hydroponics, biostimulants from algae, cartography models of vulnerable environmental interactions, nuclear and plastics engineering, eco-friendly extraction processes, use of secondary metabolites in plant defense mechanisms, and more.

Download or read book Integrated Pest Management and Pest Control written by Sonia Soloneski and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2012-02-24 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrated Pest Management is an effective and environmentally sensitive approach that relies on a combination of common-sense practices. Its programs use current and comprehensive information on the life cycles of pests and their interactions with the environment. This information, in combination with available pest control methods, is used to manage pest damage by the most economical means and with the least possible hazard to people, property, and the environment.

Download or read book Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development Goals Climate Change and Digitalization written by Castanho, Rui Alexandre and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-11-12 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, the world has been changing considerably. Within the many obstacles, barriers, and opportunities, three significant challenges should be considered for the future planning of our territories and cities: seeking to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), facing climate change, and performing a shift towards digitalization. Considering these three challenges, we can work toward a more sustainable future for the environment. The Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development Goals, Climate Change, and Digitalization elaborates on sustainability issues in the planning and development field regarding the environment. This text promotes understanding about the dynamics, challenges, and opportunities for the new decade regarding our common future planning. Covering topics such as circular economy, economic-ecological principles, and sustainable resilience, this book is essential for academicians, researchers, policymakers, environmentalists, scientists, technicians, decision makers, practitioners, and students.

Download or read book Sustainable Intelligent Systems written by Amit Joshi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-06 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses issues related to ICT, intelligent systems, data science, AI, machine learning, sustainable development and overall their impacts on sustainability. It provides an overview of the technologies of future. The book also discusses novel intelligent algorithms and their applications to move from a data-centric world to sustainable world. It includes research paradigms on sustainable development goals and societal impacts. The book provides an overview of cutting-edge techniques toward sustainability and ideas to help researchers who want to understand the challenges and opportunities of using smart management perspective for sustainable society. It serves as a reference to wide ranges of readers from computer science, data analysts, AI technocrats and management researchers.

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Download or read book Proceedings of the International Symposium on Tomato in the Tropics written by Gerhard Fischer and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tomato Diseases written by Dominique Blancard and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the successful first edition, this revised and greatly expanded edition Tomato Diseases: Identification, Biology and Control is the definitive work on the diseases and disorders of the tomato. The tomato is the world's most widely produced vegetable. The number of diseases affecting the tomato is enormous: hundreds of bio-aggressors, more

Download or read book Greenhouse Design and Control written by Pedro Ponce and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with different types of greenhouses, materials, structures, advanced control techniques and tendencies that are needed for designing and controlling an advanced greenhouse. The control system is presented as an integral system which covers the explanation of basic and advanced concepts for a real time controller. Also, structural analysis is introduced, whereby mechanical design is regarded as a key factor. The book incorporates simulations and experimental results, and utilizes LabVIEW and ADAMS software. Finally, it provides a perspective on the present state and future of greenhouses globally.

Download or read book Manual De Manejo Sustentable Del Cultivo De Jitomate En Invernadero written by A.C. Opic and published by Palibrio. This book was released on 2013-05-03 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Como en todo el territorio nacional, la agricultura protegida en el estado de Quertaro se est convirtiendo en una estrategia de futuro para los agricultores pequeos. Esto no es una casualidad, ante la crisis en el campo, el cultivo de jitomate y otras hortalizas (pimiento, pepino, meln, etc.) se han anclado en la simpata de los agricultores debido a los resultados productivamente visibles, el uso de tecnologas viables y econmicamente rentables. Es decir, el esfuerzo invertido se traduce en resultados econmicos e inmediatos para las familias. De esta manera, la produccin en invernadero representa una alternativa viable de produccin y al mismo tiempo una oportunidad de negocio para los pequeos productores. Veamos por ejemplo, en una superficie de 1,000 m2 existe un potencial de produccin de 35 toneladas, mientras que a cielo abierto esta misma produccin se obtiene en una superficie de 10,000 m2. Esto significa garantizar y recuperar la inversin del capital en el corto plazo (2 a 3 aos). El cultivo de jitomate sigue siendo el principal producto que proporciona los mayores ingresos econmicos a los agricultores, es por ello, es urgente mejorar su manejo productivo con nfasis en la sustentabilidad. El documento recoge el conocimiento prctico del trabajo de campo de productores y promotores. Es decir, la experiencia proviene directamente de los productores. De ninguna manera pretende ser un texto acadmico, sino un manual de apoyo tcnico para ser utilizado en la prctica diaria del productor. No obstante, la informacin expuesta no es la ltima, ni tampoco intenta ofrecer un manojo de recetas tecnolgicas, sino un abanico de opciones tecnolgicas que incorpore en el productor principios y metodologas, con el fin de ir probando y cada vez descubriendo nuevas maneras de hacer las actividades en el cultivo, para adaptarse a cada invernadero segn su necesidad, sin perder de vista la eficiencia y el momento oportuno para hacer los trabajos. El manual sintetiza un plan de actividades que el agricultor debe hacer de manera eficiente y oportuna; es decir, bien hechas y en el momento clave, y para ello, se requiere una alta disciplina del productor. Slo de esta forma tendr altas probabilidades de lograr un aumento de su rendimiento. En otras palabras, el mejoramiento en el manejo del cultivo de jitomate como toda actividad agrcola es un trabajo de arte. Es decir, los productores deben estar convencidos de que el trabajo en el cultivo depende de la comprensin de las actividades que del estricto cumplimiento de una serie de recetas; adems de su entusiasmo, pero sobre todo, deben creer en su propia capacidad para aplicar los conocimientos con dedicacin y espritu innovador. Toms Vzquez Sosa Vicepresidente del Consejo Directivo Nacional Organizacin para los Pueblos Indgenas y Campesinos OPIC, A. C.

