Legumes for Soil Health and Sustainable Management

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Meena, Ram Swaroop (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Das, Anup (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Yadav, Gulab Singh (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Lal, Rattan (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Agriculture.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Sustainable development.; Plant science.; Botany.; Ecosystems.; Soil Science & Conservation.; Sustainable Development.; Plant Sciences.

Sustainable management of soils is an important global issue of the 21st century. Feeding roughly 8 billion people with an environmentally sustainable production system is a major challenge, especially considering the fact that 10% of the world's population at risk of hunger and 25% at risk of...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Legumes and Sustainable Use of Soils
• Chapter 2. Cereal-Legume Cropping System In Indian Himalayan Region For Food and Environmental Sustainability
• Chapter 3. Grain Legumes for Resource Conservation and Agricultural Sustainability in South Asia
• Chapter 4. Role of Legumes in Soil Carbon Sequestration
• Chapter 5. Perennial and Intercrop Legumes as Energy Crops for Biogas Production
• Chapter 6. SymbioticTripartism in the Model Plant Family of Legumes and Soil Sustainability
• Chapter 7. Rhizobium-Legumes Symbioses: Heavy Metals Effects and Principal Approaches for Bioremediation of Contaminated Soil
• Chapter 8. Harnessing Soil Rhizobacteria for Improving Drought Resilience in Legumes
• Chapter 9. Nitrogen and Legumes: A Meta-analysis
• Chapter 10. Leguminous Trees an Innovative Tool for Soil Sustainability
• Chapter 11. Cereal+Legume Intercropping: An Option for Improving Productivity and Sustaining Soil Health
• Chapter 12. Legumes Green Manuring- an Option for Soil Sustainability
• Chapter 13. Legume Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPRs): Role in Soil Sustainability
• Chapter 14. Biofertilizers: A Sustainable Approach for Pulse Production
• Chapter 15. Role of Soil Phosphorus on Legume Production
• Chapter 16. Grain legumes: Impact on Soil Health and Agro-Ecosystem.