Advances in Legumes for Sustainable Intensification

Ram Swaroop Meena, Sandeep Kumar

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9780323857970
• eBook ISBN:
  9780323886000
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Ecology
• Index: Technology & Engineering

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. - Focuses on opportunities for agricultural impact and sustainability - Presents insights into both agricultural sustainability and eco-intensification - Includes the impact of legume production on societal impacts such as health and wealth management

Table of contents

• Advances in Legumes for Sustainable Intensification
• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Contributors
• Acknowledgment
• Chapter 1 Legume-based agroecosystem for sustainable intensification: An overview
• Chapter 2 Scope for production of pulses in rice fallow lands in South Asia
• Chapter 3 Sustainable intensification in cropping systems through inclusion of legumes
• Chapter 4 Legumes for efficient utilization of summer fallow
• Chapter 5 Efficient utilization of rice fallow through pulse cultivation
• Chapter 6 Legumes for nutrient management in the cropping system
• Chapter 7 Residual nitrogen for succeeding crops in legume-based cropping system
• Chapter 8 Legumes for eco-friendly weed management in agroecosystem
• Chapter 9 Grain legumes: A diversified diet for sustainable livelihood, food, and nutritional security
• Chapter 10 Recent strategies for pulse biofortification to combat malnutrition
• Chapter 11 Forage legumes for human, animals, and environment
• Chapter 12 Legumes for animal nutrition and dietary energy
• Chapter 13 Legumes protect the soil erosion and ecosystem services
• Chapter 14 Sustainable management of land degradation through legume-based cropping system
• Chapter 15 Legumes effect on nitrogen mineralization and microbial biomass potential in organic farming
• Chapter 16 Legume-based inter-cropping to achieve the crop, soil, and environmental health security
• Chapter 17 Soil carbon and legumes
• Chapter 18 Role of legumes in phytoremediation of heavy metals
• Chapter 19 Legumes for agroecosystem services and sustainability
• Chapter 20 Potential of legume-based cropping systems for climate change adaptation and mitigation
• Chapter 21 Legumes to reduce ecological footprints for climate-smart cropping systems
• Chapter 22 Environmental footprints of legumes-based agroecosystems for sustainable development
• Chapter 23 Legumes for energy efficiency in agricultural systems
• Chapter 24 Potential of tree legumes in agroforestry systems and soil conservation
• Chapter 25 Leguminous trees for sustainable tropical agroforestry
• Chapter 26 Grain legumes: Recent advances and technological interventions
• Chapter 27 Current trends in genetic enhancement of legumes in the genomics era for a sustainable future
• Chapter 28 Conventional, genomics, and post-genomics era of pulses breeding: Current status and future prospects
• Chapter 29 Participatory breeding for improving legume landraces in small-scale farming
• Chapter 30 Prospects for genome-wide selection for quantitative traits in legumes
• Chapter 31 Effect of legumes on nitrogen economy and budgeting in South Asia
• Chapter 32 Pulses production, trade and policy imperatives: A global perspective
• Chapter 33 Multiple pathways of legume-based systems towards environmental, social, and economic sustainability in smallholder systems
• Chapter 34 Legumes for improving socio-economic conditions of farmers in rainfed agroecosystem
• Index