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Foreword
Acknowledgements
Biosketches of Editors and Contributing Authors
Chapter 1: The Trading and Use of Agrochemicals; Peter Hough
1. The Rise of Agrochemicals and Their Benefits to Humanity
2. Problems Associated with Agrochemicals
3. Limiting Agrochemical Use - Integrated Pest Management
Conclusions
References
Chapter 2: Critical Evaluation of Genetic Manipulation for Improved Productivity: Is This a Sustainable Agenda; Bruno Borsari, Davide Neri, Gianna Ferretti, Stefano Tavoletti, Wei-Choun Yu
1. Introduction: Agricultural Paradigms
2. Agriculture, Biotechnology and Biodiversity
3. Genetically Modified Crops, Biofuels and Sustainable Agriculture in the United States
4. The Ethical Socioeconomic and Political Issues of Biotechnology in Agriculture
5. Genetically Engineered Crops, Food Security and Safety
6. Conclusions and Perspectives: Supporting Sustainable Agriculture and Development
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter 3: Organic Farming and Organic Food Quality - Prospects and Limitations; Sabine Zikeli, Ewa Rembialkowska, Aneta Zalęcka, Maciej Badowski
1. Organic Farming
2. Food Quality
Conclusions and Outlook
References
Chapter 4: Veterinary Medicine: The Value of Plant Secondary Compounds and Diversity in Balancing Consumer and Ecological Health; Juan J. Villalba, Frederick D. Provenza, Natalie Gibson, Silvia López-Ortiz
1. Plant Diversity in Ecosystems
2. Plant Diversity and Secondary Compounds
3. Plant Secondary Compounds as Medicines - Feedback Mechanisms
4. Plant Secondary Compounds as Preventive Agents: Feed-Forward Mechanisms
5. Feedback (Treatment) vs. Feed-Forward (Prevention)
6. Impacts of PSCs on Food Products
7. Plant Diversity, PSCs, Productivity and Health
8. Grazing and Spatial and Temporal Biodiversity
9. Plant Diversity, Prevention and Food Interactions
10. Plant Diversity and the Value of Silvopastoral Systems
11. Current vs. "Ideal" Feeding Systems
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter 5: Controlling the Introduction and Augmentation of Parasites In and On Domesticated Livestock; Miguel Angel Alonso-Díaz, Juan Felipe de Jesús Torres-Acosta, Carlos Alfredo Sandoval-Castro, William Bruce Campbell
1. Introduction
2. Parasitism in Tropical Domesticated Livestock: Human Interventions and Welfare
3. Hunger and Parasites: Common Enemies in Grazing Systems
4. The Spread of Parasitic Diseases and the Potential Impacts
5. Parasiticide Medications Used on Ruminant Livestock
6. Parasiticide Resistance in Ruminant Livestock
7. Improving the Use of Existing Parasiticide Drugs
8. Parasiticides in Domesticated Livestock: Ecotoxicity and Environmental Cost
9. How do Agroecologically Oriented Operations Affect the Introduction and Spread of Endoparasites and Ectoparasites to Other Animals and Humans?
10. Advances in Biological Control for Domesticated Livestock with Emphasis on Tick and Gastrointestinal Nematode (GIN) Control
11. Supplementary Feeding to Improve Resilience and Resistance Against GINs
12. Concluding Remarks
Acknowledgements
References


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9789402407549
  • Publisher: Springer
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer
  • Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 14 mm
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 9402407545
  • Publisher Date: 23 Aug 2016
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 233
  • Series Title: Issues in Agroecology - Present Status and Future Prospectus
  • Weight: 412 gr


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