Biodiversity in agricultural production systems.9781574445893 Biodiversity in agricultural production systems. Ed. by Gero Benckiser and Sylvia Schnell. CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Checking) An error checking technique used to ensure the accuracy of transmitting digital data. The transmitted messages are divided into predetermined lengths which, used as dividends, are divided by a fixed divisor. / Taylor & Francis 2007 429 pages $139.95 Hardcover Books in soils, plants, and the environment; v.114 S494 With the goal of building towards high-yielding, sustainable agriculture sustainable agriculture n. A method of agriculture that attempts to ensure the profitability of farms while preserving the environment. , the editors (professors of soil microbiology, Justus Liebig U., Germany) present 20 papers that describe recent research related to the diversity of agricultural production systems. They cover geno/phenotype diversity through plant breeding plant breeding, science of altering the genetic pattern of plants in order to increase their value. Increased crop yield is the primary aim of most plant-breeding programs; advantages of the hybrids and new varieties developed include adaptation to new agricultural ; collected data on soil space diversity and dynamics; analysis of species richness  This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one or [ improve this article] yourself. See the talk page for details. of microbial microbial pertaining to or emanating from a microbe. microbial digestion the breakdown of organic material, especially feedstuffs, by microbial organisms. communities (bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and nematodes) in soils and in plant interactions; examination of lumbricid earthworms and ants as important distributors of microbes in soil; metabolic diversity of microorganisms and their relation to the distribution and function of soil enzymes; greenhouse gas emissions through agriculture; principles and strategies of order between interacting molecules, cells, species, and communities; models of food chain interactions; and biological soil characteristics and long-term field observations for soil quality assessment and sustainability. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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