Principles of tropical agronomy [Elektronisk resurs] / S.N. Azam-Ali and G.R. Squire.

• 1. Contexts -- 1.1. boundaries, scale and scope of agronomy -- 1.2. broad dominance of climate -- 1.3. influence of soil and topography -- 1.4. Climates, crops, soils, people -- 1.5. Agronomic experiment and analysis -- Pt. I. Resource Flows and Currencies -- 2. Solar Radiation -- 2.1. solar spectrum and plant processes -- 2.2. fate of radiation in crop systems -- 2.3. Conclusions -- 3. Water -- 3.1. hydrological cycle -- 3.2. Soil water energy -- 3.3. Plant water energy -- 3.4. Evaporation -- 3.5. fate of water in crop systems -- 3.6. Conclusions -- Pt. II. Essential Choices: Genotype, Timing, Configuration -- 4. Genotype (What?) -- 4.1. Evolution and genetic manipulation -- 4.2. Characteristics of the main crop types -- 4.3. Genetic modification within species -- 4.4. Conclusions -- 5. Timing (When?) -- 5.1. Characteristics of timing in crops -- 5.2. Development and resource capture -- 5.3. Environmental control of timing -- 5.4. Regulation of timing by management and choice of cultivar -- 5.5. Conclusions -- 6. Configuration (How?) -- 6.1. Plant population -- 6.2. Mixed cropping -- 6.3. Calculating the performance of intercrops -- 6.4. Conclusions -- Pt. III. Integration -- 7. Manipulating fluxes -- 7.1. simple frame of reference -- 7.2. Empirical input-yield responses -- 7.3. Understanding the input-yield response -- 7.4. Scale and integration: extending the principles -- 8. Synthesis -- 8.1. Some major developments in agricultural research -- 8.2. Assessing the potential of underutilized crops: a case study of bambara groundnut -- 8.3. status and contribution of agronomy.

• This book is concerned with the principles by which crop management can influence how plants use environmental resources. It synthesizes current knowledge in plant physiology, environmental physics, soil science and climate to provide a framework for studying crop production in tropical environments. 

Ämnesord

Agriculture  -- Tropics (LCSH)

Agronomy 

Crop management 

Crop production 

Klassifikation

S604.37 (LCC)

630/.913 (DDC)

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