01950nam a22001817a 4500 160624b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781632391346 c2015. Crop production : technology and methodology / edited by Corey Aiken. USA : Callisto Reference, c2015. vii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Includes references and list of contributors. Contents : Crop models as decision support systems in crop production. -- Crop water requirements in Cameroon's Savanna Zones under climate change scenarios and adaptation needs. -- Optimizing water consumption using crop water production functions. -- The nature of rainfall at a typical semi- arid tropical ecotope in Southern Africa and options for sustainable crop production. -- Impact of soil fertility replenishment agroforestry technology adoption on the livelihoods and food security of smallholder farmers in Central and Southern Malawi. -- Water deficit condition affecting rice production- challenges and prospects. -- Lowland soils for rice cultivation in Ghana. -- Impact of salinity stress on Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L)- a review. -- Impact of mineral fertilizer integration with farmyard manure on crop yield, nutrient use efficiency, and soil fertility in a long- term trial. -- Vegetable waste compost used as substrate in soilless culture. -- Efficacy of Pseudomonas chlororaphis subsp. aurantiaca SR1 for improving productivity of several crops. -- Effect of socio- economic characteristics of farmers on their adoption of organic farming practices. -- Analysis of nutritional interactions in cropping systems. --Energy use pattern in millet production in semi- arid zone of Nigeria. Tillage effects on soil health and crop productivity: a review. 6709 Crop production. 6710 Agriculture. 6711 Aiken, Corey editor ddc BK 5316 5316 0 0 ddc 0 0 CIR SPMT-CAS SPMT-CAS 2016-06-24 0 Cir./631.5/C883 007419 2016-06-24 00:00:00 2016-06-24 BK