Mulching in agroecosystems : plants, soil & environment / Kashif Akhtar, Muhammad Arif, Muhammad Riaz, Haiyan Wang, editors.
Akhtar, Kashif, editor.; Arif, Muḥammad (Agronomist), editor.; Riaz, Muhammad, Ph. D., editor.; Wang, Haiyan, editor.
2022
S661.5
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Title Mulching in agroecosystems : plants, soil & environment / Kashif Akhtar, Muhammad Arif, Muhammad Riaz, Haiyan Wang, editors.
ISBN 9789811964107 (electronic bk.)
9811964106 (electronic bk.)
9789811964091
9811964092
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6410-7
Published Singapore : Springer, [2022]
Copyright ©2022
Language English
Description 1 online resource (vii, 404 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Item Number 10.1007/978-981-19-6410-7 doi
Call Number S661.5
Dewey Decimal Classification 635/.04
Summary This book provides insights into recent developments in the use of mulching in agroecosystems with emphasis on the major pros and cons. Increase in human population, climatic changes and agricultural intensification have put enormous pressure on soil and water resources. As a result, we are confronted with challenges to enhance nutrient and water use efficiencies and conserve soil organic matter without compromising crop yields and food security. Increasing the soil organic matter (SOM) via residue return increased nutrient availability and soil physical and biological properties. Management practices, such as straw mulching or incorporation, have significant effects on soil health. Straw addition also increases functionality related to carbon and N metabolism via increasing the microbes and thus greatly contributes to CO2 and N2O emissions. However, the co-use of organic and inorganic fertilizer reduces the N2O emission without compromising crop yield. Mulching has long been advocated to conserve soil moisture and increase the efficiency of macro- and micro-nutrients by improving soil physical, chemical, and biological properties. These effects of mulch are translated into better crop yields while improving soil health and quality in the long run. Therefore, the use of mulching techniques is on the rise in organic as well as conventional agriculture. The book is of great interest for researchers, academics, agriculture extensionists, soil and plant scientist, fertilizer industry, farmers, agro-industrial workers, farm managers, NGOs, and climate and civil society activists.
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Arif, Muḥammad (Agronomist), editor.
Riaz, Muhammad, Ph. D., editor.
Wang, Haiyan, editor.
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Chapter 1. Effects of mulches on soil physical properties i.e. porosity, aggregate stability, infiltration rates, bulk density, compaction
Chapter 2. Mulching and soil erosion
Chapter 3. Effects of mulching on soil chemical, biological and enzymatic activities
Chapter 4. Mulching and soil biota
Chapter 5. Effects of mulches on soil moisture conservations, evapotranspiration and water use efficiency
Chapter 6. Effects of mulching on soil organic carbon dynamics
Chapter 7. Effects of mulches on mineral fertilizer (N, P & K) management and fertilizer use efficiency
Chapter 8. Mulching to manage drought stress
Chapter 9. Interactions of mulches with inorganic and organic fertilizers i.e. manures, biochar, bio-fertilizers
Chapter 10. Organic vs synthetic i.e. plastic mulches
Chapter 11. Mulches in rain-fed vs irrigated agroecosystems
Chapter 12. Mulching and tillage practices effects on soil and plants
Chapter 13. Mulching, soil quality and health
Chapter 14. Mulches and abiotic stresses i.e. heavy metals, salinity, pesticides
Chapter 15. Effects of mulching on crop growth, productivity and yield
Chapter 16. Mulches for management of diseases and weeds in crops
Chapter 17. Mulching and plant physiological attributes under abiotic stress i.e. drought, salinity, heavy metal etc
Chapter 18. Mulching and plant-water relations
Chapter 19. Mulching and nutrient use efficiencies in plants
Chapter 20. Agronomic and economic valuation of mulches
Chapter 21. Effects of mulching on soil and air temperature
Chapter 22. Effect of mulches on greenhouse gas emissions i.e. CO2, N2O and CH4
Chapter 23. Response of mulching in combination with inorganic fertilizer on agroecosystem
Chapter 24. Role of mulching in global warming potential and greenhouse gas intensity.

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