Advances in Legumes for Sustainable Intensification

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-0-323-85797-0
Verlag: Elsevier Inc

Buch, Englisch, 728 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 1658 g

Advances in Legume-based Agroecoystem for Sustainable Intensification explores current research and future strategies for ensuring capacity growth and socioeconomic improvement through the utilization of legume crop cultivation and production in the achievement of sustainability development goals (SDGs). Sections cover the role of legumes in addressing issues of food security, improving nitrogen in the environment, environmental sustainability, economic-environmentally optimized systems, the importance and impact of nitrogen, organic production, and biomass potential, legume production, biology, breeding improvement, cropping systems, and the use of legumes for eco-friendly weed management.

This book is an important resource for scientists, researchers and advanced students interested in championing the effective utilization of legumes for agronomic and ecological benefit.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meena, Ram Swaroop

Kumar, Sandeep

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Bodenkunde, Sedimentologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Agrarökonomie, Ernährungswirtschaft
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section-I: Legumes for sustainable crop intensification 1. Legume-Based Agroecosystem for Sustainable Intensification: An overview 2. Scope for production of pulses in rice fallow lands in South Asia 3. Sustainable intensification in cropping systems through inclusion of legumes 4. Legumes for efficient utilization of summer fallow 5. Efficient utilization of rice fallow through pulse cultivation 6. Legumes for nutrient management in the cropping system 7. Residual nitrogen for succeeding crops in legume-based cropping system 8. Legumes for eco-friendly weed management in agroecosystem

Section-II: Human and animal Health 9. Grain legumes: A diversified diet for sustainable livelihood, food and nutritional security 10. Recent strategies for pulse biofortification to combat human malnutrition 11. Forage legumes for human, animals and environment 12. Legumes for animal nutrition and dietary energy

Section-III: Soil health management 13. Legumes protect the soil erosion and ecosystem services 14. Sustainable management of land degradation through legume-based cropping system 15. Legumes effect on nitrogen mineralization and microbial biomass potential in organic farming 16. Legume based inter-cropping to achieve the crop, soil and environmental health security 17. Soil carbon and legumes 18. Role of legumes in phytoremediation of heavy metals

Section-IV: Agroecosystems Management 19. Legumes for Agroecosystem Services and Sustainability 20. Potential of legume-based cropping systems for climate change adaptation and mitigation 21. Legumes to reduce ecological footprints for climate-smart cropping systems 22. Environmental footprints of legumes-based agroecosystems for sustainable development 23. Legumes for efficient utilization of summer fallow 24. Potential of tree legumes in agroforestry systems and soil conservation 25. Leguminous trees for sustainable tropical agroforestry

Section-V: Crop Improvement 26. Grain legumes: Recent advances and technological interventions 27. Current trends in genetic enhancement of legumes in the genomics era for a sustainable future 28. Conventional, genomics and post-genomics era of pulses breeding: Current Status and prospects 29. Participatory breeding for improving legume landraces in small-scale farming 30. Prospects for genome-wide selection for quantitative traits in legumes

Section-VI: Economic importance 31. Effect of legumes on nitrogen economy and budgeting in South Asia 32. Pulses production, trade and policy imperatives: A global perspective 33. Multiple pathways of legume-based systems towards environmental, social and economic sustainability in smallholder systems 34. Legumes for improving socio-economic conditions of farmers in rainfed agroecosystem

Über Autor(innen)

Meena, Ram Swaroop
Dr. Ram Swaroop Meena was born into a farming family and is working in the Department of Agronomy at the Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS), Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. With an excellent academic background, he has been elected a fellow of several academies, including the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), the National Academy of Biological Sciences (NABS), the Indian Society of Agronomy (ISA), and the Society for Rapeseed-Mustard Research (SRMR). The Ministry of Education has also awarded him the Raman Fellowship for the USA under World Food Prize Laureate Prof. Rattan Lal, and he was an INSA visiting scientist at ISARC-IRRI (IRRI South Asia Regional Center-The International Rice Research Institute). Additionally, he has been listed among the world’s top 2% of scientists for his research impact. He has guided PhD and master’s students and completed 10 externally funded projects from IRRI, The ‘Institute of Eminence’ (IoE)-Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) Department of Science and Technology (DST), The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Ministry of Education (MOE), The Government of India (GOI). He has published books, at an international level (Springer, Elsevier, etc.). He has made significant research contributions to natural resource management and to farm and industrial waste recycling for soil health. Dr. Meena's research evaluates energy flow, atmospheric CO2 capture, carbon credit and auditing, and eco-friendly techniques for a sustainable food system and soil regeneration, as evidenced by high-impact publications and extension work at the farmer level. His work is crucial for understanding the long-term stability of soil carbon, which enhances soil microbial and nutrient dynamics in rice-based diversified cropping systems. He trained farmers from the Deep Forest Tribe to adopt climate-smart practices to secure their livelihoods under the DST-SEED grant project. Dr. Meena has also contributed to agricultural extension activities in villages designated under the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India's initiative. His future work aims to reduce soil organic carbon oxidation and enhance its stability in agroecosystems, enabling farmers to benefit from carbon credits and generate additional income.

Kumar, Sandeep
Dr. Sandeep Kumar is currently working as a scientist (Agronomy) at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Regional Station, Karnal, India. His research interests have focused on enhancing resource use efficiencies for sustainable crop production. He has published extensively, received numerous national awards, including Young Scientist, Best Paper Awards, Best Research Scholar, and received Best Master’s Thesis awards.