Improving crop productivity

Environmental and economic implications must be considered in order to make well-informed decisions on the management of soil treatments, i.e. how many, how often and what kind of organic fertilizer should be used in order to improve crop production and simultaneously limit soil deterioration and greenhouse gases production. 

Today, manure refers to excretory products of animals and finds its most common usage in reference to farm animals. This organic material was and is used as fertilizer to provide necessary elements for plants. In the past, it was practically the only material readily available for increasing plant or crop production. The general idea, however, is to add something to soil that will improve plant production. Thus, it remains common in popular agriculture literature to find that material added to soil to improve crop production is called manure even if the material is not organic [8,9],... 

RIZVI AND Rizvi Improving Crop Productivity in India... 

Ways of Eliminating Phytotoxlns to Improve Crop Productivity... 

Before 1980, the results of federal agricultural research were freely available and widely shared. Virtually all of the research was directed toward improving crop production and yields as well as harvesting and storage costs of crops intended for food and feed markets. 

Balestrazzi A., Confalonieri M., Macovei A., Dona M., Carbonera D. Genotoxic stress and DNA repair in plants emerging functions and tools for improving crop productivity. Plant Cell Reports 2011 30(3) 287-295. 

The proposal of this chapter is perform a review about spectrophotometry in sugar dosages of nectar of the main cultivated crops and show the importance of this tool (spectrophotometry) to improve crop production by honeybee pollination contributing as for agriculture as for beekeeping. 

Polymer-based auxins offer promise for improved crop production in that they may be able to (1) deliver minute amounts of auxin and (2) control-release the auxin so that it is available continuously over a period of time. 

Jala, S., Goyal, D. Fly ash as a soil ameliorant for improving crop production- a review. Bioresource. TechnoL 96, 1136-1147 (2006)... 

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