Download or read book Soilless Culture Theory and Practice written by Michael Raviv and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2007-12-27 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plant production in hydroponics and soilless culture is rapidly expanding throughout the world, raising a great interest in the scientific community. For the first time in an authoritative reference book, authors cover both theoretical and practical aspects of hydroponics (growing plants without the use of soil). This reference book covers the state-of-the-art in this area, while offering a clear view of supplying plants with nutrients other than soil. Soilless Culture provides the reader with an understanding of the properties of the various soiless media and how these properties affect plant performance in relation to basic horticultural operations, such as irrigation and fertilization. This book is ideal for agronomists, horticulturalists, greenhouse and nursery managers, extension specialists, and people involved with the production of plants.* Comprehensive discussion of hydroponic systems, irrigation, and control measures allows readers to achieve optimal performance* State-of-the-art book on all theoretical aspects of hydroponics and soilless culture including a thorough description of the root system, its functions and limitation posed by restricted root volume* Critical and updated reviews of current analytical methods and how to translate their results to irrigation and fertilization practices * Definitive chapters on recycled, no-discharge systems including salinity and nutrition management and pathogen eradication * Up-to-date description of all important types of growing media

Download or read book First International Meeting on Microbial Phosphate Solubilization written by E. Velazquez and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-27 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2002, sixty international specialists met to discuss problems of high P-unavailability as a soil nutrient for crops, and the hazards of increased phosphate input to aquatic habitats from industrial and mining activities, sewage disposal, detergents, and other sources. Among the presentations were updated solutions to enhance P-uptake by plants, bioremediation potential in the rehabilitation of ecosystems, taxonomic characterization interactions with mycorrizae, the physiological and molecular basis of PSM, and more.

Download or read book Modeling and Control of Greenhouse Crop Growth written by Francisco Rodríguez and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A discussion of challenges related to the modeling and control of greenhouse crop growth, this book presents state-of-the-art answers to those challenges. The authors model the subsystems involved in successful greenhouse control using different techniques and show how the models obtained can be exploited for simulation or control design; they suggest ideas for the development of physical and/or black-box models for this purpose. Strategies for the control of climate- and irrigation-related variables are brought forward. The uses of PID control and feedforward compensators, both widely used in commercial tools, are summarized. The benefits of advanced control techniques—event-based, robust, and predictive control, for example—are used to improve on the performance of those basic methods. A hierarchical control architecture is developed governed by a high-level multiobjective optimization approach rather than traditional constrained optimization and artificial intelligence techniques. Reference trajectories are found for diurnal and nocturnal temperatures (climate-related setpoints) and electrical conductivity (fertirrigation-related setpoints). The objectives are to maximize profit, fruit quality, and water-use efficiency, these being encouraged by current international rules. Illustrative practical results selected from those obtained in an industrial greenhouse during the last eight years are shown and described. The text of the book is complemented by the use of illustrations, tables and real examples which are helpful in understanding the material. Modeling and Control of Greenhouse Crop Growth will be of interest to industrial engineers, academic researchers and graduates from agricultural, chemical, and process-control backgrounds.

Download or read book Below ground Interactions in Tropical Agroecosystems written by Meine van Noordwijk and published by CABI. This book was released on 2004 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Below-grownd interactions are often seen as the 'dark side' of agroecosystems, especially when more than one crop is grown on the same piece of land at he same time. this book aims to review the amount of light he past decade of research has shed on this topic. It also aims to review ohw far we have come in unravelling the positive and negative aspects of these interactions and how, in dialogue with farmers, we can use the generic principles that are now emerging to look for sita-specifics solutions.

Download or read book International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The understanding that some pesticides are more hazardous than others is well established. Recognition of this is reflected by the World Health Organization (WHO) Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard, which was first published in 1975. The document classifies pesticides in one of five hazard classes according to their acute toxicity. In 2002, the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) was introduced, which in addition to acute toxicity also provides classification of chemicals according to their chronic health hazards and environmental hazards.