Improving Water and Nutrient-Use Efficiency in Food Production Systems

Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Improving Water and Nutrient-Use Efficiency in Food Production Systems

Editor(s): Zed Rengel

Published Online: 10 JAN 2013 12:12PM EST

Print ISBN: 9780813819891

Online ISBN: 9781118517994

DOI: 10.1002/9781118517994

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xii)

    2. Chapter 1

      current State and Future Potential of Global Food Production and Consumption (pages 1–19)

      Christine Heumesser, Simon Thaler, Martin Schönhart and Erwin Schmid

    3. Chapter 2

      Water Resources and Global Change (pages 21–31)

      Martin Wegehenkel

    4. Chapter 3

      Translating Water into Food: (pages 33–56)

      Andrzej Kędziora and Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz

    5. Chapter 4

      Nutrients as Limited Resources: (pages 57–78)

      Patrick Heffer and Michel Prud'homme

    6. Chapter 5

      The Flow of Phosphorus in Food Production and Consumption Systems (pages 79–91)

      Tina-Simone S. Neset, Dana Cordell and Lotta Andersson

    7. Chapter 6

      Matching Soil Nutrient Supply and Crop Demand during the Growing Season (pages 93–103)

      Terry Rose and Bill Bowden

    8. Chapter 7

      Physiology of Nitrogen-Use Efficiency (pages 105–121)

      Al Imran Malik and Zed Rengel

    9. Chapter 8

      Improving Crop Nitrogen Use in Dryland Farming (pages 123–144)

      Trevor P. Garnett and Greg J. Rebetzke

    10. Chapter 9

      Breeding Approaches to Increasing Water-Use Efficiency (pages 145–160)

      Lianne Merchuk and Yehoshua Saranga

    11. Chapter 10

      Breeding Approaches to Increasing Nutrient-Use Efficiency (pages 161–175)

      Matthew W. Blair

    12. Chapter 11

      Using Simulation Modeling of Root Growth and Function as an Aid in Breeding for Increased Water- and Nutrient-Use Efficiency (pages 177–186)

      Art J. Diggle and Vanessa M. Dunbabin

    13. Chapter 12

      Improving Crop Production in the Arid Mediterranean Climate (pages 187–209)

      Sven-Erik Jacobsen, Christian Richardt Jensen and Fulai Liu

    14. Chapter 13

      Agronomic Principles of Water- and Nutrient-Use Efficiency (pages 211–233)

      John A. Kirkegaard and Michael J. Robertson

    15. Chapter 14

      Use of Organic Fertilizers Alone or in Combination with Inorganic Ones (pages 235–261)

      Cherkumalli Srinivasarao, Bandi Venkateswarlu, Dattatreya Mahabaleswara Hegde, K. Venkateswara Rao and Sumanta Kundu

    16. Chapter 15

      Current Status and Future Perspectives to Increase Nutrient- and Water-Use Efficiency in Food Production Systems in China (pages 263–273)

      Mingsheng Fan, Xiying Zhang, Lixing Yuan, Weifeng Zhang and Fusuo Zhang

    17. Chapter 16

      Water- and Nutrient-Use Efficiency in Food Production in South America (pages 275–296)

      Nand K. Fageria and Luís F. Stone

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      Index (pages 297–307)

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      Supplemental Images (pages a–b)

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