50 Ways Farmers Can Protect Their Groundwater
50 Ways Farmers Can Protect Their Groundwater

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Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1998-08

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 078817150X

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Explains how farming can be both environmentally and economically sound. An increase of efficiency in applying farm chemicals means a decrease in the risk of groundwater contamination and an increase in profits. Provides research and management tips on ways to cut back on pesticides and fertilizer without cutting yields, ways to determine which pesticides are less likely to leach, and ways to apply chemicals more efficiently. Also includes sections on chemical storage, wells, septic systems, livestock waste management, irrigation, chemigation, water testing, and water treatment. An ideal resource for farmers and anyone else concerned about water quality.

Contaminants in Agriculture
Contaminants in Agriculture

Author: M. Naeem

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-04-25

Total Pages: 443

ISBN-13: 303041552X

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This comprehensive volume covers recent studies into agricultural problems caused by soil and water contamination. Considering the importance of agricultural crops to human health, the editors have focused on chapters detailing the negative impact of heavy metals, excessive chemical fertilizer use, nutrients, pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, agricultural wastes and toxic pollutants, among others, on agricultural soil and crops. In addition, the chapters offer solutions to these negative impacts through various scientific approaches, including using biotechnology, nanotechnology, nutrient management strategies, biofertilizers, as well as potent PGRs and elicitors. This book serves as a key source of information on scientific and engineered approaches and challenges for the bioremediation of agricultural contamination worldwide. This book should be helpful for research students, teachers, agriculturalists, agronomists, botanists, and plant growers, as well as in the fields of agriculture, agronomy, plant science, plant biology, and biotechnology, among others. It serves as an excellent reference on the current research and future directions of contaminants in agriculture from laboratory research to field application.

The Drought-Resilient Farm
The Drought-Resilient Farm

Author: Dale Strickler

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Published: 2018-06-12

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1635860024

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Rainfall levels are rarely optimal, but there are hundreds of things you can do to efficiently conserve and use the water you do have and to reduce the impact of drought on your soil, crops, livestock, and farm or ranch ecosystem. Author Dale Strickler introduces you to the same innovative systems he used to transform his own drought-stricken family farm in Kansas into a thriving, water-wise, and profitable enterprise, maximizing healthy cropland, pasture, and water supply. Ranging from simple, short-term projects such as installing rain-collection ollas to long-term land-management planning strategies, Strickler’s methods show how to get more water into the soil, keep it in the soil, and help plants and livestock access it.

Weeds
Weeds

Author: Bruce Archibald Auld

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 604

ISBN-13: 0909605378

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Reprint of a reference book first published in 1987. Lavishly illustrated, it contains detailed descriptions of all the important weeds of Australia. Suitable for primary producers, students, agricultural advisers and research workers.

The Triazine Herbicides
The Triazine Herbicides

Author: Janis Mc Farland Ph.D.

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2011-08-19

Total Pages: 604

ISBN-13: 0080559638

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Over the past 50 years, triazines have made a great impact on agriculture and world hunger by assisting in the development of new farming methods, providing greater farming and land use capabilities, and increasing crop yields. Triazines are registered in over 80 countries and save billions of dollars a year. The Triazine Herbicides is the one book that presents a comprehensive view of the total science and agriculture of these chemicals. With emphasis on how the chemicals are studied and developed, reviewed, and used at the agricultural level this book provides valuable insight into the benefits of triazine herbicides for sustainable agriculture. - Presents previously unpublished information on the discovery, development and marketing of herbicides - Includes a vital section on the origin, use, economics and fate of triazine herbicides - Covers benefits of triazines in corn and sorghum, sugarcane, citrus, fruit and nut crops - Establishes best management practice and environmental benefits of use in conservation tillage

Water Quality
Water Quality

Author: Vladimir Novotny

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2002-11-08

Total Pages: 892

ISBN-13: 9780471396338

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Provides all new material on urban, industrial, and highway pollution, as well as on management and restoration of streams, lakes, and watershed management techniques. * Includes revised chapters on agricultural diffuse pollution; control of urban, highway, and industrial diffuse pollution; and wetlands considerations. * All regulatory data is up to date, with new material provided on judicial law based on significant decisions made in recent years.