Overview

Soil Health, Soil Biology, Soilborne Diseases and Sustainable Agriculture provides information about the bacteria, fungi, nematodes and other soil organisms that not only harm food crops but also help them take up water and nutrients and protect them from root diseases. With illustrations and case studies, it provides growers with holistic solutions for building an active and diverse soil biological community capable of improving soil structure, enhancing plant nutrient uptake and suppressing root pests and pathogens.

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Author:   Graham Stirling ,  Helen Hayden ,  Tony Pattison ,  Marcelle Stirling
Publisher:   CSIRO Publishing
Imprint:   CSIRO Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   0.791kg
ISBN:  

9781486303045

ISBN 10:   1486303048
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 March 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Preface CHAPTER 1 Introduction: soil health, soil biology, sustainable agriculture and evidence-based information CHAPTER 2 Soil physical, chemical and biological properties and the key role of organic matter in promoting soil and plant health CHAPTER 3 Organisms in the soil food web and their functions CHAPTER 4 Soilborne diseases: a major impediment to crop production CHAPTER 5 Impact of natural enemies on soilborne pathogens CHAPTER 6 A practical guide to improving soil health and reducing losses from soilborne diseases CHAPTER 7 Grain farming systems to improve soil health and enhance biological suppression of soilborne diseases CHAPTER 8 Annual and perennial pastures to improve soil health in grain-cropping systems CHAPTER 9 Yield decline of sugarcane: a soil health problem overcome by modifying the farming system CHAPTER 10 Vegetable farming systems: the challenge of improving soil health and sustainability in an industry that demands high levels of productivity CHAPTER 11 Options for improving soil health and minimising losses from soilborne diseases in perennial horticultural crops CHAPTER 12 Key soil health messages, and practices that should be included in holistic soil improvement programs CHAPTER 13 Further reading Index

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Dr Graham Stirling, with his wife Marcelle, runs a company that provides research and disease diagnostic services to Australia’s rural industries. His areas of expertise are Plant Pathology, Nematology and Soil Ecology. In a career spanning 45 years, he has worked on many of the crops grown in Australia and published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers. Dr Helen Hayden is a Soil Microbial Ecologist at the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources in Victoria, Australia. She completed her PhD at the University of Queensland, specialising in diseases of bananas, and her recent research has been on disease suppressive soils for Rhizoctonia in cereals. Dr Tony Pattison is the Principal Nematologist and Soil Health team leader for horticulture within the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Australia where he investigates plant-parasitic nematodes and soil health in a diverse range of tropical horticultural crops. His interest in soil ecology and disease suppression currently focuses on competition for carbon within the soil. Dr Marcelle Stirling is a Plant Pathologist and Microbiologist and has worked on many aspects of soil biology. Her research career began at the University of California, Riverside, USA where she studied nematode-trapping fungi. Together with Graham, she now provides research and plant disease diagnostic services to Australia’s rural industries.

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