Ecological Consequences of Increasing Crop Productivity : Plant Breeding and Biotic Diversity

With contributions from leading scientists in agricultural biology and young researchers, this book examines the ecological consequences that sometimes arise with various methods of increasing crop productivity. It also presents agroecological approaches to crop improvement and productivity from several perspectives, examines alternative energy sources, and discusses other problems related to sustainable agriculture. Ecological Consequences of Increasing Crop Productivity Plant Breeding and Biotic Diversity, This new book looks at the ecological consequences that sometimes arise with various methods of increasing crop productivity. It offers many techniques for agricultural management in ecologically and economically differed regions. The book also presets agroecological approaches to crop improvement and productivity from several perspectives. With contributions from leading scientists in agricultural biology and young researchers, the book: provides detailed discussions of the environmental impact of crop agriculture, discusses new ways of improving cultivated plants, suggests ways to improve crop productivity using hybrids, evaluates different methods of inducing hereditary variability, presents studies on the conservation find restoration of biotic diversity, looks at alternative energy sources, considers other problems related to sustainable agriculture Book jacket Mountain Biota of Cultivated Meadow Pasture In North Caucasus Cultivation of Legume Grasses for Seeds in Mountain Zones, S. A. Bekuzarova, I.M. Khaniyeva, and L.S. Ghishkayeva Introduced Forms of Red Clover ( Trifolium Pratense L.) for Hayfield Pasture Use, S. A. Bekuzarova and V.A. Belyayeva Restoration of Biodiversity in Mount Plant Communities by Means of Selection, S. A. Bekuzarova Ways of Increasing Productivity of Amaranth in the Conditions of North Ossetia-Alania (Russia), S. A. Bekuzarova and V.I. Gasiev